Richard Howell

Per Leslie Glazer-Jacobs, This Richard Howell who came to Southold, NY in 1640 is NOT the son of Edward Howell from Southampton(Marsh Gibbon) This Richard Howell's father's name is John. This Richard Howell and Edward Howell do NOT share the same haplogroup. They are NOT son and father.

From A Genealogy of the Family of Richard Howell, via Patrick White (5/2/2014) on Find A Grave:

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=41278762&PIp...

First Generation:

1. Richard Howell, the progenitor of the Howell family which arose in the New World, on the North Fork of eastern Long Island, is first mentioned historically in the Southold Town Records, in a deed dated 26 April 1675, by which "... William Halleke.. for divers considerations me hereunto moving.. doe hereby give grant and confirm unto my son in law Richard Howell of Southold, 20 roods wide of land from North to South Sea, lying and being next unto ye lands of William Halliock, on ye east side and John Conklin Jun. on ye west side - and ye said Richard Howell doth oblidge himself unto the said William Hallock that what land he shall from time to time take in from ye comon, he shall sett up and maintaine a sufficient fence and shall not lett said land to any person but shall be approved by ye neighborhood and in case said Richard Howell die without issue, then ye said land to fall to John Hallocke, he paying for the housing and fencing." [6]

Elizabeth Hallock, the daughter of William Hallock, is said to have been the first wife of Richard Howell [7]. While this may be true, it cannot be accepted as proven since it appears to have been derived from the wording, "son-in-law", in the deed cited above, the will of Richard Howell, naming his wife, Elizabeth, and the record of her death. As will be seen, these two points refer to his last wife, Elizabeth, who may have been the former wife of John Harrud, who could not have been the wife of Richard Howell in 1675, since John Harrud died on 24 Nov. 1684 [8], or an unidentified third wife [9].

In the Southold Estimate of 16 Sep. 1675, Richard Howell was listed as possessing -

• 1 heade 6 acors land - 24 pounds
• 2 oxen 1 cow - 17 pounds
• 1:3 year old - 4 pounds
• 2:2 year 2 yerlings - 8 pounds
• 1 horse 1 yrling - 15 pounds
• 5 gotes 7 swine - 9 pounds
  • Total - 77 pounds

Richard Howell died on 9 Nov. 1709 [46].

Elizabeth (Cooke) Harrud Howell may have died on 4 March 1724/5 at the age of 70 (sic) [47].

Richard Howell and his first wife were probably the parents of six children:

• 2. i. John Howell, born on 24 May 1670 [48].
• 3. ii. Hannah Howell
• 4. iii. David Howell, born in about Nov. 1676.
• 5. iv. Jonathan Howell
• 6. v. Richard Howell, born in about 1684.

Richard and Elizabeth (Cooke) Harrud Howell may have been the parents of three children:

• 7. vi. Isaac Howell.
• 8. vii. Jacob Howell.
• 9. viii. Dorothy Howell.

Richard Howell may also have been the father of two other children:

• 10. ix. Ruth Howell, listed with the household of William Hallock in the Census of 1698. Possibly a sister of Richard Howell.
• 11. x. Elizabeth Howell, listed by Moore [49] and Craven [50], as a daughter of Richard Howell, since an "Eliza Howell" was listed with the household of Richard Howell in the Census of 1698 in a position usually given to a child, but who may have been his wife, Elizabeth. If this "Eliza Howell" was a child, of whom no more is known, and not his wife, then this would imply that he married a third time to another woman named Elizabeth.

End of First Generation.

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From his Find A Grave page:

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41278762

Transcript of will of Richard Howell.

In the Name of God Amen I Richard Howell of the Town of Southold in the Co., of Suffolk in the Colony of New York in america yeoman being weakly in Body but of Perfect mind + memory att the writing hereof thanks be given to God therefore but calling to mind the shortness of this Transitory life and that it is appointed for all men once to Dye doe make constitute ordaine and appoint this to be my last Will + Testament + hereby revokeing disannulling and makeing void all and all manner of former wills and Testaments by me heretofore or in my name had made or conclude and that this only + none other shall be held deemed taken + reputed to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following That is to say

• First I commend my soule to God from whom it came and my Body to ye Earth to be Decently buried att the discretion of my Executors hereafter named
• Secondly my Will is that my beloved Wife Elizabeth Howell shall have one Third part of my Estate as ye Law directs
• Thirdly I give unto my son John Howell and to his heirs for ever all my Messuage or farme where I now live and Bounded on the North by the Sound and on the South by the Road lately laid out that leads to Brookhaven by ye way of ye Beach and also one equall forth part of all my Meadow one ye South Side of peaconnecke river
• ffourthly I give unto my Son Davide Howell and to his Heirs and assignes for ever one equall fourth part of all my meadow on the south side of said peaconneck river
• ffifthly I give unto my Son Richard Howell + my Son Jonathan Howell all my Lands neare the Head of ye said Peaconneck river with ye appurtenances thereto belonging and also one equall half part of all my meadow on ye South side of ye Said River to be equally Divided between them and to the proper use and behoofe of them my said sons Richd and Jonathan Howell to their Heirs and assignes for ever also I give equally between my said sons Richard and Jonathan and to their Heirs and assignes for ever all my Land and Meadow att Brookhaven freely to be possed + Enjoyed
• Sixthly I give unto my son Isaac and to his Heirs and assignes for ever all that messuage or Tenament where my son John now Lives and Bounded North by my son Davids Land + South by the baye and allsoe one equall Half part of all my Meadow att Deck Creek to him my said son Isaac Howell his heirs + assignes freely to be possessed + Enjoyed
• Seventhly I give unto my Son Jacob Howell and to his Heirs + assignes for ever all ye Land Lying Between the baye and the Highway Leading to Brookhaven by the way of ye Beach wch is the remaining part of the alottment where my messuages is herein given unto my son John also I give unto my said son Jacob Howell and to his heirs and assigns forever one equall halfe part of all my meadow att Deep Creek freely to be possessed and Enjoy
• Eightly I give unto my Daughter Hanah and to her Heirs for ever Twenty pounds as money of this Colony to be paid Her by Executors
• Ninthly I give unto my Daughter Dorothy Reeve for ever Twenty pounds as money of this Colony to be paid Her by my Executors
• Tenthly my Will is that ye remaining part of my Estate not herein Willed be equally Divided betwix my Six Sons viz. John David Richard Jonathan Isaac Jacob to whom I doe give ye same forever
• Lastly of this my last Will + Testament I doe by these Presents make constitute ordain and appoint my sons John David and Jonathan to be my Executors with full power and authority to act in and about ye Premises In Wittness whereof I have published + Declared this to be my last Will and Testament + have hereunto Sett my Hand + affixed my seale in Southold above said this Twenty fourth day of August In ye year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven Hundred + Nine -

Richard Howell

Signed Sealed published + Declared to be ye Last Will + Testament of Richard Howell in the Presence of us Thomas Mapes James Reene Hope X Holioak Richard Ingoldesby Esq:

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Leut Gov and Commander in Cheife of ye Provinces of New York New Jersey +

To all to whom these Presents shall come or may concern Greeting Know Yee yt ye first Day of January the Last Will and Testament of Richard Howell was Proved approved and allowed of by me haveing while he lived + att ye time of his Death Goods Chattles and Creditts in Divers places within this Province by means whereof ye full Disposition of all and singular ye Goods Chattles and Creditts of ye said Deceased and ye Granting Administracon of them allso ye hearing of acct Callculation + Reckoning and ye finiall Discharge and Dismission from ye same unto me soly + not unto any other Inferior Judge are manifestly known to belong and ye administracon of all and singular ye Goods Chattles and Creditts of ye said Deceased and his last Will and Testament in any manner of ways concerning was Granted unto John Howell David Howell + Jonathan Howell Ex in ye said Last Will and Testament named Cheifly of well and Truly administreing ye same of makeing a true and Perfect Inventory of all and singular ye Goods Chattles + Creditts of ye said Deceased + Exhibitting ye same into ye Registry of ye Prerogative Court in ye Secretarys Office of ye said Province of New York att or before ye first Day of June next Ensueing and of Rendering a Just and true acct Callculation or Reckoning when there unto required In Testamony whereof I have Caused ye Prerogative Seale to be hereunto affixed att New York this First Day of Janry A.D. 1709 Geo Clarke

Father was John Howell and mother was Margaret who married William Hallock after John Howell died.

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Transcript of will of Richard Howell.

In the Name of God Amen I Richard Howell of the Town of Southold in the Co., of Suffolk in the Colony of New York in america yeoman being weakly in Body but of Perfect mind + memory att the writing hereof thanks be given to God therefore but calling to mind the shortness of this Transitory life and that it is appointed for all men once to Dye doe make constitute ordaine and appoint this to be my last Will + Testament + hereby revokeing disannulling and makeing void all and all manner of former wills and Testaments by me heretofore or in my name had made or conclude and that this only + none other shall be held deemed taken + reputed to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following That is to say First I commend my soule to God from whom it came and my Body to ye Earth to be Decently buried att the discretion of my Executors hereafter named Secondly my Will is that my beloved Wife Elizabeth Howell shall have one Third part of my Estate as ye Law directs Thirdly I give unto my son John Howell and to his heirs for ever all my Messuage or farme where I now live and Bounded on the North by the Sound and on the South by the Road lately laid out that leads to Brookhaven by ye way of ye Beach and also one equall forth part of all my Meadow one ye South Side of peaconnecke river ffourthly I give unto my Son Davide Howell and to his Heirs and assignes for ever one equall fourth part of all my meadow on the south side of said peaconneck river ffifthly I give unto my Son Richard Howell + my Son Jonathan Howell all my Lands neare the Head of ye said Peaconneck river with ye appurtenances thereto belonging and also one equall half part of all my meadow on ye South side of ye Said River to be equally Divided between them and to the proper use and behoofe of them my said sons Richd and Jonathan Howell to their Heirs and assignes for ever also I give equally between my said sons Richard and Jonathan and to their Heirs and assignes for ever all my Land and Meadow att Brookhaven freely to be possed + Enjoyed Sixthly I give unto my son Isaac and to his Heirs and assignes for ever all that messuage or Tenament where my son John now Lives and Bounded North by my son Davids Land + South by the baye and allsoe one equall Half part of all my Meadow att Deck Creek to him my said son Isaac Howell his heirs + assignes freely to be possessed + Enjoyed Seventhly I give unto my Son Jacob Howell and to his Heirs + assignes for ever all ye Land Lying Between the baye and the Highway Leading to Brookhaven by the way of ye Beach wch is the remaining part of the alottment where my messuages is herein given unto my son John also I give unto my said son Jacob Howell and to his heirs and assigns forever one equall halfe part of all my meadow att Deep Creek freely to be possessed and Enjoy Eightly I give unto my Daughter Hanah and to her Heirs for ever Twenty pounds as money of this Colony to be paid Her by Executors Ninthly I give unto my Daughter Dorothy Reeve for ever Twenty pounds as money of this Colony to be paid Her by my Executors Tenthly my Will is that ye remaining part of my Estate not herein Willed be equally Divided betwix my Six Sons viz. John David Richard Jonathan Isaac Jacob to whom I doe give ye same forever Lastly of this my last Will + Testament I doe by these Presents make constitute ordain and appoint my sons John David and Jonathan to be my Executors with full power and authority to act in and about ye Premises In Wittness whereof I have published + Declared this to be my last Will and Testament + have hereunto Sett my Hand + affixed my seale in Southold above said this Twenty fourth day of August In ye year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven Hundred + Nine - Richard Howell

Signed Sealed published + Declared to be ye Last Will + Testament of Richard Howell in the Presence of us Thomas Mapes James Reene Hope X Holioak Richard Ingoldesby Esq: Leut Gov and Commander in Cheife of ye Provinces of New York New Jersey + To all to whom these Presents shall come or may concern Greeting Know Yee yt ye first Day of January the Last Will and Testament of Richard Howell was Proved approved and allowed of by me haveing while he lived + att ye time of his Death Goods Chattles and Creditts in Divers places within this Province by means whereof ye full Disposition of all and singular ye Goods Chattles and Creditts of ye said Deceased and ye Granting Administracon of them allso ye hearing of acct Callculation + Reckoning and ye finiall Discharge and Dismission from ye same unto me soly + not unto any other Inferior Judge are manifestly known to belong and ye administracon of all and singular ye Goods Chattles and Creditts of ye said Deceased and his last Will and Testament in any manner of ways concerning was Granted unto John Howell David Howell + Jonathan Howell Ex in ye said Last Will and Testament named Cheifly of well and Truly administreing ye same of makeing a true and Perfect Inventory of all and singular ye Goods Chattles + Creditts of ye said Deceased + Exhibitting ye same into ye Registry of ye Prerogative Court in ye Secretarys Office of ye said Province of New York att or before ye first Day of June next Ensueing and of Rendering a Just and true acct Callculation or Reckoning when there unto required In Testamony whereof I have Caused ye Prerogative Seale to be hereunto affixed att New York this First Day of Janry A.D. 1709 Geo Clarke

• Immigration: with that of Peter Hallock - 1640 - Connecticut
• Residence: Southold, Suffolk County, New York, United States - 1700
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jun 15 2019, 16:00:15 UTC
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Howell_(died_1655)#Family

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Biography

Richard Howell, son of Edward and Francis Paxton Howell, was born 1629. He was baptized 1629 at Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England<ref>Richard Howell 1626 baptismal entry, George R. Howell, "Howell Genealogical Items," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 28 (1897):50-52; digital images, Hathi Trust; "From the church records of Marsh Gibbons, County Bucks, England, I gathered the following ..."</ref><ref>Emma Howell Ross, Descendants of EdwardHowell (1584-1655) of Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, [England] and Southampton. Long Island, New York Winchester, MA: TheUniversity Press, 1968, Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-58987, and 2nd Edition, Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1985, Revised and prepared for publication by David Faris, Genealogist, Edward Howell Family Association </ref>
He married (1) Elizabeth Halsey, daughter of Thomas Halsey. She was baptized Kempston, Bedfordshire, England, 27 September 1635,<ref>HerbertF. Seversmith, "Pre-American Ancestries XV. Thomas Halsey of Southampton, L. I.," The American Genealogist, 26 (1950):216; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors</ref><ref>Elizabeth Halsey 1635 baptism, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975";; database, FamilySearch.</ref> and died sometime after 8 July 1679 (date of her father's will).<ref>Thomas Halsey 1679 will, "New York Probate Records, 1629-197,"; images (unindexed), FamilySearch; New York > Wills 1665-1683 vol 1 > image 209 of 323, citing county courthouses, New York; "bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of Richard Howell ..."</ref> Richard married (2) a daughter of Joseph Raynor.<ref name="Howell">George Rogers Howell, The early history of Southampton, L. I., New York, 2nd ed., (Albany. Weed, Parsons and company, 1887), 310; digital images, InternetArchive.</ref><ref>Jacob Lafayette Halsey, Thomas Halsey of Hertfordshire, England, and Southampton, Long Island, 1591 to 1679 ... (Morristown, N.J.: [s.n.], 1895), 38, 44; digitalimages, InternetArchive.</ref>
In 1887, George Rogers Howell named twelve children as Richard, Josiah, Hezekiah, Edward, Obadiah, Christopher, Daniel, David, Edmund, Ruth,Isaac and Sarah, and he wrote, "I do not know the order of the ages of his ch[ildren] ... Nor do I know which to assign to his two wives, but presume they are mostly the children of his first wife."<ref>George Rogers Howell, The early history of Southampton ..., 2nd edition(Albany, Weed, Parsons and company, 1887), 310; digital images, Hathi Trust.</ref><ref name="Howell" />

1. Richard Howell, died after 25 March 1737 (date of will); married Sarah Scott
2. Josiah Howell, born 1675, died 11 April 1752; married Mary__________#Hezekiah Howell, born 1677, died 4 December 1744, married (1) Phebe Halsey, his first cousin, and (2) Mary_________
3. Edward Howell
4. Obadiah Howell#Christopher Howell, married Joanna Wait<ref>Eli Field Cooley, et al.,Genealogy of Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey (The W.S. Sharp Printing Co., 1883), 138; digital images, InternetArchive.</ref>#Daniel Howell, born 1680, died 25 April 1732.<ref>John W. Jordan, ed.Colonial Families of Philadelphia (New York/Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1911), 1671; digital images, GoogleBooks.</ref>
5. David Howell
6. Edmund Howell#Ruth Howell, born 17 June 1669, married 12 April 1686, Jonah Bower.<ref>Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. "Origin of the Bowers, Leeks and Crosthwaits of South Jersey," The American Genealogist, 26 (1950): 211-215,particularly 211-212 (Jonah Bower); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors; "Jonah married at Southampton, Ruth Howell ... daughterof Richard and Elizabeth (Halsey) Howell."</ref>
7. Isaac Howell#Sarah Howell, married Martin Rose.<ref>Collections of the New York Historical Society for the year 1894, XXVII (New York, 1895), 186; digital images, GoogleBooks.</ref>

In 1895, Jacob Lafayette Halsey followed Howells 1887 work, writing that Richard's "children are presumed by Rev. George R. Howell, the historian, to be mostly the children of his first wife."<ref>Jacob Lafayette Halsey, Thomas Halsey of Hertfordshire, England, and Southampton,Long Island, 1591 to 1679 ... (Morristown, N.J.: [s.n.], 1895), 38,44; digital images, InternetArchive.</ref>
In 1948, Herbert Seversmith followed the 1698 census<ref>Presumably, "A List of Y^{<small>e</small>} Inhabitants of Y^{<small>e</small>} Towne of Southampton Old and Yong ...," Edmund Bailey O'Calaghan, Documentary history of the state of New-York ..., (Albany, Weed, Parsons & Co., Public Printers, 1850), multiple vols., 1:437-447; digital images, InternetArchive.</ref> and named only eight children--Richard, Josiah, Hezekiah, Edward, Obadiah, Christopher, Ruth, and David. Seversmith further wrote both "these would appear to be by first wife." and also "Perhaps other children."<ref>Herbert Furman Seversmith, Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut, ... (Washington, District of Columbia. 1948), 1422-1424; digital images, Hathi Trust.</ref> When Seversmith published (1950) thebaptismal records of Thomas Halsey's children, including Elizabeth (1635), he made no further comment about the births of her children.

Research Notes==Two Richard Howells on Long Island.<ref>Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore. Genealogical Publishing Company:1985), 393; digital images, GoogeBooks.</ref>#Richard Howell of Southampton, presumed baptized 1629, married (1) Elizabeth Halsey, (2) daughter of Joseph Raynor. #Richard Howell of Southold married Elizabeth Hallock; he left a will dated 1709.

A prior version of this profile reported Richard Howell baptized 1629 died 1709, referencing the will of Richard Howell of Southold. This date and these references were removed in 2021.
New England Marriages .... Richard Howell (1629-[unknown]), Southampton
:First marriage. Spouse is Elizabeth [Halsey] (-1677+), marriage is ca1660-69?, by 1669; of Southampton. Works consulted as "Bassett-Preston41, 123, 149; Butler (1919); Southampton 198, 263, 273, 310; Goodwin-Morgan 2:324-5; Halsey 31, 33, 38; Howell (n.d.) ,19; Woodhull 271; NYWills 1:50; Anderson 126."<ref>Howell-[Halsey] by 1669 marriage, New England Marriages prior to 1700 (2015), multiple vols, 2:801 (Howell); database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.</ref>
:Second marriage. Spouse is ?Eleanor [Raynor], daughter of Joseph; marriage is after 1677; of Southampton. Works consulted are "Southampton 310; Howell (n.d.) ,19; Halsey 38; Bunker: LI Gen. 96; Bassett-Preston149; NYGBR 29:51."<ref>Howell-[Raynor] after 1677 marriage, New England Marriages prior to 1700 (2015), multiple vols, 2:801 (Howell); database and digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.</ref>
Division of children. Narrative reports that "most" of Richard'schildren were born to his first wife, Elizabeth Halsey, but this is not a satisfactory solution, especially as her baptism in 1635 is now known (published 1950_. As one WikiTree-er wrote, " If Daniel is the son of Elizabeth Halsey, then she would have been about 45 years old when she bore him."
Not the father of John Howell of Southold. A previous version ofthis profile linked as a son, John Howell, reported born at Southold, 24 January 1668. No such son, John, is reported in the child lists by Howell (1887) or Seversmith (1947) and apparently confused this profile, Richard Howell of Southampton, as the early man, Richard Howell of Southold. John's association as a son was severed in 2021.

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