Howard Family Line

Martha Hayward

1634-1703

Birthdate: ca. 1624

Birthplace: Sandwich, Kent, England / London, Middlesex, England

Denomination: (possibly) Puritan / Congregationalist

Arrival: Arrived circa 1640 to Duxbury, Massachusetts, at age 15

James Howard

1602-1652

Mary Cooper

1604-1652

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Hayward and Susanna [unknown]

Children:

1. Ensign John Howard b. 20 April 1647, Duxbury d. between July 1725 and 3 October 1726, Bridgewater

2. Elizabeth Howard, b. about 1647, Plymouth d. 1747, Bridgewater

3. Sarah Howard, b. 20 August 1648, Bridgewater d. about 1703, Bridgewater

4. James Howard, d. 1690, Canada

5. Ephraim Howard, b. about 1666, Bridgewater d. 11 August 1750, Bridgewater

About John Haward

John Howard migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

John Howard was the son of James Howard and Mary Cooper. John came from England to Duxbury, Massachusetts, at age 15. He was born in 1628 in Sandwich, Kent County, England, and died in 1700 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He married Martha Hayward in 1679 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Martha was born in Aylesford, Kent County, England, and died before 1703 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. John lived with the family of Miles Standish and later moved to Bridgewater. John Howard was the first HOWARD to settle there. John was appointed Ensign on September 27, 1664. He also fought in King Phillip's War in May 1676.

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From the Harmons:

http://theharmons.us/harmon_t/b952.htm#P85725

Lt. John HOWARD (immigrant)[1354]

was born between 1 January 1622 and 1624 in Sandwich, Kent, England.

He emigrated about 1635. to Duxbury, MA (ABT 1651) to Bridgewater

He died on 15 October 1701 in prob. Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Alias:<ALIA> John /Haward/

Name variations: Haward, Hayward, Howard

From Savage, Vol. 2 "...one of the first settlers [of Bridgewater] brought up by Captain Miles Standish, in 1643 was of Duxbury, a carpenter, representative 1678 and often after, married Martha..[list of children]...and is so the progenitor of a distinguished family always called and spelled Haward. the change camegradually, I think, by first disuse of y in Hayward,and next following the usual Sound." All of John's descendants wrote the name Haward till after 1700,and the early town records are conformable to this spelling; but after that it it has been invariably written Howard.

Robert Howard , Sr.'s records: This is what I have written about John - a distillation from several sources. In Heman's book there is a letter written to him by his mother. John Howard,with his brother George, came from England and settled in Duxbury when he wasabout fifteen years old. Their widowed mother Mary, and at least one sister, remained in England. He lived in the family of Capt. Miles Standish who, it is said, treated him like a son. John married Martha Hayward, daughter of Thomas Hayward and Susannah Towne. John and Martha had seven children, four sons and three daughters; our ancestor was Ephraim, the youngest child, who was born when his father was about 40.

In Duxbury John Howard was among those who were able to bear arms in 1643. In 1645 his name appe ars as one of the fifty-four original proprietors of the grant of land afterward known as Bridgewater. Judge Mitchell, in his history of Bridgewater, says that John Howardwas a man of much influence in the new plantation.

John Howard was a carpenter by trade. In 1646 he was one of the two surveyors of highways for his town. In 1657 he took the Freeman's oath. On June 5, 1678, he was a deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts; also on the same date he was appointed a selectman of this town. In 1683 he, with Thomas Hayward, was a representativeto the general court.

In 1670 he was licensed to keep an "ordinary" or tavern, the first public house in Bridgewater, and kept it 30 years until his death in 1700. His eldest son then became the proprietor, and he was followed by three more generations of Howards until John's great-great grandson, Capt.Benjamin Beal Howard, died in 1821. The house was taken down in 1838.

"He was one of the first military officers and was appointed Ensign, September 27, 1664. In May, 1676, during King Philip's War, Ensign John Howard, with twenty others, fought with some Indians and took seventeen of them alive with much plunder, and all returned without serious injury."

On October 2, 1689, he was promoted and received his commission as a lieutenant.

Lieut . Howard died in 1700. His property was appraised in October, 1701. It consisted of about 450 acres of land and his estate was valued at about 840 pounds .

Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 8WK2-PR: (Robert Howard, Sr.'s records) From the Kingman book [#1]. "John and James Howard, brothers, came from England and settled in Duxbury. John removed from thence to the West Parish of Bridgewater, and became one of the first settlers of the town, in 1651. [James went to Bermuda.] When a lad, it is said John lived in Captain Miles Standish's Family. He was a man of great influence in the new plantation, and was one of the first military officers in Bridgewater.

Previous to 1700 the name was commonly written Haward, but during the last century it is spelled Howard. The names of Howard and Haward are often confounded, and by many are pronounced alike. They may have been the same name originally, although John always wrote it Haward, without any 'y' ." [John] was an inn-keeper as early as 1670. see Also: Welsh, Doris V. The Keith family and allied New England families. Waynesbury, PA, 1981.

Family Tree Maker Online: GenealogyLibr

Spouse: Martha (Mary) HAYWARD (Immigrant).

Martha (Mary) HAYWARD (Immigrant) and Lt. John HOWARD (immigrant) were married about 6 April 1657 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Children were: John HOWARD, Sarah HOWARD, Elizabeth HOWARD, Maj. Jonathan HOWARD, Ephraim HOWARD, Bethiah HOWARD.

Reference:

1354. Burgess (Updated: Wed Feb 18 10:46:23 2004).

[Br%C3%B8derbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #1921, Date of Import: Aug 31, 1997] From the Kingman book (#1):

" John and James Howard, brothers, came from England and settled in Duxbury.John removed from thence to the West Parish of Bridgewater, and became one of the first settlers of the town, in 1651.(James went to Bermuda.)When a lad, it is said John lived in Captain Miles Standish's family.He was a man of great influence in the new plantation, and was one of the first military officers in Bridgewater.Previous to 1700 the name was commonly written Haward, but during the last century it is spelled Howard.The names of Howard and Hayward are often confounded, and by many are pronounced alike.They may have been the same name originally, although John always wrote it Haward, without any 'y'."

(John) was an inn-keeper as early as 1670.

From Savage, Vol. 2

"...one of the first settlers [of Bridgewater] brought up by Captain Miles Standish, in 1643 was of Duxbury, a carpenter, representative 1678 and often after, married Martha... [list of children] ...and is so the progenitor of a distinguished and numerous family always called and spelled Howard.The change came gradually, I think, by first disuse of y in Hayward, and next following the usual sound."

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John Howard BIRTH 1624 Kent, England DEATH 1700 (aged 75–76) Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Unknown Add to Map MEMORIAL ID 40440368 · View Source

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John Howard, with his brother, came from England, and settled in Duxbury. He was among those who were able to bear arms there in 1643. He was about fifteen years old when he came to Duxbury. He lived in the family of Capt. Miles Standish.. He soon removed to Bridgewater, and was one of the original settlers and proprietors of that town. Judge Mitchell, in his history of Bridgewater, say that John Howard, the first Howard to settle in Bridgewater, was a man of much influence in the new plantation.

In 1645 his name appears as one of the fifty-four proprietors of the grant of land afterward known as Bridgewater. In 1656 he was one of the two surveyors of highways for his town. In 1657 he had taken the Freeman's oath. He was one of the fourteen men whose allotment of land was in the easterly part of the grant. He was one of the first military officiers, and was appointed Ensign, Sept. 27, 1664. In May, 1676, during King Philip's War, Ensign John Howard, with twenty others, fought with some Indians and took seventeen of them alive with much plunder, and all returned without serious injury. June 5, 1678, he was a deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts; also on the same date was appointed a selectman of his town. In 1683 he, with Thomas Hayward, was a representative to the General Court. Oct. 2, 1689, he was promoted, and received his commission as a lieutenant.

Mr. Howard was a carpenter by trade. He spelled his name Haward, and so did his descendants until after 1700. He married Martha, a daughter of Thomas Hayward, one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, who came on the ship Hercules, in 1635, from Sandwich, County of Kent, England, with five children and three brothers.

He lived in a house which he built near the first meeting house...This was the first public house in Bridgewater, as Mr. Howard was licensed to keep an ordinary or tavern, in 1670, at this place. This house was owned and managed by John Howard and his direct descendants for a period of 151 years. John Howard opened the tavern in 1670, and kept it 30 years, until his death in 1700. His oldest son, John, then became proprietor, conducting it 26 years, until 1726...

John Howard married Martha Howard. They were the parents of seven children, all born in Bridgewater. 1. John, who married Sarah Latham 2. Sarah, who married Zaccheus Packard 3. Jonathan, who married Sarah Dean & Susanna Keith 4. James, who married Elizabeth Washburn 5. Ephraim, who married Mary Edson Keith 6. Bethiah, who married Henry Kingman 7. Elizabeth, who married Edward Fobes

Spouse Martha Hayward Howard, 1634 – unknown

Children Sarah Howard Packard, 1648–1703 Elizabeth Hayward Howard Fobes/Forbes, 1650 – unknown John Howard,1656–1727 Jonathan Howard, 1664–1739 Ephraim Howard, 1667–1750 Bethiah Howard Kingman, 1672–1755

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/John-Howard/6000000002844078143

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYFT-2HY

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Howard-701

http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I50835&tree=Schirado

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52081833/john-howard

https://doigsden.com/Howard.htm

http://dunhamwilcox.net/me/me_bio_howard.htm

https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-247358921-1-25806/john-howard-in-myheritage-family-trees

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Nana's 8x Great-Grandfather:

My 10x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 11x Great-Grandfather:

James Howard (1602 - 1652)

Family

Spouse:

Mary Cooper

1604-1652

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My 11x Great Grandfather:

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Origins of the Howard Family

The name Howard originated with the Anglo-Saxon tribes that once ruled Britain. It is derived from the Old French name Huard or the Old German name Howard. The former name is derived from the Old German name Hugihard, which literally means heart-brave. The latter name, which is also spelled Howart, is a cognate of the Old Norse name Haward and means high or chief warden.

Occasionally, the surname Howard may have been applied to someone who worked at a dairy farm at which female sheep were kept. In this case, the derivation is from the Old English words eowu, which means ewe, and hierde, which means herd.

In other cases, the name was adopted from where the person was born as in "William, son of Roger Fitz Valevine, took the name of Howard from being born in the Castle of Howard, in Wales, in the time of Henry I." Another source sums up the diversity of the family's origin thusly: "Camden, the most important witness of all, places Howard amongst the names in use in England at the time of the Conquest. In all probability this name has had more than one origin."

The surname Howard was first found in Norfolk, where one of the first records of the family was Elwin le Heyvard, who was listed in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. The same rolls listed Alice le Heyward in Huntingdonshire and Geoffrey le Hayward in Cambridgeshire. Later, William Heyward or Howard was Sheriff of Norwich, Norfolk in 1657.

"The church [of East Winch in Norfolk] is a handsome structure in the later English style, with a square embattled tower; in the east window are the arms of Vere and Howard, and on the north side is the ancient chapel of St. Mary, the burial-place of the latter family. Near Grancourt House, which was the seat of Sir William Howard, who purchased the manor in the reign of Edward the First, are some slight remains of a religious house."

But the family quickly became widespread. Epworth in Lincolnshire was another ancient family seat. "This place, which is the principal town in the Isle of Axholme, a district comprising the north-west portion of the county, was anciently the residence of the Howard family, who had a castellated mansion here, of which nothing now remains except the site, where within the last 70 years have been dug up some of the cannon belonging to the fortifications."

In Westmorland, at Levens in the parish, union, and ward of Kendal another early branch of the family was found. "On the eastern bank of the river Kent, which is crossed by a bridge on the Kendal road, is Levens Hall, the venerable mansion of the Howards, embosomed in a fine park, and crowned with towers, which, overtopping the highest trees, command extensive prospects on every side. The Howard family built the chapel, a parsonage, and schools, and endowed the living. "

Howard Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Howard has appeared include Howard, Howerd, Haward, Heyward, and others.

Howard Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Howard, who settled in Virginia in 1622

Judeth Howard, who landed in Virginia in 1622

John Howard, who settled in Virginia in 1634

William Howard, who settled in Virginia in 1635

Samuel Howard, who landed in America in 1635

Howard Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Susan Howard, who landed in Virginia in 1701

Margaret Howard, who arrived in Virginia in 1716

Authur Howard, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1746

Eignon Howard, who arrived in America in 1758

James Howard, who landed in America in 1760-1763