Royal Connection

Hi _ I'm glad to see that you've been looking into this. I've seen way too many people accept that Alice was the daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. His children are too well documented and the dates don't make sense. I think taking the legend at face value is a mistake. It makes more sense that she is a descendant of other children. However, do you think it is possible that she is simply the daughter of William Howard, rather than the grand daughter? I think that the ages of William Howard and his wife Margaret Gramage make more sense (35-40) than the age of Charles Howard (15) when Alice would have been born. I realize many people were married at early ages but it does not appear that Charles Howard was married until his later years......

Thanks,

-H

I'm glad someone else is concerned! Every time I start looking into this, I have to spend a while just trying to wrap my head around all the dates and names. Have you made any progress?

I am a descendent of Chritiana Howard. I believe that this site and possibly Ancestry.com have 2 compleetely unrelated Hoard families mixed when they list the ancestors of Christiana Howard. I have seen an actual book written about John Howard in Bridgewater, MA in the 1600's. it doesn't list her as a daughter, yet ancestry .com gives him a wife named Mary and lists her with the other children. I am almost wondering if Christiana herself came over in the 1700's. My father told me the story of a female ancestor running away to this country to avoid a marriage she didn't want. Does anyone know anything about Christiana Howard. She married a Simeon Rowley and was born in 1728 in what is now Hartford, Connecticut. Hope to hear from you.