Thomas Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Mar 1701 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Howes (Est 1673-1700) 2
Mother: Abigail Hussey (1680- )
Thomas Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1673 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: 8 Aug 1700 - Nantucket Sound
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Jeremiah Howes (Cir 1637-1708) 3
Mother: Sarah Prence (Abt 1648-1707)
Spouses and Children
1. *Abigail Hussey (22 Feb 1680 - )
Marriage: 5 Apr 1700 - Nantucket
Status:
Children:
1. Thomas Howes (1701- )
2. Zaccheus Howes (Est 1728- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Abigail Hussey)
"Thomas, (m2) b. ; m.(n) Abigail Hussey in Nantucket April 5, 1700; d.(o) Aug. 8, 1700. His father Jeremiah Howes was appointed administrator Oct. 3, 1700, and after his death the widow Abigail was appointed Oct. 7, 1708.(n) He appears to have no child born at the time of his death, but a son Thomas was born March 6, 1700-l.(p) In 1698 his tax was £2 1s.(p1)"
(n) 2 Barn. Prob. Recs. 111, 114, 118; 3 ib. 55; 7 N. E. Reg. 262.
(o) 2 Barn. Prob. Recs. as above; 7 N. E. Reg. 324, which says Thomas Howes of Yarmouth was drowned between Nantucket and the Main Aug. 1, 1700.
(p) Yar. Recs.; 7 Mf. 248; 7 N. E. Reg. 262, where the date of birth is erroneously given as March 6, 1701-2.
(p1) Super. Ct. as above, p. 9. He appears to have been the one then called Thomas Howes, Jr. 2
Thomas Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 May 1663 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony 5
Baptism:
Death: 22 Nov 1737 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Thomas Howes (Abt 1634-1676) 6
Mother: Sarah Bangs (Abt 1638-1683) 7
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Hedge (3 Mar 1678 - 24 Mar 1776)
Marriage: 23 Jun 1678 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Mary Howes (1702- )
2. Rebecca Howes (Cir 1705-1769)
Captain Thomas Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1634 - England
Baptism:
Death:
Burial: 20 Nov 1676 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Cause of Death:
Events
• Will 8, , Yarmouth, Plymouth colony in Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
"His will,(p) dated Jan. 15, 1675-6, and proved Aug. 14, 1677, is printed in 6 Mayflower Descendant, page 160. He made his wife Sarah executrix and requested his friends and brethren Jonathan Sparrow, Jonathan Bangs, Jeremiah Howes and John Thacher to be helpful to her. The witnesses were Benjamin Howes and John Thacher. He mentions his sons Thomas and Jonathan, his daughters Rebecca and Sarah, an unborn child, Elizabeth (daughter of "my brother Sparrow") and his mother Prence. The will recites as follows:
"Being Called and Desired to Goe forth to warr in the prsent expedition; against the Indians Called Narragansetts; and forasmuch as such a servis exposeth prsons to Danger of life I doe therfore make and Declare my last will."
He willed "That Sarah my Loveing wife shall have the sole Disposing of my whole estate; both of Lands housing and Goods During the time of her widdowes estate to her owne use and benifitt; shee Giveing out and paying such portions and legacies to my Children in time and manor heer specifyed."
He gave to his sons Thomas and Jonathan equally all his "estate of lands and housing" and in case either of them should die before coming of age unmarried, his share should go to his brother. If either of his sons should die. without issue, then he was to dispose of his share to his brother or the latter's sons. He gave to his two sons and two daughters £20 apiece. If either of his daughters were to die before marriage, her legacy was to go to her sister, and if either of his sons should die before attaining the age of 21 years, his legacy should go to his brother. He also provided as follows;
"I give to Elizabeth the Daughter of my brother Sparrow which Liveth in my family the sume of fifteen pounds; and incase shee Die before shee be married or attaine to twenty years of age then her Legacye to returns to my Daughters;
"Be it Knowne that, my will is that my Loveing wife shall have and Injoy
the one halfe of my Now Dwelling house; with the benifitt of one halfe of my lands orchyards and meddowes; That is to say the house Lotts and the Meddowes and Lands on Simpkins Necke; During the time of her widdowhood; But be it alsoe Knowne; that if my wife Change her widdowhood and Marry againe, then I Doe Give to her the sole Dispose of one third prte of my movable estate and the benifit of halfe my lands orchyards and meddowes; That is my Dwelling house lott; and the Land and Meddow; In Simpkins neck as is above expressed; but not then to hold; the possession of the halfe of the house; unlesse my children & frinds betrusted, see it most Convenient; and what shall remaine of the other two third prtes of my estate after Debts and legacyes are payed shalbe Devided equally amongst my Children;
"Be it alsoe Knowne that my will is that my Mother Prence Injoy without molestation During her Naturall life the house shee Now lives in with the orchyard belonging therunto; and to pay a bill my mother hath under my hand bearing Date the 15th of the 11th 1675."(q) He also provided that the legacies should be paid to the legatees either at marriage or at the age of 21 years.
The inventory(r) of his personal estate, taken Dec. 26, 1676, by Joseph Howes and Gershom Hall, and sworn to by his widow June 19, 1677, amounted to about £518. Feb. 26, 1679-80, his nephew Samuel Howes, with the consent of his father Joseph Howes, released his estate from his grandfather's requirement that he (Thomas) should teach him the trade of a cooper, and acknowledged that he had received a mare out of the estate of his Uncle Thomas as specified in his grandfather's will.(s) The will(t) of the widow of Thomas2 Howes, dated Feb. 26, 1682-3, and proved April 3, 1683, is printed in 6 Mayflower Descendant, page 163. The witnesses were John Thacher and Jonathan Russell, Her brethren Jeremiah Howes and Jonathan Bangs were made executors. She mentions only the four children named in her husband's will. Elizabeth Sparrow who lived with her was to have 20s. Her young son Jonathan was to have 40s, to be improved for his teaching to read, write and cypher and in convenient time at the discretion of the overseers of her late husband's will he was to be put to learn some suitable trade. Her young daughter Sarah was to reside with her sister Rebecca and to have 20s. to be improved "for her more perfecting in reading." Her four children were to have the rest of her estate equally. The inventory (u) of Mrs. Sarah Howes's personal estate, taken March 17, 1682-3, by Joseph Howes and Gershom Hall and sworn to by Jeremiah Howes, amounted to £189 3s. 11d., less debts due from the estate. It included books, appraised at 7s., and "several things she brought from Boston when she was last there for her selfe unmade up", appraised at £3 11s. 7d."
(p) 3 Plym; Col. Wills, pt. 2, p. 85.
(q) Jan. 15, 1675-6.
(r) 3 Plym. Col. Wills, pt. 2, p. 86; 6 Mf. 162.
(s) 6 Plym. Col. Recs. 30, 31.
(t) 4 Plym. Col. Wills, pt. 2, p. 37.
(u) Ib.; 6 Mf. 164.
Parents
Father: Thomas Howes (Cir 1590-1665)
Mother: Mary Burr (Est 1615-1695)
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah Bangs (Abt 1638 - Feb 1683) 7
Marriage: Abt 1657
Status:
Children:
1. Rebecca Howes (1657-1705) 9
2. Thomas Howes (1663-1737) 4
3. Jonathan Howes (1669-1751) 4
4. Sarah Howes (1673- )
Notes
General:
"The first comers to the Indian village of Nobscusset, in 1639, were John Crow, Thomas Howes and William Lumpkin.
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The Howes family trace their descent from Thomas Howes, the associate and friend of Anthony Thacher and John Crow. He came from England, and doubtless from Great Yarmouth, or some part of Norfolk county, to Salem, in 1635. In 1639 he was in Yarmouth, and in that part then called Nobscusset he took up his abode. He built his house beside New Boston brook, in the field now the property of Mr. Harvey Howes, his lineal descendant in the seventh generation. Thomas Howes and his wife, whose name was Mary, had three sons: Joseph, Thomas and Jeremiah. The last named was born in 1637, and consequently was an American. Thomas Howes, senior, died in 1665, after twenty-six years residence in his new home. He had good reason to be satisfied with his change from Old England to the New. He left his sons with large farms and holding positions of honor and trust in the infant colony, and his children's children growing up around him. He was buried on his farm, and three hundred or more of his posterity lie sleeping around him.
From the sons of Thomas Howes have sprung a strong and numerous race, whose representatives may be found in nearly every state, from Maine to California. It has always been prominent in the affairs of the towns of Yarmouth and Dennis. It required eight pews in the old East Precinct meeting house to seat those of the name who went to meeting. It was noticed that in the great gale of October, 1841, when four North Dennis fishing vessels were lost and twenty men belonging to the neighborhood perished, twelve of them bore the name of Howes. The name is a very familiar one in the town of Ashfield and in Putnam and Columbia counties, New York; and, in fact, common in many towns in this Commonwealth. Those of the name coming from Chatham are descended from Thomas, the youngest son of Joseph. This branch is numerous, comprising many enterprising seafaring men and merchants. Among the descendants of Jeremiah are those of Moody Howes, who left Nobscusset in 1750. Some of his grandsons have made successful business ventures. Seth B. Howes, the well-known retired showman, is a grandson of Moody Howes, who removed to Putnam county, New York."
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"THOMAS2 (Thomas1) Howes;
b. probably in England [c1634]; m.(i) in 1656 Sarah2 (Edward1) Bangs ; buried(j) Nov. 20, 1676. She d.(j) the last of February, 1082-3. He was brought to New England by his parents and resided in the part of Yarmouth now Dennis. He took the oath of fidelity in 1657.(k) He was one of the selectmen of Yarmouth for 6 years, commencing in 1668.(1) He was a deputy to the General Court at Plymouth for seven years, commencing in 1668.(m) He was appointed captain of the military company June 3, 1674(n), and is usually called Capt. Thomas Howes. In 1742 Ebenezer Goodspeed, then 86 years old, swore that he was a soldier in the Narragansett wars so-called under Capt. Thomas Howes.(o) Capt. Howes served in the 3d expedition in King Philip's war with eight one month's men and in the fifth expedition with 21 men. His wages oh the third expedition were £6.(p) June 1, 1663, he was on the grand jury.(q) April 2, 1667, he was appointed one of the council of war for Yarmouth.(r) June 5, 1667, he was sworn as constable of Yarmouth.(s) June 30, 1667, he signed a paper to the General Court in favor of the Rev. Thomas Thornton against an attack by Nicholas Nickerson.(t) Oct. 30, 1667, at the request of the town, the Court added Andrew Hallett, Thomas Howes, and John Thacher to the committee of Yarmouth for the disposing of lands in that town.(u) June 3, 1668, he is mentioned as one of the deputies to the General Court.(v) The same date he was one of the selectmen of Yarmouth.(w) At the same date also he complained against William Nickerson, Sr., Nathaniel Covel, Samuel Nickerson, Joseph Nickerson, and William Nickerson, Jr., for affronting him in the execution of his office while he was constable of Yarmouth and offering divers abuses to him. They were convicted and punished.(x) June 1, 1669, he is mentioned as a deputy to the General Court.(y) In 1670 he was collector of minister's rates.(z) May 29, 1670, he was one of the freemen of Yarmouth.(a) June 7, 1670, he was a deputy; (b) also, June 5, 1672, when he is styled Ensign Howes.(c) The same date he was one of the selectmen of Yarmouth, (d) and also, June 3, 1673, when he was also a deputy.(e) April 28, 1672, he was on a jury of inquest to inquire into the death of a child in Yarmouth, and signed the verdict.(e1) Oct. 30, 1672, he owned one-third of a parcel of nets and of a boat in partnership with Thomas Doten and Lt. Morton, together with a third of the rodes, anchors and sails appertaining to the boat.(f) June 7, 1673, and June 9, 1676, he was on the committee that took the Colonial Treasurer's account, and signed the report.(g) July 4, 1673, he was appointed guardian of Mercy Hedge, daughter of Capt. William Hedge, late of Yarmouth. He is here styled Lieutenant.(h) Sept. 15, 1673, he was a deputy.(i) June 3, 1674, he is named as one of the selectmen of Yarmouth.(j) June 1, 1675, he was one of the selectmen of Yarmouth and a deputy. He is here and subsequently styled Captain.(k) The same date the court appointed Mr. Hinckley, Mr. Gorham and Jonathan Sparrow to fix the bounds of the lands in Monomoy between William Nickerson and the purchasers, and if Mr. Hinckley could not attend, then Capt. Howes was to take his place.(l) June 7, 1676, he was one of the selectmen and a deputy for Yarmouth.(m) The same date he was one of a committee of three to take the Colonial Treasurer's account.(n) In the rate of 1676 "towards the charges of the late war" Capt. Howes's tax was £6 7s. 3d.(o)"
(i) 14 Mf. 139, 200; 1 Savage 111; 2 Freeman, 194. See will of Edward Bangs (3 Plym. Col. Wills, pt. 2, p. 106; 14 Mf. 193, 197), where it appears that his daughter Rebecca m. Jonathan Sparrow. 10 N. E. Reg. 157 erroneously gives the year of the marriage as 1756.
(j) Yar. Recs.; Yar. Reg. Nov. 26, 1846.
(k) 8 Plym. Col. Recs. 185, 186.
(l) Plym. Col. Recs.
(m) Ib.
(n) Bodge's King Philip's War, 455; 5 Plym. Col. Recs. 146.
(o) Bodge, 441.
(p) Swift, 99, 100, 102, 103.
(q) 4 Plym. Col. Recs. 37.
(r) Ib. 145, 146.
(s) Ib. 148.
(t) Swift, 90, where a reduced facsimile of his signature may be seen; "Edmond Hawes" (139), by the compiler.
(u) 4 Plym. Col. Recs. 167.
(v) Ib. 180.
(w) Ib. 182.
(x) Ib. 183, 184.
(y) 5 ib. 17.
(z) Ib. 37.
(a) Ib. 274, 276.
(b) Ib. 34.
(c) Ib. 90.
(d) Ib. 92.
(e) Ib. 113, 114.
(e1) 5 Plym. Col. Recs. 95.
(f) 7 ib. 173.
(g) 8 ib, 139, 140, 145.
(h) 5 ib. 124.
(i) Ib. 135.
(j) Ib. 143.
(k) Ib. 164, 165.
(1) Ib. 171.
(m) Ib. 195, 196.
(a) Ib. 200.
(o) Swift, 105. 10
Thomas Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1590 - Norfolk, England
Baptism:
Death: Oct 1665 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony 11
Burial: in Howes burying ground, Dennis
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Burr (Est 1615 - 9 Dec 1695)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Joseph Howes (Bef 1634-1695) 12
2. Captain Thomas Howes (Abt 1634-1676) 6
3. Jeremiah Howes (Cir 1637-1708) 3
Notes
General:
"Thomas1 Howes was first in Lynn and afterward settled in Yarmouth, of which he was one of the three original proprietors. He settled at Nobscusset on the north side of Cape Cod, which afterwards became a part of the town of Dennis, (g) He was one of those in August, 1643, between 16 and 60 years of age, able to bear arms in Yarmouth.(h) He was one of the deputies from Yarmouth to the General Court at Plymouth for six years, commencing in 1652. (i) The tax of his widow (then also the widow of Gov. Prence) in 1676 "towards the charges of the late war" was £1 3s. 4d.(j)Marriage Notes (Mary Burr)
The first mention of Thomas1 Howes is in the court records of Essex county in September, 1638. At the 10th Quarter Court, held at Salem Sept. 25, 1638, in the suit of Mr. Holgrave against Thomas Howes for trespass, the jury found for the plaintiff seven bushels and a half of corn and four shillings costs. (k) At the same court Abram Temple obtained a verdict for two bushels of corn, five shillings damages and four shillings costs against Mr. John Humphreys, Mr. Howes and Mr. Hawks for trespass done by their horses; Hugh Browne, a verdict for three bushels of corn, seven shillings and sixpence damages and four shillings costs against Thomas Howes for trespass; James Molton, a verdict for eleven bushels and one peck of corn and four shillings costs against Mr. Howes and Mr. Hawks for trespass; James Hinds, a verdict against the same two for four bushels and a half of corn and four shillings costs for trespass; and Henry Skerry, a verdict against the same two, also for trespass, for the same amount of corn and costs.(k)
He is first mentioned In the Plymouth Colony records in December, 1638. Mr. John Crow and Mr. Thomas Howes, of Mattacheese, otherwise called Yarmouth, took the oath of allegiance to the King and of fidelity to the government December 18, 1638.(1) At the court held January 7, 1638-9, it appears that a grant of land at Yarmouth had been made to Mr. Anthony Thacher, Mr. Thomas Howes and Mr. John Crow, together with John Coite "to be enquird of." and that Mr. Howes proposed to take up his freedom at Yarmouth.
Feb. 29, 1638-9, Richard Walker, planter, of Lynn, appointed Edward Dillingham, gentleman, of Sandwich, his attorney, to sue Howes, planter, late of Lynn and then of Mattacheese, for damages sustained by him as surety for Howes for a debt to Samuel Smith. Smith had sued Walker and Howes before the Governor, Council and Assistants of Massachusetts and Jan. 4, 1638-9, had recovered against them 30 bushels of corn and 10s. costs, whereupon Walker had been compelled to pay the sum of £9 10s. and had been put to other charges to the amount of 12s.(n) March 5, 1638-9, it was "ordered by the Court that Mr. Nicholas Sympkins, William Palmer, Phillip Tabor, and Josuah Barnes, of the towne of Yarmouth, shalbe added to Mr. Anthony Thacher, Mr. Thorn Howes, & Mr. John Crowe, comittees of the said place, to make an equall division of the planting landes now to be devided at this first division there, to eich man according to his estate and quallitie, and according to their instruccons; and that Josuah Pratt, . of Plymouth, and Mr. John Vincent, of Sandwich, shall view the landes there, and make report thereof unto the Court, that if those proporcons wch Mr. Andrew Hellot hath assumed to himself there shalbe so pjudiciall to the whole, that then some just and equall order maybe taken therein, to pvent the evell consequence it may be to the whole plantacon."(o) Sept. 3, 1639, Mr. Thomas Howes, of Yarmouth, was proposed to be a freeman at the next court.(p)
At the court held March 3, 1639-40, the following record appears: "Whereas Mr. Thacher, Mr. Crowe, & Mr. Howes, the committees of Yarmouth, were complayned of to have made unequall divisions of lands there, whereupon the said comittees have exhibited a very formall division of the said lands unto the Court, wch is well approoved of, and the Court doth further order, that the said comittees shall receive no more inhabit antes into the said towne, except they bring certificate from the places whence they come, under sufficient mens handes of the sd places, of their religious and honest carriage, wch certifycate shall first be allowed by the govnr and assistantes before such psons be admitted there."(q) June 17, 1641, "a warrant [was] granted to distraine xij s upon Emanuel White for keepeing cowes, and upon Mr. Sympkins xvj s, and Mr. Howes 16s, if Mris Fuller will not pay the sd 16s for Howes."(r) From the same record it appears that he and William Chase and Joshua Barnes had incurred expenses as a committee for the town, and a rate was ordered to defray them. June 7, 1642, Mr. Thomas Howes of Yarmouth, planter, was surety for the appearance at Court of Joshua Barnes in the sum of £40. The bond was afterwards released."
etc. 11
Thomas Howes married Mary Burr, and came from Norfolk, England. Thomas and his wife were in Salem in 1637, where they first landed. They brought with them 3 sons, Joseph, Thomas, and Jeremiah. Joseph went on to marry Rev. John Mayo's daughter, Elizabeth Mayo. They lived in the Nobscusset area of Yarmouth, Plymouth colony, in present day Dennis. Jeremiah was the last born on the passage over to America. There is evidence that they lived in Lynn, Mass. at some point before coming to Cape Cod to permanently settle. They lived in the vicinity of Beach Street and New Boston Road in present day Dennis. - Jean Mayo-Lakatos
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alternativley:
"Note as to Howes. The "Genealogy of the Howes Family" (1892), by Joshua C. Howes, gives the name of the wife of Thomas1 Howes as Mary Burr,(b) but no proof of her surname can be found. Mr. Howes says that the emigrant came from the County of Norfolk, England, but here again there is no proof that the emigrant had any connection with the Norfolk family or was entitled to the coat of arms given in the book. Burke's General Armory, 513, gives the arms of Howes or Howse (Morningthorpe,Co. Norfolk), without indication of date, from which those in this book of J. C. Howes are taken, but Burke gives two different sets of arms without indication of place or date, and also gives the arms of Joan Howes, heiress of the family in the time of Henry VIII, Co, Essex. He also gives different sets of arms for various families named Hughes, Hugh, Hewes and for others having similar names. At the time of the emigration of Thomas1 Howes the name was not uncommon in various parts of England.
The author also says (p. 7) that "they [Thomas1 and his wife] were in Salem, Mass., two years before, or in 1637, where they first landed. They brought with them three sons, Joseph, Thomas and Jeremiah, the last born on the passage over, or soon after arrival." There is no evidence that they had lived in Salem. There is evidence that they had lived in Lynn. The date and place of their arrival in America nowhere appear. They may have landed in Boston or Salem and in view of the litigation he was engaged in in 1638, no doubt as early as 1637. Jeremiah was born about 1637, but whether in England, on the passage over or in America is not known. There is no proof of the age of Thomas1 Howes at his death. This genealogy by J. C. Howes contains many errors and is imperfect. He appears not to have consulted the Barnstable Probate Records, only a few miles away from him. I have not relied on him except in a few instances where other authority was lacking." - Thomas Howes genealogy, 1917
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Thomas Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1712 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 21 Dec 1768 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Burial: in Queen Anne Cemetery, Chatham 14
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Howes (Cir 1680-Cir 1736)
Mother: Content Smith (1680-After 1736)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Sears (19 Mar 1710 - 9 Dec 1765)
Marriage: Est 1735
Status:
Children:
1. David Howes (1736- )
2. Thomas Howes (1738-1815)
3. Richard Howes (1742- )
4. Rebecca Howes (Cir 1745-1775)
2. Hope Sears (11 Feb 1731 - 24 May 1816) 14
Marriage: 22 Aug 1767 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Status:
Thomas Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1680 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
Baptism:
Death: Cir 1736 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Will, , Chatham, Massachusetts in Chatham, Massachusetts
proved 19 oct 1738; real estate divided between 3 sons
Parents
Father: Joseph Howes (Bef 1634-1695) 12
Mother: Elizabeth Mayo (Est 1634-1701)
Spouses and Children
1. *Content Smith (8 Jun 1680 - After May 1736)
Marriage: 11 Dec 1701 - Eastham, Massachusetts 15
Status:
Children:
1. Daniel Howes (Cir 1702-1784)
2. Thomas Howes (1712-1768)
Notes
General:
On 8 Apr 1703 he bought by deed from William Griffith, Sr., all his real estate at Monomoit. It included a homestead lot of 26 acres in the Christopher Smith neighbourhood, 1/2 of 20 acres on the Great Neck, and about 40 acres of meadow land. On 22 Oct 1705 he bought by deed from Philip Griffith a lot of 4 acres adjoining the homestead, the other half of the 20 acre lot on the Great Neck, and another lot of meadow. On 6 Apr 1713 he bought by deed from James Eldredge, the farm he had inherited from his father Nicholas Eldredge, and which adjoined part of the Howes farm. He was selectman 2 years and treasurer 2 years. He was ensign of the military company in 1715, later becoming lieutenant and then captain. 16Marriage Notes (Content Smith)
Thomas, b. about 1680; m.(y) . in Eastham Dec. 11, 1701, Content3 (Daniel2, Ralph1) Smith; d. between May 29, 1736 (date of his will), and Oct. 19, 1738 (date of probate).(z) The will mentions his wife Content and his children Daniel, Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth (wife of Samuel Stewart), Mary Howes, Thankful Howes, and Hannah Howes. The inventory, sworn to March 9, 1741-2, amounted to £2353 1s. 6d.(z1) The real estate was divided Jan. 4, 1769, 1-3 to Capt. Daniel Howes, 1-3 to Joseph Howes and 1-3 to the heirs and legal representatives of Thomas Howes, deceased. (z2) His wife had survived him, He purchased land in Monomoit (later Chatham) in 1703 and settled there. He was the ancestor of the Howes family in that town. He was one of the selectmen two years and town treasurer two years. He was successively ensign, lieutenant and captain of the military company.(a) March 13, 1715-16, he with others signed a paper in behalf of Ebenezer Hawes in the suit of the Rev. Hugh Adams against the latter. (a1)
(z) 5 Barn. Prob. Recs, 366, 367.
(z1) 6 ib. 111.
(z2) 13 ib. 410.
(a) Early Chatham Settlers, by Wm. C. Smith, in Yarmouth Register, 1915.
(a1) Files 10812, Superior Ct., Supreme Ct. Clerk's of., Boston. 17
Thomas R Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Jul 1953 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Mariana (Cir 1957 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
General:
Colombia rescues hostages
Former Chatham resident is one of 15 people freed from jungle captivity
By TYLER BRIDGES
and KEVIN G. HALL
McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
July 03, 2008 6:00 AM
CARTAGENA, Colombia — Three American defense contractors held since 2003 by narco-guerrillas in steamy jungle captivity were choppered to freedom, it was announced yesterday, in a daring rescue operation that resembled a Hollywood action film. One of the freed contractors is Thomas Howes, a former Chatham resident.
Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos announced yesterday afternoon that the nation's special forces had rescued 15 hostages, including the three U.S. citizens and a former Colombian presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt, whose captivity had become an international cause celebre.
Freed alongside Betancourt, whose liberation had been sought by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, were Howes, Marc Gonsalves and Keith Stansell — contractors working for Maryland-based California Microwave Systems, part of defense contractor Northrop Grumman. They were detecting and mapping production of coca, the leafy bush whose leaves are used to make cocaine.
They'd been held since their Cessna crashed Feb. 13, 2003, in remote Colombian guerrilla territory. Santos pronounced all three in good health. A fourth American, Thomas John Janis, was killed trying to elude capture after the 2003 air crash.
Amanda Howes, niece of Thomas Howes, learned about her uncle's release after she saw a news bulletin from The Associated Press while working at Boston television station WHGH. She said the rescue "redefines the word miracle."
"I just screamed," she said, quickly calling her father Stephen Howes to tell him his brother had been freed after five long years. "We hope that he's safe. We can't wait to see him and we're just so happy that this has happened."
"It's good news," Stephen Howes said, when reached by phone last night. "I'd like to hear from him and I'd like to see him. I held out the possibility of it happening, hoping for the best."
Tim Blegen, who worked with Thomas Howes at the now-defunct Provincetown Boston Airlines more than two decades ago, said his first thought was "hallelujah."
"That is absolutely fantastic news," Blegen said. "I can't think of a better way to celebrate the Fourth than to celebrate freedom with free American hostages."
The office of Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said late yesterday that the Americans were on their way to the United States. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said U.S. officials were aware of the operation in advance and supported it.
The hostages were held by the FARC, a Marxist group that has waged war against Colombian governments since 1964. In recent years, it has financed its activities through cocaine trafficking and kidnapping ransoms.
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe was elected on a platform of defeating the rebel group, which has in recent years come to be seen more as a criminal organization than a guerrilla movement.
"It's an end to a nightmare," Cesar Gaviria, a former Colombian president, told local television, congratulating Uribe.
Details of the hostage rescue were the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters. Defense Minister Santos said that intelligence forces infiltrated the FARC high command and tricked them into grouping together three groups of hostages at a central meeting point. The pretext was that an international nonprofit group would take them by helicopter to the FARC's new leader, Alfonso Cano.
Instead, Colombian commandos were aboard the helicopters and forced the hostages' kidnappers to surrender while in flight without firing a shot. The hostages were liberated in the central Colombian state of Guaviare south of Bogota.
Speaking later on national television, Betancourt described how two guerrillas accompanied them on the helicopter but were overpowered during the flight. A man then announced: "We're from the army!"
We jumped up, yelled and hugged," Betancourt said. "We couldn't believe it!"
The captivity of Betancourt and others has been a major political issue in Colombia, with Uribe under increasing pressure to find a way to free them. In February, hundreds of thousands of Colombians marched for the hostages' freedom. Only about 1 percent of Colombians sympathize with the FARC.
The FARC holds another 600 or so Colombians. Most of them are soldiers and policemen.
Cape Cod Times staff writer Stephanie Vosk contributed to this report. The Associated Press also contributed.
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Hostage timeline
1964: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia is created to defend communist areas in Colombia.
Feb. 13, 2003: Thomas Howes and two other American defense contractors looking for cocaine factories in the Colombian jungle from the air are taken prisoner by FARC after their single-engine Cessna stalls at 13,000 feet and crash lands. Rebels execute the pilot, Thomas Janis, and a Colombian military intelligence officer. They take Howes, Ken Stansell and Marc Gonsalves into the jungle as captives.
Summer 2003: FARC invites a Colombian journalist to photograph and videotape the hostages.
2006: FARC announces it is willing to negotiate the release of 58 captives, including Howes. Other hostages include military and police officers, and 2002 Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. FARC says it will release them in exchange for nearly 600 jailed rebels.
May 2007: A Colombian policeman, Jhon Frank Pinchao, emerges from the jungle, where he had spent almost nine years as a prisoner of FARC. He says he escaped from the same camp where Howes and the other American hostages are held.
November 2007: Colombia's cancellation of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's mediation efforts with the leftist rebels throws into disarray hopes for a prisoner swap.
July 2, 2008: Colombian officials free Ingrid Betancourt and the three U.S. military contractors, including Howes, after military spies trick FARC guerrillas into giving them up without a single injury. The operation frees 15 hostages.
Source: Cape Cod Times archives, Associated Press, www.boston.com.
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14 Feb 2008, US Southern Command
http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/news.php?storyId=978
"MIAMI (Feb. 14, 2008) — Five years have passed since three American government contract employees were kidnapped by narco-terrorists in southern Colombia after their single-engine Cessna plane crash landed during a routine aerial mission to detect cocaine crops.
...
On Thursday, leaders and staff of U.S. Southern Command held a remembrance ceremony to mark the five-year anniversary of that fateful day on Feb. 13, 2003, and to state unequivocally that the command is thinking of the three and working “tirelessly” to secure their safe release.
The tragic mission was part of a SOUTHCOM-led operation to support regional counter-drug efforts. Gonsalves, Howes and Stansell are currently the longest held U.S. hostages in the world.
...
Tom is from Melbourne, Florida. He is 54-years-old. At the time of his kidnapping, he was serving as a U.S. contractor SRS pilot.
Stewart during the ceremony:
“Tom Howes was born on the fourth of July, in Massachusetts. He’s an original yankee-doodle-dandy, and he’s a heck of a pilot. He’s flown every type of Cessna, every type of Piper, and has 12,000 flight hours.
In his recent letter to his wife Marianna, he wanted to make sure his oldest son, Santiago, is pursuing a higher education. Santiago is; he’s currently attending the local community college. But this is the type of man Tom is: he’s more concerned with his family that he is of himself.”
His youngest, young Tommy, is growing up without his dad. He needs his father’s guiding hand, especially because he wanted to learn how to pilot his father’s boat they used to go out on all the time. The family lives near Melbourne, Fla.”
Thurman Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1736 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Howes (1706-1771) 18
Mother: Hannah Sears (1715- )
Wendy Howes
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1929 - Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 23 Sep 2005 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ernest Grant Howes Jr (Est 1900- )
Mother: Dorothy Shattuck (Est 1900- )
Spouses and Children
1. *William C Terry (22 Dec 1925 - 7 Sep 1996)
Marriage: 1981
Status:
2. Frederick D King (Est 1927 - )
Marriage: 1951
Status:
Notes
General:
Wendy Howes King Terry
Friday, September 30, 2005
CHATHAM-Wendy Howes King Terry, 76, died Sept. 23 after a brief illness.
Mrs. Terry, who traced her ancestral roots to Cape Cod's earliest settlers, was the daughter of Ernest Grant Howes Jr. and Dorothy Shattuck Howes, both late of Chatham.
Born in Boston, she graduated from the Fox Hollow School in Lenox and briefly studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In 1951 she married Frederick D. King and together they had nine children, spending each summer in Chatham until they became full-time residents there in 1974. In 1981 she married William C. Terry, and together they lived in Chatham and continued to raise her nine children as well as his three children from a previous marriage until Mr. Terry's death in 1996.
Mrs. Terry was a lifelong sailor. She gained a reputation as a foredeck crew member sailing on Wianno Seniors on Nantucket Sound in the 1940s and '50s. In the 1950s she competed on several Processer Cup woman's sailing teams for the Stage Harbor Yacht Club where she became an honorary life-time member. A descendant of China Trade sea captains, she also raised a brood of sailors, as several of her children grew to skipper crab and salmon fishing vessels in Alaska.
She was a dedicated volunteer. Among organizations she served were the Chatham Drama Guild where she was a member for more than 50 years, the Chatham Council on Aging, and the Nereid Network in association with the Cape Cod Hook Fisherman's Association.
Mrs. Terry is survived by six sons, John, Samuel, Charlie, Thomas, Andrew and Frederick 'Tim'; three daughters, Lydia, Mary and Frances; 15 grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Whitman F Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1859 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 14 Apr 1921 - Eastham, Massachusetts 19
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Whitman R Howes (1829- )
Mother: Ruth A Kendrick (1830- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Cassie L Penniman (1864 - )
Marriage: 26 Mar 1885 - Eastham, Massachusetts 20
Status:
Children:
1. Susie Maud Howes (1886- )
Notes
General:
1885 mariner, Chatham
Whitman R Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Dec 1829 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: David Howes (1801-1868)
Mother: Priscilla (Est 1800- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Ruth A Kendrick (25 Jun 1830 - )
Marriage: 27 Feb 1851 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Mary P Howes (1855- )
2. Whitman F Howes (1859-1921)
William Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Jun 1732 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 17 Nov 1810 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Burial: in Howes burying ground, Dennis
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Judah Howes (1701-1786)
Mother: Susannah Hedge (1711-1788)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Howes (1730 - 30 May 1806)
Marriage: 1756
Status:
Children:
1. Isaiah Howes (1757-1811)
2. Noah Howes (1760-1838)
3. Achsah Howes (1765-1811)
4. Nehemiah Howes (1770- )
William Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1800 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Howell (Est 1800 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Charles S F Howes (1831-1874)
William Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Jun 1781 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 1 Jan 1869 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Burial: in Dennis Village Cemetery, Dennis
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Levi Howes (1749-1825)
Mother: Deborah Bassett (1752-1794)
Spouses and Children
1. *Lydia Howes (26 Jun 1783 - 18 Mar 1815)
Marriage: Cir 1803 - (Dennis, Massachusetts)
Status:
Children:
1. Deborah Howes (1804-1827)
2. Hannah Sears Howes (1806-1855)
3. Captain Levi Howes (1812-1864)
4. Captain William Frederick Howes (1813-1878) 21
5. David Porter Howes (1815-1897)
2. Lydia Howes (24 Oct 1796 - 29 Sep 1868)
Marriage: Jun 1816 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Anthony Howes (1820- )
2. Lydia C Howes (1823-1901)
3. Captain Allison Howes (1825-After 1910)
Captain William Frederick Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Oct 1813 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 4 Nov 1878 - East Dennis, Massachusetts
Burial: in Dennis Village Cemetery, Dennis
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Howes (1781-1869)
Mother: Lydia Howes (1783-1815)
Notes
General:
Captain William F. Howes was born October 8, 1813. He was the descendant in the fourth generation of David Howes, who about 1728 removed from Nobscusset, now North Dennis, to Sesuet Neck\emdash in the common vernacular "Suet neck." This ancestor David, was a son of Lieutenant Jonathan Howes, whose father was Captain Thomas Howes, who several times led the Yarmouth contingent in the Narragansett war. His father Thomas Howes, sr., was one of the original grantees of Yarmouth.
The subject of this sketch was one of five sons of William Howes, who spent his later years cultivating the hereditary acres. These five sons all, sooner or later, took to the sea. William F. remained longer on shore, working on the farm and attending school, than most boys. In fact he was eighteen before he left home. Once commenced, he followed his calling closely. His home was literally on the deep for the greater part of his sea life. He was an active and efficient seaman and officer, and after numerous voyages, and passing through all the grades of seamanship, took command of a vessel in 1840. From that time on to his retirement in 1862 he was almost constantly at sea on distant voyages to most of the seaports of the world. It is worthy of notice that in eighteen years of his service he only changed ships once\emdash sailing nine years each in two ships.
On retiring from the sea with somewhat enfeebled health, he devoted his time mainly to his private affairs, but he was interested in all matters that concerned the public good. He was an earnest promoter of the East Dennis library, and all measures for social improvement. He was a person of somewhat reserved manners and taciturnity of speech, but his heart was sincere and kind, and his hand open when his judgment approved. He had a high character as shipmaster and as a man of business, and his firmness, perseverence, honesty and integrity were worthy of his sturdy ancestry.
Captain Howes was married December 31, 1838, to Captain Parker Miller's daughter, Betsey H., who died June 17, 1859. On the second of August, 1860, he married Margarette J.. daughter of Stephen Homer. Mr. Homer, born in 1796, received a Christian name which was born by his paternal ancestors for several generations. He was in his day a leading local man, a justice of the peace, school commissioner, master mariner, and for years an active salt maker at Quivet neck, where he lived and died in the house where his daughter, Mrs. Howes, was born.
Of Captain Howes' seven children, two died in infancy; William F., jr., born in 1844, was second mate in a merchant ship, and died in Calcutta, May 30, 1865; Benjamin P., born in 1849, was first mate on a merchant ship, and died in the West Indies, in 1876, and was buried at sea; his twin sister, Hannah, died in 1872; Stephen M., born December 31, 1852, went into the stove business in 1872, at Rockland, Mass., and seven years later, at Boston in a wholesale stove business. His children are William F., Frank M. and Evelyn Howes. The only other surviving child of Captain Howes is his daughter, Bertha, born April 12, 1862, who with her widowed mother, resides at the homestead at East Dennis, where he died November 4, 1878. 21
William Grant Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1921 - Hyannis (Barnstable), Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 7 Aug 2012 - Englewood, Florida
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Obituary, , Cape Cod Times in Cape Cod Times
William G. Howes Jr., 91
August 09, 2012 11:15 AM
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. \emdash William "Bill" Grant Howes Jr., formerly of Hyannis, died peacefully on Aug. 7, 2012, in Englewood, Fla.
He is survived by his wife, Beryle; son William G. Howes III of Osterville; daughter Carol H. Wilbur of Grand Haven, Mich.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren, including newborn William Grant Howes V.
Bill was born in Hyannis and graduated from Barnstable schools and Becker College. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and worked for the U.S. Postal Service for many years, including being assistant postmaster in Hyannis. He later owned and operated The Pastry Platform Bakery in Boca Grand, Fla., and worked summers as a bookkeeper for HyLine Cruises.
Bill was an avid golfer and sports enthusiast. He listened to or watched almost every Red Sox game for 60 years, never thinking he would live long enough to see them win a World Series. He hosted many Howes family reunions, where his specialty was cooking turkeys on the grill. Bill will be remembered for his great sense of humor and vibrant personality.
A private memorial service and burial will be held at Sarasota National Cemetery.
William Humphrey Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Oct 1847 - Dennisport, Massachusetts 23
Baptism:
Death: 2 Jun 1935
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 24
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Paulina Gould Linnell (15 Oct 1848 - 27 Jan 1928)
Marriage: 15 Apr 1877 - Brewster, Massachusetts 25
Status:
Children:
1. Howes (1884-1884)
2. Howes (1879-1879)
Notes
General:
1877 clothing dealer, Orleans
parents: Loring Howes, Sophia
Zaccheus Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1728
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Thomas Howes (Est 1673-1700) 2
Mother: Abigail Hussey (1680- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Lydia Gardner (9 Feb 1729 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Zachariah Howes
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 5 Aug 1777 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 29 Jul 1824 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Burial: in Dennis Village Cemetery, Dennis
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ezra Howes (1746-1821)
Mother: Mercy Lincoln (1745-Between 1785/1789)
Spouses and Children
1. *Betty Hurd (Est 1783 - 6 Jun 1847)
Marriage: 2 Feb 1804 - Orleans, Massachusetts 26
Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Betty Hurd)
Children, in Yarmouth
Mercy Lincoln HOWES b: 21 DEC 1804
Zachariah HOWES b: 23 NOV 1806
Joshua Hurd HOWES b: 19 NOV 1808
William HOWES b: 28 OCT 1810
Ezra HOWES b: 09 MAR 1813
Polly Hall HOWES b: 10 OCT 1815
Betsey Jane HOWES b: 18 MAY 1819
Caroline HOWES b: 28 DEC 1821
Henry Archibald HOWES b: 23 OCT 1824
(mewingnut)
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