Nehemiah Howe

1693 - 1747  (54 years)

• Name	Nehemiah Howe
  Birth	1693	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 May 1747	Québec, Québec, Canada
  Person ID	I4321	Master
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Lieutenet Colonel Samuel Howe,   b. 20 Oct 1642, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 Apr 1713, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Sarah Leavitt,   b. 25 Feb 1659, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 May 1726, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F1746	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Willard,   b. 1696, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Jan 1758, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1715	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Joshua Howe,   b. 11 Oct 1716, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. Aft 1801, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (Age 85 years)   2. Submit Howe,   b. 4 Mar 1718, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1719, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)   3. Caleb Howe,   b. 30 Jan 1720, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Jun 1721, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year)   4. Esther Howe,   b. 25 Apr 1722, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1723 (Age 0 years)   5. Caleb Howe,   b. 3 Dec 1723, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 Jun 1755, Hinsdale, Great Meadow, Vermont, USA (Age 31 years)   6. Sarah Howe,   b. 13 Jul 1725, Putney, Windham, Vermont, USA d. 26 Apr 1788, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)   7. Samuel Howe,   b. 15 Jun 1727, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Apr 1806, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (Age 78 years)   8. Edward Howe,   b. 28 May 1728, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 1730 (Age 1 year) + 9. Abner Howe,   b. 20 Oct 1731, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 Jul 1781, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (Age 49 years)   10. Hannah Howe,   b. 29 Nov 1733, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 1734 (Age 0 years)   11. Mary Howe,   b. 12 Apr 1735, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 May 1794, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 59 years)   12. Martha Howe,   b. 16 Sep 1738, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 May 1794 (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F1742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1693 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1715 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Death - 25 May 1747 - Québec, Québec, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  After the death of Nehemiah father, Samuel Howe,Nehemiah took the estate, and paid off the other heirs. In 1717 when he was 24 years old, he sold the estate in Sudbury, MA, and moved to Framingham, MA. In 1727 he was a petitioner for the town of Grafton, to which place he moved, and the second town meeting was held in his house 19 April 1728. He was one of the original members of the church, 28 December 1731, and was one of the Selectmen, 1736, school committee, 1736, and was that year paid f4, 1s, 8d. for keeping the school. He was Town Clerk 1736-7-8, assessor 1737, and school committee 1738-9. In the spring and early summer of 1739, he bought three full township rights in the new town called Great Meadows, NH, the records of those deeds are found at Springfield, MA. In 1739 or 1740 he became one of the early settlers of that town. The year 1744 brought the Indian war, with all its attending horrers, the settlers were obliged to seek safety and shelter in the forts. On the 11th of October 1745, as he was cutting wood a few rods from the fort, he was surprised by a band on Indians and taken captive before help could reach him. He was taken to Canada, where he was kept a prisoner in Quebec for a year and a half, when he died of prison fever 25 May 1747, just as he was about to be redeemed. His death was a severe blow to his family, and to the community where he was known, as one of his contemporaries wrote of him, "he was greatly beloved by all who knew him." He was possesed of cultivation and refinement far beyond the ordinary. He kept a journal during his prison life which was of inestimable value, for the many items therin recorded of other captives whose fate otherwise would never have been known. It is also a priceless legacy to his descendants, showing as it does, the beautiful Christion character of one who could endure the severest hardships with a grace and dignity rarely to be found.In 1748 these notes were used to publish "A Narrative of The Captivity of Nehemiah How in 1745-1747" (see title page posted here) Nehemiah Howe was captured by Indians on 11-Oct-1745, during King George's War, near Putney, VT and taken to Canada where he died 18 months later. --- http://www.fortat4.com/timeline.php