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Jacob Howe

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: February 06, 1772 (82)
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Isaac Howe and Rebecca Howe (nee Howe)
Husband of Eleanor Howe
Father of Abraham Howe; Hannah Howe; Hannah Howe; Philemon Howe; James Howe and 1 other
Brother of Isaac Howe; Abraham Howe; Abigail Howe; Naome Holden and John Howe
Half brother of Mary Gleason; Sarah Whitney; Benoni Barrett; Mary Barrett; Hannah Barrett and 2 others

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Immediate Family

About Jacob Howe

Born in Charlestown 24 Oct 1689, married (int. 20 Jan 1722) Eleanor Sherwin born 28 Jan 1696. They lived in Charlestown for a few years, and prior to 1725 moved to Stoneham. Some years later, they moved to Ipswich and settled in LInebrook Parish. She died there 11 Aug 1757. He married second 5 May 1759 Mrs. Sarah (Curtis) Holdgate, widow of Micah Holdgate, born 8 Jan 1712. He died 6 feb 1772.


The Abraham Howe who was married to Elizabeth ___ and had a son called Moses is discussed in Essex Co., Mass. Institute Historical Collections,"Some Descendants of Abraham Howe", page 56. Abraham was the son of Jacob Howe and Eleanor Sherwin, and died at 83 in 1808. Jacob Howe was the son of Isaac Howe (1656-ca 1717) of Roxbury, Mass.

Sources:

  • Mass. Vital Records, Ipswich Marriages
  • Mass. Vital Records, Ipswich Deaths
  • Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Genealogies of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Ipswich, Abraham of Marlborough and Edward of Lynn, Massachusetts", Vol. 2, (Boston: NEHGS, 1929), pp.14-15.
  • TURNER HOWE & RELATED FAMILIES by Linda Phillips Spearman 1984

Stoneham VR has Jacob & Eleanor with these children:

  • Abraham, s. Jacob and Elener, Dec. 9, 1725.
  • Hannah, d. Jacob and Elnor, June 2, 1728. died soon
  • Hannah, d. Jacob and Elener, June 1, 1729.
  • Philimon, s. Jacob and Elener, Jan. 13, 1730-31.
  • James, s. Jacob and Elener, May 7, 1733.
  • Elener, d. Jacob and Elener, Aug. 11, 1736.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Howe-2609 also has him with another son - Jacob born 1724 in Charlestown.

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Jacob Howe's Timeline

1689
October 24, 1689
Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1725
December 9, 1725
Stoneham, Middlesex County, MA, United States
1728
June 2, 1728
Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1729
June 1, 1729
Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1731
January 13, 1731
Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1733
May 7, 1733
Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1736
August 11, 1736
Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1772
February 6, 1772
Age 82
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States