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Robert Howe was alive in 1601 CU16 and was of Hatfield Broad Oak in Essex, England CU16, HO17. He was the father of James BU7, CU16, HO17 and Abraham Howe TH31, HO17. The account book of Abraham How of Linebrook Parish, Ipswich, Massachusetts (the son of James How, Sr.) stated HO17:
Robbart How lived in Old England in Essex in ye Town of hatfield Brodoak wher Sir francis Barington lived in Woodrow Green. James How senr. son of sayd Robbart lived in bishop Starford in Old England in a place called hockerill in ye happy and gracious Rain of king James ye first.
The settlement of Wood Row was recorded in 1415, and it was about 1.5 kilometers northwest of the village of Hatfield Broad Oak PO10. The inclusion of Sir Francis Barington (Barrington) of Woodrow Green in that notation may have indicated that Robert How had been a tenant of Sir Francis Barrington. Sir Francis Barrington was knighted in 1603, and he purchased the manor of Hatfield Broad Oak in 1612 ES22.
John Dane, Jr. (the brother of Elizabeth (Dane) Howe, who married James Howe, who was the son of Robert Howe) wrote of “Brother Howes father” (his brother-in-law’s father) in his memoirs DA5, and while he did not provide a date, the incident he described would have occurred sometime after James How married Elizabeth Dane in June 1628 EN6, HO17, AN8. John Dane, Jr. stated that while he resided on “wood Ro grene, on hatfild forrist”, he became acquainted with certain men who lived in his building, one of whom was a musician (“muschen” or “muschin”) DA5. They invited him to become a part of their plan to appropriate four bushels of barley, which evidently belonged to the father of one of the men DA5. Their intention was to make the barley into malt to brew beer DA5. John Dane, Jr. sought the counsel of “my Brother Howes father” (Robert Howe), whom he called “a uery onest man”, who advised him that he should invent a reason to go on a journey so that he would not be present during the intended larceny, and that he would handle the situation DA5. Alerted to the details of the plan by Robert, “the woman of the house”, who was likely the wife of the building’s owner, was able to catch the men while they were removing the barley from the barn DA5. The journal of John Dane, Jr. stated DA5:
Then I liued [lived] on wood Ro grene, on hatfild forrist. No soner on trobell was at an end, but a nother insude [ensued]. There was on muschen [one musician] liued under the same Rofe [roof] that I liued in, only he liued at one end and I at the other. Thare was farmers and yemans sonnes meat thare and I was among them, thinking no harme. But thay ware a contrifing to haue a mearey metting [merry meeting] at that muschins hous, and inuitted [invited] me to be one of them. And being among them, thay would contrif thare busenes with me, and tould me that thay would haue four bushills of barly out of a barne, (the ouner of which, one of these was his son,) and this muschin was to turne it into malt, and brew it, and drink it thare. I durst not Cros them, thay ware sutch blustering lades; but I was in a sad tune, and knew not what to doe. But I went to my Brother Howes father and aduised with him. He was a uery onest [very honest] man, and he tould me I should, by no meanes, be among them when thay did act that busenes, but make sum Journey sum waie or other, and he would du the busenes for me. So I did. And he acquainted the woman of the house, a prudent woman. And at the time appointed thay went to the barn. The woman, hauing had fore knowledg of it, stud after supper at hur hall window lesening [listening], the barne not being fare distant from the house, and she hard a noise at the barne, and sent suddinly to the barne, and toke them with fowr bushils of barly, cared [carried] out of the barne in a sacke. The thing being discouered, the men ware in a bad tose, but thay suspected me; and said it is well that it was found out, but neds he would know if I did not tell sum of the famely. I toud him I had not spoke with anie of the famely sens we ware togetther. Many words past, but notthing did apere, but suspishon. But on of the Company (as afterwards I was informed, and I myself suspected him and escaped his hands) came with a sord to my shop to kill me.
He may have been the Robert Howe (or related to this Robert Howe) who was one of the laborers for the highway for Hatfield Heath; a presentment for Hatfield Broad Oak at Michaelmas in 1632 stated the names of those who had carts and those who were laborers behind the cards ES25. Robert Howe was among the laborers behind the carts who were instructed to work on the highway at Hatfield Heath ES25.
James How was born circa 1598 WO4, 1601 DO19, 1604 TH31, 1605 DO13, DA5, or 1606 CU16 in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England TH31, BE7. He was the son of Robert Howe, of “Broad Oak Hatfield” CU16, HO17.
Abraham Howe was the father of Elizabeth, Sarah, Abraham, Hester, Mary, Isack, Debora, and Israell DR7, MA69. Elizabeth How was born in England HO17 and married Edmund Parker on May 31, 1647 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts VI46. Sarah How was born in England; she married John Strange of Boston prior to 1651 and married Richard Curtis on September 25, 1657 HO17. Abraham How was born in England and married Alice Mattocks, the daughter of James and Mary Mattocks of Boston, Massachusetts HO17. Abraham How died on November 20, 1683 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts VI46. Hester How first married Henry Mason, a maltster of Boston, and second married John Sears of Woburn, Massachusetts on November 2, 1677 HO17. Mary How married Joseph Underwood on April 26, 1665 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts CI8. She was probably the “Goodwife vnderwood wife of Joseph vnderwood” who died on January 28, 1667/8 in Watertown, Massachusetts WA21. Isack How, the son of Abraham, was born on June 24, 1639 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts VI45 and married Hannah Robiohn HO17. Isaac How, Sr. died on September 15, 1714 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts CI8. Debora How, the daughter of Abram, was born on September 4, 1641 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts VI45. Deborah How of Dorchester married Joseph Skilton (Skelton HO17) of Dedham on February 25, 1673 in a ceremony officiated by Mr. Stoughton in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts CI8. Israell How, the son of Abram, was born on July 7, 1644 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts VI45 and was said to have first married Anne and second married Tabitha HO17. Israel How died on November 20, 1715 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts CI8.
The unnamed wife of Abraham How died in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts due to “stopping of the lungs”, and was buried on December 7, 1645 VI46. His second wife may have been named Sarah; a death record for Sarah How in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts stated that she died on November 25, 1675 CI8.
Abraham Howe relocated to Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1637 or 1638 HO17. He was admitted as a freeman on May 2, 1638 PA23. His name was included in an undated list of inhabitants of “Rocksbury”, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; this list was printed between 1634 and 1643 and showed that he owned fifteen acres of land EL7, CI6. The General Court held at Boston on May 22, 1639 granted the petition of Jasper Gun, Robert Seaver, Abraham Howe, John Tatman, and Ralph Sary to continue to reside in the houses they had already built, even though those residences were more than half a mile from their meeting house SH17. His land in Roxbury, Suffolk County was described as CI6:
Abraham How his house and lott nine accres and a halfe butting upon a highway, and upon the heires of Jeames Howe southeast. And twelue accres upon the heires of John Stow Northwest, and to the last Deuided lands southeast, and upon Henry Archer or his assignes with a way to passe through the same, to and from his ground east. And in the second alottment of the last diuision being the fifteenth lott their in lying betweene Samuell Hagbornes heires, and Robert Burnope or his assignes foure and twenty accres and a halfe ; And in the thousand accres at Deddham fifteene accres.
He was probably the “Abram Howe” who killed one fox, for which he was compensated two shillings on December 22, 1648 by the town of Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts SC4. The selectmen of Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts appointed Abraham How and Robert Pearse to view the fence “downe to the river” on December 8, 1651 CI7. Dorchester is less than three miles southeast of Roxbury. Abraham Howe and Thomas Trott were paid by the town of Dorchester on December 27, 1653 in their service of acting as constables CI7. Abram How, Thomas Trott, William Robisonn, and Robert Pearce were appointed by the selectmen of Dorchester to view the fence in the Great Lots on February 13, 1653/4 CI7. On January 20, 1657 (perhaps 1657/8; “This 20 day of 11 mo. 1657”) the name “Abra. How” was listed amongst the owners of the thousand acres at Dedham CI6. Abraham How and Edward Brecke were appointed to view the fence “for the rest of the great lott” on March 8, 1657/8 CI7.
Abraham How was the brother of James How, and thus he can be linked as the son of Robert Howe, but the linkage relies on details in a 1680 court case which was discovered by Fisher Howe and Edward Willard Howe HO17. First, it must be established that Hester (How) (Mason) Sears was the daughter of Abraham How. Abraham How’s will of 1676 mentions “my Daughter Hester Mason” MA60 and Hester Sears’ will of 1679/80 mentions her “Father How” MA69. After this, the bulk of the evidence which demonstrates that John How of Topsfield was the cousin of Hester (How) (Mason) (Sears) can be found in the case of John How of Topsfield (plaintiff) and Nathaniell Greenwood and Richard Collicott (defendants) in September 1680 MA69. John How of Topsfield was the son of James and Elizabeth (Dane) Howe. Because this case demonstrates that John How was the cousin of Hester (How) (Mason) Sears, it provides evidence that John How would have been the nephew of Abraham How, and thus that Abraham How and James How were brothers. A record pertaining to this case dated March 18, 1680 stated that Hester Sears was deceased and that her executors and overseers, Nathaniell Greenwood and Richard Collicott, must MA69:
answere the complaint of John How in an action of the case, for detaining or refuseing to deliver to the sayd How a Featherbed and beding belonging to it, wch bed was given to the sayd How by Henry Mason formerly husband of Hester Sears now deceased, she having formarly promsed and engaged to deliver the sd bed and beding to the sayd How wch she hath not done, to the plaintiffs damage…
The will of Hester Sears of “Woborne”, dated March 2, 1679/80, was presented to the court MA69. In her will, Hester Sears mentioned her sister, Deborah Skelton, her brother, Isaac How, her cousin, Mary Grandee or Gradowe (this surname is uncertain and seems to have been spelled two different ways), her brother, Israell How, her brother, Abraham How, her husband, John “Seirs” or “Sears”, and her “sister Curtice”, in addition to others whose relationship to her was unstated MA69. She also mentioned land in Dorchester given to her by her “Father How” MA69. On September 28, 1680, the Ipswich court ruled in favor of John How, but the defendants appealed the verdict MA69. Thomas Tower was deposed on September 28, 1680, and in this deposition he repeatedly referred to John How and Goodwife Sears as cousins MA69:
…about a yeare agoe I being desired by John How, to doe an arrent [errand] for him to his cuzzen Seers his wife, that was to Aske her when he should come for that Feather bed, wch her first Husband Henry Mason had given to him, And Goodwife Seers toud me, hur Husband had given to her cuzzen, John How his best Feather bed and beding belonging to it, but her forgott to mention it in his will, Though he had give it before to my cuzen John How, but I p[ro]mised my husband sayd shee, that my cuzen John should have it…
Sarah Gould was also deposed at Ipswich on September 28, 1680; she stated MA69:
I being at Boston with goodman How, about four years since, I lodged at his kinsmans Henry masons… and about thre months after I went to Boston againe with John How, And we went to the sd Masons house, but Henry Mason was dead, about six weekes before, Amd she Widdow Mason brought her husbands will to her cuzzen John How to Read, And he read it… further I can certifie, that Henry Masons wife was John Hows owne cuzzen
John How’s answer to the appeal stated that he was the “nere Kinsman” to Ester Seares MA69:
theair was no ned of the will mentioning of it he having abselutly and frely given the bed in contravarcy to John How be for [before] he maed his will and that upon good con Cediration [consideration] be Caus ye sd How had ben sabnisabell [probably “submissible”] to him severall times in the day of his lif and allso his wives nere Kinsman but the sd mason tould his wife be fore and after he maed his will that his best feather bed and beding belonging to it he had given to his Cusen John How and towld his wife that then he had not mentoned John How in his will yet the last bed and beding was the sd Hows and she pormised and in gaged to hur Husband that she would lay no Claim at all to that bed and beding… thair fore I Humbely Con Caive [conceive] that my haveng of the bed hath no A perenc [appearance] of any altaration of Massons will but Reather a Confermation of the same : that sued for is not by will but Gift…
William S. Howe, III furthered the position made by Daniel Wait Howe that Abraham Howe of Roxbury, Massachusetts was a brother of James Howe of Roxbury and Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts HO34. In addition to reviewing the court case outlined above, he provided several additional points which bolstered the two men as brothers HO34. For example, both Abraham and James How were weavers. Abraham How was called a weaver when he was admitted as a church member to the first meeting house in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on May 14, 1654 TH47. James How was called a weaver when he purchased land in 1654, in a deed that was dated March 16, 1662 SA21.
Abraham Howe wrote his will on May 26, 1676, which was proved on November 2, 1676 MA60. A copy of the written transcription follows MA60:
In the name of God Amen the twenty Sixth of May in the yeare of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Seaventy & Six I Abraham Howe of Boston being sick & weak of body but of sound & perfect memory praised bee Almighty god for ye Same Knoweing the uncertainty of this pr[e]sent life & being desirous to Setle that outward Estate the lord hath lent mee I doe make this my last will & Testam[en]t in manner & forme following, that is to Say, first & principally I commend my Soule unto Almighty god my Creator hoping to receive full pardon & remission of all my Sins & Salvation through the above meritts of Jesus Christ my Redeemer & my body to the Earth to bee buried in Such decent manner as to my Executors hereafter named Shall bee thought meet & Convenient and as touching such worldly Estate as the lord hath lent mee my will & meaning is the Same shall bee Imployed & bestowed as here after in & by this my will is exprest. Impr[imis] I doe hereby revoake Renounce and make voyde all wills by mee formerly made and declare and appoint this my last will & Testam[en]t Item I give to my Eldest Sonn Abraham Howe liveing att Roxbery all that right in houseing & land which I have att Roxbery which is now in the possession of the Said Abraham to have & to hould for ever & alsoe I give to my Sonn Abraham an Acre of Salt Marsh at Dorchester neer Goodman Colemans old house Item I give to my Sonn Israell ye East end of my dwelling house & Shop to itt with all ye appurtences belonging to the Shopp & the orchard adjoineing thereunto Item I give to my Sonn Isaack ye westend of my dwelling house with an Orchard adjoyneing to the well & the well lying Comon to them both Alsoe I give unto my two Sonns Israell & Isaack all my outhouseing jointly between them both provided each of them shall make good his part in repaireing or pay for it and in case that Isaack Shall bee willing to sell his part his brother Israell Shall have the refusall of it & Shall have itt as three indifferent friends Shall judge meet such as they shall Chuse Item I give unto my Daughter Hester Mason a parsell of meadow two Acres more or less lying neer Mr. Minots orchard Benjamin Twichells Marsh to have the yous of itt dureing her life & her Husbands & after their death to returne to ye rest of the Children which are then living Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeths Children twenty Shillings a piece to as many as Shall bee liveing one yeare after my death. Item I give to my Daughter Sarahs Children to witt to her Sonn Joseph five pound when hee shall come to ye Age of twenty yeares or when his tyme is out with his Uncle Alsoe I give to her Sonn Isaack & her daughter Sarah twenty Shillngs apiece if they bee liveing one year after my death Next of all my will is that all my just debts being paid & funerall Charges & Security given for the legacies Item I give the rest of my Estate unto my foure Children that is to Say Israell Isaack Hester & Deborah to bee Equally devyded among them only Deborah to have five pound deducted out of her part & to bee Equally devyded between Israell & Isaack ye which is for what Shee has had already And I Doe appoint my loveing Sonn Israell and Thomas Pearce Executors of this my last will & testem[en]t & I desire my Loveing friends Thomas Coleman Senr. & Thomas Tilestone Senr to be Overseers of this my last will and testament this is my true intent & my last will as witness my hand & Seale
Abraham Howe
his marke
Signed Sealed & delivded in the presence of us
Richard Collicott
Esdnas Read
William S. Howe, III discussed the alleged patrilineal genealogy of Robert Howe which he stated was postulated by Edward Willard Howe and George Norbury Mackenzie HO34. As a quick overview, Robert Howe was allegedly the son of John Howe, who was the son of William Howe, who was the son of William Howe, who was the son of John Howe HO34. To begin with, Robert Howe was alleged to have been the second (or at least, not the eldest) son of John Howe; Robert was said to have been born about 1572, resided in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England, and was alive in 1601 HO34.
John Howe (the alleged father of Robert Howe) was said to have been the eldest son of William Howe; John resided at the manor of Much Hallingbury Hall and at “Hatfield, How’s Green” HO34. Great Hallingbury, with Hallingbury Hall at its center, is just west of Hatfield Broad Oak, and How Green is just south of Hallingbury Hall PO10. John Howe allegedly married an individual with the surname “Saltwell” HO34. He wrote a will on May 12, 1601 in which he bequeathed his estate to his eldest son, John Howe of Much Hallingbury Hall, and to his other son, Robert Howe of Hatfield Broad Oak HO34. The Essex Records Office has a registered copy of the will of John Howe, a husbandman of Great Hallingbury, available on microfiche; the date associated with this will is May 26, 1601 (this was probably the probate date) ES26. He was likely the John Howe who was buried in Great Hallingbury, Essex on May 17, 1601 ES30. The eldest son mentioned in John Howe’s will (who was also named John Howe), inherited lands at Hockerill Fields in Bishop Stortford, Herefordshire, and he died without children but he left a will dated April 25, 1636 HO34.
William Howe (the alleged father of John Howe and the alleged grandfather of Robert Howe) was said to have been the third son of William Howe HO34. William Howe (the third son) allegedly married an individual with the surname “Stacye”, resided at Hatfield Broad Oak prior to the death of this father, and left a will dated August 25, 1558 HO34. William Howe, John Howys, Sr., and Thomas Garrard were granted a croft called Peasested’ feld and a fifteen-acre parcel of Michelles in Hatfield Regis (Hatfield Broad Oak), Essex, England from John Aylett, Sr. of Beauchamp Roding on April 24, 1532 ES11. William Howe, Jr. was said to have died in 1558 CU16. The will of William How of Hatfield, dated August 16 or 26, 1558, made bequests to his son, John How, and his daughter, Awdry, and mentioned his brother, John Howe ES36. The will contains several illegible words, but a transcription has been provided below ES36:
In
the Name of God Amen the xyvithday [this may have meant the 26th
or the 16th day; the script was cramped and faded, so it is unclear]
of August in the yere [the previous word is uncertain] of our lord God a
thowsand CCCCC lviijto I wyll[ia]m how of the p[ar]yshe [parish] of
hatfyld beyng in [the next word was illegible] mynd & mrnbz [the previous
word may have meant to state “remembrance”] laded be to Almygty God doth ordeyn
& make thys my last wyll & testeymente in forme following fyrste I be
queth my soull to Allmygty God my maker & redemer & to our lady snt
[the previous word is uncertain] mary & to All the holly Compney of heven
& my body to be buryd in the church yard of hatfeyld... [illegible words] a
the forsyd It[e]m I be queth [bequeath] to John How my sonn[e] a Fether bed a
materys [mattress] ij bowstores [bolsters]ij blankattes a Cowrlett [coverlet] iiij
v payr of sheetes a towell iij tabell Clothes ij pellow beres iiij pewter
plateres [platters] iiij powter doshyse [probably “pewter dishes”] ij sissres [possible
“scissors”] iiij Canstokes [probably “candlesticks”] a Chost bownd W yorn [possible
“chest bound with yarn”] & a hache [possibly “hutch”] in my chamber a the
second brass pott a kottoll [kettle] It[e]m a Cow... [several illegible
words follow] the Cow to be delyvrd [delivered] m medyatly [immediately] After
my deseses [the previous word is uncertain but probably meant “decease”] &
the Cow to be delyvrd wm [probably “within”] on halff yer [year] after my
deseses & Also geve hem a Cobberd standyng in [the] buttery It[e]m I
bequeth to John my son xx s to be payd wtin [within] thre yeres
after my dessese that ys to say every half yer vj s viij d the... It[e]m I geve
to the p... [probably “poor”] of the p[ar]yshe at my the
buryall vj s viij d... leke wyse at the monthe day other vj s viij d the
resedew of my goodes... I geve to Awdry my doweter savyng xxvj s viij... the
whych... [a faded and illegible word follows] hand the whyche I Awdry I do make
my [a word which resembled “Executor” followed] & John How my brother
Executor & they to have for ther paynes iij s iiij d... thes barynd wyttnes
[the previous phrase was probably “these bearing witness”] John Cuggolde Thomas
wayte & wyllm woode
William Howe mentioned his brother, John How, whom he made an executor of his will. This individual may have been John Howe, a husbandman of Hatfield Broad Oak, who wrote his will on January 1, 1559 (which was perhaps probated on January 26, 1559); this will is available on microfiche and accessible within the Essex Record Office ES27.
William Howe (the father of William Howe and the alleged great-grandfather of Robert Howe) was alleged to have been the son of John Howe; William was born about the year 1450 and resided in North Weald Basset, Essex, England HO34. This William was said to have married Joane Peyrson, also of North Weald Basset, and he left a will dated November 4, 1518 HO34. The Essex Records Office has a registered copy of the will of William Howe, a husbandman of North Weald Bassett, available on microfiche; the date associated with this will is January 15, 1519 ES28. This William Howe, Sr. of North Weald Basset was also allegedly the father of Henry (or Harry) Howe CU16.
John Howe (the alleged great-great-grandfather of Robert Howe) was allegedly born about 1420 HO34.
The early parish records of St. Mary the Virgin Church in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex are mostly absent, and the very few that exist do not pertain to any individual with the How/Howe surname. In the late 1500s and early 1600s, there were How/Howe families in nearby parishes, such as North Weald Bassett, Great Hallingbury, Great Parndon, and Magdalen Laver, which are all in Essex. I have included pertinent parish records in chronological form in the following four sections.
North Weald Basset in Essex:
There was at least one Howe family in the parish of North Weald Bassett, which is about eleven miles southwest of Hatfield Broad Oak. This is the village in which William Howe (the alleged great-grandfather of Robert Howe) was said to have lived in the early 1500s HO34. I located just three records for Howe family members in the parish registry for North Weald Bassett, but because of their dates, these individuals may have been descendants of this William Howe (supposed great-grandfather to Robert Howe) ES33:
Agnesse Howe married “Georg” Holweye on October 6, 1581 ES33.
Richard Howe married Joan Pepper on August 21, 1603 ES33.
“Georg” Howe married Elisabeth Curline on October 20, 1617 ES33.
Great Hallingbury in Essex:
There were many records for How/Howe family members in the parish register of St. Giles Church in Great Hallingbury, Essex ES29, ES30. Great Hallingbury is approximately five miles northwest of Hatfield Broad Oak, especially if the route includes the use of scenic backroad which is called Howe Green Road. This is the village in which John Howe (the alleged father of Robert Howe) was said to have lived HO34. There were also Dane/Dean/Deane/Deyne families in Great Hallingbury during the 1500s and 1600s. These are the records which were noticed for How/Howe individuals in Great Hallingbury ES29, ES30:
Johane How (this surname is uncertain because the parchment has been torn away) of “muche Halyngbery” married John Kent of “Hatfelde Brode Oke” on September 2, 1551 ES29.
John (“Johan” or “Josan”) How married Margarett Wryght on June 10 or 15, 1558 (there were two records; one stated that “Johan” How married “margartt wryght” on “the x day of June” and the other stated that “Josan” How married “margarett wryght” on “the xv day day [sic] of June”) ES29.
John (“Joh[ann]es”) How was baptized on January 12, 1561/2 (this date is faded, but it was between January 4 and 28) ES29; another record stated that John Howe was baptized on January 7, 1561/2 ES30.
“Aliorine” (perhaps “Alice” or “Eleanor”) How married “Robarius Iaslyne” (perhaps Robert Jaslyne; the Jaslyn surname was found in baptismal records) on May 30, 1562 (these names are questionable because this was a faded record) ES29. Another record stated that Alice How married Robert Jaslyn on May 30, 1562 ES30. She was probably the “Alice Jaslin” who was buried on March 23, 1567/8; Robert Jaslin then married Joan Prior on April 24, 1570 ES30.
Anne How married Thomas Carre on October 12, 1562 ES29, ES30.
Elyzabeth (“Elyzabz”) How was baptized on March 12, 1563/4 ES29, ES30.
Johanna How was baptized in December 1564 ES29; another record stated that Joan Howe was baptized on December 3, 1564 ES30.
James Howe was baptized on April 28, 1566 ES30.
Agnes Howe, the daughter of James Howe, was baptized on November 24, 1566 ES30.
William Howe was baptized on May 17, 1568 ES30.
Thomas How was baptized on July 28, 1574 ES30.
William Howe, the son of John Howe, was baptized on September 15, 1576 ES30.
Thomas Howe, the son of John Howe, was buried on May 19, 1576 ES30.
William How, the son of John Howe, was buried on June 7, 1576 ES30.
Agnes Howe, the daughter of John Howe, was baptized on May 17, 1579 ES30.
Thomas How, the son of John How, was baptized on September 6, 1582 ES30.
Elizabeth Howe married Richard Brewer on September 21, 1592 ES30.
Jone Howe of Great Hallingbury married Henry Walls of Stortford on June 27, 1596 ES30.
Margaret Howe married Edwarde Coller on October 18, 1598 ES30.
Margeret Howe was buried on April 10, 1599 ES30.
John Howe was buried on May 17, 1601 ES30. This individual was most likely the John Howe who was the alleged father of Robert Howe.
John How was buried on August 6, 1639 ES30. This individual may have been the brother of Robert Howe.
Great Parndon in Essex:
How/Howe family members were also recorded in the parish registry of St. Mary the Virgin Church in Great Parndon, Essex ES31. Great Parndon is ten miles southwest of Hatfield Broad Oak. The following records for Great Parndon are in chronological order, and I have included two records for individuals with the Andrewes surname. The reason for this is that there was an individual named Robert Howe who was a husbandsman of Great Parndon (“much p[ar]ndon”) who wrote his will on February 26, 1624 which was proved on January 19, 1637 (probably 1637/8) ES35. This will mentioned his wife, Eme, which was probably an abbreviated form of her name, his son, William, and two grandchildren, James and Basell Andrewes ES35. This implies that this Robert Howe also had a daughter who married someone with the surname “Andrews”. Her name was probably Joane (Howe) Andrewes. The will also mentioned Elizabeth Casse of Stapelford and her two youngest sons, Edward and John Casse ES35. It is unlikely that this Robert Howe was the subject of this biographical sketch and the father of James How and Abraham Howe, because James and Abraham were not mentioned in this will. I have provided a transcript of this will below, and the Great Parndon parish records follow the transcript. The will of Robert Howe stated ES35:
In the name of god Amen the Six & twentye day of February in the yeare of or lorde god after the Computac[i]on of the Churche of England 1624 I Robert Howe of the p[ar]ishe of much p[ar]ndon al[ia]s Parringdon in the cou[n]tye of Essex husbandma[n] being whole & sound both in body & mynd laude & prayse be to almightie god Doe make & ordeine this my p[re]sent testament Conteyning here in my last will in manner and forme following viz first I give & bequeath my soule in to the handes of Almightie god my maker & onely Reedemer And my body to the Earth to be buried in Christian buriall It[e]m I give & bequeath unto Eme [this name was abbreviated] my wife All that my mesuage or tenement wherin I nowe dwell wth all the howses & buyldinges yardes orchardes gardens & back sides to the same belonging used or occupied together wth all my free hold landes meadowes pastures & feedinges whatsoever wth all & singuler thappurtenances scituate & being in Parringdon aforesaid To have & to hold all the said p[re]misses wth all & singuler theappurtenances unto her the said Eme her Executors & Assignes during the terme of her Naturall life and untyll the feast of St michaell Tharchangell then next following She the said Eme & her Assignes keeping & mayntayning wth all thinges Necessarye my sonne will[ia]m, And after the decease of the said Eme my wife and aft[e]r the feast of St michaell Tharchangell then next following I will all the said p[re]misses wth all & singuler Thappurtenances shalbe and Remayne unto my sonne will[ia]m, and to the heires of his body lawfully begotten or to be begotten for ever And for default of such yssue [issue] I will all the said p[re]misses wth thappurtenances shalbe and Remayne unto my two grandchildren James Andrewes & Basell Andrewes and to the heires of their two bodyes lawfully begotten or to be begotten for ever And for default of such yssue, then I will all the [a crease in the document has partially obscured the next one or two words, but it probably stated “said p[re]misses”] wth theappurtenances shalbe & Remayne unto Elizabeth Casse of Stapelford [the aforementioned creased has obscured the next one or two words] the cou[n]tye of Essex wid [probably widow] during the terme of her Naturall life and then to Remayne to her two youngest sonnes Edward Casse & John Casse & their heires for ever It[e]m I ordeine & make the said Eme my wife my full & whole Exeuctrix In witnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seale in the p[re]sence of James Fogg And George Harrison
Robt Howe [his mark]
The parish registry of St. Mary the Virgin Church in Great Parndon, Essex included the following records ES31:
Nicholas Howe, the son of John Howe, was baptized on November 24, 1549 ES31.
Nicholas Howe married Elizabeth Farlone on January 29, 1549/50 ES31.
Thomas Howe “beinge a strannger” was buried on November 22, 1557 ES31.
Thomas Howe, the son of Thomas Howe, was baptized on July 21, 1559 ES31.
Thomas Howe married Margaret Luke (alias Ramson) on November 12, 1590 ES31.
Agnes Howe, the wife of John Howe of Neteswel (probably the nearby parish of Netteswell), was buried “about St James tide” (probably about July 25) in 1604 ES31.
Mary Howe, the daughter of John Howe, was baptized on February 26, 1608/9 ES31.
Sarah Howe, the daughter of John Howe, was baptized on April 20, 1612 ES31.
Sarah Howe, the daughter of John Howe, was buried on November 14 (this date is questionable), 1612 ES31.
Thomas Howe was buried on November 21, 1613 ES31.
“Old mother Howe of Lukes greene widdowe” was buried on April 14, 1616 ES31.
Joane Howe married James Andrewes on December 5, 1619; the record noted that they were “both of this parish” ES31.
Katherin Howe married Bennett Ramsey on October 31, 1621 by a license ES31.
Basil Andrewes, the son of James Andrewes, was baptized on October 13, 1622 ES31.
Joane Andrewes, the wife of James Andrewes, was buried on December 26, 1624 ES31.
Marie How married Thomas Sigens on May 1, 1634 ES31.
Robert Howe was buried on December 30, 1637 ES31. This was probably the Robert Howe who wrote his will on February 26, 1624.
William How was buried on August 20, 1638 ES31.
Elizabeth How married Thomas Hunt on May 20, 1639 ES31.
Magdalen Laver in Essex:
The baptisms, marriage, and burials of several How/Howe families were recorded in the register of St. Mary Magdalen Church in Magdalen Laver ES32, which is a parish located about eight miles south of Hatfield Broad Oak. The clerk often recorded the father’s name in the christening records, which was helpful because it demonstrated that there were several distinct How families. As before, a transcript of a will has been included here. John Howe, a husbandman of Magdalen Laver, wrote his will on October 1, 1591 which was proved on March 6, 1591 (1591/2) ES34. John mentioned his wife, Joan, and his sons, Robert and Thomas (Thomas was younger than twenty-one), and he also mentioned two people whose relationship to him was unstated, who were Elsabeth Ingalls and Laurence Gaywoode ES34. For research purposes, this will has been transcribed below, and the Magdalen Laver parish records follow. The will of Hohn Howe stated ES34:
In
the name of god Amen the first daye of october & in the xxxiijth
yeare of the Raigne of oure Soverige Ladye Elyzabeth by the grace of god of
Englande France & Irelande Queene defendor of the Faythe &c/ I John
Howe of magdalen Laver wthin in the countye of Essex husbandeman,
beinge sicke in bodye but whole in mynde in good & perfect remembrance Laude
& prayse be geven unto almightie god therfore: doe ordayne & make this
my Last Will & Testament, in man[n]er & forme followinge, that is to
first & princypally I geve and bequethe my soule unto almightie god my
maker, and Jesu christ my redemer, & the holye ghost my sanctyfer, three
parsons & but on [one] eternall god, & my body to be buryed in the p[ar]ishe
churche yarde of magdalen Laver afore said: Item I geve and bequethe unto Joan
my wif, & Rob[er]t my sonne, the Lease of my house, duringe all the whole
tearme & space of those yeares therin conteyned & specyfyed./ Item I
geve & bequethe unto Thomas my son x li to be payde at the age
of xxjtes yeares, by the handes of my Executors herafter named &
if it fortune the saide Thomas to dye, be fore the end & tearme
of xxjtes yeares, be fully exspyred [expired] & ended, then my
will is that v li shalbe equallye devyded betwyxt my two daughters vz
[viz] Ales & Anne./ wthin on [one] yeare after after the
diseasse [decease] of the said Thomas./ Item I geve & bequethe unto
Elsabeth Ingalls x s immediatlye after my disceasse/ Item I geve
& bequethe unto Laurence Gaywoode other x s to be payde wthin
on yeare after my deathe:/ Item I geave & bequethe unto Joan my wif all my
houshoulde stuffe & goodes beinge & conteyned wthin my
house. Item I geve & bequethe all the rest of my goodes & catles
[chattels] bothe movable & unmovable unbequethed, unto Joan my wif &
Rob[er]t my sonne, whome I doe make executors of this my Last will &
Testament, and for the better acco[m]plyshment herof I doe appoynte Rob[er]t
Thurgood my lanlorde & Edwarde Wels, to be over seers of the same, to see
that all thinges be done & p[er]formed accordinglye, & they to have
there paynes ij s vj d apeece./
These benge witnesses his marke at the delyvery herof
John his marke Howe
Robert Thurgood & Roger moores clerke
I have arranged the following records from the parish registry for St. Mary Magdalen Church in Magdalen Laver, Esssex in chronological order, and after this section of records from 1568 until 1635, I created family groups based on who I thought their father may have been ES32:
Thomas Howe was buried on March 24, 1568 ES32.
Katherene Howe, the daughter of Stephen Howe, was baptized on April 28, 1578 ES32.
John Howe was buried on October 9, 1578 ES32.
Phillip Howe was baptized on April 25, 1583 ES32.
Joane Howe, a widow, was buried on August 8, 1583 ES32.
Willia[m] Kinge, the son of Agnes Howe, was baptized on December 24, 1583 ES32.
Alice Howe married Lawrence Gaywood on October 28, 1589 ES32.
John Howe was buried on February 7, 1591/2 ES32.
Steven How of High Onger was buried on January 14, 1624/5 ES32.
Thomas How was buried on October 7, 1629 ES32.
Jane How, a widow, was buried on October 1, 1635 ES32.
Agnes Howe, the daughter of John How, was baptized on September 28, 1561 ES32.
Joane Howe, the daughter of John How, was baptized on April 6, 1565 ES32.
Alice Howe, the daughter of John Howe, was baptized on August 7, 1568 ES32.
Humfrie Howe, the son of Willia[m] Howe, was baptized on September 5, 1565 ES32.
Richard Howe, the son of Willia[m] Howe, was baptized on June 1, 1572 ES32.
Willia[m] Howe was buried on February 7, 1572/3 ES32.
Robert Howe, the son of John Howe, Jr., was baptized on February 2, 1570/71 ES32.
Thomas Howe, the son of John Howe, Jr., was baptized on April 21, 1575 ES32.
Humphrie Howe married Jane Hopkyn on June 29, 1590 ES32.
Rob[er]t Howe, the son of Humphrie Howe, was baptized on April 18, 1591 ES32.
Jane Howe, the daughter of Humphrie Howe, was baptized on February 3, 1593/4 ES32.
Thomas Howe, the son of Homfrey Howe, was baptized on August 26, 1599 ES32.
Elsabethe Howe, the daughter of Homfreye Howe, was baptized on January 16, 1602/3 ES32.
William Howe, the son of Homfrey Howe, was baptized on February 24, 1605/6 ES32.
Richarde Howe, the son of Homfrey Howe, was baptized on December 27, 1608 ES32.
Anne Howe, the daughter of Homfrey Howe, was baptized on April 11, 1613 ES32.
Humphre How was buried on March 8, 1625/6 ES32.
Robert Howe married Eme Jugold on April 8, 1598 ES32.
Joan Howe, the daughter of Robert Howe, was baptized on April 1, 1599 ES32.
William Howe, the son of Robert Howe, was baptized on November 25, 1604 ES32.
Susan Howe, the daughter of Robart Howe, was baptized on May 28, 1609 ES32.
Susan Howe, the daughter of Robert Howe, was buried on July 2, 1612 ES32.
Rycharde Howe married Barbarye Brumhead on October 28, 1601 ES32.
Anne Howe, the daughter of Richard Howe, was baptized on February 13, 1602/3 ES32.
Joane Howe, the daughter of Richard Howe, was baptized on March 10, 1604/5 ES32.
John Howe, the son of Richard Howe, was baptized on January 1, 1607/8 ES32.
Richard Howe, the son of Richarde Howe, was baptized on June 13, 1614 ES32.
Robert Howe may have been a relation of James Howe and/or Thomas Howe. James Howe, a glover of Hatfield Broad Oak, was mentioned in the Quarter Sessions Rolls during Epiphany in 1607; this roll indicated that George Stacye, a yeoman of Great Hallingbury, and James Howe, a glover of Hatfield Broad Oak, had recognizances for Thomas Howe, a shoemaker of Sheering, to keep the peace toward James Dyer ES24. The nuncupative will of James Howe, a glover of Hatfield Broad Oak (“Hatfeld Brodoke”), occurred on the last day of December, 1608, and named his daughter, Dorothie, his brother, William, his godson and nephew, James Howe, and his father-in-law, Henry Clarke ES23. This will was witnessed by John Fuller and William Bennet, and was probated on April 5, 1609 (“Probatu[m]... quinto die me[n]s[i]s Aprilis Anno dm [domini] 1609”) ES23:
In the name of God Amen The Last day of December Anno Dm [Domini] 1608 And in the Sixt Yeare of the Raigne of or Sov[er]aigne Lord Kinge James of England &c James Howe of Hatfeild Kinges al[ia]s Hatfeld Brodoke in the countie of Essex Gover (being in extreme sicknes & lieng on his Death bed) Did by worde of mouth make utter & p[ro]nownce his testamt or will nuncupative in mann[er] following (that is to say) First he menc[i]oned & willed to his Daughter Dorothie All his freehold Landes in Hatfeild aforesaid And also all his goodes & moveables whatsoev[er] She paying all his debts whatsoev[er] And if the said Dorothie should decesse wthout issue of her bodie lawfully to be begotten Then he gave & willed his said Landes to his brother Will[ia]m Howe for t[er]me of his naturall life And after his decesse to remayne to James Howe (his godson) sonne of the said Will[ia]m & to the heires of his bodie lawfully begotten & for want of such issue then the said Landes to remayne to the right heires of him selfe the said James the testator for ev[er] And he named his said Daughter Dorothie to be Executor of his will & named his father in lawe Henry Clarke to be ov[er]seer, This he published in the p[re]sence of John Fuller & Will[ia]m Bennet of much Hallingbury, In witnes whereof the said two witnesses have hereto sett their handes & m[ar]kes
The m[ar]ke of John Fuller
The m[ar]ke of Will[ia]m Bennett