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William Stevens Howard 1684–1734 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Nov 1684

Birth Location: POCOMOKE MD USA, USA

Death Date: 1734

Death Location: CHARLES MD USA, USA

Father: Edmund 'Gent.'

Mother: Margaret Dent

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Douglas

Children(s): Howard Compton

William Stevens Howard was born in 1684 in POCOMOKE MD USA, USA, the child of Edmund Howard Gent And Margaret Dent. William Stevens Howard married Elizabeth Bonner Douglas, Sarah Howard, and had children including Howard Compton. William Stevens Howard passed away in 1734 in CHARLES MD USA, USA.

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Biography

  • William Stevens Howard was born in 1684 in POCOMOKE MD USA, USA, the child of Edmund Howard Gent And Margaret Dent.
  • William Stevens Howard married Elizabeth Bonner Douglas, Sarah Howard, and had children including Howard Compton.
  • William Stevens Howard passed away in 1734 in CHARLES MD USA, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund 'Gent.'
1655–1713
Birth Location: Clun, Shropshire, England
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Margaret Dent
1650–1715
Birth Location: St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
MD

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Douglas
1685–1718
Birth Location: CHARLES MD USA, USA
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Children(s)

Howard Compton
1714–1789
Birth Location: Charles County, Maryland, United States of America
HC

William Howard's Ancestors

Self
William Howard
1684–1734
Birth Place: POCOMOKE MD USA, USA
Parents
Edmund Howard 'Gent.'
1655–1713
Clun, Shropshire, England
Margaret Dent
1650–1715
St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland, United States
Grandparents
*Alice Keyser
1630–1707
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Keyser
1605–1665
Elisabeth Keyser
1609–1635
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George I
1570–1645
Alice Bolesworth
1569–1615
Richard Shipdham*
1586–1623
Elsabeth
1585–1620

William Howard's Descendants

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William (Stevens) Howard (3 Nov 1684–1734) m. Elizabeth (Bonner) Douglas (1685–1718)
  1. 1. Howard Compton 1714–1789 m. Matthew (Compton) Jr 1709–1770
    1. 1. Compton Hobbs 1742–1797 m. Walter (Howard) Briscoe 1742–1785 m. Joshua Hobbs 1742–1837
      1. 1. Walter (H. Briscoe) Jr. 1771–1855 m. Henton Briscoe 1775–1858
        1. 1. Walter (David) Briscoe 1809–1853 m. Waggener Briscoe 1813–1864
      2. 2. Cynthia Briscoe 1762–1817
      3. 3. Margaret Briscoe 1760–1837
      4. 4. Joshua Hobbs 1788–1846
      5. 5. Lydia Hobbs 1786–1860
    2. 2. Alexander Compton 1760–
    3. 3. Barton Compton 1765–
    4. 4. Edmund (Howard) Compton 1759–1838
    5. 5. John Compton 1747–1765
    6. 6. Margaret Compton 1740–1817
    7. 7. Matthew Compton 1746–1810
    8. 8. Phillip Compton 1744–
    9. 9. Samuel Compton 1737–1765
    10. 10. Stephen Compton 1736–1784
    11. 11. Susanna (I) Compton 1734–1745
    12. 12. Susanna Compton 1749–
    13. 13. William Compton 1733–1784

William Howard's Timeline

2 Records

1684
3 Nov 1684
Birth of William Stevens Howard in POCOMOKE MD USA, USA
POCOMOKE MD USA, USA
1734
1734
Age 50
Death of William Stevens Howard in CHARLES MD USA, USA
CHARLES MD USA, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Nov 1684
    Event Place: POCOMOKE MD USA, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Colonial Families of the USA
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: CHARLES MD USA, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1734
    Event Place: CHARLES MD USA, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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