0. I descend from Allen Howard b. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. At Pine Bluff, Arkansas, cholera struck the party, wiped out most of them, and so weakened my grandfather that he was forced to turn back. From there, Howard pivots to the Henry family and then peters out, leaving the document unfinished. From the year 1650 to 1658 the Puritans were virtually in control of the Province of Maryland, and while records were kept during that period, none refer to Mathew Howard or his children. . ItemI give and Bequeath to my Dearly beloved Daughter Mary Ballard the sum of One Hundred Pounds to be Raised & Levied out of my Estate. The records of Oxford and Cambridge do not reveal that any of the sons of Mathew Howard were sent back to England for their education, but all were literate and manifested a high degree of intellect. Admission is free. Howard Redden Obituary. to my son John 100 acres of sd tract binding on my son Edward's line. her father William James Howard - our great-great-grandfather. These surveys were nine miles west of Annapolis. of Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He swore that he enlisted as a substitute and served a term of three months for Mordecai Howard in the year 1779. Then theres the June 2, 1781 sighting of a Mordecai Howard up in Caroline County (central-eastern part of the state). of good feathers, five pounds silver money & two small Bibles - 400 acres of land on Cooneriskratt Swamp, which land is of my own taking up. To my son John Howard - a certain tract of land & plantation lying on Cooneriskratt Swamp where John SPEARS formerly lived with all the land I have joyning on the southern side of sd swamp containing 440 acres. 215.] On June 11, 1795, (according to his headstone) Henry Howard, Robert E. Howards grandfather, was born to Mordecai and Jane Howard nee Anderton at Brunswick, Lunenburg, Virginia (per The Howard Historian Vol. Gorsuch, q.v. cit., vol. 1774, Fairforest Creek, Union County, South Carolina/d. Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, married as his first wife Mary FitzAlan, who, after the death of her brother Henry in 1556, became heiress to the Arundel estates of her father Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel. 4 and 6, 1721 (Cotton, op. We encourage you to research and examine these . Marywas born on November 30 1837, in Wallbrook, Staffordshire, England. There is at least one Howard associated with the case, and I havent ordered copies of the file, but it looks like someone was contesting the will. It also records Mordecais marriage, but it provides this extra item regarding Jane Anderton: dau. They were A.A. Co. It isn't known when Ann died. A courageous, dynamic, and visionary leader, Dr. Wesley is a much sought after preacher, teacher, and featured national keynote speaker for various churches, leadership and development programs. II. My eyes hurt. It seems that REH didnt have much to say about his Howard ancestors. I assume, based on his comments elsewhere, that REH is referring here to his great-great grandfather Howard, but everything Ive found points to a Virginia birth for Mordecai Howard, who appears to have moved to Georgia around 1805. Faulkner.Josh Curle & Thos Faulker too of the witnesses & admitted to Record Test. (his will given in full at the back of this chapter); m. (1) Susanna (Norwood) Stevens, widow of Chalres Stevens, and dau. 1665, MD; m. in 1696, Katherine HAMMOND; d. 2/23/1717, Anne Arundel Co., MD). (G.B. If he did change his mind, he would forfeit the bond. Eliza, personalty. Until his death in 1684, he figured prominently in probate records, being appointed overseers of several estates. were devised to his wife and children. of Isaac. It also lists the other Howard brothers who were married around the same time, with Mordecai providing the surety for each: Thomas Howard married Betsy Ledbetter (dau. Imprimis - That my just Debts and Contracts be honestly paid. Howard Family, a famous English family whose head, the duke of Norfolk, is the premier duke and hereditary earl marshal of England. 1662, Walkern, Hartfordshire, England.16413, 16414. 166216411, 16412 Marriage 2: Abt. Consequently, it can be assumed that he had recently married and set out for Virginia shortly thereafter. We raise grass-fed beef, pork, and chicken for your table along with providing you free-range eggs, goat's milk soap (milk and lard from our own animals) and jams made only with pure cane sugar and local fruits . !Md. My father was Henry Howard who had 2 brothers Nathaniel and Charles Howard. http://books.google.com/books?id=1KvkiaQks-kC&pg=PA367&lpg=PA367&dq https://archive.org/details/foundersofannear00warf, https://archive.org/stream/foundersofannear00warf#page/30/mode/1up, https://archive.org/stream/foundersofannear00warf#page/71/mode/1up, https://archive.org/stream/foundersofannear00warf#page/72/mode/1up, https://archive.org/stream/foundersofannear00warf#page/73/mode/1up. Mary, 200 A., part of "Howard and Porter's Range." of Capt. 79-81], and there was no issue of that marriage. There is no information about what the case was, it only says William Crow vs. Mordecai Howard (Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia). Following the 1790 death of his brother Isaac, the Brunswick County Chancery Records Index has John Anderton etc. listed as the plaintiff in a case with Exr of Isaac Anderton etc. as defendants. 1659 and 1664, A.A. Co., Md., Col. Henry Ridgley. ); m. bef. 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By the Govern'r & Cap't General of Virginia To all to whome these pr'sents chall come I Sr Wm Berke[ley] Lu't Governor & Cap't Generall of Virginia Send greeting in our Lord God everlasting whereas Rich Hall late of this Collony deceased did by his last will & testament nominate and appoint Mathew Howard the elder his executor and the said Mathew did at a County Court holden for Lower Norfolk upon the fifteen day of November 164[8] make humble suite to the board: That a Probate of th[e] said will might bee graunted unto him for w'ch case fu[ll] power and lawfully authority is hereby given & granted unto him the said Mathew Howard to dispose of all an[d] singular the goods rights & Creditts of the said deceden[t] according to the true intent & meaning of the said will [&} testament expressed: given at James City under my ha[nd] and Seale of the Colony this sixteenth day of November Anno Dom 1648. His brothers, mentioned in the will:John, Edward, Stephen, Joseph Howard all evidently living in Bertie Precinct NC at the date of will. He was deceased by 1659, when Edward Lloyd who was the guardian of his youngest son, Philip, had "Howardstone" on the Severn surveyed for Philip Howard, stating that he was an orphan of Mathew Howard. named in the will of his bro. If they had been his children, the records would have most likely stated as such. (II.) Richarson, op. Residence: Abt 1796: Harlan, Kentucky A history of Harlan Co. says the Howard (Hoard) family was 1st white settlers. cit., p. Glassy Mountain, Greenville County, South Carolina. Oct. 3, 1691 and Jan. 19, 1694 (dates of the writing and proving of his will (Given in full at the back of this chapter. But few can rival the literal and figurative impact . Geni requires JavaScript! His emigration therefore ante-dates that year, but it is not believed to have been [Howard Family 227] too many years. [Semmes, op. Names some of his children, but implies that . 0. The mke of Tho. On June 15, 1649, he witnessed the last will and testament of Edward Hodge, of Lower Norfolk County, Merchant. The Howards of Virginia: Directed by Frank Lloyd. 1685 Virginia (but Im still working on which grandson was my 4x great grandfather, Anderson Howards father). He and his bro. Land was paid to Revolutionary veterans as pensions causing the first large migration and the devastation of the Civil War caused the second. (vizt) Josha CurleEliza City18th of November 1707 James HowardCountyby the Oathes of Thos. ; m. bet. Grave stone for William Howard is barely visible. ], Matthew claimed land rights for having transported Sarah Darey (sic), prior to 1667, when he styles her, his wife. Chas Jenings Cl. Hope this helps. In 1697 "Capt Philip Howard of Anne Arundell Co.", was mentioned. Lot # 125 Virginia Avenue, Martinsburg, WV 25405 is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath single family home offered for sale at $259,995. John, Samuel and Cornelius Howard, all transported a number of. It doesn't take too much imagination . etc. From Virginia there are three main lines that immigrated from England a year apart in the mid 1600s.. these Howards were brothers/cousin and descended from Thomas Howard Lord of Effingham. I give to my grandson, Joseph Higgins, 100 acres of "The Second Discovery." I havent a clue what our mans profession actually was, I assume a farmer, but he does appear to be fairly active in land deals. Required fields are marked *. ), He immigrated to Md., from Va., bef. in the Presence of us the SubscribersProved in Curt. These are the earliest records we have of the Howard family. 25, p. 80]. VII. 329.]. 7 leaves. An Atlanta native, she was born in and grew up in West End. (NOTE: Prof. Warfield (op. Unlisted Howard managed by Paul Burlinson-Ely Clifford E Howard 24 Apr 1911 Memphis, Macomb, Michigan Territory, United States - 21 Oct 1988 managed by AmyLynn Hunt John Howard 1779 Rowan, North Carolina, United States - 08 Mar 1856 managed by Harley Lusher last edited 24 Feb 2023 tob. His younger children were certainly under age at that time, so it can be assumed that among the eleven were several of his children. To dau. The same book has this mention for November 22, 1784, Mordecai Howard surety for marriage of John Anderton and Clarissa Durham.. Matt Howard (Cary Grant), orphaned son of a backwoods Virginia farmer, uses his connections with his schoolmate Tom Jefferson to get employment as a surveyor and acquire a thousand acres on the Shenandoah. For it is in Virginia that we pick up the trail of three brothers with the surname of Howard: Richard, Thomas, and Mordecai. Issue of Matthew and Ann Howard, Sr. named in the order they were given in will of Richard Hall, therfore prob. The English background Of Mathew Howard of the Severn in Mary-land has been the subject of much interest and not a little controversy as to the origin. Thomaslived at address, Utah. And "Joseph's Hazard," of 100 acres, in 1727. To my son James - a tract of land on the Horse Swamp containing s350 acres after the lightwood on same land is burned into Tarr, wch Tarr I order to be equally divided among all my sons. Sarah, 250 A. at Tuckahoe on Choptanke R. To dau. More About Cornelius Howard: Ancestral File Number: MRG7-FV.16395, 16396 Date born 2: Abt. James Howard (wax seal) Test: Mary W. BURKETT Geo. There is no record of his bringing-in children, but only his wife, Anne, and two man-servants. The last reference is a Preemption Warrant (whatever that is) dated November 3, 1783. (LogOut/ The few families who lived on the island in the 1700s - the Howards, the Wahabs, the Garrishes and the Gaskills among others . The most Howard families were found in USA in 1880. the naming of their plantations to offer a clue to their life in England. 1, p. 329, shows that "Howard's Interest" was surveyed for John Jan. 28, 1662. Was an ensign under Capt. On that date, a Mordecai Howard signed a petition calling for the punishment of Tories (Selected Virginia Revolutionary War Records, Vol. To my beloved wife Sarah - that part of the plantation whereon I now live being in Bertie Precinct, containing about 300 acres of upland and also half the Meaders ground with all the buildings and appurtenances there to belonging - beginning at the Black Walnut Branch at ye mouth thereof and so running up the north side to a marked white oak standing near the line of the plantation afad and from thence by a line drawn through the plantation afsd and through the Land I bought of Richd WILLIAMS to the head line thereof and that equal division of the same be made in two parts.That my wife afsd have the improvements as afed on her part of the afsd division.To hold the same land and premises with the improvements and profits during her widowhood and provided she marries before my son Solomon comes of age twenty years then my will is that she may live on the land afsd committing no waste & keeping ye plantation & buildings in good repair until my afsd son sollomom arrives to the age of twenty years. John Mackubin surveyed "Timber Neck," on Broad Creek. Their known child: Cornelius HOWARD (b. (LogOut/ He was soon executed for treason. Despite its inaccuracies (the first of his American line appear to have landed in Virginia, not Georgia, for example), all we ever really had was the following, from Howards The Wandering Years, which all the biographies have used as their source for background information: My father, Dr. Howard, was the son of William Benjamin Howard, of Georgia. Howard Family Farms. Philip was a legatee in the 1691 will of his bro., Matthew, Jr., and in the 1696 will of his bro., John. 1643, Norfolk, VA.16397, 16398 Date born 3: 1643, Lower Norfolk Co., VA.16399, 16400 Died 2: 15 Oct 1680, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD.16401, 16402 Died 3: 15 Oct 1680, Anne Arundell Co., MD.16403, 16404 Probate: 15 Oct 1680, Anne Arundel Co. MD.16405, 16406 Record Change: 19 Dec 200316407, 16408 Will: 15 Apr 168016409, 16410, More About Cornelius Howard and Elizabeth Gorsuch: Marriage 1: Bef. The Morris Family . And thats about it. Just been poking around just looking and its pretty interesting. John, were each left "a silver seal". After them, it was to go to Joseph Howard his son, his wife, Martha Howard, and brother Benjamin, executors. [Skordas, op. Their children included: Rebecca Howard, (1683), William Stevens Howard (1684, married Sarah Briscoe ), Thomas Howard (1690, married Elizabeth Douglas ), John Howard, (1691-1742, married Rebecca Brooke), Elizabeth Howard (1693), George Howard (1696), Edmund Howard, Jr. (1696) Howard had called Falls Church, VA, home. Brother of Elinor Phelps; John Howard, I; Anne Greniffe; Elizabeth Ridgley; Mathew Howard, II and 12 others; Mary Hammond; Samuel Howard; Philip Howard; Katherine Hall Acton; Henry Howard; Sarah Howard; Francis James Howard; Edmund Howard; Susan Howard; Richard Arendell; Joseph Howard and Martha Anne Dorsey less, http://www.ronulrich.com/rfuged/fam04541.htm, Member of the General Assembly of Maryland. To dau. On February 23, 1784, Mordecai Howard married Jane Anderton in Brunswick County, as recorded in Virginia Marriages, 1660-1800. Howard, Johnage 24, arrived on the Swan in 1624. 1639/40, according to Alumni Cantabrigienses. Howard Family Cemetery (Defunct) Alexandria City , Virginia , USA - *Estimated location First Name Middle Name Last Name (s) Search this cemetery More search options Search tips About Photos 0 Map About No GPS information available Add GPS Near Seminary Road and North Howard Street Alexandria City , Virginia , 22304 USA Cemetery ID: 2771523 Compiled Genealogies for Multiple Families Burton, Charles T. Botetourt County, Virginia, Early Settlers: From the Earliest Times through 1795, in the Area that was Botetourt County in 1782, Covers Parts of Present-day Counties of Montgomery, Bath, Giles, Floyd, Alleghany, Roanoke, Craig and Monroe. MOTHER. It was a well-knit family, because only in a few cases does one find brothers in Maryland remembering one another in their will and their brother's wives as was the case among the Howards of the second generation. Corral, Crismond, Dobyns, Elam, Fleet, Hofmann, Howard, Johnson, Micou, Powers, and Sale. his father Jarrot Howard. Obadiah was born in North Carolina and died in Kentucky, and Priscilla was born in Connecticut and died in Kentucky. Leonardo Anrea, a respected South Carolina genealogist, believes our Howard line, of Greenville County, South Carolina, descend from James Howard . cit., p. 216], and in 1661, Henry Catlin, also from Va., and one of Edward Lloyd's commissioners, assigned his Md. 1, p. my late granddad Tomas Howard came from Virginia, he was born in 1901, Your email address will not be published. (Photo by Jonathan Timmes) The family Bible has his birth date as July 23, 1827; the 1830 U.S. Census for Capt Lumpkins District, in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, has a Henry Howard listed with four children, two of these were boys under five years of age, William Benjamin and his brother, Isaac. NATIVE: third generation. He was twice married: first to Anne Burroughs, widow of Joseph Burroughs, who held land on South River; second to Margery Keith. George my sole Execu- tors of this my Last Will & Testament by them to do Justice and I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke Disannul all every other former Testaments Wills and Executions Desire James Burtell to manage my sons Businesses for him till he come of Age Soe I disallow any Executors By me any Ways before this Testament Willed & Bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will & Testament.In Witness hereof set my Hand and Seal the day & year above written. On July 3, 1650, Robert Clark, Surveyor General of the Province, stated that' he had 'laid out for Mathew Howard of the Severn in the County of Ann Arundell planter a parcell of land lying on the south side of the River Severn near a creek called Marshes Creek..containing and now laid out in the whole for Six Hundred and fifty acres more or less". He had a family by July 6, 1640, as the following human interest item will prove. " It seems John Anderton had other issues, too. (This was later deeded by Ephriam to his brother Henry). Henry Sewell surveyed "Hope" and "Increase." On November 15, 1648, Mathew Howard appeared at court and under oath declared that the last will and testament of Richard Hall as offered for probation was true and correct, thereupon administration was grant- ed. In 1858 he moved, with the Henrys, to southwestern Arkansas where he lived until 1885, when he moved to Texas. Genealogies Vol. (His will given in full at the back of this chapter. History and daffodils bloom again at the Whipps Garden Cemetery's Daffodil Day Celebration from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, April 8, 2029 at the cemetery located 3651 St. Johns Lane, in Ellicott City.