Jeremiah Howe, my 6th
great-grandfather, was born over 300 year ago, on 17 Feb 1704/05 in
the town of Wallingford, Connecticut. I believe he was the son of
Jeremiah Howe (born 1675) and Judah Cook. His father and mother were
married 20 Apr 1704, ten months before Jeremiah was born. They had a
daughter named Judah, who was born 22 Oct 1706. Jeremiah's mother
died 20 Mar 1708 when he was only three years old. His father
remarried about 3 1/2 months later to Mary Cook, a widow. In the next
few years Jeremiah became the older brother to four half-siblings.
At age 25, Jeremiah married
Elizabeth Gailor or Gaylord on 11 Mar 1730. They continued living in
Wallingford for the births of their first eleven children, but
between Oct 1746 and Oct 1748 they moved about 40 miles northwest to
the fairly new town of Goshen. It had been settled about 1739 and
soon after Jeremiah and Elizabeth moved there and their 12th child
had been born the town was incorporated in 1749. Jeremiah lived in
Goshen through the Revolutionary War times and died there 20 Nov
1783.
A family story has been handed
down that our Howe family was related to the British General Howe
from the Revolutionary War. However, Jeremiah's grandfather was born
in the Connecticut Colony in 1650, a hundred twenty-five years before
the War. If there is any relationship, it would be distant, so I
won't worry about it now.
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