Thomas Howlett

THOMAS HOWLETT (say 1637–1667), son of Ensign Thomas Howlett and Alice French

LYDIA PEABODY (bp. 1640–1715), daughter of Francis Peabody and Lydia Unknown

Thomas Howlett was born say 1637 probably in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. [1] He died on 22 or 23 December 1667, probably in Ipswich. [2][3] He married Lydia Peabody by about 1662. [1][4]

Lydia Peabody was baptized on 30 August 1640 in Hampton, (now) Rockingham County, New Hampshire. [4] The widow Lydia Perley died on 30 April 1715 in Boxford. [4] She married second as his second wife Thomas Perley. [4]

Thomas Howlett, Jr. wrote his will on 21 December 1667. It was proved on 31 March 1668, upon the oath of John Redington and Isaac Cummings. Thomas said that if he had a son after his death, the son was to get a double portion; if he had a daughter, she should get one-third more than the other two. He left his wife his entire estate until his children were of age or married and after that she was to have half for life. He named his father Pabody and wife Elizabeth [!] his executors. Inventory on his estate was presented on 31 March 1688. Thomas owned a house, 100 acres of land, domestic animals, beds and bedding, apparel, kitchenware, tools, two guns, grain and books. His estate amounted to about 440 pounds. [3]

That Thomas's wife is referred to as Elizabeth in Thomas's will is undoubtedly a mistake. [4]

The "elder of his two daughters" married Thomas Hazen. [1]

A deed of 4 April 1687 says: [4]

Wm Howlett of Ipswich exor. to the last will of Thomas Howlett late of Ipswich, dec'd, wherein is mentioned 100 acres of land that the said Thomas Howlett has possessed his son Thomas of many yrs agoe & whereas the s'd Thomas Howlett, Junr. deceased many years before the testator, his will is that the posterity of his said son dec'd should enjoy the same viz. his wife and children as in said will exprest. ... and whereas the said land ... being measured is held out to be 120 acres, now for diverse good causes & considerations & and on the receipt of 30 shillings paid by Thomas Perley husband to Lydia Perley relict of the late Thomas Howlett, Juner, dec'd & of Thomas Hazen husband to Mary daughter of said Thomas Howlett Junr & Allice Howlett daughter to ye aforesaid Thomas Howlett Junr. quit claimed to Lydia, Mary & Allice all that peice of land containing between 120 & 130 acres.

Children of Thomas Howlett and Lydia Peabody:

i. Mary Howlett was born about 1664. She died on 24 October 1727 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. [5] She died on 14 (gravestone) or 24 October 1727, probably in Norwich. [6] She married Thomas Hazen on 1 January 1682/3. [1][6] Thomas was the son of Edward and Hannah (Grant) Hazen and the grandson of Thomas and Hannah Grant. [6] Thomas was born on 29 February 1657/8 in Rowley. [5][6] He died on 12 April 1735, age 77, in Norwich. [6]

Mary is buried in the Great Pine Swamp Cemetery in Franklin, New London County, Connecticut. The inscription on her gravestone says, ""Here Lyes Ye Body of Mrs Mary Hazen Lat wife to Leut Thomas Hazen Who died Octor ye 14 1727 Aged [illegible]." [7]

Edward and Mary moved to Boxford. They moved to Norwich in 1711 and lived in the part of Norwich which was called West Farms and is now Franklin. [6]

ii. Alice Howlett was born say 1665. She died between 10 December 1692 and 23 November 1696. She married Isaac Cummings.

References

1. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, Volumes I-III," digitized book, AmericanAncestors, . Originally Published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p. 1027.

2. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, 2 vols. (Salem: Essex Institute, 1910),vol. 2: 593.

3. George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, 9 vols. (Essex Institute, 1911 - 1975). Online at Salem Witch Trials: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project (https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/home.html), 4: 17–18.

4. John William Linzee, The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants (Boston: privately printed, 1918), 298–9.

5. Edgar Francis Waterman and Donald Lines Jacobus, The Granberry Family and Allied Families (Hartford: Edgar F. Waterman), 259–60.

6. Henry Allen Hazen, "The Hazen Family," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 33 (1879): 229–36, in particular 230.

7. Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Mary Howlett Hazen (Sep 1664–24 Oct 1727), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75421116, citing Great Pine Swamp Cemetery, Franklin, New London County, Connecticut; Maintained by Northern Neighbors (contributor 47033135), accessed 27 November 2022.

last revised 06-Feb-2023