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About Joshua Howard
Served with K James - left UK b/c of father's displeasure, emigrated from Manchester 1685; settled in Pikesville.
"Joshua Howard of Manchester, England, serving on King James's side, was an officer in the army of the Duke of York during the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, despite his father's opposition. On his discharge, he came to Maryland, rather than face his father's displeasure, and settled in Baltimore County. He married Johanna O'Carroll, emigrant from Ireland, and took up residence near Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland, settling and building 'Belvedere' as a home. He was listed as a taxable in Baltimore Co. as early as 1695. In 1698/9 he took up "Howard's Square, (one of the "show places" of Baltimore County, a 150 acre tract, which is presently the site of "Grey Rock" estate on the Reisterstown Rd, north of Pikesville. Howard Family Cemetery is located on this estate.
He also acquired "Howard's Fancy", which in 1732, he and his wife, Joanna, conveyed to their son, Edmund.
"Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland" page 240
"Colonial Families in the U.S."
Joshua Howard witnessed the will of John Carrington of Baltimore Co., MD March 22, 1695.
Tombstones of Joshua Howard and Johanna Howard and their son Cornelius and wife Ruth Eager Howard are found on page 39 of "The Green Spring Valley, It's History and Heritage", Vol II by Robert Barnes, 1978, page 39. On page 38 is a list of their children, their grandchildren through page 45. Grave markers in the Howard cemetery near Pikesville, MD,
clearly show dates of birth & death.
Will of Joshua Howard is dated July 3, 1738, proved September 14, 1738. Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume 7:
"To son Francis and hrs, 100A. 'Howard's Inheritance' and shd. son Francis (now abroad) not make his personal appearance with design to settle and enjoy afsd. tract, it is to pass to son Cornelius and hrs.
To son Edmund, and daus. Sarah Gist, Mary Gist, Elizabeth Wells and Violat Gist, personalty. To son Cornelius, ex., and hrs., 150A dwelling plantation, 'Howard's Square' and residue of
personal estate."
Apparently Francis did not return from abroad, because Cornelius inherited.
Arms: - Gules on a bend between six crosslets, fitchee argent, an escutcheon or, charged with a demi-lion rampant, pierced through the mouth by an arrow, within a double tressure, counter flory of the first.
Crest: - On a chapeau gules, turned up ermine, a lion statant gardant, with tail extended, or.
Motto: - Desir na repos.
The original Howard coat of arms "Gu, a bend between six cross crosslets fitchee, ar" has remained the common characteristic feature in the arms of all the subsequent branches of the English Howards, including the Ducal branch. The armorial feature above noted, which identifies the English titled Howards of various names, as of kindred stock, is identical with that of the Maryland Howards.
The stone erected over the grave of Cornelius Howard (son of Joshua) who d. in 1777, and was buried on the family estate near Baltimore, MD, bore, as it does today, the arms: "Gu, a bend argent between six cross-crosslets fitchee" and as far back as 1695, Jn. Howard, Sen. (son of Matthew 3) stamped on the waxen seal of his will, still preserved at Annapolis, the arms of his house, that came from his English forbears: "Gu, a bend between six crosses
crosslets fitchee, ar". Coats of arms on ancient tombstones, seals and wills are usually regarded as authoritative in heraldry. In the present case they seem to indicate the existence of kinship between the Maryland Howards and the amorial English houses-- a kinship supported by much tradition, although the exact connection is unknown, and may not be proved."
Children:
2 Francis HOWARD b: 1705
2 Cornelius HOWARD b: 1707 d: 14 Jun 1777 + Ruth EAGER b: 23 May 1721 d: 17 Nov 1796
2 Edmund HOWARD b: 1709 d: 8 Jun 1745 + Ruth TEAL b: 1711
2 Sarah HOWARD b: 1711 d: 1757 + Christopher GIST b: 1705 d: 25 Jul 1759
2 Mary HOWARD b: 1713 d: 1755 + Nathaniel GIST b: Abt. 1707 d: Aft. 1787
2 Elizabeth HOWARD b: 27 Apr 1714 d: 1785 + Thomas WELLES b: 29 Jan 1710
2 Violetta HOWARD b: 1716 d: 1783 + William GIST b: 1711 d: 19 Nov 1794
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Joshua Howard's Timeline
| 1658 |
January 9, 1658
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Walton-On-Hill, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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| 1698 |
1698
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199 Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD, 21401, United States
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| 1705 |
1705
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Baltimore, MD, United States
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February 26, 1706
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Garrison Forest, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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1709
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Maryland, United States
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1710
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Baltimore, Baltimore County, Province of Maryland
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| 1711 |
1711
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Baltimore County, Maryland
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| 1714 |
April 27, 1714
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Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
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| 1716 |
1716
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Of , , Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States
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