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Descendants of John Howard

Generation No. 1

1. LIEUTENANT JOHN¹ HOWARD^1,² was born Bet. 1616 - 1625 in England ³, and died 1700 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts³. He married MARTHA HAYWARD^3,⁴ April 06, 1657 in Dennis, MA⁴, daughter of THOMAS HAYWARD and SUSANNA TOWNE. She was born January 01, 1631 in Aylesford, Kent, England⁴, and died Bef. October 15, 1701 in Bridgewater, MA⁴.

Notes for LIEUTENANT JOHN HOWARD:
for younger more conciliatory men to take the organization and

52 Kingsbury, History of Dakota Territory, 2:1103-4.

53 Kingsbury, History of Dakota Territory, 2: lllO.

54 Kingsbury, History of Dakota Territory, 2:1111.

-28- MARTHA M. BIGELOW MARCH

adjust it to the changing times. It was perhaps well that those
stalwarts who by their inflexibility and refusal to compromise had
done so much to shape the party shuld pass from the scenes.
Zachariah Chandler and Jacob M. Howard had already died, and
now William Alanson Howard joined them in Elmwood Ceme-
tery at Detroit. It was the end of a political era.

WILLIAM ALANSON HOWARD'S FAMILY

AND DESCENDANTS

Earl D. Babst

IN WEST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS, on Howard Street, a building
containing a Howard alcove, was erected in 1900, in memory of the
original proprietors and early settlers of Bridgewater. The building is
the original headquarters of The Old Bridgewater Historical Society.

In the Howard alcove a memorial tablet displays the following inscrip-
tion: "John Howard, A native of England, settled in Duxbury, and was
enrolled able to bear arms, 1643. An original proprietor of Bridgewater,
he took the oath of fidelity, 1657. One of the first military officers of
the town. Ensign, 1664. Lieutenant, 1689. Licensed to keep an
ordinary, 1670. Chosen a selectman of Bridgewater, 1678; and a
deputy to the General Court, 1678-1683. Died 1700. Brave, just
and patriotic, a representative of the Old Colony, he set a noble example
to a numerous posterity."-1

William Alanson Howard

Children of JOHN HOWARD and MARTHA HAYWARD are:

	i.	JOHN² HOWARD, d. Unknown; m. SARAH DEAN; b. November 09, 1668, Taunton, MA; d. Unknown.
	ii.	SARAH HOWARD, d. Unknown.
	iii.	JAMES HOWARD, b. 1645; d. Unknown.
	iv.	ELIZABETH HOWARD, b. 1647; d. Unknown; m. EDWARD FOBES; b. 1651; d. 1732.
	v.	BETHIAH HOWARD, b. 1650; d. Unknown.
2.	vi.	EPHRAIM HOWARD, b. 1667, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; d. August 11, 1750, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
	vii.	JONATHAN HOWARD, b. November 09, 1668; d. Unknown; m. SUSANNAH KEITH, January 08, 1689, Bridgewater, MA; b. March 10, 1671; d. 1689.

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