John Howe 
M, #11409, b. Nov 20, 1620, d. May 28, 1680
| Relationship | 10th great-grandfather of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr. |
Family | Mary Martha Jones b. circa 1618, d. Sep 9, 1672 | |
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| Birth* | Nov 20, 1620 | John Howe was born on Nov 20, 1620 at Hadnall, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom . |
| Marriage* | circa 1636 | He married Mary Martha Jones circa 1636 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Death* | May 28, 1680 | John Howe died on May 28, 1680, at age 59 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Burial* | May 29, 1680 | He was buried on May 29, 1680 at Unknown Cemetery, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 62463847.1 |
| Book Excerpt* | John Howe(How) (d 1687), from England, was at Sudbury, Mass. , 1639; freeman, 1640; selectman, 1643; first white settler at Marlborough , Mass., ca 1657, where he commanded a garrison house in King Philip's War; Innkeeper; m Mary ---- (d ca 1687) John How B-1600 Brinklow,Warwickshire Co . England wife Mary Unknown Children: 1)John How b-august 24,1640 2)Samuel How b-Oct.20,1642 3)Sarah How b-Sept.24,1644 4)Mary How b-Feb.18,1645 d-March 17,1646 5)Issac How b-June Aug.8,1648 6)Josiah How b-March 18,1671/72 7)Mary How b-June 18,1654 8)Thomas How b-July 22,1656 9)Daniel How b-Jan.3,1656/57 10)Alexander How b-June 29,1660 11)Eliezer b-Jan.18,1661/62 Torrey's Early NE Marriages:392 shows marriage: HOW, John(1602-1680) and Mary _?_(-1698), by 1638/40?; Sudbury/Marlborough John, Sudbury, frm. May 13, 1640. Town officer 1657. He petitioned 30 (7) 1662, to be excused from training because he was aged, thick of hearing, and maintained 3 soldiers in his family. [Mdx. Files.] Wife Mary; ch. John b. 24 (6) 1640, Samuel b. 20 (8) 1642 , Mary b. 1646, d. 1647, Mary b. 18 (11) 1653, Isaac b. 8 (6) 1648. He d. 28 (3) 1680. Will dated 2 4 May, prob. 15 June, 1680, beq. to wife; ch. Samuel, Isaac, Josiah, Thomas, Eleazer, Sarah Ward, Mary Witherby; gr. ch. John, son of John. Marlboro VR:367 says, "HOW, John, Sr., (died) May 28, 1680" ...No death of Mary is recorded in Sudbury or Marlboro VR's, nor is her surname found... John Howe living in 1624 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia , and in 1637 he took possession of some servents from England. JOHN HOW (or HOWE) was a son of John How, whom it is supposed came from Warwickshire England, and was descended from John Howe, the son of John Hodinhull, who was connected with the family of Sir Charles How of Lancaster, England. John How was admitted a freeman in 1641, and two years later was one of the towns selectmen. In 1655 he was appointed to see that the youth were well behaved on the Sabbath. He was said to be the first white settler on the new grant land. He was petitioner for the Marlboro Plantation in 1657, and moved to that place about the same year. He was located east of the Indian "planting field" and was the first tavern keeper in Marlboro, having kept a public house there as early, at least 1670. At this ordinary his grandson, who afterwards kept the Sudbury "Red Horse Tavern" may have been favorably struck with the occupation of an inn holder and thus led to establish business at Sudbury. Mr. How was a man of kindly feeling and uprightness of character, and both Sudbury and Marlboro were favored with the presence of successive generations of the family. John How died at Marlboro in 1687 at which place and about which time his wife also died. (pages 38 & 39) Here is a little more history..... THE WAYSIDE INN The 5th tavern on the Boston road through Sudbury, or the last toward Marlboro is the old "Howe Tavern" or the famous "Wayside Inn" of Longfellow. Here are a few facts, with the first being Longfellows connection with it. It is supposed that he never visited the spot more than twice and that his visits were short. Once in his youth it is believed that he stopped there while on his way to New York to take passage for Europe and once years later at which time the writer saw him at South Sudbury with his friend J.T. Fields, as they stopped at the house of a relative of the Howe family to inquire about the Howe coat of arms . Thus limited was Mr. Longfellows personal knowledge of the place and even when on the premises it is said that he received legends and traditions from a source somewhat questionable. The Wayside Inn is a grand old landmark and was built about the beginning of the 18th century, by David Howe who in 1702 received of his father Samuel Howe, a son of John one of the towns early grantees, a tract of one hundred and thirty acres of land in the "New Grant" territory. The lot of land upon which the tavern was built was not the lot formerly assigned to John Howe, the grandfather of David, in the apportionment of 1651, But Mr. John Howe may have exchanged that lot for another or if it passed by inheritance to Samuel, his son, it might by him have been exchanged or sold and the current lot bought, or it may be that David the grandson made the change. At or about the time of its erection, it was opened as a public house and in 1746, Col. Ezekiel Howe of the Revolutionary time frame put up the sign of the"Red Horse", which gave it the name it went by for years, namely the "Red Horse Tavern". In 1796, Col. Ezekiel Howe died and his son Adam took the place and kept the tavern for forty years. At the death of Adam it went into the hands of Lyman who continued it as an inn until 1866, about which time it passed out of the hands of an owner by the name of Howe . (pages 591, 592, & 593) John How(e) Sudbury Notes 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, (NEHGR 62:220, Colonial Records of Marlboro) 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 to Gov Danfort in 1662. Will dated 24 May; probated 15 June 1680. Hudson' s History of Marlboro says the 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 f511. He gave Thomas "the horse he troops on." Savage: Screen 1032 Vol 2: Children: John, Samuel, Sarah, Mary died young, Isaac, Josiah, Mary, Thomas, Daniel died young, Alexander died soon, Daniel died at birth, Eliezer. John was killed by the Indians in 1676. (cregobidleman.ged) (Bidleman.FTW) (Simmons.FBK.)2 | |