Thomas Howard

Thomas Howard :was born in Lynn Mass Aug 15 1741 He was a soldier in Wolfe's Army at the taking of Quebec Sept 1759 About 1764 he went to Woolwich He there married Mary Stinson Oct 31 1765 She was born in that town May 20 1747 In 1771 he came to Bangor with his wife and two oldest children His homestead lot was afterward surveyed lot No 16 he being at that time the uppermost settler on the Penobscot river His son John succeeded to the lot which was occupied in part by some of his descendants being the next northerly of the estate of Francis W Carr Esquire Mr Howard was one of the first actual settlers He was an early town officer prior to 1800 He was a most worthy man and was said to have been a member of the Methodist Church for over thirty years before his death He died Dec 1827 8 aged 86 Their children all born in Bangor except the two first who were born in Woolwich were:

i REBECCA b Friday Feb 6 1767 m Richard Sanborn Blaisdell of Bangor He settled in Hampden He died according to his grave stone Oct 27 1847 aged 85 years 6 months History of Thomas ton page says he was born 1761 lived in Hampden and died in Rockland Nov 1 1846 His wife d Nov 7 1844 aged 77 years 9 months grave stone at Hampden

children in part

• 1 William b 1794 of Rockland d Oct 21 1848
• 2 Richard S b of Rockland tn Dunning

ii THOMAS b Saturday Jan 14 1769 He lived in Bangor He d at sea Dec 14 1797 His heirs had lot No 83 He was m Jan 26 1791 to Jane Webster of Bangor by Rev Seth Noble Mr Noble in hip diary says May 26 1795 attended the funeral of Thomas Howard's twins his wife being very sick and also Thomas Howard's wife died June 3 1795

They left one child

1 Mary b Sept 11 1790 m Timothy Lord 1811 He was b in Kennebunk 1783 Came to Bangor next to what is now Greenfield Me 1811 then to No 1 Plantation in 1812 and then to Lowell Me about 1850 He was a deacon of the church and was a good honest industrious man He died in Lowell May 20 1869 aged 86 and his wife died Feb 10 1873 Children the first b in Greenfield the others in Plantation No 1 adjoining Lowell Me

1. Thomas Lord b Mar 19 1812 resides in Lowell m Hannah Preble of Whitefield Me Aug 7 1834
2. Sarah J Lord b Feb 3 1814 m Cyrus Roberts Aug 7 1834 Charlotte Lord b April 1816 m John Neal of New Sharon d in California
3. Tobias Lord b May 1818 m Frances Williams of Great Pond PI Mallnda Lord b May 20 1820 m Greenlief M Fogg Dec 11 1840 reside in Lowell
4. Mary Lord b March 11 1822 m Thomas Williams of Great Pond she d March 26 1887
5. Emeline Lord b Feb 7 1824 m Charles Carr of Marlaville she d California May 11 1886
6. Harriet Lord b July 9 1826 m Charles Preble of Enfield Timothy Lord b Aug 8 1828 d May 16 1844
7. George Lord b Jan 14 1833 m Mary Twombley Nov 1854 reside in Lowell
8. Margaret Lord b June 7 1835 m William Davis of Loweli

ili MARY b in Bangor Saturday June 30 1771 said to have been the first white child born in Bangor She m Andrew Mayhew Nov 19 1788 He settled in Orrington now Brewer then to Glenburn and then to Bangor where he afterward lived He d his wife d July 16 1846

iv Luis b in Bangor Saturday March 11 1774 m Samuel Couillard He settled in Bangor on the Sherburne farm Lot No from thence he went to the Provinces and after several moves settled in Frankfort where he d They had a large family

v DAVID b Wednesday Jan 1 1777 Married Rachel Ryder of Brewer published March 17 1809 He at first settled on a part of his father's homestead but removed to another part of the town He d in Bangor Feb 26 1843 his wife is said to have died in Argyle May 2 1862 aged 76

Children

• 1 Sarah J m Isaac Foster of Argyle He b Mar 21 1807
• 2 Thomas b Jan 21 1811
• 3 Wm R b Aug 25 1812
• 4 David S b Aug 16 1814
• 5 Rebecca b June 20 1816
• 6 Harvey b Sept 30 1818

vi SUSANNAH b Oct 27 1779 Married Samuel Jones Oct 11 1802 He first settled on a part of her father's homestead then moved to what is now Holden She d Sept 17 1808 leaving two children She d Sept 17 1808 leaving two children He m again and d Dec 10 1853 aged 72

vii JOHN b Wednesday April 16 1782 He settled on the old homestead of his father He m first Susan Wadlin July 31 1808 sins d May 14 1825 He m second Mrs Remembrance Boynton Feb 25 1826 she was then widow of Joseph W Boynton to whom she was m Oct 30 1807 He d Dec 10 15 1844 His widow d Oct 28 1866 aged 79 Children were six children by first wife and three children by second wife

• 1 Sarah b Aug 31 IS09
• 2 Mary b Xov 1 1811
• 3 Joseph b April 7 1815

vlii FRANCES b June 8 1785 m Ezra Patten of Hampden published in Bangor Sept 4 1808 He moved to Hermon and then to Bangor where he afterward lived and died

ix SARAH b Monday April 14 1788 m Zebulon Smith of Bath or Woolwich He removed to Bangor where he afterward lived He was deacon of Hammond street church from 1837 to 1846 bed Dec 28 1865 aged 79 years 1 month His wife d July 13 1843 aged 55

Children copied in part from Bangor Records

• 1 Susan b in Woolwich March 6 1810
• 2 Emeline b Feb 11 1812
• 3 Zebulon MP b March 26 1814
• 4 Sarah b June 10 1816
• 5 Ann M b Dec 25 1819