Born in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Howard
and Mary (Fletcher) Howard
Sister of
Mary (Howard) Richardson, Elizabeth (Howard) Warren, Nathaniel Howard, Benjamin Howard, Samuel Howard, Rebecca (Howard) Haskell, Martha Howard [half] and Lydia Howard [half]
Wife of
Jonathan Barron
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Lucy (Barron) Shattuck and Jonathan Bancroft
Died
at age 55
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Nov 2014
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Biography
Edmund Bancroft "married, in the year 1758, for his second wife, Mrs. Rachel (Howard) Barron, widow of Jonathan Barron and daughter of Samuel(?) Howard, of Chelmsford. She died June 3, 1784, aged 54 years."
Burial
Walton Cemetery, Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #54824654
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-YX32 : 10 November 2020), Rachel Howard, 2 Mar 1729; citing Birth, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934227.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-YDH1 : 10 November 2020), Rachel Howard in entry for Jonathan Barron, 17 Sep 1749; citing Marriage, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934227.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCQ-Y743 : 19 April 2021), Edmond Bancroft and Rachel Burrons, 12 Apr 1757; citing Marriage, Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011266.
See also:
- http://johnlisle.us/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I11037&tree=stedman_main
- Green, Samuel Abbott. A Brief Account of Some of The Early Settlers of Groton, Massachusetts (John Wilson & Son, Cambridge, 1878) Page 2.
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Terri (Reynolds) Rick
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Terri (Reynolds) Rick
Howard-12690 and Howard-7814 do not represent the same person because: There is no supporting documentation to indicate this is the same person. There is no documentation to show previous marriages. More research needs to be conducted to locate which date of death belongs to which person. On the surface one can make an observance based on names and inaccurate information represented on profiles to make a person appear to be the same but documentation does not exist to show they are the same and not just sharing a first name.
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Rick Pierpont
Howard-12690 and Howard-7814 appear to represent the same person because: Rachel married twice: Edmund Bancroft and Jonathan Barron.
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Rejected matches › Rachel (Howard) Bancroft (-1784)
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