Edward Howell1

M, #817, b. 22 July 1584, d. circa 1653
Last Edited: 26 Mar 2012

Parents:

Father: Henry Howell1 d. Jul 1625

Family 1:

Frances (?)

Children:

Henry Howell1 b. 20 Dec 1618
Margaret Howell+1 b. 24 Nov 1622
John Howell1 b. 22 Nov 1624
Edward Howell1 b. Sep 1626
Margery Howell1 b. 1 Jun 1628
Richard Howell1 b. 1629

Family 2:

Eleanor (?)

Children:

Notes

  • Immigration*: 1639; Massachusetts
  • Note*: "disposed of considerable estates in Buckingham County in 1639...came in 1639, with his family to Boston...removed to Lynn, where he had a grant of 500 acres...1639-40 a new settlement was projected on Long Island, of which he seems to have been the leader...and to the last year of his life, he was always a magistrate (1640-1653) and a member of the Colonial Legislature at Hartford (1647-1653)...built at Southampton, in 1648, the house...Edward Howell's wife Eleanor was administratrix of his estate October, 6, 1665."1

Citations

  1. [S306] Moore, James W., Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island, and Some of His Descendents (Raston, Penn.: Chemical Publ. Co., 1903).   Moore--Rev-John-Moore.pdf
  2. [S138] Ely, Reuben Pownall, Warren Smedley Ely and Daniel Brittain Ely, compiler, An Historical Narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye Families; who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the Province of West Jersey 1678-1683 with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America. (New York: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1910).   Ely--Ely-Revell-Stacye.pdf