Anne Howard

Parents unknown. Not the daughter of Richard Hall & Marion Loveland

Biography

Extracted from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-529736

Ann, last name unknown, married, possibly about 1635, Matthew Howard, last name unknown, whose transportation into Virginia he claimed -- probably having brought her here himself. [1]

Newman [2] states that Matthew Howard "married Ann Hall about 1630 and embarked within a short time for Virginia with two white servants."

Newman therefore places the marriage prior to the immigration, but without identifying what sources the statement was based on.

Ann was first mentioned in Virginia records on May 26, 1638, with no further known reference to her after July 6, 1640, although she undoubtedly lived a number of years after this.... It seems likely that Ann, the mother, had died only shortly before the children came to Maryland, in 1659. [1]

Family

Extracted from https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~paxson/genealogy/southern/howard.html

Immigrant Generation

Our Matthew Howard1 was presumably born in England perhaps ca. 1609 and died in Maryland about 1658. However, no proof of his parentage has been found.

A Matthew Howard emigrated to Virginia in the 1630s. There are a few traces of him in surviving records. In 1635 he sued a Mr. EVANS. In May 1638 Matthew and his wife Ann were granted land in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, on the western branch of the Elizabeth River, bounded on the north by Broad Creek. In the immediate vicinity were grants to Robert TAYLOR, Edward LLOYD, Richard OWEN, and Cornelius LLOYD. The year before, Matthew Howard had with him "two persons unnamed", one of whom might have been a 17 or 18-year old Edward DORSEY. In 1645 he was executor for the will of Richard HALL, Virginia merchant. Richard Hall signed his will in Virginia 1 August 1648; it was proved 16 November that year. In it Richard left practically everything to Matthew Howard and his children.[3] Presumably this Richard Hall had no wife or children to inherit his estate.

Eventually a Matthew Howard and his wife Ann moved on to Middle Neck Hundred, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, apparently with their friend Edward Lloyd. Whether or not this is the same Matthew who was living in Virginia has not yet been proven.

Children of Matthew Howard, perhaps incomplete, order uncertain. The Biographical Dictionary lists males first, in this order, Samuel, John, Cornelius, Matthew, and Philip, followed by the females, Elizabeth, Ann, and Mary. I have put them in the order in which Fredric Saunders placed them, based on Richard HALL's will:[8]

Matthew HOWARD and wife Anne had children:

• 1. Anne HOWARD b. ca. 1637; m. James GRENEFFE; living 1686
• 2. Elizabeth HOWARD b. ca. 1639; m. Henry RIDGELY; d. 16696-16727 Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 3. Matthew HOWARD b. ca. 1641; m. Sarah DORSEY; d. between 3 Oct. 1691and 12 Jan. 1692 Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 4. Cornelius HOWARD b. ca. 1643; m. Elizabeth; d. between 15 April and 15 Oct. 1680 Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 5. John HOWARD b. ca. 1645; m. Susanna (NORWOOD) widow of Charles STEVENS; m. Eleanor, widow of John MACCUBIN; d. between 30 Dec. 1695 and 13 May 1696 Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 6. Samuel HOWARD b. ca. 1647; m. Catherine WARNER; d. between 28 Feb. 1702 and 9 Nov. 1703 Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• 7. Philip HOWARD b. ca. 1649; m. Ruth BALDWIN; d. between 25 July 1701 and 24 Feb. 1701 [1702] Anne Arundel County, Maryland

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Disputed origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-529736

Some genealogies show Ann's birth as 25 OCT 1610 in Felmersham, Bedfordshire, England. No source has been found to confirm this.

Matthew Howard had only one wife Ann. He is sometimes shown married to Elizabeth Todd. Elizabeth, however, who may or may not have been Todd, was the wife of Matthew's son Cornelius.

Other genealogies claim that Ann was of the Dorsey family, or was the daughter of Richard Hall. Find-A-Grave, without documentation, shows Matthew married Anne Hall (1610-1659) in Lower, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1631 and that Anne was the daughter of Richard Hall (1585-1645) and Marion Lee Loveland Hall (1580-1645).[3]

Not Ann Dorsey

Some Genealogies show the wife of Matthew Howard as Ann Dorsey, but without documentation. This possible last name is presented here to promote discussion of her parentage and further research.

Parentage: Not the Daughter of Richard Howard

The parentage of Anne is unknown. Her name at birth is unknown.

Anne was recently connected as the daughter of Richard Howard, without documentation.

Parentage: Not the Daughter of Richard Hall

There is a strong temptation to make Ann the daughter of Richard Hall due to Richard Hall's will, written August 7, 1648 and proved November 16, 1648. … It would appear obvious, since inheritance most often goes to one's next of kin, that Ann Howard must be Richard Hall's only daughter. But a careful review reveals none of any of the normal indications of kinship which are standard in wills, i.e. my beloved daughter, my eldest daughter, my son, my cousin, etc.

Therefore one is compelled to conclude that Richard Hall died without children, and willed his property to the Howards, who were clearly good and trusted friends, well known to Richard Hall and "almost family" -- but not quite!

Ann Howard is shown in some genealogies as the child of John Howard and his wife Elizabeth Lock John Howard's biography has been researched and Ann is not among his six children. Ann's parentage must be considered unknown.

map of Severn River area showing some early settlers' holdings

This map of the western side of the Severn River shows the holdings of some dissenter settlers in Anne Arundel County ca. 1650. The three families from which we are descended are Dorsey (yellow), Howard (orange), and Norwood (green). The dimensions and outlines of the individual holdings are not accurate. They just mark the general locations.

Source: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~paxson/genealogy/southern/graphics-...

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Supporting data

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• Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families ... By Sharon J. Doliante
• http://books.google.com/books?id=1KvkiaQks-kC&pg=PA367&lpg=PA367&dq...
• Pg.353
• MATTHEW HOWARD, SR. was probably b. at least by 1610, and since he was not listed among those person living in Va., at the time of the 'Muster" of 1624/25, he clearly was not b. in Va. He d. sometime bet. 1652 and 1659, in Va.; m. possibly C1635, Ann (___), whose transportation into Va., he claimed - probably having brought her here, himself. It isn't known when Ann died. Her last child was b. C1651.
• As will be shown below, the earliest record in America which mentions the name of Matthew Howard, of which we have knowledge, was dated 1635, and the last was in Dec. 1652. His wife Ann, was first mentioned in Va. records on May 26, 1638, with no further known reference to her after July 6, 1640, although she undoubtedly lived a number of years after this.
• It seems likely that Ann, the mother, had died only shortly before the children came to Maryland, in 1659.
• It doesn't take too much imagination .... etc.
• Pg.356
• Issue of Matthew and Ann Howard, Sr. named in the order they were given in will of Richard Hall, therfore prob. in their order of birth (the last two not having then been born):
  • I. Ann Howard (q.v.)
  • II. Elizabeth Howard (q.v.)
  • III. Matthew Howard Jr. (q.v.)
  • IV. Cornelius Howard (q.v.)
  • V. John Howard (q.v.)
  • VI. Samuel Howard (q.v.)
  • VII. Philip Howard (q.v.)
  • VIII. Mary Howard (q.v.)
• I. Ann Howard, prob. b. C1637, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; Legatee in the 1648 will of Richard Hall, in Va.; m. James Greneff, or Greniffe. He left a will dated Anne Arundel Co., Md., Feb. 21, 1686; proved, Sept. 26, 1694 (given in full at the back of this chapter), in which he ment. his wife Ann, his children, and also his "broth", John Howard, and "brother" Samuel Howard, his sister Catherine, and others. Issue as named: .... etc.
• II. Elizabeth Howard, prob. b. C1639, Lower Norfolk Co., Va; d.aft. 1669 but bef. 1673, Md.; m. bet. 1659 and 1664, A.A. Co., Md., Col. Henry Ridgley. She was also a legatee in the 1648 will of Richard Hall, and her husband claimed land rights in 1664, for having transported her into Maryland. Actually, it seems doubtful that such was the case. Probably she transported herself, or perhaps one of her brothers brought her to Maryland, but if a woman married before land rights could be claimed for her, it was customary to allow her husband that privilege. Her bro. Cornelius came to Md. in 1659 and prob. the others too, and Elizabeth with them. For Known issue of Col. Henry Ridgley, which we believe to also have been Elizabeth's, see the Ridgley family.
• III. Matthew Howard, Jr., prob. b. C1641, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. testate, A. A. Co., Md., bet. Oct. 3, 1691 and Jan. 19, 1694 (dates of the writing and proving of his will (Given in full at the back of this chapter.); m. bef. 1667, Sarah Dorsey, dau. of Edward and Ann Dorsey. She predeceased him. [See: The Dorsey Family, by Dorsey and Nimmo (Baltimore, 1947.).]
• Matthew, Jr., was a legatee in the 1648 will fo Richard Hall, in Va., and in the 1684 will of one Henry Howard, of A.A. Co., Md. He and his bro. John, were each left "a silver seal". (This will also given in full at the back of this chapter.)
• He immigrated to Md., from Va., bef. 1659 [Skorda, op. cit., p. 216], and in 1661, Henry Catlin, also from Va., and one of Edward Lloyd's commissioners, assigned his Md. survey to Matthew, Jr., who then re-named it, "Howard's Inheritance" [Warfield, op. cit., pp. 44, 68.]
• Pg.357
• Matthew claimed land rights for having transported Sarah Darey (sic), prior to 1667, when he styles her, his wife. [Skordas, op. cit., p. 122/]
• Issue of Matthew and Sarah (Dorsey) Howard, Jr.: .... etc.
• Pg.359
• IV. Cornelius Howard, prob. b. C1643, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. testate, A.A. Co., Md., bet. Apr. 15, and Oct. 15, 1680 (his will given in full at the back of this chapter); m. Elizabeth (?Todd), dau. of Thos. (See: Anne Arundel Gentry, by Newman, p. 183).
• Cornelius was a legatee in the 1648 will of Richard Hall, in Va. He immigrated to Md., from Va., by 1659 [Skordas, op. cit., p. 240]. Prof. Warfield (op. cit., p. 30), spoke of him as "Captain", and said he settled in Middle Neck Hundred, A.A. Co., After 1660, on his land, "Howard's Heirship & Chane". He was a Delegate from A.A. Co., from 1671-75 [Ibid., pp. 39 and 71], and a Justice from 1680-82, during which latter period, his bro-in-law, Henry Ridgely, served as a Delagate [Ibid., p. 40]. "Ensign Cornelius Howard was mentioned [Semmes, op. cit., p.701.]
• Issue of Cornelius and Elizabeth (?Todd) Howard: .... etc.
• Pg.361
• V. John Howard, b. C1645, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. testate bet. Dec. 20, 1695 and May 13, 1696, A.A. Co., Md. (his will given in full at the back of this chapter); m. (1) Susanna (Norwood) Stevens, widow of Chalres Stevens, and dau. of Capt. John Norwood; m. (2) Elinor ( ___) Maccubin, widow of John Maccubin. He was a legatee in the 1648 will of Richard Hall, in Va.; in the 1683 will of Henry Howard, of A.A. Co., Md., (who left him his wearing clothes, and a silver seal), and in the 1691 will of his bro., Matthew, Jr.
• Prof. Warfield (op. cit., p. 68), says that in 1662, "the sons of Mathew Howard, came up the Severn and seated themselves near their father's surveys. John, Samuel and Cornelius Howard, all transported a number of
• Pg.362
• settlers, and received grants for the same upon the Severn. They located adjoining each other, near Round Bay." And, "the five brothers, John, Samuel, Mathew, Cornelius and Philip, had nine hundred acres granted them as brothers. It was upon one of these many hills of Severn, in the neighborhood of Round Bay, that John Howard slew the lion." Richarson, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 329, shows that "Howard's Interest" was surveyed for John Jan. 28, 1662.
• John's (2) wife, Elinor or Eleanor Maccubin, was the mother of Sarah Maccubin, who m. Wm. Griffith & was the mother of Orlando Griffith, who was called "grandson" in John's will. He m. June, 6, 1717, Katherine Howard, dau. of John & Katherine (Greenberry)-Ridgley Howard.
• Only issue of John Howard, and by his (1) m.: .... etc.
• VI. Samuel Howard, b. C1647, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. testate, A.A. Co., Md. (His will given in full at the back of this chapter.), bet. Feb. 28, 1702/3 and Nov. 9, 1703; m. Catherine Warner, dau. of James and Joan (___) Warner. (NOTE: Prof. Warfield (op. cit..p. 70), erroneously stated that Catherine was a dau. fo "James and Elizabeth Warner, daughter of William Harris..."; however, Elizabeth (___) Harris, widow and not daughter of William Harris, married James Warner, as his (2) wife, onlly about a year before he died [Quakers In The Founding Of Anne Arundel County maryland, by J. Reaney Kelly (Baltimore, 1963), pp. 79-81], and there was no issue of that marriage. Catherine was a dau. of Joan (___) Warner, who immigrated to Maryland with James Warner and their dau., Joan, or Johanna, in 1650 [Liver Q, ff. 237-8, Land Office, Annapolis.]
• Samuel was legatee in the 1648 will of Richard Hall, in Va., and in the 1673 will of his father-in-law, James Warner, was one of the overseers
• Pg.363
• named in the will of his bro. Cornelius, in 1680; legatee of is bro. Matthew, Jr., in 1691; and legatee in the 1696 will of his bro., John.
• 100 a called "Howard's Hope" was surveyed for Samuel, Jan. 26, 1662 [Richardson, op. cit., vol. 1, p. 329.]
• Issue of Samuel and Catherine (Warner) Howard: .... etc.
• VII. Philip Howard, prob. b. C1649, in Lower Norfolk Co., Va. (NOTE: he was not a legatee in the 1648 will of Richard Hall, there, as were his older siblings.) He d. testate, A.A. Co., Md., bet. July 29, 1701 and Feb. 24, 1701/2. (His will given in full at the back of this chapter.); m. Ruth Baldwin, dau. of John and Elizabeth Baldwin.
• Prof. Warfield says, "In 1659, Cammander Edward Lloyd surveyed for Philip Howard, after the death of Mathew, the Severn tract of 'Howardstone', for 'Philip Howard, Orphant.
• Philip was a legatee in the 1691 will of his bro., Matthew, Jr., and in the 1696 will of his bro., John. In 1697 "Capt Philip Howard of Anne Arundell Co.", was mentioned. [Semmes, op. cit., p. 215.] he was a Justice of A.A. Co., in 1694, and in the same year was one of the Commissioners for laying out the town of Annapolis. [Warfield, op. cit., p. 74.]
• Pg.364
• Only issue: .... etc.
• VIII. Mary Howard, prob. b. C1651, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. testate A.A. Co., Md., bet. Apr. 4 and 6, 1721 (Cotton, op. cit., Vol 5, p. 46); m. Major General John Hammond, who d. testate, A.A. Co. (His will given in full at the back of this chapter), and was buried Nov. 29, 1707 [Warfield, op. cit., p. 179.]
• John Hammond was named as one of the overseers of the Estate of his bro-in-law, Cornelius Howard, in the latter's will of 1680; and in 1699, his bro-in-law, Henry Ridgley "ordered that the Commission be prepared to appont the Honble Major John Hammond Colonel" of Col. Ridgley's Co., in the latter's place [Archives, op. cit., vol. 25, p. 80]. These two men appear to have been particular friends and associates. They were A.A. Co. Justices together from 1687, at least through 1692, perhaps longer [Warfield, op, cit., pp. 40, 178-9], and were Delegates together, in the latter year. He was also a member of the vestry of St. Anne's Church, and was appointed Judge of the High Court of Admiralty "by the royal administration [after 1692], with whom he was in favor" [Ibid., p.178.]. Issue: .... etc.
• Pg.366
  • WILL OF RICHARD HALL-1648
• [NOTE: The page from the old book of Wills and Deeds on which the following will appears, has been torn all the way down the right-hand side, so that on almost every line, the last several letters are missing.]
• In the name of God Amen: I Richard Hall of Virginia being weake in body but in perfect memory (thanks bee [to] God), doe make this my last will and testament: ffirst I bequeath my Soule to Jesus Chrit my Mediator & Redeeme[r] and my body to the earth; and for my worldly good w'ch the Lord hath given mee after by debts are payd & my furneral expenses discharged I bequeath as followeth: ffirst I bequet[h] unto Mathew Howard the elder one yearling ssteere Calfe I bequeath unto Ann Howard a Cowe calfe & a Barrowe Chote I bequeath unto Elizabeth Howard my Two Cows with all theire encrese after the date hereof, alsoe I bequeath unto ye said Elizabeth Howard my sow will all increase excepting three chotes, I give one Sow Chote of a twelve month old to Mathew Howard the younger I give one Sow pigg to Cornel[ius] Howard and my hatt. I give one Sow pigg to John Howard and my work Clothes & my handkercheifes I give unto Math[ew] Howard the elder my best paire of breeches; I give unto Samuel Howard all the tob'o that is coming unto mee after by debts are payd I give unto Thos. Bell my bedd, bouls[ter] & blankett & my chest & my old suite w'ch I now have on & one payre of shoes & stockins; I desire Mathew Howard [the] elder [to be] by sole Executor of this my last will & testament [In] Witness hereof I hereunto sett by hand this twenty first day of August 1648. /s/ Richard Hall
• Signed & deliv[ered] in the presence of Cornelius Lloyd. The mke of Tho. Pull
• By the Govern'r & Cap't General of Virginia To all to whome these pr'sents chall come I Sr Wm Berke[ley] Lu't Governor & Cap't Generall of Virginia Send greeting in our Lord God everlasting whereas Rich Hall late of this Collony deceased did by his last will & testament nominate and appoint Mathew Howard the elder his executor and the said Mathew did at a County Court holden for Lower Norfolk upon the fifteen day of November 164[8] make humble suite to the board: That a Probate of th[e] said will might bee graunted unto him for w'ch case fu[ll] power and lawfully authority is hereby given & granted unto him the said Mathew Howard to dispose of all an[d] singular the goods rights & Creditts of the said deceden[t] according to the true intent & meaning of the said will [&} testament expressed: given at James Citty under my ha[nd] and Seale of the Colony this sixteenth day of November Anno Dom 1648.
  • /s/ William Berkeley
• [Norfolk County, Viginia, Wills & Deeds G, 1646-1651. No page no. given.]

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• A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
• http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/0...
• HAMMOND, CHARLES (ca 1670-1713) BORN ca. 1670 in Anne Arundel County; probably fourth son. NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED: in Anne Arundel County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER John Hammond (1643-1707). MOTHER
• http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/0...

Mary (?-by 1678), daughter of Matthew Howard and wife Ann. UNCLE: Cornelius Howard (?-1680). AUNT: Elizabeth Howard, who married Henry Ridgeley (?-1710). BROTHERS: Thomas Hammond (?--ca. 1724/25); John Hammond (ca. 1665-1742/43); and William (?-1711/12), who married Elizabeth Cockey. SISTERS: Mary, who married Cornelius Howard (ca. 1670-1717), son of Cornelius Howard (?-1680); and Elizabeth, who married first, Richard Moss, and second, Thomas Cockey. FIRST COUSINS: Matthew Howard (ca. 1675-1750); Sarah Howard, who married first, John Worthington (1650-1701), and second, John Brice (?-1713). MARRIED his first cousin Hannah (1678-1752), daughter of Philip Howard and wife Ruth Baldwin; niece of both Cornelius Howard (?-1680) and Mary Howard, who married John Hammond (1643-1707). Hannah subsequently married Edmond Benson (1687-1734). Her first cousins were Matthew Howard (ca. 1675-1750); Sarah Howard, who married first, John Worthington (1650-1701), and second, John Brice (?-1713). CHILDREN. SONS: Charles Hammond (1692/93-1772), who married in 1715 Rachel (?-1748/49), widow of Charles Greenberry (1672-1713) and daughter of John Stimpson; Philip Hammond (1697-1760), who married first, Comfort, and second, Rachel (1711-1781), daughter of John Brice (?-1713); John (?-1755), who married Ann, daughter of Edward Dorsey (?-1705); Rezin (?-1739); and Nathaniel (1708-1762), who married Ann Welsh. DAUGHTERS Mehitabel (Hamutel) (baptized 1713-?), who married Charles Worthington (1701-?), son of John Worthington (1650-1701); and Ruth (baptized 1713-?), who married first, in 1730 Peasley Ingram, and second, Thomas Franklin (ca. 1706-1788). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES second generation burgess. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter; merchant. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Anne Arundel County, 1710-1711 (elected to the 3rd session), 1712-1713 (died before the 3rd session). LOCAL OFFICE justice, Anne Arundel County, by 1702-1713 (quorum, 1708-1713). MILITARY SERVICE: officer, by 1696; major, 1708-1713. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION over 1,039 acres (796 acres inherited from his father). WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED on November 23, 1713. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,090.14.0 sterling (including 14 slaves); FB, £1,056.10.2. LAND ca. 1,500 acres.

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1. WikiTree contributors, "Anne (Unknown) Howard (abt.1610-aft.1651)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-529736 : accessed 18 March 2024).
2. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2001...
3. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/LRBF-DVC There is some dispute about whether or not Anne Hall was the wife of Matthew Howard.
4. http://www.genealogy.com/users/h/o/w/Kenneth-H-Howard-III/GENE2-000... She was his second wife. He had no children by his first wife, Elizabeth.
5. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~paxson/genealogy/southern/graphics-...
6. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~paxson/genealogy/southern/howard.html
7. If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Ann Hall" (accessed March 18, 2024) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I355... cites
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