Joseph
Howe
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Howe
and Rebeccah (Hart) Howe
Brother of
Susannah Howe [half], Mary Howe [half], Mary Howe [half], Joseph Howe [half], Mary Howe [half], Abigail Howe [half], Rebecca Howe [half], John Howe, Rebecca (Howe) Witherle, Lois (Howe) Greene, David Howe, Sarah (Howe) Greene, Mary (Howe) Crocker and Abigail (Howe) Allen
Husband of
Sarah Davis
— married
11 Feb 1776 [location unknown]
Husband of
Margaret Cotton
— married
2 Apr 1787 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Husband of
Sarah Simpson
— married
22 Jan 1789 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Howe, William Howe, John Howe, Mary Howe, Sarah Howe, Thomas Howe, Susan Howe and Sarah Howe
Died
at about age 66
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jul 2014
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Biography
He was a tin-plate worker and lived on Marshall's Lane, Boston.
Joseph was born 4 Mar 1753 in Boston. [1]
He had three wives and 8 children, all born in Boston. He "refused the call to train with the militia on Boston Common prior to the Revolution and was fined for it." He was a Sandemanian who by 1787 had become a Unitarian. [2][3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXK-HM9 : 10 February 2018), Joseph How, 04 Mar 1753; citing BOSTON,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014734 V. 24.
- ↑ Charles Francis, Family Ties : The Howe-Witherle Connection, leaflet, p. 4.
- ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Vol. 2, Abraham of Roxbury, NEHGS; Boston; 1929; p33.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Walter Howe
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #N29479, MitoYDNA ID T10929 [compare] - Rob Howe :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #956881
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~0.78%
Judith (Johnstone) Chidlow :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A506348 [compare], Ancestry member Judith_Chidlow
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~0.78%
Keith Johnstone :
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