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Thomas Howard

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
Death: December 17, 1675 (36)
Swamp Fight, King Philip's War, Connecticut, United States (Swamp Fight)
Place of Burial: Swamp Fight, King Philip's, War, Conn
Immediate Family:

Husband of Mary Moore
Father of Mary Howard; Sarah Geer; Martha Howard; Thomas Howard (died young) and Benjamin Howard

Managed by: Carol Ann Selis
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Immediate Family

About Thomas Howard

Mary Wellman married first in January 1666 to Thomas Howard[3] of Norwich, Connecticut, in January, 1666.[1] Thomas died on 17 December 1675 in the Great Swamp Fight near the end of King Philip's War.[citation needed]

They had five children:

  1. Mary Howard, born Dec 1667[3]
  2. Sarah Howard, born Feb 1669,[3] married Joseph Gere and has issue[1]
  3. Martha Howard, born Feb 1672 and died a month later[3]
  4. Thomas Howard, born March 1673,[3] died in childhood[1]
  5. Benjamin Howard, born June 1675.[3] settled in Windham, married, and had 4 children[1]

Following the death of Thomas Howard, she married William Moore, also in Norwich, in August 1677.[3] He died in April of 1729.


  • "William Spencer's Daughter Elizabeth, The Wellman Family", by George E McKracken, 1960, "The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)" viewed by Kris Stewart, Jun 11, 2013
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Thomas Howard's Timeline

1639
February 10, 1639
Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
1667
December 1667
Of Norwich, New London, Ct
1669
February 1669
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1672
February 1672
Of Norwich, New London, Ct
1673
March 1673
1675
June 1, 1675
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States
December 17, 1675
Age 36
Swamp Fight, King Philip's War, Connecticut, United States
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Swamp Fight, King Philip's, War, Conn