Generation 1

WILLIAM HOWARD (HAYWARD) 1 (abt 1634 - 1709) of Ipswich

Parents: Unknown

William Howard was born about 1634. He died on 25 Jul 1709, age 75, in Ipswich. [Ref] He married (possibly) Tabitha Kinsman. [There is, apparently, an article in The American Genealogist, arguing this.] His name often appears as "Hayward" in the records.

William "appears to have been a hatter". [Ref]

William had "liberty to fall trees" in 1670. [Ref] He is on an 18 Feb 1678 list of commoners in Ipswich. [Ref]

William signed his will on 23 Jul 1709. He mentioned his wife; his sons William, John and Samuel, weavers; his daughters Mary Fuller, Tabitha Hodgkins, Mercy Hovey and Martha Howard; his sister Hannah Howard. [Ref]

William's sister Hannah died in Feb 1725 in Ipswich: "a very antient maid". [Ref][Ref]

His gravestone says: Here Lyes ye Body/of William Houeard/who died July ye/25th, 1709& in ye/74 year of his age. [Ref]

William's two-story endgable timber house, build about 1680, is still standing in Ipswich at 41 Turkey Shore Road. [Ref]

Children of William Howard and Tabitha Kinsman:

1. Mary Howard married Unknown Fuller.
2. Tabitha Howard was born on 21 Jan 1669 [Ref] in Ipswich. [Ref] She died on 15 Sep 1735. [Ref] She married Christopher, the son of William Hodgkins, on 22 Jan 1689. [Ref] He drowned on 4 Mar 1724. [Ref]
3. Mercy Howard married Unknown Hovey.
4. William Howard was born on 25 Jun 1673. [Ref] He may be the William, Jr. who died on 6 Dec 1748 in Ipswich. [Ref] He married Martha Unknown. She died on 9 Oct 1732 in Ipswich.
5. Martha Howard was born on 31 Mar 1678. [Ref]
6. John Howard 1 was born about 1684. He died on 2 Dec 1744. He married Mary Martin.
7. Samuel Howard was born on 3 Oct 1685. [Ref] He may be the Samuel who died on 9 Mar 1766 in Ipswich. [Ref] He married Martha, the daughter of William Hodgkins, in 1695. [Ref]

Generation 2

JOHN HOWARD 1 (abt 1684 - 1744) of Windham and Ipswich

Parents: William Howard 1 and Tabitha Kinsman

John Howard was born about 1684. He died on 2 Dec 1744, age 60 [Ref] and is buried in the Sourth Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref] He married Mary Martin after 22 Feb 1712 (int.) in Ipswich. [Ref]

John Howard and Mary Martin had the following children. Although some of the children are recorded in Windham, they must have all been born in Ipswich.

1. Capt. John Howard 2 was born on 15 Feb 1716. [Ref] He married Sarah Bennett.
2. Tabitha Howard was born on 15 Aug 1723. [Ref] She may be the Unknown Howard who died on 19 Mar 1812, age 89, and is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref]
3. Daniel Howard was baptised on 3 Dec 1727 in the Chebacco Parish Church in Ipswich. [Ref]
4. Joseph Howard was born on 2 Feb 1728. [Ref]
5. Elizabeth Howard was born on 6 Sep 1729. [Ref] She was baptised on 13 Sep 1730 in the Chebacco Parish Church in Ipswich. [Ref]
6. William Howard was baptised on 9 Jan 1731/2. [Ref] He died on 28 Oct 1735 and is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref]
7. Nathan Howard was born on 15 Oct 1733. [Ref] He was baptised on 21 Oct 1733 in the Chebacco Parish Church in Ipswich. [Ref]
8. William Howard was born on 28 Oct 1736 and died the same day. [Ref]

Generation 3

CAPT. JOHN HOWARD 2 (1716 - 1789) of Windham and Hampton

Parents: John Howard 1 and Mary Martin.

Capt. John Howard was born on 15 Feb 1716 in Windham. [Ref] He died on 16 Jun 1789 in Hampton. [Ref] He is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton; his gravestone says he was 74 and it has a Patriot's Grave marker. [Ref] He married Sarah Bennett on 8 Jan 1740 in Windham. [Ref]

John Howard and Sarah Bennett had the following children. All recorded in Windham. [Ref]

1. John Howard was born on 24 Jul 1742. He married Zerviah Hewitt on 15 Nov 1763 in Windham. [Ref] On 2 Nov 1770 John Howard, Jr. was appointed surveyor of lands in Windham. [Ref]
2. Sarah Howard was born on 7 Oct 1744.
3. Mary Howard was born on 22 Sep 1747.
4. Capt. William Howard 2 was born on 7 Jan 1748/9. He died on 18 Jul 1822. He married first Phebe Fuller. He married second Lucy Geer.
5. Eleanor Howard was born on 19 May 1751.
6. James Howard was born on 8 May 1753. He died on 28 Jan 1811, age 57, and is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref] He married Sarah Chaplin on 4 Dec 1782 in Windham. [Ref] "Sarah, relict of James Howard & daughter of Benjamin Chaplin, died Apr. 25, 1847, age 86" and is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref]
7. Chloe Howard was born on 18 Sep 1755. She married Benjamin Griffen on 8 Feb 1776 in Windham. [Ref]
8. Lucy Howard was born on 8 Apr 1758. She died on 9 Jan 1760, age 21 mos, and is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref] The death date of 1768 in the Barbour records must be an error.
9. Lucy Howard was born on 26 Oct 1762. Lucy Howard died 30 Dec 1784, age 22 and is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref] She died on 30 Dec 1784, age 22 and is buried in the South Cemetery. [Ref]
10. Daniel Howard was born in Windham but the Barbour records do not give a date. [Ref] He died on 20 Jan 1785, age 20, and is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref]
11. Vine Howard was born on 2 Sep 1767. He died on 7 Jan 1768, age 4 mos, and is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref] (The Barbour records say he died on 2 Jan. [Ref])
12. Nathan Howard was born on 10 Jun 1760.

Generation 4

CAPT. WILLIAM HOWARD 2 ( 1749 - 1822) of Windham, Hampton and Ohio

Parents: John Howard 2 and Sarah Bennett

William Howard was born on 7 Jan 1749 in Windham. [Ref][Ref] He died on 18 Jul 1822 [Ref] and is buried in Morristown, Belmont, OH. [Ref] He married Phebe Fuller on 10 Apr 1777 in Hampton. [Ref][Ref] William married second Lucy Geer on 3 Dec 1807 in Hampton.

William was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; he was the captain of a militia company in 1776 and 1777. [Ref]

According to the census, in 1790 William and Phebe were living next to William's brother James in Hampton, apparently with Phebe, Anson, Daniel, Lora, Chloe and eight other people. In 1800 Willliam and Phebe were living in Hampton, apparently with Phebe, Anson, Daniel, Lora, Chloe, Eleanor, Chauncey and three other people. In 1810 William and Lucy were living in Hampton with (perhaps) Chauncey, William and Eleanor and one other child.

William owned a fine horse named Roebuck and placed ads in the local paper in 1794 offering his stud services. [Ref] In 1796 an apprentice of William's ran away; William placed an ad offering a reward for his return. [Ref]

William's father, Capt. John Howard had a claim on land in Salem Township, Pennsylvania. In his will, John left a quarter of the land to William, a quarter each to William's brothers James and Nathan and a quarter to the children of William's deceased brother John. On 9 Mar 1808 a certificate was filed in the probate office, Windham District, with an extract from the will. The claimants for the land were William, James, Nathan and John's only surviving heir, his son Vine. [Ref]

William Howard and Phebe Fuller had the following children. Their births are recorded in Hampton. [Ref]

1. Phebe Howard was born on 3 Nov 1777. She died on 9 Mar 1847 in Canterbury. She married James Cary, Jr.
2. Lora Howard was born 14 May 1779. She died on 23 Mar 1782 in Hampton. [Ref] She is buried there in the South Cemetery. [Ref]
3. Anson Howard was born on 3 Apr 1781. He married Olive Pearl on 2 Jan 1812 in Hampton. [Ref] Olive, the daughter of Philip and Olive Pearl, was born in Hampton on 1 Jul 1790. [Ref]
   Anson was admitted freeman in Hampton in 1803. [Ref] Anson and Pearl Howard moved to Ohio shortly after their marriage. [Ref] His (presumed) son Anson Pearl Howard was delegate to the Republican convention from Champaign in 1857 [Ref]. His house was a stop on the underground railroad.
   

   The controlling politics was National Republican and then Whig. But opposition to slavery found early supporters amongst us, and a branch of Levi Coffin's `Underground Railroad' passed through the southern part of Union county, the adjoining part of Champaign county, and thence to Canada. The residences of Dr. DAVENPORT and Anson HOWARD, in Rush township, Champaign county, were places of concealment for the poor fugitives, and from them was conducted an active missionary campaign which made sad inroads in the ranks of the Whigs." (Howe, Henry, Historical Collections of Ohio, 1888, p. 716, freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.comp.)
   

4. Lora Howard was born 14 Oct 1782.
5. Daniel Howard was born on 22 June 1785. He died on 25 Jan 1787 in Hampton. [Ref] He is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref]
6. Chloe Howard was born on 28 Jul 1787 in Hampton. [Ref] She married Harvey G. Morse of Clarence, New York in Canterbury about Nov 1811. [Ref]
7. Daniel Howard was born on 26 Aug 1789 in Hampton. He died on 10 Feb. 1805 in Hampton. [Ref] He is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [Ref]
8. Eleanor Howard was born on 9 Oct 1792 in Hampton She married Jonathan Kingsley on (probably) 12 Dec 1811 in Windham. [Ref]
9. Chauncey Howard was born on 11 Aug 1796 in Hampton. He was admitted freeman in Hampton in 1818. [Ref]
10. William Howard was born on 18 Jun 1802 in Hampton.He died on 10 Jun 1839 in Hampton. [Ref] He was admitted freeman in Hampton in 1829. [Ref]

Generation 5

PHEBE HOWARD ( 1777 - 1847)

Parents: Capt. William Howard 2 [Ref, p. 188] and Phebe Fuller

Phebe Howard was born on 3 Nov 1777 in Hampton. [Ref] She died on 9 Mar 1847 in Canterbury. [Ref][Ref says 1847, at age 69] She is buried in the Carey Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref] She married James Cary, Jr. [Ref] on 25 Oct 1804 in Canterbury. [Ref][Ref, p. 208]

References

Cemeteries

Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp., Cemetery Records of Windham County, Connecticut, v. 1, Chillicothe, MO, Elizabeth Prather Ellesberry, c. 1965.

Windham County Cemeteries, Windham County, US GenWeb project.

Census

Bureau of the Census, Second Census of the United States, 1800, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1800.

Bureau of the Census, Third Census of the United States, 1810, Washington, DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1810.

Court Files

Dow, George Francis, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Essex Institute, 1911.

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Cary, Seth Cooley, John Cary, the Plymouth Pilgrim, Boston, S.C. Cary, 1911.

Encyclopedias

No author, Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut. Chicago, IL, J.H. Beers and Co., 1903.

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Egle, William Henry, Ed., Documents Related to the Connecticut Settlement in the Wyoming Valley, Harrisburg: E. K. Meyers, State Printer, 1893.

Hammatt, Abraham, The Hammatt Papers: the early inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass., 1633-1700, Ipswich, Press Ipswich antiquarian papers, A. Caldwell, A.W. Dow, 1880.

No Author, History of Champagne County, Ohio, Chicago, W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.

No Author, History of the Republican Party in Ohio, Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co., 1898.

No author, History of Union County, Ohio, Chicago, W.H. Beers & Co., 1883, p. 476.

No author, "Materials for the History of Ipswich," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 7, 1853, 77 - 80.

Newspapers

Windham Herald, 17 May 1794, 28 May 1796, 15 Nov 1811.

Public Records

No author, "First and Second Period Ipswich Houses," Ipswich Public Library, Jun 2007.

No author, The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Adjutant General's Dept., 1929-1959.

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636 - 1776.

Vital Records

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