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James Howe 1598 – 1702 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 May 1598

Birth Location: Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, England

Death Date: 17 May 1702

Death Location: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Father: Robert Howe

Mother: Margret Whitmore

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Dane

Children(s): Elizabeth Howe, James Howe, John Howe, Mary Howe, Sarah Howe, Abraham Howe, Rebecca Howe

In 1598, James Howe entered the world in Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, England, born to Robert Howe and Margret Whitmore. James Howe married Elizabeth Dane, and had children including Elizabeth Howe, James Howe, John Howe, Mary Howe, Sarah Howe, Abraham Howe, Rebecca Howe. James Howe passed away in 1702 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • In 1598, James Howe entered the world in Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, England, born to Robert Howe and Margret Whitmore.
  • James Howe married Elizabeth Dane, and had children including Elizabeth Howe, James Howe, John Howe, Mary Howe, Sarah Howe, Abraham Howe, Rebecca Howe.
  • James Howe passed away in 1702 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Howe
1570 – 1604
Birth Location: Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, , England
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Margret Whitmore
1570 – 1694
Birth Location: Bishops, Somerset, , England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Dane
1611 – 1693
Birth Location: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Howe
1630 –
Birth Location: Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, England
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James Howe
1633 – 1701
Birth Location: Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, England
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John Howe
1637 – 1728
Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Mary Howe
1638 – 1728
Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Sarah Howe
1646 – 1678
Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Abraham Howe
1649 – 1718
Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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Rebecca Howe
1651 – 1722
Birth Location: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
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James Howe's Ancestors

Self
James Howe
1598 – 1702
Birth Place: Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, England
Parents
Robert Howe
1570 – 1604
Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, , England
Margret Whitmore
1570 – 1694
Bishops, Somerset, , England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Howe's Descendants

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James Howe (15 May 1598 – 17 May 1702) m. Elizabeth Dane (1611 – 21 Jan 1693)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Howe (abt Feb 1630 – )
  2. 2. James Howe (abt Feb 1633 – 15 Feb 1701) m. Elizabeth Jackson (abt 1635 – 19 Jul 1692)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Howe (1 Jun 1661 – 20 Apr 1701) m. Caleb Jackson (25 Apr 1652 – 10 Aug 1718)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Jackson (29 Sep 1683 – 4 Dec 1772)
      2. 2. Mary Jackson (28 Nov 1685 – 27 Nov 1761)
      3. 3. Caleb Jackson (20 Jun 1687 – 1729) m. Mary Averill
      4. 4. Joshua Jackson (2 Sep 1696 – 9 May 1745)
    2. 2. Mary Howe (25 Feb 1664 – 16 Jan 1732)
    3. 3. Deborah Howe (abt 1665 – 26 Feb 1734) m. Issac Howe (30 Mar 1655 – 1718)
      1. 1. Isaac How (1686 – 12 Nov 1764)
      2. 2. Jacob Howe (29 Oct 1689 – 6 Feb 1772)
      3. 3. Abigail How (4 Feb 1691 – )
      4. 4. John How (1695 – 1757)
      5. 5. Naomi How (22 Apr 1701 – )
    4. 4. John Howe (17 Apr 1671 – 22 May 1697) m. Hannah Brown (1668 – 13 May 1745)
      1. 1. Martha Howe (13 Jun 1691 – )
      2. 2. Sarah Howe (8 Feb 1692 – 21 Jan 1714) m. Thomas Wood (4 Nov 1689 – 10 Jan 1765)
        1. 1. Thomas Wood (11 Jan 1713 – 20 May 1779)
      3. 3. James (S) Howe (29 Mar 1694 – 22 Dec 1771)
    5. 5. Abigail Howe (3 Dec 1673 – 16 Jan 1753)
  3. 3. John Howe (1637 – 16 Dec 1728) m. Sarah Towne (26 Apr 1657 – 6 May 1730) m. Mary Clark (2 Jun 1642 – ) m. Mary Cooper (2 Jun 1642 – 2 Mar 1676)
    1. 1. Joseph Howe (1679 – )
    2. 2. Mary Howe (1680 – )
    3. 3. Elizabeth Howe (22 Mar 1682 – )
    4. 4. Lydia Howe (20 Dec 1686 – 14 May 1732) m. Cummings
      1. 1. Isaac Cummings (4 Dec 1719 – 1746)
    5. 5. Benjamin Howe (5 Jan 1688 – ) m. Alice Bridges (Sep 1680 – )
      1. 1. Sarah Howe (22 Oct 1713 – 2 Sep 1734)
      2. 2. Benjamin Howe (6 Oct 1717 – ) m. Mary Holden (1718 – 1801)
      3. 3. James Howe (20 Jul 1719 – ) m. Rebecca Gould
      4. 4. Samuel Howe (11 Feb 1725 – )
    6. 6. Hannah Howe (1 Mar 1690 – 1 Nov 1695)
    7. 7. Abigail Howe (6 Aug 1692 – )
    8. 8. Joseph Howe (30 Sep 1697 – 27 Sep 1742) m. Phebe Perkins (10 Aug 1690 – 30 Sep 1765)
    9. 9. Sarah Howe (12 Aug 1665 – ) m. John Thurlow (25 Mar 1660 – )
      1. 1. Mary Thurlow (10 Feb 1687 – )
      2. 2. Sarah Thurlow (3 Oct 1689 – )
      3. 3. Anne Thurlow (23 Feb 1692 – 11 Sep 1703)
      4. 4. Lydia Thurlow (20 Aug 1695 – )
      5. 5. Bethia Thurlow (3 Mar 1698 – )
      6. 6. Hannah Thurlow (9 Sep 1701 – )
    10. 10. Mark Howe (17 Dec 1666 – )
    11. 11. John Howe (3 Mar 1669 – ) m. Sarah Caves (9 Mar 1673 – 1730)
      1. 1. Mark Howe (25 May 1701 – 1773)
      2. 2. Mary Howe (1711 – ) m. Samuel Farnum (1702 – 27 Aug 1745)
      3. 3. Sarah Howe (7 Apr 1706 – ) m. Ebenezer Stiles (3 Jun 1707 – 1787)
        1. 1. Ebenezer Stiles (10 Feb 1733 – 1756)
        2. 2. Ezekiel Stiles (5 Oct 1735 – )
        3. 3. Joseph Stiles (15 Jul 1737 – 1812)
        4. 4. Abner Stiles (2 Aug 1739 – )
        5. 5. Asa Stiles (3 Nov 1741 – )
        6. 6. John Stiles (4 Apr 1744 – )
      4. 4. John Howe (6 Mar 1708 – )
      5. 5. Zeruiah Howe (15 May 1715 – 1795) m. Paul Averill (16 Dec 1711 – 1805)
        1. 1. Sarah Averill (26 Jun 1738 – 20 Jan 1739)
        2. 2. John Averill (2 Jan 1740 – 15 May 1815)
        3. 3. Paul Averill (27 Sep 1742 – 1804)
        4. 4. Elijah Averill (28 Apr 1745 – 1782)
        5. 5. Mark Averill (12 May 1747 – 22 Jun 1828)
        6. 6. Sarah Averill (28 Jul 1750 – 20 Sep 1805)
        7. 7. Mary Averill (11 May 1752 – 23 Nov 1838)
        8. 8. Joseph Averill (6 Oct 1757 – 9 Dec 1816)
      6. 6. Joseph Howe (27 Dec 1719 – )
    12. 12. Ann Howe (6 Mar 1672 – )
    13. 13. Samuel Howe (27 Mar 1676 – abt 1720)
  4. 4. Mary Howe (1638 – 11 Jan 1728) m. Nehemiah Abbott (1634 – 7 Mar 1706)
    1. 1. Nehemiah Abbott (1662 – 1736) m. Remember Fiske (10 Dec 1651 – 12 Jul 1703)
      1. 1. John Abbott (4 Apr 1691 – Nov 1764)
      2. 2. Nehemiah Abbott (19 Oct 1692 – )
      3. 3. Sarah Abbott (1693 – 20 Jun 1733)
      4. 4. Mary Abbot (5 Nov 1693 – )
    2. 2. Mary Abbott (1 Nov 1665 – 12 dec 1668)
  5. 5. Sarah Howe (1646 – 1 Mar 1678) m. John Bridges (5 Dec 1644 – 1704)
    1. 1. James Bridges (3 Jan 1671 – 24 Apr 1739)
    2. 2. Sarah Bridges (1673 – 3 Mar 1725) m. Samuel Preston ( – 29 May 1717) m. William Price (abt 1700 – )
  6. 6. Abraham Howe (1649 – 21 Jan 1718) m. Sarah Peabody (1650 – 29 Sep 1732)
    1. 1. Love Howe (16 Jan 1678 – abt 1760) m. Samuel Porter (4 Aug 1669 – abt 1749)
      1. 1. Lydia Porter m. John Putnam
    2. 2. Increase Howe (13 Apr 1680 – 29 Jan 1754) m. Mary Whipple (25 Dec 1674 – 31 Aug 1721) m. Susanna Kinsman (16 Feb 1700 – 26 Dec 1781)
      1. 1. Priscilla Howe (abt 1710 – ) m. Joshua Wislon
      2. 2. Mary Howe (Sep 1713 – ) m. Jacob Brown
      3. 3. Joseph Howe (Aug 1718 – 30 Jan 1725)
      4. 4. Sarah Howe (13 Jul 1724 – 4 Sep 1724)
      5. 5. Susanna Howe (13 Feb 1725 – ) m. Samuel Swazey ( – abt 1762)
      6. 6. Elizabeth Howe (abt Feb 1729 – ) m. Thomas Boardman
      7. 7. Joseph Howe (4 Sep 1737 – 26 Mar 1762) m. Elizabeth Berry ( – 6 May 1759)
      8. 8. John Howe (4 Nov 1744 – 7 Aug 1752)
    3. 3. Samson Howe (13 Nov 1682 – 3 Sep 1736) m. Alice Perley (1680 – 19 Jul 1746)
      1. 1. Perley Howe (1710 – 10 Mar 1753)
      2. 2. Sampson Howe (13 Dec 1719 – 26 Mar 1797)
      3. 3. Alice Howe (4 Apr 1720 – )
    4. 4. Abraham Howe (27 Jun 1686 – 6 Mar 1770) m. Hephzibah Andrews (1 Jul 1691 – 13 Apr 1753)
      1. 1. Mercey Howe (13 Mar 1714 – 24 Oct 1773)
      2. 2. Jamima Howe (6 Feb 1715 – 20 Jun 1795)
      3. 3. Hephzibah Howe (26 Feb 1717 – 30 Nov 1781)
      4. 4. Sarah Howe (4 Feb 1719 – )
      5. 5. Ruth Howe (19 Apr 1722 – 10 Apr 1753)
      6. 6. Abraham Howe (2 Jan 1724 – 5 Nov 1797)
      7. 7. Elizabeth Howe (30 Sep 1728 – 9 Sep 1768)
    5. 5. Abijah Howe (17 Aug 1689 – )
    6. 6. Israel Howe (24 Jan 1692 – 15 Jul 1740) m. Mercy Warner (5 Nov 1686 – 20 Oct 1765)
      1. 1. Israel Howe (29 Feb 1716 – )
      2. 2. Keturah Howe (5 May 1717 – )
      3. 3. Daniel Howe (1 May 1719 – 1 Nov 1797)
      4. 4. Sarah Howe (25 Oct 1721 – 21 Jun 1771)
      5. 5. Hannah Howe (5 Apr 1723 – )
      6. 6. Priscilla Howe (24 Jan 1726 – )
    7. 7. Mark Howe (28 Mar 1695 – 17 Feb 1770)
  7. 7. Rebecca Howe (1651 – 15 Apr 1722) m. Stephen Barnard (8 Apr 1649 – 12 Feb 1722)
    1. 1. Stephen Barnard (1672 – 31 Jul 1758)
    2. 2. John Barnard (25 Mar 1674 – 31 Jan 1756)
    3. 3. Hannah Barnard (7 Mar 1678 – 23 Apr 1695)
    4. 4. Nathaniel Barnard (30 Nov 1682 – Jun 1757)
    5. 5. James Barnard (28 Dec 1686 – 8 Dec 1731)
    6. 6. Robert Barnard (29 Mar 1689 – 13 May 1773) m. Elizabeth Howe (13 Oct 1697 – 16 Apr 1776)
      1. 1. Joel Barnard (14 Jul 1732 – 15 Aug 1775) m. Lucy Stevens (8 Nov 1733 – 1 Jan 1805)
        1. 1. Silas Barnard (3 Oct 1757 – 1794)
        2. 2. William Barnard (31 Jan 1759 – 1 May 1810)
        3. 3. Lavinia Barnard (22 Jun 1761 – )
        4. 4. Elizabeth Barnard (28 Mar 1764 – 1854)
        5. 5. Mary Barnard (28 Mar 1764 – 1824)
        6. 6. Steven Barnard (24 Sep 1766 – 22 May 1841)
        7. 7. Francis Barnard (18 Dec 1768 – 28 Dec 1858) m. Martha Howe (5 Feb 1773 – 22 Jul 1848)
        8. 8. Lucy Barnard (15 Mar 1771 – 27 May 1853)
        9. 9. Phebe Barnard (15 Aug 1773 – 6 Jun 1859)

James Howe's Timeline

3 Records

1598
15 May 1598
Birth of James Howe in Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, England
Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, England
1648
1648
Age 50
James Howe was employed in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1702
17 May 1702
Age 104
Death of James Howe in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 May 1598
    Event Place: Hatfield, Broad Oak, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: abt 1636
    Event Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts; Year: 1637; Page Number: 40.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 17 May 1637
    Event Place: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1 Apr 1641
    Event Place: From Roxbury, Massachusetts to Ipswitch, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Howe Genealogies

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: 1648
    Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Howe Genealogies

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1650
    Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Howe Genealogies

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 May 1702
    Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Howe Genealogies
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