John
Howe was my 5th gt-grandfather, born 1 Oct 1732, in Wallingford, the
Colony of Connecticut. John's parents were Jeremiah and Elizabeth
(Gaylord) Howe. The Howe
Genealogies published
in 1929 listed 11 siblings for John with at least 6 of his siblings
living long enough to be married. It showed that 4 died as young
children.
In
the History of
the town of Goshen, Connecticut a
listing of marriages showed that John married twice: 1 Apr 1756 to
Mary Wadhams and on 15 Apr 1766 to Lydia Norton. After he and Mary
had 4 children: Mary, Experience, Anna and Deliverance, Mary died 30
Sept 1765.
John
and Lydia had 7 children: John, Ichabod (my 4th gt-grandfather),
Isaac, Luman, Daniel, Seth, and Lydia.
Since
I had not found a death date for John, I checked some of the family
trees on Ancestry.com. It was easy to see that one which said he
died in 1736 was incorrect. But one gave a date of 1781 in Canaan
Connecticut. The Howe
Genealogies
stated that John had moved to Canaan in 1766, apparently after his
marriage to Lydia. The youngest child was born about 1779, so this
date was plausible. Most researchers have left his death date blank,
so I probably will also until I find some evidence about when and
where he died.
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