Thomas Howard (abt. 1633 - bef. 1678)

Born about 1633 in Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Patience (Unknown) Steptoe — married 1669 in Virginia

Descendants

Died before 1678 before about age 45 in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia

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Biography

Thomas Howard was born about 1633, possibly in Yorkshire, England. About 1669, he married a women named Patience. Her maiden name is not known yet.

Together they may have had at least three children:

• 1. Mary Howard (1670 - ?)
• 2. Elizabeth Howard (1672-1741), m. William Wren
• 3. Ann Howard (1673 - ?)

But it's possible that Thomas Howard, who married Patience _ _ _ _? only had one child. Elizabeth who married William Wren. Book: "Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills 1653-1800" by Ida J. Lee Page 235 -236. . .Says: John Steptoe was the brother of William Wren, Implying that William's wife Elizabeth was most like a sibling to John Steptoe. Some believe Elizabeth was a 1/2 sister to John. Nothing proven yet. But that means there may have been two different Thomas Howard's and two different Elizabeth Howard's. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Howard-20081

It's possible that the 3 Girls Mary, Elizabeth, and Ann who received there inheritance from Gloucester Co., VA. could have been the daughter's of The Thomas Howard and Ann _ _ _ _? that married who Rice Hoe, II. about 1688/1689. It would appear that the Deposition of 1692/93 of Staffordshire County, VA may have been related to this couple and NOT the other.

"By 31 Dec 1689, Rice Hooe had married the widow of Thomas Howard, Ann _ _ _ _?apparently. On 13 Mar 1689/90, he was sued by John Davis who had been sold to Mr. Thomas Howard, "predecessor of Mr. Rice Hoe" (sic) for 4 years" So, these Two different Thomas Howard's may need to be separated. 1. Thomas Howard, who married Patience, widow of Anthony Steptoe 1678/79. Thomas Howard and Patience's daughter Elizabeth who married William Wren. 2. Thomas Howard, married Ann_ _ _ _ ?, widow, who married Rice Hoe, 1688/89.

These Two Thomas Howard's CANNOT be the same Person. There is NO way One Thomas Howard could have been married to both Patience _ _ _ _ _? and Ann _ _ _ _ _? So, I believe they are two different Thomas Howard's and need to be separated.

Thomas Howard passed away before 1678. It would appear that Patience, his wife was remarried by March of 1678 to an Anthony Steptoe which would mean that Thomas had already passed away. His 3 daughter being underage did not receive their inheritance until 10 year later^[1]

So, these Two delima's with Two Different Thomas Howard's and Two Different Elizabeth Howard's need to be solved before moving on and there may need to be a separation of these two different lines. Before moving on to who Thomas Howard's Parents were.

Some genealogists have suggested he was a descendant of the Howards of Effingham, specifically John Howard, the son of Sir Francis Howard (1585 - 1651), who settled in Charles Parish, York County, Virginia.

Connecting the Howards of York County to the Howards of Gloucester County is difficult. The Howards of Gloucester County, Virginia, seem to stem from one William Howard.

According to Willis (below), p. 331: "Both the courthouses of Gloucester and Buckingham counties, with all records, have also been burned, and it is in consequence most difficult to obtain the complete record of the present Howard family. The authors of this history are therefore at some disadvantage; however from land office and other records, family tradition, etc., we arrive at a very conclusive genealogy.

"First William Howard Sr. His son, Wm. Howard Jr., probably had three sons, John, Benjamin, and Thomas, family names to the present.

• John received a grant of land in Northumberland County in 1653.
• Benjamin received a grant in Kent County in 1658.
• Thomas, whom we know lived in Gloucester County, probably on the old Howard estate.

"In Land Book 7, page 643, we find a record of Thomas, and it is the only time we have found his name in the Colonial Records. It is a land grant to his daughters and follows:

To all ye Whereas know ye yt I ye gov. Francis Lord Howard Gov. doe with ye advice and consent of ye Councill of State accordingly Give and Grant unto Mary, Elizabeth and Anne Howard Daughters of Mr. Thomas Howard one hundred and Eighty Acres of land in Petsoe parish Glost county, etc. etc.

"The above grant was made in the year 1685. "Petsoe parish" was undoubtedly intended for Petsworth parish" [in Gloucester County].

. . . ."According to family tradition, Allen Howard, who founded Howardsville, in what is now Albemarle county, came from Gloucester county and was descended from the first William Howard there, so his father was probably Mr. Thomas Howard, though it is possible his father may have been either John or Benjamin."

14 January 1656 Deposition

LANCASTER COUNTY DEEDS & WILLS 1652-1657; Antient Press; Page 332-333 Lancaster Countv Court 14th of January 1656/7

KNOW ALL MEN by these pr:sents that I WILLM. TIGNOR of the County of Lancaster for good causes mee thereunto moveinge as alsoe wth: the consent of MABELL my Wife doe hereby sell & make over unto THOMAS HOWARD of the Countie of NANCEMOND one Necke or parcel of lande scituate & beinge on the South side of Rappahannock River beginninge at the Miles End of a tract of land of THOMAS DALE deceased and thence runninge up into the woods on the East side of a fresh water brooke commonly called the BEAVFR DAM. the sd p.cell of lande to conteine Two hundred acres & if there be more to remaine unto THOMAS HOWARD wch: said lande wth more adjoyninge was taken up and Patented by the said WILLM. TIGNOR the six & twentieth day of Febr: in the yere of our Lord 1653; wch: land the sd THOMAS HOWARD to have & to hold without the lawful! hinderance of the sd WILLM. TIGNOR or any p:sons laying clayme under him; he or they payinge the Rent comonly called the Kings Rent and for the true p:formance thereof I hereunto sett my hand this 28th day of August 1656 Signed sealed & delivered in the pr:sence of WILLM, HARPER, WILL: TIGNORE ROBT. WOODDINGTON MABELL TIGNORE

22 April 1688 Land Grant Records for Three Daughters

URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=643&last=&g_p=P7&collection=LO Patent Title Howard, Anne. Publication 22 April 1688. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Gloucester County. Grantee(s): Howard, Mary.... Description: 180 acres. Source: Land Office Patents No. 7, 1679-1689 (v.1 & 2 p.1-719), p. 643 (Reel 7).

• 1. Thomas Howard who died bef. 22 April 1688, Gloucester County, VA
• 2. Thomas Howard who died bef. 20 Nov. 1678, Northumberland, Relict of Patience
• 3. Thomas Howard who died bef. 31 Dec 1689, Stafford County, VA, Relict of Anne
• Note: There is no proof to connection to which one of these was the proper Thomas Howard, whose 3 daughters: Mary, Elizabeth and Anne, Except that Thomas Howard bought or was gifted this property in the year 1673 from Ralph Greene

URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=2&last=&g_p=G2&collection=NN Grant Title Hoe, Rice. Publication 1 October 1694. Gen. note fragment. Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311. Note Location: Stafford County. Grantee(s): Hoe, Rice and Gilson, Thomas. Description: 1100 acres on the northeast side of Dodsons Creek, adjoining Thomas Howard, Mr. Townsend &c. Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 2, 1694-1700, p. 2 (Reel 288).

11 May 1692 Deed

STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1689 - 1693; THE ANTIENT PRESS p.248a The Deposition of ROBERT HANDLEY saith that ye Chest that JOHN DAVIS bought of Old PARKER bee was to get butt two hundred pounds of Tobacco for it & that bee was to give Two hundred pounds of Tobacco and four barrells of Come for his yeares accommodation, this I have heard THOMAS HOWARD and his housekeeper severall times to web yor deponent bath taken his Oath before PHILL. BUCKNER February ye 7th 1692

Recorded ye 11th day of May 1692

13 September 1692 Deposition

STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1689 - 1693; THE ANTIENT PRESS p.265 The Deposition of MARY MEREST aged about fifty & two yeares or thereabouts saith that about Twelve or thirteene yeares agoe ye Wife of THOMAS HOWARD JUNR . and THOMAS HOWARD SENIOR had a great fallinge outt att ye house of yor Depont and ye aforesaid THOMAS HOWARD SENIOR did call ye Wife of ye aforesaid THOMAS HOWARD JUNR, Idle house Wife and told her if it were not for her husbandes Sake that was his near kinsman and his owne fleshe and blood hee could finde in his heart to kick her or words to that effect Some small time after ye aforesaid THOMAS HOWARD SENR. was att ye house of yor Depont againe fallinge into some discourse yor Depont asked ye aforesaid THOMAS HOWARD how ye said THOMAS HOWARD JUNR, could bee soe near a kin to you for hee was borne in YORK SHIRE and you a great way off from him that is nothinge saith hee his Father was not YORK SHIRE for hee is my first Cozen for his Father& mine tumbled both in one belly for all ye watters in ye River could not wash away ye kin and further saith not

Sworne before mee PHILLIP BUCKNER Recorded this 13th day of September 1692

14 September 1692 Deposition

STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1689 - 1693; THE ANTIENT PRESS

p. 265a The Deposition of WILLIAM LOXHAM aged Forty odde yeares saith that beinge severall times in ye Company of THO. HOWARD Planter and THOMAS HOWARD COOPER when they had been together and hath heard THO. HOWARD ye Planter say that THO. HOWARD ye Cooper was his first Cozen and this hath been said when they were drinkeinge together and never him deny him to bee his first Cozen and further saith not WILLIAM LOXHAM

Juratt in Curia 14th September 1692 and then recorded

14 September 1692 Deposition

STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1689 - 1693; THE ANTIENT PRESS p-265a MARY HOLDINGE aged Twenty seven yeares or thereabouts saith that about seven yeares agoe ye Depont came out of MARYLAND and went to ye house of THO. HOWARD Planter and lived wth him a Summer and heard him talke of THOMAS HOWARD ye Cooper and ye Depont asked him is THOMAS HOWARD ye Cooper were any kin to him & his answere was he was a kin to him and was his Cozen ye said THOMAS HOWARD ye Planter beinge serious and sober and never heard him deny but that hee was Cozen and farther saith not MARY HOLDINGE

Juratt in Curia 14th September 1692 and was then recorded

WILLIAM WILLFORD aged fifty yeares or thereabouts did hear THOMAS HOWARD ye Planter say that THOMAS HOWARD ye Cooper was his Brothers Son and I say how can that bee and hee was borne in YORKSHIRE and you in STAFFORDSHIRE his answer was his Brother went into YORKSHIRE and there married this hath been severall times ye discourse of THOMAS HOWARD ye Planter and hee beinge my Countrey man but sometimes when he was drunke hee would denie him and say hee THOMAS HOWARD ye Cooper should not inheritt his lande but when he was sober allwaies owned him and farther says not WILL. WILLFORD

juratt in Curia 14th September 1692 and was then recorded

The Deposition of CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON aged about fifty yeares saith that beinge several times in ye Company of THO. HOWARD ye Planter bath heard him say that THOMAS HOWARD ye Cooper was his owne Cozen and that his Father and ye others were owne Brothers and this he hath heard him say severall times and never heard him say to ye contrary and further saith not CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON

Juratt in Curia 14th September 1692 and was then recorded

Sources

1. ↑ Records of Colonial Gloucester County, Virginia, Volume 1 - See uploaded page

• Thomas Howard (c. 1640 - 1688) - Geni.com
• Gloucester County, Virginia - Linkpendium
• Gloucester County Virginia Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki Page
• House of Howard - Wikipedia
• Descendants of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham - Peerage
• Francis Howard, Fifth Baron Howard of Effingham - Encyclopedia Virginia
• Howardsville, Albemarle County, Virginia - Wikipedia
• Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607-1624/5, Fourth Edition (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), p. 339. Headley, Robert Kirk. [https://www.wikitree.com
• Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Website /wiki/Space:Married_Well_and_Often:_Marriages_of_the_Northern_Neck_of_Virginia%2C_1649-1800 Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800] (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003). See p. 331 Anthony Stephoe, Anthony & Howard, Patience, Widow of Thos Howard. See uploaded page: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Howard-20083
• Mason, Polly Cary. Records of Colonial Gloucester County, Virginia: A Collection of Abstracts from Original Documents Concerning the Lands and People of Colonial Gloucester County, Vol. 1. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000). See William Howard and Thomas Howard p. 38, Dated: 23 April 1688, Place: Petsoe Parish, Gloucester Co., Virginia, Names: Mary, Elizabeth and Ann Howard - See uploaded page: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Howard-20081-1
• Warfield, J.D. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. (Baltimore, MD: Kohn & Pollock, 1885).
• Willis, Charles E. A History of the Willis Family of New England and New Jersey and Their Ancestors. (Richmond, VA: Whitmore & Garret Inc., 1917) p. 325 ff. "A History of John Howard Esq. of Richmond, Virginia." See the story of Allen Howard and family, pp. 328-330.
• Wren, John Howard. Wren's of Virginia: A History of One Early American Family (Salt Lake City, Utah: J.H. Wren, 1993). See Vol. 1, p.35 (cob 4, p. 32). Note: Thomas Howard must have died before March of 1678, because that is when his wife appears to be married to Anthony Steptoe.

Acknowledgements

• Howard-9178 was created by Lanny Wren through the import of lannywren.ged on Jun 2, 2015.
• Profile created by Amy Mcclain through the import of amylea.ged on Sep 4, 2018.