Capt. Thomas Howes

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Thomas Howes (abt. 1680 - abt. 1738)

Thomas Howes

Born about 1680 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Son of Joseph Howes and Elizabeth (Mayo) Howes

Brother of Samuel Howes, Mary (Howes) Hallett, Joseph Howes, Joseph Howes II, Elizabeth (Howes) Merrick, John Howes, Nathaniel Howes, Amos Howes and Hannah Howes

Husband of Content (Smith) Howes — married 11 Dec 1701 in Eastham, Massachusetts

Father of Content (Hawes) Branch, Daniel Howes, Joseph Howes, Thomas Howes, Mary Howes, Hannah Howes and Elizabeth Howes

Died about 19 Oct 1738 at about age 58 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 30 Sep 2022 | Created 4 Sep 2014

Biography

Thomas Howes was born in 1680 the child of Joseph Howes and Elizabeth Mayo. It is not known when Thomas left Yarmouth and went to Eastham where he met Content Smith, daughter of Daniel SMITH.

Thomas "of Yarmouth" married on December 11, 1701, in Eastham, Massachusetts.[1]

They had six children during their marriage:

Daniel Howes,
Joseph Howes,
Thomas Howes,
Mary Howes,
Hannah Howes
Elizabeth Howes.
Thomas was appointed constable in 1708 in Chatham, also involved in local politics as a selectman for 2 years and treasurer for 2 years. Military service he was a Ensign of the military co. in Chatham in 1715, later, later becoming lieutenant and then captain.. He died on October 19, 1738, in Chatham, Massachusetts, at the age of 58.

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Children

Daniel b. about 1702
Elizabeth b.
Mary b.
Joseph b. 1726-27
Thankful b.
Thomas 1712
Hannah b.
Birth

Thomas Howes in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

Name: Thomas Howes
Birth Date: 1680
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Volume: 85
Page Number: 257
Marriage

Thomas Howes in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Name: Thomas Howes
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1701
Marriage Place: Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Content Smith
Source- Marriage- Eastham and Orleans Vital records, p.68 Settled in Chatham, MA on land purchased 4-8-1703 It is not known when Thomas left Yarmouth and went to Eastham where he met Content SMITH, daughter of Daniel SMITH. They married in Eastham in

Occupation, Committee and Elected Offices

Based on all property bought Thomas was a farmer Selectmen and Treasurer 2 years

He was selectman for 2 years and treasurer for 2 years.

1715 He was Ensign of the military co. in Chatham in 1715, later, Lt. and then Captain.
1716 His signature appears on a letter signed by the early settlers of Chatham written to the superior court on 27 March 1716.
1708 He was the first HOWES to settle in Chatham, MA. Appointed constable of Chatham on 1708.
Thomas Howes in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Name: Thomas Howes Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1701 Marriage Place: Yarmouth, Massachusetts Spouse Name: Content Smith

Land purchases

1703: April 8, 1703, Thomas purchased of William GRIFFITH, Sr. all the real estate of the latter at Monomoit, consisting of a homestead lot of 26 acres in the Christopher SMITH neighborhood, one half of 20 acres on the Great Neck and some meadow land [in all about 40 acres].
1705 by deed dated 22 Oct. 1705, he purchased of Phillip GRIFFITH a lot of 4 acres adjoining the homestead, the other half of the 200 acre lot on Great Neck and another lot of meadow.
1715: April 6, 1713, he purchased of James ELDREDGE, which adjoined a portion of the HOWES farm. He became owner of all the land on both sides of the highway from Thomas DOANE's farm east to the Indian bounds.

The Proprietors Book for Chatham 1713, for division of land shows Thomas HOWES drew #11 choice and he drew lot # 27. Person ID I5140 ONS

Died

The will was written 26 May 1736 (not the death date as some have given), & the date of probate was 19 Oct 1738.

Sources

↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XN3 : 30 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 133, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 68.
Source Information
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=agbi&h=339079...

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=MATownVital&h...

A History of Chatham, Massachusetts: Formerly the Constablewick Or ..., Part 3 By William Christopher Smith https://books.google.com/books? id=0ZclAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA225&dq=thomas+howes+1680+married+content+smith+will&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiu3tX0tp_KAhXLJCYKHfwbDAMQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=thomas%20howes%201680%20married%20content%20smith%20will&f=false
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2495&h=4675...

Source
Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy: A Facsimile ..., Volume 1 By Leonard H. Smith https://books.google.com/books?id=OBbq13eCddYC&pg=PA584&lpg=PA584&d... also see:

Early Chatham settlers
by Smith, William Christopher, 1861- [from old catalog] Published 1915, Topics Chatham (Mass.) -- Genealogy, Publisher Yarmouthport, Mass., C. W. Swift, Pages 54, Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT, Language English, Call number 8240187, Digitizing sponsor Sloan Foundation, Book contributor The Library of Congress Collection library_of_congress; americana Scanfactors 10 Full catalog record MARCXML website: https://archive.org/details/earlychathamsett00smit

Source
"Howes">Howes, Paul, Thomas Howes Howes Family Genealogy Pages, November 2, 2014, accessed March 23, 2015

See also:

Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Barnstable County Volume 1 Marriage records