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Captain John Howard (1716–1789), son of John Howard and Mary Martin
Sarah Bennett (c. 1723–1812), daughter of William Bennett and Sarah Giddings
John, the son of John and Mary Howard, was born on 15 February 1716 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut. [1] Captain John Howard died on 16 June 1789 in Hampton, Windham County. [1] He married Sarah Bennett on 8 January 1740/1 in the Hampton Congregational Church in Hampton. [1][2]
Sarah's birth or baptism does not appear to have been recorded. She was probably born about 1723. Her father calls her Sarah Howard in his will of 9 March 1762.
John and Sarah are buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. John's inscription says, "Sacred to the Memory of Capt. John Howard He died the 16 of June AD 1789 age 74." Sarah's gravestone is broken, but it appears to say that she died in 1812, age 89. [3]
John and Sarah were admitted to the church and admitted to communion on 5 September 1742 in Hampton. [2]
John Howard of Windham made his will on 21 January 1785 (the day after his son Daniel died). He left detailed instructions for the provisioning of his wife. She was to have a third of his indoor movables and as long as she remained a widow, one third of his house and cellar. In addition she was to have two good cows and a horse to ride. Every year she was to have ten bushels of Indian corn, four of rye, three of wheat and one of barley malt, three barrels of cider; 120 pounds of good pork, 50 pounds of good beef, half a bushel of beans, two gallons of rum, three gallons of molasses, 14 pounds of sugar, two pairs of good shoes, ten pounds of good sheep wool, 15 pounds of good flax, as well as turnips, carrots, beets, parsnips, onions and nursing and doctoring if she became ill. If she were to remarry, she would instead get ten pounds per year. But, if she were widowed again, she would revert to what she was previously entitled. John left the rest of his estate to his sons James, William, and Nathan; the children of his deceased son John; his daughter Sarah Fish; his grandson Rufus Johnson, the son of his daughter Mary Johnson; his daughter Eleanor Perkins; the children of his daughter Chloe Griffith. His witnesses testified on 1 August 1789; probate was on 16 December 1789. An undated inventory amounts to £725-10-09. [4]
Hampton was incorporated in 1786 from land that included land in Windham. Thus, the town of Windham recorded the births of John and Sarah's children, while the church in Hampton recorded their baptisms.
Children of Captain John Howard and Sarah Bennett: Births recorded in Windham, the first two as the children of John, Jr. and Sarah and the others as the children of John and Sarah. [1] Baptisms were recorded in Hampton as the children of John and Sarah. [2]
i. John Howard was born on 24 July 1742. He was baptized on 12 September 1744. He died before 21 January 1785. He married Zerviah Hewitt on 15 November 1763 in Windham. [1]
John and his wife Zerviah were admitted to communion on 24 September 1769 in the church in Hampton. [2]
ii. Sarah Howard was born on 7 October 1744. She was baptized on 7 October 1744. Sarah, the wife of Darius Fish, died on 9 August 1813, age 68, and is buried in the Carey Cemetery in Canterbury. [5] Sarah of Windham married Darius Fish of Canterbury on 7 February 1765 in Hampton. [2] Darius, the son of John and Esther (Johnson) Fish, was baptized on 12 November 1738 in Canterbury. [2] Darius was the grandson of Obadiah Johnson. [2]
Sarah, the wife of Darius, was admitted to the church in Canterbury on 3 November 1771. [Ref]
iii.
Mary Howard was born on 22 September 1746. She was baptized on 5 October 1746. She may be the Mrs. Mary Johnson buried in the Carey Cemetery in Canterbury. [6] Mary of Windham married Obadiah Johnson of Canterbury on 29 April 1762 in Hampton. [2] Obadiah—apparently the first cousin of Darius Fish, who married Mary's sister Sarah—was baptized on 22 February 1734 in Canterbury. He was the son of Obadiah and Lydia (Buswell) Johnson and the grandson of Obadiah Johnson. [2] Colonel Obadiah Carey died on 28 October 1801, age 66, and is buried in the Carey Cemetery. [6] Obadiah married second Lucy Unknown. She died on 6 July 1814, age 73, and is buried in the Carey Cemetery. [6]
Obadiah was a colonel in the Revolutionary War. [7]
iv. Captain William Howard was born on 7 January 1748/9. He was baptized on 15 January 1749. He died on 8 July 1822 in Morristown, Belmont County, Ohio. He married first Phebe Fuller. He married second Lucy Geer.
v. Eleanor Howard was born on 19 May 1751. She was baptized on 26 May 1751. Eleanor of Windham married Levi Perkins of Norwich on 6 January 1774 in Hampton. [2]
vi. James Howard was born on 25 October 1753. He was baptized on 13 May 1753[!]. James of Hampton married Sarah Chaplin of Mansfield on 4 December 1782 in Hampton. [1]
James and his wife Sarah were admitted to communion at the church in Hampton on 2 August 1787. [2]
vii. Chloe Howard was born on 18 September 1755. She was baptized on 21 September 1755. Chloe, the wife of Captain Benjamin Griffin died on 18 May 1784, age 28, and is buried in the North Cemetery in Hampton.[3] She married Benjamin Griffin on 8 February 1776 in Windham. [1] He married second Mary Howard on 4 January 1765 in Windham. [1]
viii. Lucy Howard was born on 8 April 1758. She was baptized on 14 May 1758. She died on 9 January 1760 and is buried in the South Cemetery. [3]
ix. Doctor Nathan Howard was born on 10 June 1760. He was baptized on 15 June 175[?6]0. He died on 21 April 1838 in Coventry. [8] He married Joanna Hale on 22 January 1784 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut. [8] Joanna, the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Strong) Hale, was born on 19 March 1764 in Coventry. [8] She and died on 22 April 1838—the day after her husband's death—in Coventry. [8] Nathan and Joanna are buried in the Nathan Hale Cemetery in Coventry. [3]
Joanna was the sister of the famous Revolutionary War spy, Nathan Hale.
x. Lucy Howard was born on 26 October 1762. She was baptized on 31 October 1762. She died on 30 December 1784 and is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [3]
Lucy's gravestone says, "In memory of Mrs. Lucy Howard daugh to Cap John & Sarah Howard who died we trust a sincere Christian She departed this life Decr 30th 1784 in y 23 year of her age." [3]
xi. Daniel Howard was probably born in early 1765; the town birth record is missing a date. He was baptized on 17 March 1765. He died on 20 January 1785, age 20, and is buried in the South Cemetery in Hampton. [3]
xii. Vine Howard was born on 2 September 1767. He was baptized on 6 September 1767. He died on 7 January 1768 and is buried in the South Cemetery. [3]
Portrait: Obadiah Johnson, Yale Art Gallery
References:
1. "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630–1870," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org , from original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928 > Hampton, 47–48; Windham, 130–1.
2. "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630–1920, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3032) > Volume 15 Canterbury, images 15 (Fish); Volume 50 Hampton, images 113–5 (Howard).
3. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 30 December 2022), memorial pages for
Capt John Howard (15 Feb 1717–16 Jun 1789), Memorial ID 72431882, citing South Cemetery, Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut; Maintained by Jack Jr (contributor 47354182).
Sarah Bennett Howard (22 Oct 1722–19 Mar 1812), Memorial ID 95193668, citing South Cemetery; Maintained by Arturo Lara (contributor 47593577).
Chloe Howard Griffin (18 Sep 1755–10 Nov 1784), Memorial ID 70148806, citing North Cemetery, Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut; Maintained by Jack Jr (contributor 47354182).
Lucy Howard (8 Apr 1758–9 Jan 1760), Memorial ID 72431241, citing South Cemetery; Maintained by Jack Jr.
Dr Nathan Howard (10 Jun 1760–21 Apr 1838), Memorial ID 53412721, citing Nathan Hale Cemetery, Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut; Maintained by Sara (contributor 47069894).
Joanna Hale Howard (19 Mar 1764–22 Apr 1838), Memorial ID 53412677, citing Nathan Hale Cemetery; Maintained by Sara.
Lucy Howard (unknown–30 Dec 1784), Memorial ID 72431575, citing South Cemetery; Maintained by Jack Jr.
Daniel Howard (29 Dec 1764–20 Jan 1785), Memorial ID 38957461, citing South Cemetery; Maintained by John Miethner (contributor 46906642).
4. "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9049) > Windham > vol. 11–12, images 539–40 .
5. "Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629–1934," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2900) > Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions vol. 8, image 135 (Carey Cemetery); image 812.
6. Josephine Judson Hentrick, "Inscriptions in the Carey Cemetery in Canterbury, Conn.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 70 (1916): 43–50, 153–161.
7. "Revolutionary War Service Records," database with images, Fold3 > Connecticut > 21st Regiment, Militia > Individual > J > Johnson, Obadiah.
8. Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale, House and Related Families (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1952), 292–4.
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