Bridget Rich

Family/Spouse: James Howe. James was born on 15 May 1598 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 May 1702 in Ipswich, Essex, 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]

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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

Family/Spouse: Sarah Leavitt. Sarah (daughter of John Leavitt and Sarah Gilman) was born on 25 Feb 1659 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 May 1726 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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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.
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Nehemiah married Margaret Willard in 1715 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Margaret (daughter of Benjamin Willard and Sarah Lakin) was born in 1696 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; died on 25 Jan 1758 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thomas Barnes on 14 Apr 1685 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Thomas was born on 23 Mar 1662 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Apr 1734 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]