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Friday, February 17, 2017

Ancestor Birthday - February 17 - Jeremiah Howe - 1705-1783


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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