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Gardner Howe, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Death: July 04, 1854 (94)
Dover, Windham County, Vermont, United States
Place of Burial: Dover, Windham County, Vermont, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jotham Howe and Priscilla Howe
Husband of Abigail Howe
Father of Joseph Howe; Gardner Howe, Jr.; Otis Howe; Lambert Howe; Jotham Howe and 3 others
Brother of Priscilla Knowlton; Walter Howe; Jenny Howe; William Howe; Francis Howe and 2 others

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About Gardner Howe, Sr.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A058288

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner_Howe

Gardner Howe (November 20, 1759 – July 4, 1854) was a farmer from Dover, Vermont and member of the Vermont House of Representatives, serving in 1816 and 1823.

Personal background and family relations

Gardner Howe was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts to Jotham Howe (1728-1809) and Priscilla (Rice) Howe (1731-1819). He was a farmer in Dover, Massachusetts and served in the Continental Army during the Revolution. On October 29, 1789 he married Abigail Sherman (1771-1843) of Grafton, Massachusetts. In 1816 he was elected to a one-year term in the Vermont House of Representatives, and he was re-elected in 1823. Howe died at his home in Dover on July 4, 1854. Howe was a direct descendant of John Howe (1602-1680), who arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 from Brinklow, Warwickshire, England and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Gardner Howe was also a descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:

Gardner Howe, son of:

Priscilla Rice (1731-1819), daughter of:

Luke Rice (1689-1754), son of:

Daniel Rice (1655-1737), son of:

Edward Rice (1622-1712), son of:

Edmund Rice, (ca1594-1663) Note: Son of Jotham Howe & Pricilla Rice of Shrewsbury, MA

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Gardner Howe, Sr.'s Timeline

1759
November 20, 1759
Massachusetts, United States
1790
July 28, 1790
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1792
January 16, 1792
Dover, Windham County, Vermont, United States
1793
May 30, 1793
1796
September 21, 1796
September 21, 1796
Dover, Windham County, Vermont, United States
1800
February 6, 1800
1803
June 27, 1803
1812
September 27, 1812