Re: Was Mary Burr actually the wife of Howes and Prence?
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Was Mary Burr actually the wife of Howes and Prence?
Olive Hoffman 2/25/11
I am V.P.f Howes Family Association. We have been searching for Thomas Howes' English roots since 1987. There is a new 2006 Howes Genealogy book. We always have used Mary (Burr) as no one really knows her maiden name. The following is excerpt from a web publication - "Thomas Howes was born in 1590 in Norfolk, Eng., and came to Lynn, Mass. in 1637. He was one of the three original grantees of Yarmouth in 1638. He lived at Nobscusset, on the north side of Cape Cod (later called Dennis). He was representative to General Court from Yarmouth in 1652 and for six years following. He married in England about 1630, Mary __ (no proof has been found that she was Mary Burr). She died Dec. 9 1695 in Yarmouth. He had died in Oct, 1665, aged 75. His will, dated Sept. 26, 1665, proved Mar. 1666, mentions his wife Mary and three sons. His widow, Mary, married, second, in 1668, Gov. Thomas Prence, his fourth wife. [407]"
Thomas Prence will mentions a chest (Howes - Prence Chest) that Mary had brought with her. So you are correct, if that helps.
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Re: Was Mary Burr actually the wife of Howes and Prence?
Olive Hoffman 3/25/11