John Howe (Howe-2209)

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Contents 1 From profile for John Howe 1.1 Will 1.2 Notes 2 Sources

From profile for John Howe

Will

Probate Court

Case records (for place noted)

Docket 12049; ID Number:MH:N219; MH:I500

N202Will of John How (capitalization modernized and paragraphs created for ease of reading):(5)

Notes

The Notes that follow apply to John Howe-83, not the John Howe with the birth and death dates listed above. The birth and death dates apply to How-189, who was the son of James Howe of Ipswich. Commented by Howe-3137 13:25, 22 August 2017 (EDT)

N201An "original grantor" of Sudbury, MA. By Appointment of the Massachusetts Governor, John and Edmund Rice, he laid out the grounds at Framingham in 1662.

John HOWE was born about 1602 in England. Based on age of death, stated as 78. His son, John was killed by the Indians in 1676, the first Mary died young, First Daniel died young, Alexander died soon,Daniel died perhaps at birth and may have been twin to Alexander. He was in Sudbury by 1639--and one of the original grantors-- when he received grant of a house lot, then shared in the three divisions of Sudbury Meadows, 1639-40. Was a petitioner for a grant of Marlboro, 1656, where he removed 1657. His house was about 1/3 mile NE of Spring-hill Meeting House. Opened a tavern in 1661. By appointment of the Mass gov/t, he and Edmund Rice laid out the Framingham lands in 1662.

Marlboro suffered greatly through all the years of Indian warfare. John How's eldest son was killed by them in 1671. His grand-daughter, Elizabeth was at her sister's home assisting her in caring for her infant neice when they were suprised by the indians in the home. The Indians seized them both, and later killed the baby. Elizabeth was held captive for many years in Canada, being ultimately redeemed. She was 17 when taken captive. She returned home to marry her long awaiting lover, Thomas Keyes. Her sister, Mrs. Joslyn, and a child two years old were murdered a few miles from her home. Elizabeth never recovered from the horror and brutality of her sister's death which she was obliged to witness. Her own life was spared because of the superstitious regard the Indians had for her beautifulvoice, and during her captivity, she was frequently compelled to 'make sweet sound.' She retained for some time the customs of the Indians--their posture in sitting and their love for the out of doors." He was married to Mary UNKNOWN before 1640 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA. Children were: John HOWE, Lt. Samuel HOWE, Sarah HOWE, Mary HOWE, Isaac HOWE, Josiah HOWE, Mary HOWE, Thomas HOWE, Daniel HOWE, Alexander HOWE, Eleazer HOWE.

An article in the "Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine" (V-11, pg. 181) states that "the HOWE people were all very large and of heavy frame and body". Also, the HOWE's can trace their ancestry back to the reign of Henry VII (1456-1509) and held estates in Somerset, Gloucester, Wiltshire, Nottingham, in England and in Fermanaugh in Ireland.

More About John Howe, Esq.:

Burial: First white settler of Marlboro, MA

Occupation: 1661, Tavern Keeper (Opened Sudbury tavern)

"ID: I096

"Name: John Howe

"Sex: M

"Birth: 20 NOV 1620 in Hadnall, Shropshire, England 1

"Death: 28 MAY 1680 in Marlboro, Middlesex. MA

"Immigration: 1640 moved west to Sudbury, MA

"Immigration: 1656 Moved to Marlboro, Middlesex, MA

"Occupation: Glover

"Probate: 15 JUN 1680

"Reference Number: 96

"Note:

This John Howe is commonly referred to as "John of Sudbury". In the "Howe Genealogies", he is regarded as the patriarch of one of the 5 Howe lines that migrated to the US even though his father accompanied him. The others are "Abraham of Marlborough", "Edward of Lynn", "Abraham of Roxbury" and "James of Ipswich".

These last 2 were thought to be brothers & family diaries support that conclusion. Supposedly, no other relationship of any kind existed among the 5 other than their all being English & Puritans.

John was not a son of James of Roxbury & Ipswich as some family trees claim:

"The Howes were among the very first settlers of Marlborough, and have been, in every period of her history, one of the most numerous families, furnishing vast numbers of emigrants for other and morewestern towns. John Howe of Sudbury was one of the petitioners in 1657, for the grant which constituted Marlborough. He was the son of John Howe, supposed to be the John Howe, Esq., who came from Warwickshire in Eng., and who was a descendant of John How himself the son of John of Hodinhull, and connected with the family of Sir Charles Howe of Lancaster, in the reign of Charles I. He and his wifelived the most of there married life, if not all, in Marlborough, where he was granted land."

"Over one hundred years ago Marlboro ,was said to be the hive of the Howes and more than one hundred and fifty families by that name had then resided here. "^[1]

(Marlboro township was taken from Sudbury)

In Sudbury, MA in 1638. Probably indentured as he became a freeman there on May 13, 1640. First settler of Marlboro in 1657.

He received a grant of a houselot in Sudbury in 1639 (9 3/4 Acres) and shared (9 Acres total) in the three divisions of meadow land in 1639-40 and another 8 acres, also, in 1640. In 1642, he was appointed Town Marshal for 1 year. "To have 20 shillinges & 12 pence for every distrainte". As Marshal, in 1643, he was appointed to collect the levies for the building of the new bridge. Reappointed Marshal in 1644 He was appointed in 1655 to keep order among the youth during worship.

In all, there are 62 "How" records listed in the Sudbury & Wayside Inn archives including birth records for most of John's & Mary's children. Jerusha Howe's genealogy notes also reside there.

"Wee have found a place which lieth westward"

John Howe was the first to locate on the new English Plantation (Marlborough) and was probably there in 1656, possibly earlier. He seems to have been a fur trader and built a home of sorts at the intersection of two Indian trails the Nashua Path which led to the north, and the Connecticut Path going west. His land abutted both the Indian's Planting Field and the hill called Whipsuppenicke where the Indians had had their town. He also kept an inn where English travelers and traders could stop when enroute through Marlboro.

He, along with other residents of Sudbury, presented a petition to the General Court for land to set out as farms for their posterity. They were granted an area six miles square (36 square miles) on 1656 May 14. In the division of 1660, when the new plantation had been formed as Marlborough, lots were assigned to two of his sons, John and Samuel. Also, a lot went to Abraham Howe, not necessarily arelative. He was assigned a house lot of 30 acres in Marlborough in 1660. He was licensed to keep a house of entertainment in 1661 Sep. He is reputed to have been the first white settler in Marlborough. He built a cabin east of the Indian planting field, near the site of the Spring Hill meeting house. He opened the first tavern in town, well before 1670. He acquired the reputation of good judgment, and stories are told, such as one in which he was asked to judge on the disputed ownership of a pumpkin. He split the pumpkin with a knife and gave half to each party. He served as selectman of Marlborough 1661-1664. In 1664, he signed the counter-petition to the General Court to allow Marlborough to resolve its own disputes. He was assigned to the garrison at William Kerly's in 1675 Oct 1.

Will: mentions wife Mary, sons Samuel, Isaac, Thomas, and Eleazar, daughters Sarah Ward and Mary Witherby, and grandson John son of John, also son Josiah.

Partial list of sources for individual/family data for John & his descendants in this file:

1. Author: Charles Edward Banks

Title: Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England,, 1620-1650

Publication: 1937, Philadelphia, PA: E. E. Brownell^[2]

2. Author: James Savage; Title: Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England; Publication: 1860, Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co

3. Author: Lucius R. Paige; Title: List of Freemen of Massachusetts; Publication: 1978, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co ^[3]

4. Author: Charles H. Pope; Title: Pioneers of Massachusetts; Publication: 1900, Boston, MA: Charles H. Pope ^[4]

5. Author: Marlborough, Mass; Title: Vital records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849; Publication: 1908, Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice^[5]

6. Author: Charles Hudson; Title: History of the town of Marlborough; Publication: 1862, Boston, MA: T.R. Marvin & Son ^[6]

N202Will of John How (capitalization modernized and paragraphs created for ease of reading):(5)

I John How of Marlborough in the Countie of Middlesex in New England being under bodily distemper but of intire understanding, expecting my departure out of this life, do make and ordain my last will and testamt in manner and form follow

ffirst I yeeld up my soal into the hand of God ye mercifull father who hath in his long suffering and goodness lengthened out my days hitherto.

Nextly, for the disposall of my worldly goods - I will and bequeath unto my son Samuel How five and twenty acres of upland which part of my third division of upland lying on the south side of Stony brook to be the possession of my said son Samuel and his heirs for ever.

I give to my son Isaac How and his heirs forever sixteen acres of upland upon part of which his house now standeth on Patch plain and I also give my said son Isaac all that part of Patch meadow which lyeth next unto his said upland, as the said meadow lies already divided betwixt my said son Isaac and his brother Josiah How.

To my son Josiah How and his heirs for ever I give seven acres half of upland granted as an addition to my hous lot, and lying next thereto, in that which I call Crane field, also I give unto my said son Josiah two acres more of upland in which his orchard is now planted and unto my said son Josiah I bequeath all that part of meadow on Patch plain which lyeth to the westward and is already dividedbetwixt his brother Isaac and himself. Also I bequeath unto my said son Josiah ffiveteen acres more of upland, being part of my third division of upland granted unto my houslot , and lyeth on the south side of Stony brook. Furthermore, I will that my son Isaac abovesaid shall pay or cause to be paid unto my said son Josiah or his assigns the sum of ten pounds in what he can best share, within four years next after my decease viz fifty shillings a year dureing the said term of four years.

To my son Thomas How and his heirs forever, I give after my decease my now dwelling house, and all my out houses with all the land lying about the same now in my possession, as well that which is without fence as that which lyeth within fence, together with all Town rights and priviledges belonging to my houslot, and I give unto my said son Thomas all my right in fort meadow, also the hors he troops on, with all his furniture, and my two best oxen, and my cart and plow, with all tackling pertaining thereto, he allowing his mother my loving wife sufficient maintenance both for food and raymt according to her want, and he shall pay or cause to be paid unto his said mother fifty shillings in many from year to hear during her widdowhood, or dureing her natural life, if she marry not again; also my wife shall have free use of any part of my hous which she desireth to have, and she shall have pasture for an hors or two dureing her widdowhood, and if dureing the said time, she shall see need to move from my hous to dwell elswhere, my said son Thomas shall defray the whole charg of her maintenance where she shall choose to reside.

To my son Eleazar How and his heirs forever I give twenty acres of upland which are part of my third division of upland, lying on the south side of Stony brook, also I give my said son Eleazar my fouracres of meadow lying in Chauncy meadow and four acres more lying in Middle Meadow, and an hors colt and two hoors of two years old.

To my daughter Sarah Ward I give a featherbed, with all appurtenances thereto, namely sheets, blankets, tug, or coverlid with pillows and pillow drawers, curtains and vallins.

To my daughter Mary Witherby I give a feather bed also with all appurtenances thereto as before is specifyed unto her sister Sarah Ward, but neither my daughter Sarah nore Mary aforesaid shall have either of the said beds or their said furniture or appurtenances, untill my wife can spare the same.

To Mary my loving wife I give twenty acres of upland, being the third division of upland [?] to the ten acre lot which I purchased of Abraham Williams which said twenty acres ly in Saddle plain, abouthalf a mile north westward of John Brighams saw mill, and I give my said wife ten acres of meadow lying about a mile northward of the said saw mill also I give her four acres of meadow more which ly in Cold Harbor meadow, also I bequeath unto her ten acres of swamp lying in two pieces, both of them beyond Assabat river, about a mile apart. Also I bequeath unto my living wife all my movable goods and estate which I have not as yet otherwise disposed of, and if Joseph Graves which now lives with me as a servant, should well and truly serve out his time viz untill he shall be nineteen years of age, unto the advantag of my wife she shall cloth him well at his departure, and she shall give him either a good cow, or an hors which of them he shall then choose. Also I give unto my wife all debts due to mee from any persons wheresoever they dwell.

Also I will that John How my grandchild, son unto my son John How, deceased shall have an ew lamb, I having already done well for his fathr and my will is that when my wife shall part with any of the legacies now bequeathed unto her by any gift of hers she shall dispose thereof among my then surviving children.

And of this my last will and testament I make and appoint Mary my beloved wife executrix and my son Samuel How executor, and I desire and appoint my beloved friend Edward Rice and Abraham Williams to be the overseers of this my will, in witness hereof I hereunto put my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of May in ye year of Christ one thousand six hundred & Eight.

John How

Signed sealed in presence of us

William Brinsmead

Solomon Johnson Sen

Abraham How

John Haynes

John How's inventory (capitalization modernized):

An inventory of the estate of John How of Marlborough Senior disceased taken June the 5th 1680 is as followeth viz

The homstad or hous lot being 33 acres most of it improved 70-00-00

Item sixtene acres more in his som Isaacks possesion 50-00-00

Item nine acres more and half an acre 15-00-00

Item other out lands more remote being nintie acres 40-00-00

Item all meadows in both devisions being 37 acres more or less 40-00-00

Item ffive oxen aprized at 20-00-00

Item five cows four two year olds and on yearling aprized at 20-00-00

Item two horses and on yearling colt aprized at 08-00-00

Item six calvs aprized at 03-00-00

Item swine [lesse?] and [quatter?] aprized at 05-10-00

Item all his houssing upon the land 120-00-00

Item cart, ploughs and all tackling belonging to [him?] 07-00-00

Item all arms amunition with bridles and sadels 08-00-00

Item two ffeather beds with the bolsters pillows sheets

blankets coverlids curtains &c 20-00-00

Item on feather bed more with bolster pillows sheets blankit coverlids &c 06-00-00

Item thre fflock beds with bolsters pillows sheetes blankits coverlids &c 08-00-00

Item twelve payr of sheetes twelve pillow [drawers?] 12-00-00

Item all his aparel viz wollen lining hats shoes shirts &c 06-00-00

Item all utansels of wood viz chests boxes tabels and others

that ar for dry or liqid use 07-00-00

Item on cubbard with cubbard cloath to it and a cushin 02-10-00

Item all vessels of iron and brass 06-00-00

Item all peuter and earthen vessels 03-00-00

Item cloath and yarn, hemp and flaxs and books 10-00-00

Item corn and all provisions 06-00-00

Item debts due upon books 13-00-00

Item due from the contrie for expens in the warr 05-00-00

the totall of this is 511-00-00

Aprized by us Solomon Johnson Edward Rice and Abraham How acording to our best understanding wittnes our hands

Edward Rice

Abraham How

Soloman Johnson Senr

15 - 4 - 1680 sworn in court by ye executors J:R:C

ID Number:MH:N220

MH:I500

N203Marlborough John Howe Homestead

Massachusetts Historical Commission

80 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Additional information by Anne Forbes, consultant to Marlborough Historical Commission, 7/6/95:

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION.

Even if this house does not contain the pre-1660 cabin of first settler John Howe, (an architectural inspection of the interior would be necessary to tell whether it might,) it was undoubtedly enlarged and updated many times during its long history. Today, it is a typical 2 1/2-story, 5- by 2-bay, center-chimney colonial farmhouse embellished with later details. A long one-story ell extending to the west has a two-car garage inserted at the outer end. The ell also has the other main alteration--the installation of casement windows on the facade.

The other windows are presently 6-over-6-sash, with molded surrounds; they probably replaced 2over-2-sash sometime after 1927. The main entry has a mid-nineteenth-century four-panel door with applied moldings in an earlier, Federal period surround of flat pilasters, narrow divided 2/3length sidelights, and a high frieze with overhanging lintel. Another four-paneled door is located in the ell facade. At the main roofline is a molded, boxed cornice with a complex bed molding, characteristic of the Federal period. The house has narrow corner boards, and is presently clad in wood shingles. The roof is asphalt shingle, the foundation is granite block.

This house was also the first tavern in Marlborough for there is a petition for renewal of his license in 1670. His son John Howe Jr. was killed by the Indians near Sudbury in 1675, and John Jr.'s daughter Elizabeth was taken captive by the Indians in Lancaster, from the house of her brother-in-law Peter Joslin in 1692, she being the only survivor was later ransomed by the government after nearly four years of captivity.

Probably because John Howe's son, John Howe, Jr. (b. 1640), was also a tavern-keeper, (his tavern was on the eastern section of the Boston Post Road,) there has been some confusion as to whether or not this house stands on the site of the first house built in Marlborough. If Charles Hudson is to be believed, this building does indeed stand on or near that site, and certainly occupies part of John Howe's farm. Whether it contains any part of that first cabin of ca. 1657, however, is unknown, although it is quite likely that it does incorporate a house of some sort that he occupied before he died in 1689. Hudson, writing in 1862 and referring to landmarks of his own time, says that the home of John Howe, who is generally acknowledged to have been the first settler in what was to be incorporated in 1660 as the town of Marlborough, was located "100 rods from the Spring Hill meeting house, a little east of the present road from Spring Hill to Feltonville" on the property "recently occupied by the late Edward Rice." (Hudson, 381). Pacing 100 rods north of the meeting house would apparently place either the cabin or a slightly later John Howe House squarely on this property. "E. Rice" is shown as one of its owners on the maps of 1830 and 1835.

Deed research will be necessary to reveal the exact line of ownership of the house. It shows first on maps as having belonged sometime before 1803 to Francis Howe (1750-1833). Francis Howe, who married Mary Hapgood in 1773, was a direct descendant of one of John Howe's younger sons, Col. Thomas Howe (1656-1733), who was also a tavern-keeper, and it is possible that Col. Thomas, rather than John Howe, Jr., inherited their father's house and continued to keep the tavern here at this location.

If he did carry on the house, tavern business, and farm, then the property may have passed by way of his son and grandson (also both Thomas Howe) to Francis, who was the third Thomas's son.

Also, if Col. Thomas was the owner of this house in 1711, then it is likely that this was the building referred to as "Capt. Howe's garrison", one of 26 houses designated at that time as places of refuge in the event of an Indian attack.

By 1803 the house was owned by Joseph Brigham, possibly a cousin of Francis Howe through his mother, Dorothy Brigham. This may have been Joseph Brigham, Esq., the first "settled" lawyer in Marlborough, who was also Justice of the Peace in 1804. By 1830, the property had apparently come under the ownership of members of the other Howe family in Marlborough, the line of original settler Abraham Howe. The owner in that year was the "Widow J. Howe", with Edward Rice. It is likely that this refers to Mrs. Jerusha (Gates) Howe, widow of Joel, and her brother-inlaw, Edward Rice.

The house is next shown on maps, in 1853 and 1856, as belonging to W.H. and M.E. Howe. Two of Jerusha Howe's children (possibly twins, as they were baptized on the same day in 1823), were William Henry and Mary (Mariah) Elizabeth Howe. Jerusha died in 1847, and from the initials on the maps, it appears that William Henry and Mary Elizabeth inherited this property jointly. By 1875 the property is shown under the name of W.H. Howe alone. Farmer Ephraim Howe, who made his home on Bolton Street, was apparently the next owner, by 1889. By that year he had begun the subdivision of part his own fiftyacres, as well as the thirty-three acres of William H. Howe's former property. In all, he laid out 69 small lots fronting on Bolton, Union, and the new State Street. Fowler Street itself, where 19 lots were laid out south and west of the farmhouse, was to be extended to Bolton. Early in this century the property was acquired by Charles Nourse. He died sometime before 1927, when it was owned by his heirs.

John Goodman Howe House

On this plantation lied the first white inhabitant of Marlboro, John Howe of Sudburv was one of the petitioners in 1657 for the new grant, and was the son of John Howe supposed to be the John Howe Esq. who came from Warwickshire, England, and who was a descendant of John Howe, the son of John of Hodinhull and connected with the family of Sir Charles Howe of Lancaster in the reign of Charles first.John Howe with his wife Mary resided first in Watertown and afterwards in Sudbury where he was in 1639. He was admitted freeman in 1640 and he and his wife both died in Marlboro 1687. John came to Marlboro about 1657 and on the above spot of land not far from the Aaron Stevens Homestead a little to the east of the Indian Planting Field, he built him a cabin which has been enlarged or rebuilt andoccupied by his descendants for many generations. His proximity to the Indian Plantation brought him in direct contact with the natives, but by his kindness he gained the confidence and good will of his savage neighbors who accordingly not only respected his rights but in many cases made him Judge in cases of difficulties among themselves.

One day two Indians got into a dispute ,when a pumpkin vine sprang on the land of one Indian and the fruit ripened upon the premises of the other. Each claimed the property but decided to go to John as Umpire. "Pale face Chief him tell where sun fruit go ; white face chief, him know a heap, him tell." Quickly John calls for a knife and severing the fruit gives half to each. "Pale face Chief him big man; Chief, him know, him tell; him very big Chief." And John went up a notch still higher in the good opinion of his red faced neighbors.

Nor was a sense of his justice and impartiality confided in by Indians alone. When in 1662 Thosmas Danforth Esq. made a demand upon the colony for a further compensation for his services the Court ordered that he "shall have granted him so much land as Goodman Rice and Goodman Howe of Marlboro shall judge to be worth ten pounds; and they are empowered to bound the same to him."

Goodman Howe seems to have inherited some of that fine trait of character of the ancestral scholar and chaplain of Cromwell, who one day when the eloquent preacher was soliciting aid or patronage for some person whom he thought deserving, turned sharply and queeried "John Howe you are always asking something for some poor fellow, why do you never ask anything for Yourself ?" John Howe at Sudbury was Selectman and appointed "to see to the restraining of youth on the Lord's Day." As time went on he opened the first public house in Marlboro, and if that be true then this Homestead was an Inn or Tavern, and about 1670 we find his petition for a renewal of his license and he speaks as tho he had been in the business for some time. At the time he was licensed "to keep a house of entertainment" there were but two houses between his tavern and Worcester. At this, Ordinary, his grandson, David Howe who afterwards in 1700 built and kept the Red Horse Tavern at Sudbury to distinguish it from the Marlboro "Black Horse Inn," may have been favorably struck with the occupation of an Innholder which in early days was considered quite a distinguished occupation. the landlord being the great man ofthe town and Esquire. Selectman and local Magistrate.

Everything was posted at the tavern which became the general place for news, and distances were computed from tavern to tavern.

The descendants of John Howe were numerous. In his will proved in 1689 he gave Thomas "the horse he troops on" and he mentions among the others John Howe, Jr. a son of his son John who was married to Elizabeth Ward and killed by the Indians in the east part of Marlboro, near Sudbury and as the Probate Record says "his housings were burned by the Indians." They say the latter kept a tavern on the Munroe Wilson place and that he was killed aid his buildings burned the day before Capt. Wardsworth was kil1ed at Sudbury. His daughter Elizabeth or Mary came near sharing her father's fate, for in 1692 she was in Lancaster at the house of Peter Joslin who married her sister, when the Indians attacked the house, murdered the family and carried her into captivity.

For several years the name How, as formerly written, has been the prevailing name in numbers in this town. In 1762 there has been the prevailing name in numbers in this town. In 1762 there were 18 persons by the name of Howe taxed in the southern part of Marlboro. In 1770 twenty Howes were taxed. In 1798 thirty-one Howes were taxed. In 1826 there were 28 of the name on the list of voters and in 1840 the Howe voters were 42. Over one hundred years ago Marlboro ,was said to be the hive of the Howes and more than one hundred and fifty families by that name had then resided here.

Massachusetts Historical Commission, 80 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Additional information by Anne Forbes, consultant to Marlborough Historical Commission, 7/6/95:

N204John Howe81 was born Abt. 1602 in Hodinhull, Shropeshire, England82, 83, and died 28 May 1680 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts84, 85. He married Mary Martha Jones on Abt. 1636 in England.

Notes for John Howe:

Of the ancestry of John Howe (sometimes "How") of Sudbury and Marlborough, not much seems to be known, except that he was an Englishman. From the painting which used to hang upon the walls of the old Red Horse or Howe Tavern in Sudbury, and from vague family traditions, it has been conjectured that the father of John was John How, Esq.; that the latter was of Warwickshire, England, and was a son of John How of Hodinhull, and was related to the family of Lord Charles How, Earl of Lancaster, in the reign of Charles I. Some researchers have reportedly traced his father's side back to a Whitmore born in 1066, and his mother's side back to Anne Plantagenet, an descendant of the Plantagenet line of kings.

Nor is it known definitely when John How came over from England. His name does not appear in Hotten's Lists of Emigrants to America, containing lists of those coming over between 1600 and 1700. Many of the lists originally kept in England have been destroyed or lost and many came over without being registered in England at all. At least one researcher reports that he ame on the ship "Confidence," settling in Sudbury by 1639. It is supposed by some that he first resided for a while in Watertown. Sudbury was first settled in 1637 and the plan of settlement originated in Watertown but a large portion of Sudbury's early settlers came directly from England. At any rate, as Watertown was settled only a few years before Sudbury, it is probable that John How, if he ever resided in Watertown, resided there only a short time.

What his trade or occupation was when he came to Sudbury is unknown. He has been mentioned in some sources as one "John How, the glover."

After he removed to Marlborough he kept a tavern for many years, perhaps opening it in 1661, but it is probable that he did not rely altogether upon this as a means of support, as he owned a considerable quantity of land.

It is certain that he was in Sudbury as early as 1638 or 39 and that he was one of the 47 who shared in the division of the Sudbury meadows about that time.

In 1642 he was one of the selectmen of Sudbury, and in 1655 was appointed to "see to the restraining of youth on the Lord's Day." He was one of the signers to petition the General Court in 1656 for the grant of lands in Marlborough and was the first settler there and was the first white inhabitant of the town. He came to the place as early as 1657 - 1658 and built a cabin a little east of the Indian planting field, about one-third of a mile northeasterly of Spring Hill Meeting House, where the late Edward Rice resided. The ground upon which the house stood was owned for several generations by the descendants of John How. After that it passed out of their possession , but subsequently it came into the possession of Ephraim Howe, a direct descendant of John.

During King Philip's War, one of the his sons, also named John, was slain in Sudbury by Indians, and his son Colonel Thomas Howe bore a conspicuous part in the subsequent wars. John How was one of thefirst selectmen of Marlborough and in all civil and religious affairs of the town took a prominent part for many years, so much of his history is so closely identified with that of Marlborough as to become a part of it.

Some little has been preserved illustrating his individual life and character. He resided near the Indian Plantation, but by his kindness and justice succeeded in gaining their good will. At least oneresearcher reports that he could speak the Indian language, as could several of the early settlers, and that by his kindliness and justice succeeded in obtaining the local Indians' good will. A dispute arose between two Indians as to the ownership of a pumpkin in a case where the vine sprang up on the premises of one, but the fruit ripened upon the premises of the other. John settled the dispute by cutting the pumpkin in two and giving each of the disputants one half. This struck the parties as the perfection of justice and fixed the impartiality of the Judge on an immutable basis.

Some researchers give his birth date as 1620 rather than 1602. However, it is documented that in 1662 John Howe asked the court to give him freedom from military training, on the following bases: "1. The consideration of a bodily infirmity I have had many yeers upon me which, as I grow in age, increaseth its tediousness, in so much that it is frequently interruptive to me in my calling. 2. I am also thick of hearing. 3. I do and am like to mainain three train-souldiers in my family. Sr., I trust you will endeavor that I may obtain my desire in respect mentioned, though I give you but a hint ofthings which if you do, you will hereby more abundantly oblige me to subscribe myself as already I do . . ." This sounds much more credible coming from a 60-year-old man, born in 1602, rather than a 42-year-old man, born in 1620.

Based generally on HOWE GENEALOGIES by Daniel Wait Howe

More About John Howe and Mary Martha Jones:

Marriage: Abt. 1636, England.

Children of John Howe and Mary Martha Jones are:

+Abraham Howe, b. 05 Apr 1637, England, d. 30 Jan 1695, Marlborough, Middlesex, Mass..

+John Howe, b. 24 Aug 1640, Sudbury, Massachusetts86, 87, d. 20 Apr 1676, Sudbury, Massachusetts88, 89.

+Thomas Howe, b. 22 Jul 1656, Sudbury, Massachusetts90, 91, d. 16 Feb 1733, Lancaster, Massachusetts92, 93.

ID Number:MH:N222

MH:I500

N205JOHN HOWE:

born: 1602 ?, 1616 ? 1620? in Hodinhull, Shropshire, England

died:March 28, 1680 in Sudbury, MIDDLESEX, Massachusetts

He married Mary Martha Jones...January 22, 1661/1662 in Sudbury or Marlboro, Massachusetts

"John Howe resided first perhaps at Watertown, and afterwards at Sudbury,

where he was in 1639. He was admitted freeman in 1640. In 1642 he was selectman

in Sudbury and in 1655 was appointed by the pastor and selectmen to see to the

restraining of youth on the Lord's day. According to tradition, he was the first

white inhabitant who settled on the new grant. He came to Marlboro about 1657

and built him a cabin a little to the east of the Indian Planting Field, where

his descendants lived for many generations. His place was situated some 100 rods

from Spring Hill Meeting House, a little to the east of the present road from

Spring Hill to Feltonville-recently occupied by the late Edward Rice. His

proximity to the Indian Plantation brought him in direct contact with the

natives; but by his kindness, he gained the confidence and good will of his

savage neighbors, who accordingly, not only respected his rights, but in many

cases made him umpire in cases of difficulties among themselves. In a case where

a pumpkin vine sprang up within the premises of one Indian, and the fruit

ripened upon the premises of another, the dispute which arose between them as to

the ownership of the pumpkin was referred to him; and inspired with the wisdom

of a second Solomon, he called for aknife, and severed the fruit, giving a

moiety to each. This struck the parties as the perfection of justice and fixed

the impartiality of the judge on an immutable basis. Nor was a sense of his

justice and impartiality confided in by the Indians alone. When in 1662 Thomas

Danforth, Esq, made a demand upon the Colony for further compensation for his

services, the Court ordered that he shall have granted him so much land as old

Goodman Rice and Goodman Howe of Marlborough, shall judge to be worth ten

pounds; and they were empowered to bound the same to him.

John Howe opened the first public house in the place. About 1670 we find

his petition for a renewal of his license and he speaks as though he had been

some time engaged in the business.

The descendants of John Howe were very numerous; though a portion of the

Howes of Marlboro, were of another family. John Howe's will, proved 1689,

mentions wife Mary, sons Samuel, Isaac, Josiah, Thomas and Eleazer and dau.

Sarah Ward, Mary Wetherby and John Howe, Jr. a son of son John deceased. His

property was inventoried at 511 lbs. He gave Thomas the horse he troops on."

Occupation: Ran Public House. John died on 28 March 1680 at Marlborough,

Massachusetts.

Children of John Howe and Mary Martha Jones

John Howe+ b. 1640, d. 20 Apr 1676

Samuel Howe b. 20 Oct 1642

Sarah Howe b. 25 Sep 1644

Mary Howe b. 18 Jun 1646, d. b 1654

Isaac Howe b. 8 Aug 1648

Josiah Howe b. 1650

Mary Howe b. 18 Jun 1654

Thomas Howe b. 12 Jun 1656

Daniel Howe b. 3 Jun 1658

Alexander Howe b. 29 Dec 1661

Eleazer Howe b. 18 Jan 1662/63

ID Number:MH:N223

MH:I500

N206genijhowe Family Finder:

~ DESCENDANTS of JOHN HOWE ~

The HOWES were among the very first settlers of Marlborough, and have been, in

every period of her history, one of the most. numerous families furnishing

vast numbers of emigrants for other and more western towns.

1 John HOWE, of Sud., was one of the petitioners in 1657, for the grant which

constituted Marl. He was the son of John Howe, supposed to be the John Howe,

Esq., who came from Warwickshire in Eng.,

and who was a descendant of John Howe, himself the son of John of

Hodinhull, and connected with the family of Sir Charles Howe of Lancaster, in

the reign of Charles I.

John Howe resided first perhaps at Watertown, and afterwards at Sudury, where

he was in 1639. He was admitted freeman in 1640. He died at Marlborough 1687,

and his wife Mary died about the same time. In 1642 he was selectman in

Sudbury, and in 1655 was appointed by the pastor and selectmen "to see to the

restraining of youth on the Lord's day." According to tradition, he was the

first white inhabitant who settled on the new grant. He came to Marl. about

1657, and built himself a cabin a little to the east of the Indian Planting

Field, where his descendants lived for many generations. His place was

situated some 100 rods from Spring Hill Meeting House, a little to the east of

the present road from Spring Hill to Feltonville recently occupied by the late

Edward Rice. His proximity to the Indian Plantation brought him in direct

contact with the natives; but by his kindness, he gained the confidence and

good will of his savage neighbors, who accordingly, not only respected his

rights, but in many cases made him the umpire in cases of difficulties among

themselves. In a case where a pumpkin vine sprang up within the premises of

one Indian, and the fruit ripened upon the premises of another, the dispute

which arose between them as to the ownership of the pumpkin, was referred to

him ; and inspired with the wisdom of a second Solomon, he called for a knife,

and severed the fruit, giving a moiety to each. This struck the parties as the

perfection of justice, and fixed the impartiality of the judge on an immutable

basis.

Nor was a sense of his justice and impartiality confided in by the Indians

alone. When in 1662, Thomas Danforth, Esq., made a demand upon the Colony for

a further compensation for his services, the Court ordered that he "shall have

granted him so much land as old Goodman Rice and Goodman Howe, of Marlborough,

shall judge to be worth ten pounds; and they are impowered to bound the same

to him."

John Howe opened the first public house in the place. About 1670, we find his

petition for a renewal of his license, and he speaks as though he had been

some time engaged in the business.

The descendants of John Howe were very numerous ; though a portion of the

Howes of Marlborough were of another family. John Howe's will, proved 1689,

mentions wife Mary, sons Samuel, Isaac, Josiah, Thomas, and Eleazer, and dau.

Sarah Ward, Mary Wetherby, and John IIowe, Jr., a son of son John, deceased.

His property was inventoried at. £511. He gave Thomas "the horse he troops

on."

1 - 2 John (How), b. 1640; m. Jan. 22, 1662, Elizabeth Ward. He was killed by

the Indians.

1 - 3 Samuel, b. Oct. 20, 1642 ; m. June 5, 1693, Martha Bent, in Sud., where

he resided and had a numerous family, some of whom were afterwards in

Marlborough.

1 - 4 Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1644 ; m. June, 1667, Samuel Ward.

1 - 5 Almy, b. June 18, 16,46; d. young.

1 - 6 Isaac, b. Aug. 8, 1648 ; m. June 17, 1671, Frances Woods.

1 - 7 Josiah., b._____; m. March 18, 1671, Mary Haynes, of Sud.

1 - 8 Mary, b. June 18, 1654; m. Sept. 18, 1672, John Wetherby.

1 - 9 Thomas, b. .tune 12, 1656: in. 1st, Sarah Hosmer, and 2d, Mrs. Mary

Baron.

1 - 10 Daniel, b. June 3, 1658 ; d. 1661.

1 - 11 Alexander, b. Dec. 29, 1661; d. the January following.

1 - 12 Eleazer, b. Jan. 18, 1662; m. 1683, Hannah Howe, dau. of Abraham.

1 - 2 John HOWE (How) m. Jan 22, 1662, Elizabeth Ward . He resided in

Marlborough, where the births of three of his children are recorded. He

probably had other children born earlier. He was killed by the Indians in

Sudbury, April 20, 1676. The Probate Records say his "housings destroyed by

the Indians."

2 - 13 John, b. Sept. 9, 1671 ; m. Rebecca ____.

2 - 14 David, b. April 9, 1674 ; d. the same year.

2 - 15 Elizabeth, b. July 16, 1675; m. June 23, 1699, Thomas Keyes. In 1692

she was in Lancaster at the house of Peter Joslin, who Married her sister,

when the Indians attacked the house, murdered the

family, and carried her into captivity, where she remained three or four

years, when she was ransomed by the Government, and restored to her friends.

When she was captured, she was about to be married; her intended, considering

her lost to him forever, resolved never to marry; but on her return repented

of his folly. They moved to Shrewsbury, where he d. 1742. She d. Aug. 18,

1764, aged 89. It is said that she never fully recovered from the fright of

her capture.

1 - 6 Isaac HOWE m. Jan 17, 1671, Frances Woods. She d. May 14, 1718, and he

m. Dec. 2, 1718, Susanna Sibley, of Sutton. He d. Dec. 9, 1724, aged 77. By

his will, dated June 20, 1723, he gave his homestead to his son John.

1 - 16 Elizabeth, b. Jan. 17, 1673.

1 - 17 Sarah b. Jan. 28, 1675.

1 - 18 Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1677 ; m. 17 06, Jonathan Wilder.

1 - 19 John, b. Oct. 1680; d. in early infancy.

1 - 20 John, b. Sept. 16, 1682 ; m. Nov. 3, 1703, Deliverance Rice, of Sud.

1 - 21 Bethiah, b. Aug. 24, 1684 ; m. 1714, Benjamin Garfield.

1 - 22 Hannah, b. June 17, 1688 ; m. John Amsden.

1 -23 Thankful, b. June 22, 1691; m. 1711, James Cady.

1 - 7 Josiah HOWE m. March 18, 1672, Mary Haynes, of Sud. His estate was

settled, 1711. His widow m. John Prescott. He was in Marlborough 1675, and

rallied with others to defend the inhabitants at the opening of Philip's war.

7 - 24 Mary, b. 1672; d. young.

7 - 25 Mary, b. May 4, 1674; d. young.

7 - 26 Joseah, b. 1678; m. June 14, 1706, Sarah Bigelow.

7 - 27 Daniel, b. May 5, 1681 ; settled in Shrewsbury.

7 - 28 Ruth, b. Jan. 6, 1684; m. ______ Bowker.

1 - 9 Thomas HOWE, m. June 8, 1681, Sarah Homer, who d. April 7, 1724, and he

m. Dec. 24, 1724, Mrs. Mary Baron. He d. Feb. 16, 1733, aged 77.

9 - 29 Tabita, b. May 29, 1684; m. April 2, 1713, James Eager.

9 - 30 James b. June 22, 1685; m. about 1710, Margaret Gates.

9 - 31 Jonathan, b. April 23, 1687; m. April 5, 1711, Lydia Brigham.

9 - 32 Prudence, b. Aug. 27, 1689; m. Jan. 5, 1715, Abraham William

9 - 33 Thomas, b. June 16, 1692; m. Rebecca Perkins.

9 - 31 Sarah, b. Aug. 16, 1697.

1 - 12 Eleazer HOWE, m. Hannah Howe, dau. of Abraham and Hannah (Ward) Howe.

He was a man of property, and the silver mentioned in his will, shows that he

abounded somewhat in an article, not common in his day. She d. June 24, 1735,

aged 72; and he d. March 17, 1737, aged 75. He was honored with the command of

a Company, when such a trust was committed to the most able and reliable men.

He gave by will a silver spoon to son Gershom, and a silver tankard to son

Ephraim. Also a silver spoon each to dau. Martha Bartlett and Hannah Beaman.

He also mentions dau. Elizabeth Witherbee.

12 - 35 Martha, b. Sept. 4, 1686 ; m. Dec. 6, 1716, Daniel Bartlett.

12 - 36 Deborah, b. July 0, 1688; m. June 30, 1710, Benjamin Bailey.

12 - 37 Eleazer, b. July 3, 1692; d. July 27, 1692. Twin of Hannah

12 - 38 Hannah, b. July 3, 1692; d. July 27, 1692. Twin of Eleazer

12 - 39 Gershom, b. Sept. 8, 1694; m. Dec. 6, 1721, Hannah Bowker.

12 - 40 Ephraim, b. March 30, 1699 ; m. Jan. 8, 1723, Elizabeth Rice.

12 - 41 Eleazer, b. Dec. 15, 1707 ; m. 1732, Hepzibah Barrett.

12 - 42 Hannah, b. ____; m. May 2, 1726, Eleazer Beaman.

2 - 13 John HOWE m. Rebecca _____. She d. Sept. 22, 1731, and he m. June 18,

1740, Ruth Eager. His will in 1752 mentions all his children. Inventory, 1754,

£535.

13 - 43 Peter, b. May 8, 1695 ; m. Dec. 4, 1718. Grace Bush.

13 - 44 John, b. July 16, 1697; m. 1724, Thankful Bigelow.

13 - 45 Sarah, b. July 12, 1699; m. Pelatiah Rice (Father's Will, 1752.)

13 - 46 Ebenezer, b. May 1, 1701 ; d. in the army.

13 - 47 Rebecca, b. March 19, 1703; m. 1728, John Bigelow.

13 - 48 Mary, b. July 24, 1705 ; d. 1724.

13 - 49 Hannah, b. Nov. 20, 1706; m. Jacob Rice.

13 - 50 Seth, b. April 1:3, 1708 ; m. Mary Morse.

13 - 51 Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1710; m. July 31, 1732, Matthias Howe.

13 - 52 Eunice, h. July 22, 1712; in. John Sherman, of Grafon.

13 - 53Dorothy, b. Jan. 31,1715 ; m. Feb. 4, 1735, Joseph Perry.

6 - 20 John HOWE, m. Nov. 3, 1703, Deliverance Rice, of Sud., dau. Of John and

Tabitha (Stone) Rice. He d. May 19, 1754, aged 74.

20 - 54 Jesseniah, b. May 30, 1704 ; m. Damaris Eager

20 - 55 Matthias b. Oct. 20, 1706; m. Feb. 4, 1732, Elizabeth Howe.

20 - 56 Isaac, b. Feb. 8, 1708; m. April 21, 1735, Prudence Howe.

20 - 57 Benjamin, b. Dec. 14, 1710; m. Feb. 4, 1732, Lucy Amsden.

20 - 58 Tabitha, b. July 27, 1712; m. June 11, 17351, Hezekiah Maynard.

20 - 59 Patience, b. March 28, 1714.

20 - 60 Paul, b. June 18, 1715 ; settled at Paxton.

20 - 61 Mary, b. Nov. 22, 1710.

20 - 62 Francis, b. June 16, 1721 ; settled at Rutland; m. Lydia Davis.

20 - 63 Abigail, b. Aug. 8, 1723.

7 - 26 Josiah HOWE, m. June 14, 1700, Sarah Bigelow. She d. and he m. Nov. 22,

1713, Mary Marble. He d. Sept. 20, 1766, aged 78.

26 - 64 Phinehas, b. Dec. 4, 1707 ; m. Abigail Bennett; resided at Shrewsbury.

26 - 65 Abraham, b. April 6, 1709.

26 - 66 Rachel, b. Nov. 23, 1710.

26 - 67 Sarah, b. Dec. 24, 1714.

26 - 68 Mar y, 22, May 22, 1716.

26 - 69 Josiah, b. ]Dec. 22, 1720; m. 1711, Mary Goodale.

26 - 70 Jacob, b. Nov. 25, 1724; m. 1712, Ruth Swinerton, of Salem.

9 - 30 James HOWE m. about 1710, Margaret Gates.

30 - 71 James, b. Jan. 4, 1712.

30 - 72 Abisha, b. Aug. 8, 1713 ; d. March 10, 1714.

30 - 73 Thankful, b. July 31, 1715.

30 - 74 Margaret, b. Oct. 13, 1717.

30 - 75 Sybel, b. March 23, 1720.

30 - 76 Submit, b. July 23, 1722.

9 - 31 Jonathan HOWE m. April 11, 17 11, Lydia Brigham, dau. of Samuel and

Elizabeth (Howe) Brigham. He d. June 22, 1738, in his 52d year.

31 - 77 Timothy, b. May 21, 1712 ; d. Oct. 15, 1710.

31 - 78 Prudence, b. Nov. 3, 1714; m. Isaac Howe, of Leicester.

31 - 79 Bezalcel, b. June 19, 1717; in. Anna ____.

31 - 80 Charles, b. April 30, .1720; m. Lydia ____.

31 - 81 Eliakim, b. Jan. 17, 1723; m. Dec. 15, 1747, Rebecca How,

31 - 82 Lucy, b. March 20, 1726.

31 - 83 Lydia, b. April 12, 1729 ; d. young.

31 - 84 Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1730 ; d. young.

31 - 85 Lydia, b. June 20, 1732; m. Sept. 21, 1752, Timothy Goodenow.

9 - 33 Thomas HOWE m. Rebecca Perkins. He d. April 2, 1777, aged 85. She d.

July 3, 1794.

33 - 86 Thomas, b. June 20, 1710 ; m. Dorothy Brigham

33 - 87 Mary, b. June 30, 1718.

33 - 88 Ezekiel, b. June 29, 1720; m. May 20, 1740, Elizabeth Rice.

33 - 89 Simon, b. Oct. 28, 1722; m. 1715, Lydia Bker, of Littleton.

33 - 90 Sarah, b. July 4, 1725; m. 17411, Benjamin Hoar.

33 - 91 Rebecca, b. Aug. 16, 1727.

12 - 39 Gershom HOWE m. Dec. 6, 1721 Hannah Bowker. He d. Oct. 28, 17:3.3. He

was honored with the appellation of Ensign. His Inventory shows the spirit of

the timcs-2 firelocks, 2 swords, 2 bells, 2 girdles, wooden plotters, plates,

and trenchers. Whole amount of property, £:3,887.

39 - 92 Miriam, b. Nov. 27, 1722 ; m. May 17, 1714, Jotham Bartlett.

39 - 93 Moses, b. March 6, 1725; m. Hannah _____

39 - 94 Silas, b. Feb. 5, 1727; settled in Shrewsbury; m. Beulah Leland.

39 - 95 Zeruiah, b. Oct. 9, 1729, m. Oct. 28, 1747, David Felton.

39 -96 Persis, b. March 2, 1736; m. Dec. 18, 1755, John Gleason.

39 - 97 Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1737.

12 - 40 Ephraim HOWE, m. June 8, 1723, Elizabeth Rice, dau. of Benjamin and

Mary (Graves) Rice. He d. Jan. 14, 1764, aged 68.

40- 98 Stephen, b. Dec. 1, 1723 ; m. Jan. 30, 1752, Elizabeth Beaman.

40 - 99 Azadiah, b. March 26, 1725; m. 1749, Jacob Felton, and d. 1819 aged

94.

40 - 100 Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1727; m. Jonathan Clifford; r. in Worcester.

40 - 101 Deborah, b. Feb. 2, 1729.

40 - 102 Lydia, b. June 7, 1731 ; m. Sept. 30, 1755, Noah Beaman.

40 - 103 Hannah, b. May 5, 1734; m. Joseph Crosby, of Worcester.

40 - 104 Mary, b. July 25, 1740.

12 - 41 ELeazer HOWE m. 1732, Hepzibah Barrett, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth

(Stow) Barrett. He d. Dec. 6, 1768. His will, dated Nov. 25, 1768, speaks of

wife Hepzibah, sons Ebenezer and Luther, and

son-in-law Oliver Barnes, and dau. Catharine. She d. Feb. 22, 1794.

41 - 105 Samuel, b. Dec. 15, 1732 ; he was in the French war in 1755-6 and had

the command of a company.

41 - 106 Sabilla, b. Sept. 1, 1734; m. July 10, 1760, Oliver Barnes.

41 - 107 Katharine, b. April 5, 1737.

41 - 108Jonas, b. June 10, 1739; m. May 30, 1769, Hepzibah Hapgood.

41 - 109 Levi, b. June 27, 1741.

41 - 110 Ebenezer, b. March 20, 1744; in. July 20, 1767, Dolly Barnes.

41 - 111 Luther,b. April 10, 1747; m.Elizabeth_____.

13 - 43 Peter HOWE m. Dec. 24, 1718, Grace Bush He d.Oct. 18, 1778, aged 84 ;

and she d. aged 74 years, 7 months and 7 days.

43 - 112 Ezra, b. March 22, 1719; m. Phebe _____.

43 - 113 Nehemiah, b. Jan. 13, 1721 ; m. 1747, Beulah Wheeler.

43 - 114 Keziah, b. March 9, 1723 ; m. June 2, 1750, Nathaniel Smith.

43 - 115 Ebenezer, b. April 4, 1725 ; d. July 26, 1725.

43 - 116 Mary b. April 2, 1726.

43 - 117 Rebecca, b. July 12, 1728; m. Dec. 15, 1747, Eliakim Howe.

43 - 118 Peter, b. Dec. 23, 1730; m. March 26, 1754, Mary Smith.

43 - 119 Rhoda, b. March 11, 1733; m. May 6, 1757, Ebenezer Harthorn.

43 - 120 Ruth, b. May 13, 1736 ; m. Feb. 19, 1760, Josiah Stow.

13 - 44 John HOWE m. Feb. 11, 1724, Thankful Bigelow. He d. April 25, 1734.

His inventory was £7119. She d. Oct. 18, 176.5, aged 66.

44 - 121 Cyprian, b. March 29, 1726; m. 1, Dorothy Howe, and 2, Mary Williams.

44 - 122 Asa, b. Jan. :31, 1728 ; m. 1752, Mary Stow.

44 - 121 Anna, b. Sept. 10, 1731.

44 - 124 Patience, b. May 22, 1734; m. April 4, 1757, Edward Baker.

13 - 50 Seth HOWE m. Mary Morse. He d. April 27, 1789.

50 - 125 Abigail, b. May 29, 1741 ; d. Jan. 20, 1744.

50 - 126 Rebecca, b. Dec. 20, 1743, d. unm.

50 - 127 John, b. June 5, 1747; m. Nov. 21, 1771, Susanna Fairbanks.

20 - 54 Jesseniah HOWE m. Damaris _____.

54 - 128 Joel, b. March 26, 1729.

54 - 129 Hepzibah, b. April 6, 1730.

20 - 55 Matthias HOWE m. July 21, 1732, Elizabeth Howe.

55 - 130 Elizabeth, b. March 22, 1733; m. May 4, 1757, Solomon Newton.

55 - 131 Silas, b. May 10, 1735; d. July 2, 1738.

55 - 132 Dorothy, b. July 28, 1737.

55 - 133 Mary, b. March 9, 1740.

20 - 57 Benjamin HOWE m. Feb. 4, 1732, Lucy Amsden, dau. of Thomas and Eunice.

He d. Oct. 20, 1757. She d. Oct. 7, 1773.

57 - 134 Jacob, b. Feb. 26, 1732 ; d. March 6, 1732.

57 - 135 Noah, b. Feb. 6, 1733 ; m. Nov. 23, 1758, Martha Barnard.

57 - 136 Abraham, b. March 3, 1735; d. March 10, 1735.

57 - 137 Miriam, b. Jan. 1736; d. same year.

57 - 138 Lucy, b. Oct. 14, 1737; m. Oct. 24, 1765, William Maynard.

57 - 139 Joseph, b. Dec. 23, 1740; m. Feb. l5, 1762, Persis Rice.

57 - 140 Nanne, b. July 15, 1743 ; d. 1745.

57 - 141Catharine, b. May 14, 1746.

57 - 142 Lucretia, b. April 7, 1749.

57 - 143 Benjamin, b. Oct. 17, 1751; m. Abigail _____.

57 - 144 Eunice, b. July 1, 1751.

26 - 69 Josiah HOWE m. Aug. 12, 1741, Mary Goodale, dau. of Benjamin and

Hannah.

69 - 145 Dorothy, b. March 1, 1743.

69 - 146 Daniel, b. March 4, 1745.

69 - 147 Mary, b. April 15, 1746.

69 - 148 Josiah, b. June 30, 1748 ; m. Feb. 26, 1770, Molly Adams.

69 - 1419 David, b. Sept. 27, 1751 ; d. Oct. 15, 1751.

69 - 150 Artemas, b. May 23, 1753.

69 - 151 Hannah, b. Dec. 20, 1755.

69 - 152 Loammi, b. May 3, 1758; d. Nov. 1, 1758.

69 - 153 Elizabeth, b. May 6, 1759.

69 - 154 Charilota, b. Aug. 18, 1764.

26 - 70 Jacob HOWE m. Dec. 7, 1742, Ruth Swiniston, of Salem.

70 - 155 Oliver, b. Feb. 18, 1749.

70 - 156 Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1753; d. young.

70 - 157 July, b. July 9, 1756.

70 - 158 Sarah, b. Dec. 13, 1757.

31 - 79 Bezaleel HOWE m. Anna _____. She d. June 28, 1773.

79 -159 Susanna, m. Feb. 12, 1740.

79 - 160 Timothy, b. Oct. 6, 1742.

79 - 16l Eadith, b. Oct. 11, 1744.

79 - 162 Darius, b. June 26, 1716.

79 - 163 3ezaleel, b. Nov. 28, 1750.

31 - 80 Charles HOWE m. Lydia _____.

80 - 164 Theodore, b. March 27, 1747.

80 - 165 Calvin, b. Feb. 22, 1749.

31 - 81 Eliakim HOWE m. Dec. 15, 1747, Rebecca Howe. He moved to Henniker, N.

H., before 1770.

81 - 161, Otis, b. Oct. 3, 1748; m. Nov. 5, 1770, Lucy Goodale.

81 - 167 Tilly, b. May 1, 1750.

81 - 168 Rehene, b. July 2, 1752.

81 - 169 Anna, b. Aug. 20, 1754.

81 - 170 Molly, b. Sept. 28, 1757.

81 - 171 Prudence, b. Sept. 16, 1759; d. Jan. 3, 1762.

81 - 172 Jonathan, b. Oct. 29, 1761.

33 - 86 Thomas HOWE m. Dorothy _____. She d. Sept. 4, 1796.

86 - 173 Sylbel, b. May 29, 1740 ; m. Peter Wood, Esq.

86 - 174 Fiske, b. June 23, 1741; In. March 31, 1767, Lydia Bigelow.

86 - 175 Antipas, b. April 16, 1745; m. Nov. 23, 1774, Catharine Tainter.

86 - 176 Arteimas, b. March 11, 1747; moved to Templeton.

86 - 177 Francis, b. June 26, 1750; m. June 21, 1773, Mary Hapgood.

33 - 88 Ezekiel HOWE m. May 10, 1740, Elizabeth Rice.

88 - 1781 Patience, b. June 10, 1742.

33 - 89 Simon HOWE m. 1745, Lydia Baker, of Littleton. He d. Aug. 26, 1806,

aged 84, and she d. June 9, 1809, aged 85.

89 - 179 William, b. May 5, 1747; d. May 8, 1763.

89 - 180 Catharine, b. Feb. 26, 1749 ; d. 1749.

89 - 181 Alice, b. Sept. 9, 1750; m. June 27, 1776, Jabez Rice.

89 - 182 Lydia, b. Dec. 22, 1753.

89 - 183 Abel, b. May 8, 1756; d. May 13, 1763.

89 - 184 Talman, b. May 22, 1758 ; d. July 2, 1815 ; m _____.

89 - 185 Perkins, b. Dec. 21, 1760; m. 1795, Ruth Dunlap.

89 - 186 Perly, b. Sept. 19, 1762; grad. at Dart. 1790; studied divinity;

settled at Surry, N. H.; m. Dec. 9, 1795, Zeruiah Barnes, dau. Of Moses and

Sarah Barnes.

89 - 187 Sarah, b. Oct. 3, 1764 ; d. July 31, 1782.

89 - 188 Aaron, b. Aug. 29, 1766; m. July 21, 1793, Ruth Gleason.

39 - 93 Moses HOWE m. Hannah _____. He d. July 8, 1771, and she d. Nov. 22,

1789, aged 74.

93 - 189 Gershom, b. Sept. 26, 1747 ; d. young.

93 - 190 Samuel, b. Jan. 12, 1749; m. Oct. 24, 1771, Hannah Burnet.

93 - 191 Jonathan, b. Aug. 15, 1751 ; moved to Holden.

93 - 192 Sarah., b. Aug. 20, 1753 ; m. John Gassett.

93 - 193 Gershom, b. Jan. 13, 1756; resided at Holden.

40 - 98 Stephen HOWE m. June 30, 1752, Elizabeth Beaman, dau. Of Abraham and

Mary Beaman. He d. May 29, 1768.

98 - 194 Keziah, b. March 25, 1753; d. June 20, 1753.

98 - 195 Ephraim, b. June 6, 1751 ; m. Hannah Maynard.

98 - 196 Stephen, b. Aug. 22, 1758; d. Sept. 19, 1761.

98 - 197 Eleazer, b. April I, 1761 ; m. Caty Bernard.

98 - 198 Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1764; in. William Gates, as his 2d wife.

98 - 199 Stephen, b. July 24, 1767 ; m. March 2, 1790, Judith Hunt; r.

Lunenburg, Vt.

41 - 110 Ebenezer HOWE In. July 20, 1767, Dorothy Barnes. She d. March 15,

1802.

110 - 200 Willard, b. June 25, 1769; m. Aug. 16, 1797, Polly Brigham.

110 - 201 Levi, b. April 2, 1774; d. April 1840 unm. Twin of Aaron

110 - 202 Aaron, b. April 2, 1774; m, Jan. 28, 1806, Abigail Morse,dau. of

Francis.

41 - 111 Luther HOWE m. Elizabeth Watson. She d. May 12, 1796. He d. Sept. 24,

1811, aged 64.

111 - 203 Elizabeth, b. May 27, 1777; m. Ephraim B. Rice; moved to Vt.

111 - 204 Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1779; m. 1st, Charles Dexter, and 2d, _____

Gates, of Stow.

111 - 205Luther, b. Dec. 7, 1780; moved to Vt.

111 - 206 William, b. Jan. 25, 1783; moved to Vt.

111 - 207 Ebenezer, b. Dec. 18, 1784 ; moved to Vt.

111 - 208 Susanna, b. June 25, 1788; moved to Vt.

111 - 209 Lemuel, b. Aug. 26, 1792 ; m. Sally Jones; r. in Grafton.

43 - 112 Ezra HOWE m. Phebe _____. He was one who took part in the French

war, and marched to the relief of Fort William-Henry. He d. Sept. J, 1795. The

family removed from town before 1770.

112 - 210 Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1750.

112 - 211 Nehemiah, b. March 5, 1752.

112 - 212 Phebe b. May 5, 1754.

112 - 213 Eli, b. Feb. 25, 1757.

112 - 214 Micah, b. Sept. 22, 1759.

112 - 215 Lydia, b. Dec. I10, 1762.

112 - 216 Judith, b. Oct. 8, 1765.

112 - 217 Aaron, b. Sept. 19, 1768.

112 - 218 Moses, b. Feb. 14, 1772; d. Sept. 9, 1775.

43 - 113 Nehemiah HOWE m. 1747, Beulah Wheeler. They left town and went to New

Marlborough first in Berkshires then at about 50 yrs of age went with Ethan

Allen to Vermont. Nehemiah, Beulah and

family settled in Poultney next to Ethan's brother, Hebron (sp?). Nehemiah was

the miller, on the Committee of Safety until he died after helping a very ill

soldier.

113 - 219 Abner, b. Nov. 17, 1747.

43 - 118 Peter HOWE m. March 26, 1747, Mary Smith. She d. June 4, 1806.

118 - 220 Lovell, b. May 17, 1756, m. Patty and Nabby Parker.

118 - 221 Ebenezer, b. Jan 12, 1761.

118 - 222 John, b. June 4, 1763.

118 - 223 Luck, b. Dec. 17, 1765.

118 - 224 William, b. April 3, 1768.

118 - 225 Levi, b. July 1, 1777.

41 - 121 Cyprian HOWE m. Nov. 20, 1750, Dorothy Howe, dau. of Joseph and Ruth

Howe. She d. May 30, 1764, and he m. Feb. 6, 1766, Mary Williams, dau. of

Abraham and Elizebeth Williams. He kept a public house. He was a Capt. at the

opening of the Revolution, and marched to Cambridge on the Lexington alarm on

the 19th of April, 1775; and served further in the war of the Revolution. He

was Col. in the militia.

121 - 226 Martha, b. Sept. 3, 1751.

121 - 227 Jabez, b. April 14, 1753.

121 - 228 Catee, b. Dec. 28, 1757 ; m. Jan. 2. 1776, Joel Brigham.

121 - 229 Phebe, b. Jan. 31, 1762.

121 - 230 Dorothy, b. June 18, 1767; m. 1788, Joshua Burnham.

121 - 231 Mary, b. May 12, 1770; m. Benjamin Samin.

121 - 232 John, b. Sept. 20, 1773.

121 - 233 Henry, b. Oct. 6, 1779.

44 - 122 Asa HOWE m. June 9, 1752, Mary Stow, dau. of John and Elizabeth

(Brigham) Stow. She d. Jan. 11, 1811.

122 - 234 John, b. Aug. 11, 1752.

50 - 127 John HOWE, m. Nov. 21, 1771, Susanna Fairbanks. She d. Feb. 12, 1791.

He d. Oct. 3, 1818.

127 - 235 Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1772; d. July 14, 1849, unm.

127 - 236 Jsaon, b. June 8, 1774; m. Mary Warland, of Cambridge.

127 - 237 Abigail, b. Jan. 12, 1776; m. 1800, Joseph Gleason, moved to

Acworth, N. H.

127 - 238 Lucy, b. Dec. 8, 1777; d. 1791.

127 - 239 Lydia, b. Dec. 19, 1779; living in North Wrentham.

127 - 240 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 7, 1781 ; d. unm. 1847.

127 - 241 .Anna, b. Jan. 22, 1783; m. Amariah Daniels.

127 - 242 Sarah, b. April 4, 1785; m. Jonathan Russell, of Sherhorn.

127 - 243 Phebe, b. Nov. 4, 1786; m. Salmon Mann, N. Wrentham.

127 - 214 Patty, b. Nov. 23, 1788; m. Thomas Page, Walpole.

127 - 245 Susan Dorothy, b. Jan. 31, 1791 ; m. Martin Moore, Sudbury.

57 - 135 Noah HOWE m. Nov. 23, 1758, Martha Barnard, dau. of Robert and

Rebecca Barnard. He d. Feb. 3, 1813, aged 80. She d. Aug. 10, 1807.

135 - 246 Fortunatus, b. March 26, 1760; m. March 23, 1780, Sarah Bruce, and

d. 1831.

135 - 247 Winslow, b. Nov. 8, 1761 ; m. Dolly Hayden, of Sud.

135 - 218 Nanne, b. April 2, 1763; d. Jan. 21, 1776.

135 - 249 Calvin, b. June 17, 1765; m. Aug. 16, 1787, Esther Howe, dau of Asa.

Note: to see his genealogy go to >>>>>>>

135 - 250 Gardner, b. Feb. 16, 1767 ; d. Aug. 25, 1775.

135 - 251 Lydia, b: April 26, 1769.

57 - 139 Joseph HOWE m. Feb. 25, 1762, Persis Rice, dau. of Abraham and Persis

(Robinson) Rice. She d. before 1785, aged 87.

139 - 252 Archelaus, b. May 12, 1763; m. Lucy Howe, dau. of Asa.

57 - 143 Benjamin HOWE m. Abigail Howe, dau. of Asa. He d. July 18, 1814.

143 - 253 Lucretia, b. Jan. 19, 1782; m. 1800, Francis Hudson.

143 - 254 Catherine, b. Dec. 7, 1783; m. William Morse, of North.

143 - 255 Windsor, b. Oct. 12, 1785; m. Oct. 12, 1808, Lydia Brigham, r.

Lowell, d. 1857.

143 - 256 William, b. June 9, 1787; m. Feb. 6, 1810, Abigail Fay, d. 1857.

143 - 257 Stephen, b. Sept. 13, 1789; in. Patty Stow, of Grafton.

143 - 258 Abigail, b. June 2, 1791; m. Jacob Goddard, of Berlin.

143 - 239 Benjamin, b. March 5, 1793; d. unm. 1814.

143 - 260 Winthrop, b: Aug. 12, 1795; m. _____.

143 - 261 Lucy, b. July 6, 1798 ; m. John G. Brigham, r. in Concord.

143 - 262 Jeroboam, b. April 1, 1800; resides in Lowell.

143 - 263 Lydia, b. June 12, 1802 ; m. _____.

144 - 264 Alonzo, b. Feb. 23, 1804 ; d. at Lowell.

69 - 148 Josiah HOWE m. Feb. 24, 1770, Molly Adams. He d. Jan. 15, 1827, aged

78 yrs. 5 mos. 18 days. She d. June 1, 1845, aged 93 yrs. 10 mos. 2 days. He

was a deacon of the church.

148 - 265 John, b. Sept. 9, 1772; m. Lydia Williams.

148 - 266 Lydia, b. March 12, 1775; d. Jan. 15, 1790.

148 - 267 Solomon, b. March 28, 1777; m. May 19, 1802, Sarah Stow, lived and

d. in Berlin.

148 - 268 Eunice, b. July 28, 1780; m. Oct. 30, 1799, Joseph Howe.

148 - 269 Josiah, b. March 27, 1783; m. Plebe Harrington, r. So. Orange.

148 - 270 Lewis, b. May 2, 1792; in. March 28, 1816, Sally Witt; in. 2d, June

28, 1853, Asenath S. Boyd.

148 - 271 Lucy b. Nov. 1, 1794; m. Benjamin Clark.

86 - 175 Antipas HOWE m. Nov. 23, 1774, Catharine Tainter. They moved to

Princeton.

175 - 272 Catharine, b. March 31, 1775.

86 - 177 Francis HOWE m. June 21, 1773, Mary Hapgood, dau. of Joseph and Mary.

He d. Feb. 28, 1833, aged 82.

177 - 273 Joseph, b. Nov. 7, 1773; d. Aug. 12, 1775.

177 - 274 Francis, b. Jan. 7, 1776.

177 - 275 Lewis, b. Feb. 3, 1778.

177 - 276 Ezekiel, b. July 30, 1780.

177 - 277 Thomas, b. Dec. 2, 1781.

177 - 278 Polly, b. June 19, 1786; m. Aaron Cutter, Oct. 25, 1811.

177 - 279 Lucy, b. Oct. 21, 1788; m. James Hapgood.

177 - 280 Lydia, b. Feb. 23, 1791 ; m. 1823, Nathaniel A. Bruce.

177 - 281 Lambert, b. Aug. 12, 1795; m. Charlotte Barnes, dau. of Stephen.

177 - 282 Abigail B., b. Feb. 28, 1810.

89 - 185 Perkins HOWE m. 1795, Ruth Dunlap. He probably m. a 2d wife, Nancy

Dunlap.

185 - 283 Betsey, b. April 27, 1796; m. Abel Rice; d. at Worcester.

185 - 284 Sally, b. April 3, 1798.

185 - 285 Elizabeth, b. July 22, 1800; m. Silas Dalrymple.

185 - 286 Henry, b. Aug. 14, 1814.

Perkins Howe had John, Abel, Samuel, and perhaps other children whose births

are not recorded.

89 - 188 Aaron HOWE m. July 21, 1793, Ruth Gleason; moved to Stow, and

afterwards went west and resided with some of his children.

188 - 287 Lois, b. Dec. 5, 1793; d. young.

188 - 288 Abel, b. Aug . 23, 1795; d. May 9, 1796.

188 - 289 Charles, b. Nov. 10, 1796.

188 - 290 Hopis, b. May 28, 1799.

188 - 291 Lois, b. Nov. 10, 1800.

188 - 292 Salhl, b. Aug. 1, 1803.

188 - 293 Almira, b. Sept. 21, 1809.

188 - 294 Ruthy, b. April 16, 1806.

188 - 295 William, b. April 25, 1808.

93 - 190 Samuel HOWE m. Oct. 24, 1771, Hannah Burnet. He d. July 31, 1820,

aged 71. She d. Nov. 5, 1835, aged 92. He resided in the west part of the

town, and was a deacon of the church in the first parish. He d. without issue.

98 - 195 Ephraim HOWE m. Nov. 1782, Hannah Maynard, of Framingham. She d. June

24, 1795, and he m. 1796, Elizabeth Chamberlain. He d. Sept. 22, 1801.

195 - 296 Moses, b. Oct. 6, 1783; m. March 16, 1807, Lucy Temple, dau. of John

Temple. They had Eveline, b. Nov. 9, 1809, m. Winthrop Arnold; Ephraim, b.

June 10, 1810, r. in New York city; Lucy, b. Dec. 21, 1811, d. 1831 ; Betsey,

b. Sept. 17, 1813, d. young ; Moses, b. Sept. 14, 1816 ; Eli H., b. Dec. 8,

1817.

195 - 297Betsy, b. May 17, 1785 ; d. 1816.

195 - 298 Ephraim, b. July 31, 1788; m. Oct. 13, 1811, Anna Temple. He d. Jan.

27, 1842. He had Needham, b. 1812 ; Hannah, 1814 ; Betsey, 1816; Ann, 1818 ;

Ephraim, 1820; Arethusa, 1822 ; Sophia, 1824 ; Maria, 1826; Eveline, 1828 ;

Lucy, 1831; Abel, 1833. Col. Ephraim Howe resided near the old Winchester

place. The house in which he lived was burnt 1860-being the 2d dwelling burnt

on that site.

195 - 299 Abel, b. Jan. 3, 1793 ; d. ____.

195 - 300 Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1798 ; went with her mother to Marl., N. H.

98 - 197 Elazer HOWE m. Caty Barnard. She d. June 21, 1845, aged 74. He d.

Feb. 27, 1836, aged 74.

197 - 301 Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1789 ; d. young.

197 - 302 Stephen, b. April 26, 1791 ; d. 1793.

197 - 303 Sophia, b. Aug. 18, 1794 ; d. 1797.

197 - 304 Stephen, b. Aug. 18, 1796; in. July 6, 1821, Mrs. Hannah Peters.

197 - 305 Solomon, b. July 27, 1798; resided in Boston; m. Olive _____; d.

1836.

197 - 306 Martin, b. Dec. 5, 1800; m. June 24,1830

ID Number:MH:N224

MH:I500

N207Wayside Inn History

Wayside Inn History

"The scroll reads, "By the name of Howe."

And over this, no longer bright,

Though glimmering with a latent light,

Was hung the sword his grandsire bore

In the rebellious days of yore,

Down there at Concord in the fight. "

From Tales of a Wayside Inn, by Longfellow

Longfellow's Wayside Inn was originally known as Howe's Tavern

from 1716 to 1861. The first innkeeper, David Howe, (b: 11/2/1674 in

Sudbury, MIDDLESEX, Massachusetts...d: 8/3/1759 also in Sudbury...) operated

what was then called a "hous of entertainment" along the old

Boston Post Road in the same spot the Wayside Inn stands

today.

David and his wife Hebzibah (Death) Howe first home appeared quite

a bit different than the Wayside Inn's rambling structure. It

was typical by 18th century standards but small when compared

to today's homes; two total rooms, one over the other. He

raised his first five children in this house, and it is

believed that he doubled its size, adding two more rooms, by

the time he received a license to operate an inn in 1716. The

size of the Howe's home and business would continue to grow as

each subsequent innkeeper would leave his own mark on the

Colonial landmark.

David Howe was a successful innkeeper — his father, ( Samuel Howe: 1642-1713) and

grandfather, ( John Howe:b: 1602 in England...d: 1680 in Sudbury, MIDDLESEX, Massachusetts)

were innkeepers in neighboring towns ,and thrived

by way of the busy coach traffic to and from the cities of

Boston and Worcester. In 1746 he passed the family business to

his son, Ezekiel, a Lt. Col. in the Revolutionary War who led

the Sudbury Minute and Militia to Concord center on that

fateful day of April 19, 1775.

Ezekiel was a prosperous innkeeper, acquiring a set of

expensive export china for his daughter as a wedding gift in

1788 (a cup and saucer from this set is in the Inn's permanent

collection). Ezekiel passed the tavern business to his son,

Adam, in 1796, who in turn handed it down to his son, Lyman,

in 1830. Lyman died in 1861 having never married, and the Inn

was inherited by relatives who ceased operating the Howe home

as an overnight accommodation. Local folks rented the hall for

dances, and itinerant farmers occupied smaller rooms for

lengthy stays, but the Howe innkeeping business would not

thrive again until a wool merchant from Malden, Massachusetts

showed new interest in 1897.

Edward Rivers Lemon, an admirer of antiquities, purchased the

Inn as "a retreat for literary pilgrims,"capitalizing on the

interest generated by a widely read book of poems published in

1863 by Henry Longfellow called Tales of a Wayside Inn.

Longfellow visited the Howe Tavern in 1862, and based his book

on a group of fictitious characters that regularly gathered at

the old Sudbury tavern. Lyman Howe was the character featured

in "The Landlord's Tale," where Longfellow's penned the

immortal phrase "listen my children and you shall hear, of the

midnight ride of Paul Revere." Lemon renamed the old Howe

Tavern Longfellow's Wayside Inn and operated it with his wife,

Cora, until his death in 1919.

In 1923, Cora Lemon sold the Inn to automobile manufacturer

Henry Ford, who would eventually have the most visual impact

on the Wayside Inn site. He moved the one-room Redstone School

to the grounds in 1925; built the Grist Mill in 1929 and the

Martha-Mary Chapel in 1940; and acquired some 3,000 acres

around the Inn. He developed a trade school for boys which

operated from 1928 to 1947, and many believe he intended to

build the "village site"he eventually created in Dearborn,

Michigan, right here in Sudbury. While he stopped short of

that goal, he did create the non-profit status that the Inn

operates under today. Henry Ford was the last private owner of

the Wayside Inn

The Wayside Inn Archives

The Wayside Inn Archives contains over half a million

documents relating to the Howe family and the development of

what would eventually be called Longfellow's Wayside Inn.

Included among the papers are deeds, wills, photographs, news

clippings, menus, innkeeping records, and other material

generated by the Inn since its inception in 1716. While the

oldest document in the collection dates to 1686, the Wayside

Inn Archives also houses papers related to late 19th and early

20th century business while the Inn was owned and operated by

wool merchant Edward Lemon and, later, auto-magnate Henry

Ford. The Wayside Inn Archives is open by appointment only.

All queries for access can be addressed via e-mail to:

SOURCES:

Guy LeBlanc - History Department

history@@wayside.org

© Copyright Longfellow's Wayside Inn 2002

Longfellow's Wayside Inn 72 Wayside Inn Rd. Sudbury MA 01776

ID Number:MH:N225

MH:I500

N208912.JOHN (IMMIGRANT) Howe1129, born November 20, 1620 in Hadnall, Warwickshire, England1129; died May 28, 1680 in Marlboro, MA1129,1130. He married 913. Mary Abt. 1638 in Watertown, MA or Sudbury, MA1131.

913.Mary, born Abt. 1618 in England.

Notes for JOHN (IMMIGRANT) Howe:

"John Howe was from Hadinhull, now Hodnet, Warwickshire (Hodnet is today in Shropshire). He settled first at Watertown where Savage says he'd been a long time. He was one of the first settlers of Sudbury, MA, there as early as 1638-39 and was one of 47 who shared in the division of the Sudbury meadows. (John Bent, seen elswhere in this genealogy was one of the 47 proprietors as well)

Howe was Freeman 13 May 1640 and in 1642 was Selectman.

In 1656, he was one of the signers of a petition to the General Court for grants of land in Marlborough, where he was later one of the first settlers and a Selectman. He likely came to Marlborough 1657-58. According to "The History of the Town of Marlborough," pg. 381, he built a cabin a little east of the Indian Planting Field, some 100 rods from the Spring Hill Meeting House. Being close to the Indians fields, he came to know them well and was known among them for his fairness and good will.

He opened the first public house at Marlborough and in 1670, applied for renewal of his license which apparently reads as though he had been in such a business for some time. His will was proved in 1689 and mentions wife Mary, children Samuel, Isaac, Josiah, Thomas, Eleazer, Sarah Ward, Mary Wetherby and John Howe, Jr, a son of his son John, deceased. The estate inventory totaled 511 pounds.

Howe had a son John, married to Elizabeth Ward, killed by Indians in Sudbury, April 1676.

Alternate dates of death: 10 July 1678, per Savage,

28 May 1680, per "Early Generations of the Wetherby-Witherby-Wetherbee-Witherbee Family in New England," W. Wetherbee, 1946 and per William Richard Cutter, New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. IV, (Orig. publ. NY, 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997), pg. 2073. Died 28 May 1680 or 1689,

per William Richard Cutter, Genealogical & Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. II, (Orig. publ. NY, 1911; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997), pg. 1129

Died 28 May 1680, per NEHGS, Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, (Worcester, MA, 1908), pg. 367, date taken from Middlesex Co. registry."

[from http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com: mbwheeler database]

More About JOHN (IMMIGRANT) Howe:

Name 2: John (IMMIGRANT) Howe, Jr.

Date born 2: November 20, 1620, Warwickshire, England1132

Fact 1: 1639, came from England to Sudbury, MA1133

Fact 2: 1640, became a freeman1133

Fact 3: Aft. 1640, moved to Marlboro, MA1133

More About JOHN Howe and Mary:

Marriage: Abt. 1638, Watertown, MA or Sudbury, MA1134

Children of JOHN Howe and Mary are:

i. John Howe, born August 24, 1640 in Sudbury, MA; died April 20, 1676 in Sudbury, MA; married Elizabeth Ward January 22, 1661/621135; born April 14, 16431135; died April 26, 17101135. Notes for John Howe:

John Howe (2) married elizabeth Ward, daughter of William Ward, one of the founders of Sudbury and of Marlborough. In April of 1676 there was an Indian raid that started with the burning and almost total inialation of Marlborough, and went on to Sudbury. John Howe was killed during tha 48 hour siege.

More About John Howe and Elizabeth Ward:

Marriage: January 22, 1661/621135

456ii. Samuel Howe, born October 20, 1642 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; died April 13, 1713 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; married (1) Martha Bent June 05, 1663 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married (2) Sarah Leavitt September 18, 1685 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. iii. Sarah Howe, born September 25, 1644 in Sudbury, MA. iv. Mary Howe, born January 18, 1645/46 in Sudbury, MA; died Bef. June 18, 1654 in Sudbury, MA. v. Isaac Howe, born August 08, 1648. vi. Josiah Howe, born Abt. 1650 in Sudbury, MA. vii. Mary Howe, born June 18, 1654 in Sudbury, MA. viii. Thomas Howe, born July 22, 1656 in Sudbury, MA. ix. Daniel Howe, born January 03, 1657/58 in Sudbury, MA. x. Alexander Howe, born December 29, 1661 in Marlboro, MA. xi. Eleazer Howe1135, born January 18, 1661/62 in Marlboro, MA; died 17371135; married Hannah Howe WFT Est. 1673-1715; born WFT Est. 1657-1680; died WFT Est. 1673-1752. More About Eleazer Howe:

Date born 2: 16621135

More About Eleazer Howe and Hannah Howe:

Marriage: WFT Est. 1673-1715

ID Number:MH:N226

MH:I500

N209&nbsp

Birth: 20 NOV 1620 in Hadnall, Shropshire, England 1

Death: 28 MAY 1680 in Marlboro, Middlesex. MA

Immigration: 1640 moved west to Sudbury, MA

Immigration: 1656 Moved to Marlboro, Middlesex, MA

Occupation: Glover

Probate: 15 JUN 1680

Reference Number: 96

Note:

This JOHN Howe is commonly referred to as "John of Sudbury". In the "Howe Genealogies", he is regarded as the patriarch of one of the 5 Howe lines that migrated to the US even though his father accompanied him. The others are "Abraham of Marlborough", "Edward of Lynn", "Abraham of Roxbury" and "James of Ipswich".

These last 2 were thought to be brothers & family diaries support that conclusion. Supposedly, no other relationship of any kind existed among the 5 other than their all being English & Puritans.

JOHN was not a son of James of Roxbury & Ipswich as some family trees claim:

"The Howes were among the very first settlers of Marlborough, and have been, in every period of her history, one of the most numerous families, furnishing vast numbers of emigrants for other and more western towns. John Howe of Sudbury was one of the petitioners in 1657, for the grant which constituted Marlborough. He was the son of John Howe, supposed to be the John Howe, Esq., who came from Warwickshire in Eng., and who was a descendant of John How himself the son of John of Hodinhull, and connected with the family of Sir Charles Howe of Lancaster, in the reign of Charles I. He and his wife lived the most of there married life, if not all, in Marlborough, where he was granted land."

"Over one hundred years ago Marlboro ,was said to be the hive of the Howes and more than one hundred and fifty families by that name had then resided here. "

Source -

A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, SHOWING THREE GENERATIONS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE MAY, 1692

ON THE BASIS OF FARMER'S REGISTER.

BY JAMES SAVAGE, published 1860

(Marlboro township was taken from Sudbury)

In Sudbury, MA in 1638. Probably indentured as he became a freeman there on May 13, 1640. First settler of Marlboro in 1657.

He received a grant of a houselot in Sudbury in 1639 (9 3/4 Acres) and shared (9 Acres total) in the three divisions of meadow land in 1639-40 and another 8 acres, also, in 1640. In 1642, he was appointed Town Marshal for 1 year. "To have 20 shillinges & 12 pence for every distrainte". As Marshal, in 1643, he was appointed to collect the levies for the building of the new bridge. Reappointed Marshal in 1644 He was appointed in 1655 to keep order among the youth during worship.

In all, there are 62 "How" records listed in the Sudbury & Wayside Inn archives including birth records for most of John's & Mary's children. Jerusha Howe's genealogy notes also reside there.

"Wee have found a place which lieth westward"

John Howe was the first to locate on the new English Plantation (Marlborough) and was probably there in 1656, possibly earlier. He seems to have been a fur trader and built a home of sorts at the intersection of two Indian trails the Nashua Path which led to the north, and the Connecticut Path going west. His land abutted both the Indian's Planting Field and the hill called Whipsuppenicke where the Indians had had their town. He also kept an inn where English travelers and traders could stop when enroute through Marlboro.

He, along with other residents of Sudbury, presented a petition to the General Court for land to set out as farms for their posterity. They were granted an area six miles square (36 square miles) on 1656 May 14. In the division of 1660, when the new plantation had been formed as Marlborough, lots were assigned to two of his sons, John and Samuel. Also, a lot went to Abraham Howe, not necessarily arelative. He was assigned a house lot of 30 acres in Marlborough in 1660. He was licensed to keep a house of entertainment in 1661 Sep. He is reputed to have been the first white settler in Marlborough. He built a cabin east of the Indian planting field, near the site of

the Spring Hill meeting house. He opened the first tavern in town, well before 1670. He acquired the reputation of good judgment, and

stories are told, such as one in which he was asked to judge on the disputed ownership of a pumpkin. He split the pumpkin with a knife and gave half to each party. He served as selectman of Marlborough 1661-1664. In 1664, he signed the counter-petition to the General Court to allow Marlborough to resolve its own disputes. He was assigned to the garrison at William Kerly's in 1675 Oct 1.

Will: mentions wife Mary, sons Samuel, Isaac, Thomas, and Eleazar, daughters Sarah Ward and Mary Witherby, and grandson John son of John, also son Josiah.

12mamamooadded this on 28 May 2010

Partial list of sources for individual/family data for John & his descendants in this file: 1. Author: Charles Edward Banks Title: Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England,, 1620-1650 Publication: 1937, Philadelphia, PA: E. E. Br

ID Number:MH:N227

MH:I500

N210City of Marlborough, MA

140 Main St., Marlborough, MA 01752

“Wee have found a place which lieth westw

A petition was presented to the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in May 1656 for the right to start a new plantation by thirteen men then residents of the Town of Sudbury. They were Edmond Rice and two of his sons, Edward and Henry Rice, John Howe, John Ruddocke, John Bent and his son Peter Bent, William Ward, John Woods, John Maynard, Thomas Goodenow, Thomas King and Richard Newton. The next year, 1657, the names of John Rediat, Solomon Johnson, John Johnson, Samuel Rice, Thomas Rice, Peter King and Christopher Banister became proprietors. By 1660, when house lots were apportioned to the proprietors, the names of Kerley, Barnes, Belcher, Bellows, Rutter, Barrett, Holmes, Axtell, William Brimsmead and Jonathan Johnson appear, in all a total of thirty-eight land owners. The last two, William Brimsmead and Jonathan Johnson, were respectively the minister and the blacksmith, each being given a 30-acre lot as inducement to settle in the new plantation. The size of the house lots ranged from 50 acres down to 16 acres, and the wealth, ability to improve the land, as well as active participation in the founding of the settlement were considerations in determining the houselot size for each individual. The fifty acre men were Edmond Rice, William Ward, John Ruddock and John Howe.

Of these, William Ward and John Ruddocke, could have come from or been closely connected to Marlborough in Wiltshire in Old England, some seventy miles west of London. Rice came from Hartfordshire thirty miles north of London and Howe maybe from Warwickshire seventy miles northwest of London. Nearly all of the 38 first settlers listed above were born in England and were staunch adherents of thePuritan Church. Many of them brought wives and families with them. All seem to have had some schooling.

John Howe was the first to locate on the new English Plantation and was probably here in 1656, possibly earlier. He seems to have been a fur trader and built a home of sorts at the intersection of two Indian trails – the Nashua Path which lead to the north, and the Connecticut going west. His land abutted both the Indian’s Planting Field and the hill called Whipsuppenike where the Indians had had their town. He also kept an inn where English travelers and traders could stop when enroute through Marlborough. A house now stands on the site of his original dwelling between Bolton Street and Stevens Street and southerly from Union Street. This house was erected by children and grandchildren of John Howe but has, over the centuries undergone transformations so that its appearance of antiquity has disappeared.

John Howe could speak the Indian language, as could several of the early settlers, ad in turn the Indians could speak some English. Across what is now Bolton Street from John Howe’s dwelling was the Indian Planting Field and legend has it that a pumpkin vine rooted in one Indian’s planting patch grew over and produced a fine pumpkin on a neighbor’s plot. Whose fruit was it? The question was taken to John Howe. He looked over the situation and took his knife and cut the pumpkin in two, giving each Indian a half. This judgment in the manner of Solomon impressed the Indians as being eminently fair and satisfying.

The Indian’s Planting Field, situated as it was just south of the main division line between the Indian’s 6000 acre Town and the English Plantation, disturbed the English, and they wished to acquire it, but as it was the Indians’ most valued possession of ancient development, they on the advice of Rev. John Eliot, refused to relinquish it. As a compromise, and hopeful of future possession,the English set up their first house lots and built their first houses in a grand semicircle, or crescent, bordering the Indians’ Field. This was not only entirely due to the covetousness of the English, but the land was some of the best in the 72 square miles of the plantation, but had many small streams of water, and a fair amount of open meadow and also was the nearest to Sudbury and servedby mainline Indian trails.

John Howe’s trading post was at the northeastern end of the semi-circular housing development, and John Ruddocke’s framed house at the northwestern end on what is now Mechanic Street a short way beyond Elm Street. The other first houses to the number seven or eight were widely spaced in between these two. At about where the Old Post Office stands the settlers built in 1661 a house of Rev. William Brimsmead which was to be a feet and a story and a half high with dormer windows on the second floor. Christopher Banister, Obadiah Ward and Richard Barnes were the builders. Near this house for the minister, in 1662 the Town built a small Meeting House, but by error this was erected on a corner of the Indian’s Planting Field on what is now the Old High School Common. Chief Onamog of the Indian group readily deeded to the Town that land covered by the Meeting House, plus ten feet all around it and enough land to reach what is now Main Street. In 1706 the Town acquired the remainder of what constitutes the Common and the old cemetery and Prospect Street, purchasing from the assigns of Daniel Gookin’s heirs.

William Ward built off West Main Street on land that included Ward Park. Opposite the Meeting House, Jonathan Johnson built his blacksmith shop and home. Edmund Rice built where City Hall stands and John Woods to his east on Ames Place. John Maynard built on the southerly end of Howe Street. Others built on Hudson and Ash Streets, on Pleasant and South Streets and on constantly widening circle of homesteads around the core.

The settlers surveyed the meadow lands and swamp lands, the latter often times covered with valuable growth of gigantic cedar trees. These lands they divided up, pro rata, in accordance with the size of the house lots. Uplands, also with good timber, were apportioned out. Many square miles of the area remained “common lands” for pasturage of cattle with a shepherd or cowherd in attendance,and also as reserves for future settlers. The “common lands” remained under the management of a group of citizens called “Proprietors” until 1796, they having control of unassigned lands, not only in Marlborough itself, but in Westborough, Northborough and Southborough which had been separated from Marlborough for 170 or more years.

Of the 72 square miles that were set up by a committee of the General Court in 1656, the Towns of Westborough and Northborough were set off in 1717, and the Town of Southborough in 1725. The Indian Plantation of nearly ten square miles was annexed to Marlborough in 1716, and from this and a small area of original Marlborough territory the Town of Hudson was set off in 1866. Marlborough in 1660 adjoined Lancaster on the northwest, and the Indian Town on the north, but in every other way was bounded by unassigned land of the Colony. It was not until 1791 that a gore of land to the east was annexed to Marlborough so that the Town of Sudbury’s west line. When Framingham became a Town in 1700, it also abutted Marlborough’s east line. The annexation of the Indian Town brought Marlborough’s north boundary to the Town of Stow. Part of Lancaster eventually became Berlin, so that today the 22 square miles that comprise the City of Marlborough are bounded by Sudbury and Framingham onthe east, Southborough on the south, Northborough on the southwest, Berlin on the northwest and Hudson on the north.

ID Number:MH:N228; MH:I500

N211John How traveled from England on the "James" in 1635. He was a glover and innkeeper. According to the '"History of Marlboro" by Charles Hudson, 1862 p. 381, John lived on Lot #16 in the "New Grants" on the Western border of the town of Sudbury, Massachusettsa. The land was later owned by, 1670, by Roger Willis. A description of the land is in Vol CXIV (Jan 1960) New England Hist & Gen Register, p. 24. Page 25 tells that John How was not only a farmer, but Indian trader, interpreter and tavern keeper.

ID Number:MH:N229; MH:I500

Sources

1. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862)
2. ↑ Banks, Charles. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650 (The Bertram Press, Philadelphia, Pa., 1937)
3. ↑ Andrews, H.F. List of freemen, Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1630 to 1691 (Exira Print. Co., 1906)
4. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts (Boston, Mass., 1900)
5. ↑ Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts (Franklin P. Rice, Marlborough, Mass., 1908)
6. ↑ Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough (T. R.. Marvin & Son, Boston, 1862)