Martha Howe

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• Name: Martha HOWE

Martha married Jacob Gibbs in 1724 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Jacob (son of John Gibbs and Sarah Cutler) was born on 5 May 1704 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Oct 1777 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Martha Gibbs was born on 2 Nov 1725 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
2. Joseph Gibbs was born on 7 Nov 1727 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Nov 1805 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
3. Jacob Gibbs was born on 4 Jan 1731 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Feb 1817 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
4. Phineas Gibbs was born on 23 Jan 1733 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.
5. John Gibbs was born on 11 Sep 1735 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; and died.

John married Elizabeth Woolsen on 3 Nov 1686 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth was born on 30 Apr 1668 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Dec 1711 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bio
Husband of Martha Bent, who grave we could not find. His stone is very small and in the middle of the first section of the grave yard.

Lt. (Col.) Samuel Howe, second son of John and Mary (Jones ) Howe, was a prominent man in both civil and military affairs. He was a carpenter and resided in the hamlet of Lenham, in Sudbury. He held many town offices, and was colonel of a regiment made up of companies from the towns in the vicinity. He was admitted a freeman in Sudbury in 1671, and always resided in his native town. In association with Samuel Gookin, of Cambridge, he purchased a large tract of land from the indians, in what is now Framington, the deed dated May 19, 1682. In 1673 he built a new bridge in the northeast corner of Framingham. He married 1st in Sudbury, June 5, 1663, Martha Bent. She died August 29, 1680 and he married 2nd Sarah Leavitt, widow of Nehemiah Clapp. She was born February 25, 1659. He had 7 children from the 1st marriage and 6 from the 2nd. Most, but not all, are recorded in the vital records of Sudbury.

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Parents:
Mary Martha Jones Howe (1618 - 1698)

Colonel Samuel Howe
Colonel Samuel Howe on May 31, 1671; "Admitted freeman. He lived in Sudbury, and built the bridge in the north east corner of Framingham in 1673. In 1682 he and Samuel Gookin bought of the Natick Indians, a large tract of about 1700 acres of Framingham lands, which is referred to in local histories as the Gookin and Howe purchase. He was very prominent in the early history of the town as it appears in the local histories, and is spoken of as 'a man of energy and public spirit.' "He served in King Philip's war, in Capt. Nathan Davenport's company, and was an officer in the militia, and his name appears in the lists of those who suffered in the Indian war." [Howe Genealogies - Daniel Waite Howe, NEHGS, pp. 7-8]
He gave to his son David, land in Sudbury on which was built the Red Horse Tavern, later known Howe's Tavern and as the Wayside Inn which remained in his family for four generations

Bio of Samuel Howe
Birth: Oct. 20, 1642
Sudbury
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA Death: Apr. 13, 1713
Sudbury
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
Husband of Martha Bent, who grave we could not find. His stone is very small and in the middle of the first section of the grave yard.

Lt. (Col.) Samuel Howe, second son of John and Mary (Jones ) Howe, was a prominent man in both civil and military affairs. He was a carpenter and resided in the hamlet of Lenham, in Sudbury. He held many town offices, and was colonel of a regiment made up of companies from the towns in the vicinity. He was admitted a freeman in Sudbury in 1671, and always resided in his native town. In association with Samuel Gookin, of Cambridge, he purchased a large tract of land from the indians, in what is now Framington, the deed dated May 19, 1682. In 1673 he built a new bridge in the northeast corner of Framingham. He married 1st in Sudbury, June 5, 1663, Martha Bent. She died August 29, 1680 and from this marriage were 7 children:
John Howe, 24 July 1664
Mary Howe, 2 March 1666
Samuel Howe, 19 May 1668
Martha Howe, 9 October 1669
Daniel Howe, 9 October 1772
David Howe, 2 November 1674
Hannah Howe, 6 April 1677.
He married 2nd Sarah Leavitt, widow of Nehemiah Clapp. She was born February 25, 1659 and from this marriage were 6 children:
Elisha Howe, abt 1687
Daniel Howe, 24 February 1690
Nehemiah Howe, Abt 1693
Moses Howe, 27 August 1695
Ebenezer Howe, 1697
Micajah Howe, 22 August 1700.
Not all are recorded in the vital records of Sudbury.


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Parents:
John How (1620 - 1680)
Mary Martha Jones Howe (1618 - 1698)

Children:
Martha Howe Walker (1669 - 1721)*
Daniel Howe (1689 - 1757)*
Nehemiah Howe (1693 - 1747)*

* Point here for explanation
Burial:
North Cemetery
Wayland
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA

Lieutenet married Martha Bent on 5 Jun 1663 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Martha was born on 5 Sep 1643 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 Aug 1680 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Martha Jones in 1640 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born in 1618 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Sep 1672 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Bridget Rich. Bridget was born in 1596 in North Cerney, Gloucestershire, England; died on 15 Jun 1642 in Stowell, Gloucestershire, , England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]