Thomas Howlett (abt. 1637 - 1667)

Born about 1637 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Peabody) Perley — married 1661 (to 22 Dec 1667) in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1667 at about age 30 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thomas Howlett was born say 1637,^[1] and married, by about 1662, Lydia Peabody.^[2]

Thomas Howlett died Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 22 or 23 December 1667.^{[3][4] [5]}

His will was dated 21 December 1667,^[6] allowed in court, 31 March 1668, "upon oath of John Redington and Isaack Comings. From the court record,^[7]

Will of Tho. Howlet, jr., dated Dec. 21, 1667, and allowed Mar. 31, 1668, upon oath of John Redington an Isaac Comings : In care his wife had. son born after his decease, the child was to have a double portion, and if it were a daughter, one-third part more than to any of the other two; to wife, all estate until the children become of age or are married, and then to have one half during her life; his father Pabody and wife Elizabeth, executors. Wit: John Redington, Daniell Borman and Isaack Comings.

Inventory of the estate of Thomas Howlett, jr., deceased 23 December 1667, taken by Isaack Comings and John Redington, and proved Mar. 31, 1668, at Ipswich court : House, and 100 acres of land, 220li; domestic animals, beds and bedding, wearing apparel, kitchen utensils, tools, two guns, grain, books; total, 44oli 8d.

Sources

1. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (1995), 3 vols, pp. 1024-28 (Thomas Howlett), in particular, 1027; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
2. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III (1995), 3 vols, pp. 1024-28 (Thomas Howlett), in particular, 1027; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
3. ↑ Tho[mas] Howlett, Jr. 1667 death entry, citing "CT. R. [court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Ipswich to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex institute, 1910-19), 3 vols., 2:593 (Howlett); digital images, Hathi Trust; death as "Dec. 22. 1667. .
4. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and files of the Quarterly courts of Essex county, Massachusetts (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911-1975), 9 vols., 4:17-18; digital images, Hathi Trust"; " Thomas Howlett, jr., who deceased Dec. 23, 1667."
5. ↑ Linzee
6. ↑ Thomas Howlett/Howlet, Jr., Essex Probate 14092 (5 pp.), Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881; database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors; database index carries entry, "case type: will extant but not proved"; will is pp. 2-3 of file.
7. ↑ George Francis Dow, Records and files of the Quarterly courts of Essex county, Massachusetts (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911-1975), 9 vols., 4:17-18; digital images, Hathi Trust".

• Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. (Boston, Mass., 1913) Page 298