Mathew Howard, Jr.

• Matthew Howard1
• M, #184032, b. circa 1632, d. 1691/92
• Last Edited=6 Feb 2006
• Matthew Howard was born circa 1632 at Lower Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A..1 He was the son of Matthew Howard and Anne (?).1 He married Sarah Dorsey, daughter of Edward Dorsey and Anne (?), in 1667 at Anne Arundel, Maryland, U.S.A..1 He died in 1691/92 at Anne Arundel, Maryland, U.S.A..1
• Child of Matthew Howard and Sarah Dorsey
  • 1.Sarah Howard+1 b. c 1668, d. 21 Dec 1726
• Citations
• 1.[S1122] Peerage News, online http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.nz/. Hereinafter cited as Peerage News.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p18404.htm#i184032 _____________
• 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...
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• 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.
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• 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.]
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• 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.:
  • (I.) John Howard (q.v.)
  • (II.) Matthew Howard, III (q.v.)
  • (III.) Sarah Howard (q.v.)
  • (IV.) Samuel Howard, d. bef. 1691
• (I.) John Howard, b. C1642; .... etc.
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• 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.
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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.]
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• 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.
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  • WILL OF MATHEW HOWARD-1694
• IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Mathew Howard of Ann Arundell County in the Province of Maryland being sick & weak but of perfect memory Blessed be God Do hereby make my Last Will and Testament and what worldly Estate hath Pleased God to bless me with I do dispose itt as followeth-
• IMPRIMUS I give and bequeath unto my Son John Howard and his heirs for Ever all that Parcell of Land Called Howards first Choice being one hundred and Sixty acres Commonly Known by the name of Howards Quarter Plantation with all the stsock household Goods and all the appurtenances thereunto belonging Likewise I give and bequeath unto my Said Son John Howard and my Son Mathew Howard a Certain parcell of Land Called the adventure being ffive hundred Acres Lying on the Branch of putuxen River to be Equally Divided between them and their heirs for Ever and also I give and bequeath unto my Said sons John and Mathew a Certain parcell of Land Called Poplar plain Lying by the Bodkin Creek Containing five hundred Acres to them and their heirs for Ever Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Worthington that pcell of Land Called Howards Range Lying on the Lower side of the Bodkin Creek and bounding on psons plain and Homers fforest being Two hundred Seventy Six Acres to the said Sarah and her Disposall. Likewise I give to my said Daughter Sarah all that pcell of Land Called Howards Pasture being two hundred acres Lying on the Southwest side of Maggitty River and at the head of the said River to her the Said Sarah and her heirs for Ever AND WHEREAS Mr. Richard Beard hath built a mill on the said Land with my leave and Consent and the said Beard to make my Daughter Sarah Satisfacton Either in Land or Tobacco and if that my Said Daughter and Mr. Beard Should not agree my Will is that they make Choice of a Cuple of Honest men to decide the difference if not then to choose
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• an umpire Item I give and bequeath unto my said Daughter Sarah Worthington the plantacon whereon I now dwell with one hundred and Thirty acres of Land belonging to itt to her & her Disposall. And also I give and bequeath unto my Said Daughter a Certin parcell of Land begining at a poplar stump and running right up the hill and so with a Straight course until it comes unto the middle of one hundred and fifteen acres of Land then north East whilst it comes into a Branch beyond (?) Pillor then down the Said branch whilst it intersects with the hundred and thirty acres belonging to the plantation and so along untill it comes to the poplar stump Item I give to my said Daughter Sarah one woman Servant with the time she has to serve named Elizabeth Boome and when her time of servitude is Expired I will that my sd Daughter give her a cow calf. Item I will and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah one great Iron Pott and one of the Largest Pewter Dishes out of my Chest Item I give to my son John Worthington my horse Called Prince. Item I give unto my Granson John Worthington one heifer with a Calf by her side and one one (sic) young stoud horse bred out of my mare called Ball. Item I will and bequeath unto my son John Howard my young mare bred of the Bald mare Item I give to my two Grandsons Mathew and John Howard Each of them one two year old heifer Item I will and bequeath unto my son Mathew Howard the remaining part of the one hundred and fifteen Acres of Land to my Said son Mathew Mathew 9sic) and his heirs for Ever Item I will and bequeath unto my said son Mathew Howard Sixteen Acres of Land that Lyes at the head of a Creek at the bottom of the hundred and fifteen Acres of Land And also I give unto my said [son Mathew?] Twenty Two and half Acres of Land Called Howards Addition adjoining to the hundred and fifteen acres of Land and all the severall parcells of Land to him and his heirs for Ever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Said son Mathew the Bed and furniture whereon I now lye Item I give to my Son Mathew the Remaining part of my Iron Pots and my Iron Kettles also I give unto my Said Son Mathew four Pewter Dishes that is in my Chest Also I give unto my said son one cow with a Calf by her Side to be delivered unto him this next spring of the year Item I will and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Worthington and to my son Mathew Howard all the remaining part of my Horses Mares and Colts Cattell Hogs and Sheep and also all the remaining part of my household goods (except some new goods in a Chest) to be Equally divided between my Daughter Sarah and my Son Mathew as abovenamed And also I give to my said son & Daughter all my servants except what already bequeathed to be Equally devided between them. Item I will and bequeath to my three brothers Jn'o Samuell and Philip Howard and to their three wives Each of them one pair of mourning gloves of five Shillings price Each pair Item the new goods in my Chest is to apparel and cloath my Servants. Item I will that my Son Mathew Howard have full possession of his Estate both personall and Reall after my Decease but not to Dispose of any of it untill he attain to the full age of Twenty one Years Item I give and bequeath to my Said Son and Daughter Namely Mathew and Sarah all Debts Due to me by bonds Bills and Acco'tts whatsoever and also my Crop of Tobacco now houses and when that all Just Debts are by my Exec's hereafternamed fully Satisified and paid to be Equally divided between by Said Son Mathew and my Said Daughter Sarah Item I do hereby make and Consitute my Loving Daughter Sarah Worthington with the assistance of her husband my Sole and whole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking and nulling all and Every former Will by me made by writing or otherwise IN WITNESS wherof I have hereunto sett by hand and seal this Twenty Third day of October in the year of our Lord God one Thousand Six hundred ninety one.
• Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of use Nicholas Greenberry John Howard Sen'r signum Richard X Horner
  • /s/ Mathew Howard (locus Sgill)
• .... etc.
• [Proved Jan. 19, 1694-Prerogative Court (Wills) 2, pp. 222-224-Hall of Records, Annapolis.] ____________________________

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