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(II) Isaac, fifth child and third son of John and Mary Howe, was born in Sudbury, August 8, 1648, and died December 9, 1724, aged seventy-seven. He married (first), June 17, 1671, Frances Woods, who died May 14, 1718; (second), December 2, 1718. Susannah Silby.
(III) John (2), son of Isaac and Frances (Woods) Howe, was born in Marlborough, Septem- ber 16, 1682, and died May 19, 1754, aged seventy- two. He married, November 3, 1703, Deliverance Rice, of Sudbury.
(IV) Benjamin. son of John (2) and Deliver- ance (Rice) Howe, was born in Marlborough, De- cember 14, 1710, and died October 20, 1757, aged forty-seven. He married, February 4, 1732, Lucy Amsden.
(V) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (1) and Lucy (Amsden) Howe, was born in Marlborough, October 17, 1751, and died March II. 1831, aged eighty years. He married Abigail Howe. (Men- tion of their son, Winthrop, and descendants appears in this article.)
(VI) Jeroboam, son of Benjamin (2) and Abi- gail (Howe) Howe, was born in Marlborough, April 1, 1800. During his active adult life he re- sided in Lowell, where he was engaged in farming and stone contracting. He died there in 1884, aged eighty-four. He married, in Londonderry, Abigail Plummer, who was born in Londonderry.
(VII) George Windsor, eldest son of Jeroboam and Abigail ( Plummer) Howe, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, September 28, 1828, and worked in shoe factories in Marlborough and Fayville, Mas- sachusetts, the greater part of his life, leaving that employment in 1900 to live on a farm in Fayville, where he now resides. He married Clarissa Ann Wyman, who was born in Londonderry, New Hamp- shire, daughter of Elbridge and Clarissa (Griffin) Wyman, of Londonderry. Four children were born of this union: Warren G., Lizzie C., Nellie F. and Alice C.
(VIII) Warren G., eldest son of George W. and Clarissa (Wyman) Howe, was born in London- derry, New Hampshire, November 24, 1852, and at- tended the common schools until he was sixteen years old. He then began work in the L. A. Howe shoe factory in Marlboro, Massachusetts, where he was employed three years, when he began work in the S. H. Howe shoe factory, with whom he con- tinued until'1881, when he removed to Nashua. New Hampshire, and was made foreman of the stitch- ing room of the Estabrook-Anderson Shoe Company and still holds that position, which at the present time (1907) he has filled twenty-six consecutive years. Mr. Howe is a member of the Unitarian Church and endeavors to live up to the teachings of religion and sound morality. He sympathizes with the unfortunate and does what he can to re- lieve the poor and distressed. He is vice-president of the Protestant Orphanage, and a trustee of the John M. Hunt Home. and in the conscientious discharge of the duties of these offices, finds opportunity to help the deserving and needy. He is a member of Rising Sun Lodge, No. 39, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of which he is past master, and Mer- idian Sun Royal Arch Chapter, No. 9; and of Gran- ite Lodge, No. 1, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows : also a member of Governor Wentworth Col- ony, Order of Pilgrim Fathers.
He married (first), October 31, 1877. at Marl- boro, Massachusetts, Winifred M .. daughter of Wil- liam Savery, of Wareham, Massachusetts, who died March 23, 1904. Married (second), September 26,
1906, Emma B. Babbitt, of Craftsbury, Vermont, born January 14, 1867, daughter of Hiram and Emeline ( Horner) Babbitt. Children by first mar- riage: Wyman R., born January 19, 1880, a tele- graph operator of Newport, Rhode Island: Marion S .. born February 2, 1881; now Mrs. Harry Wood- bury, of Hopedale, Massachusetts.
(VI) Winthrop, eighth child and fifth son of Benjamin (2) and Abigail (Howe) Howe, was born in Marlboro, August 12, 1795.
(VII) George Winthrop, son of Winthrop Howe, was born in Pelham, Massachusetts. He was eni- ployed in the shoe factories of Marlborough and Grafton, Massachusetts, where he was very useful. as he was a skillful man, familiar with the work in the departments of the business. He married ( first ) Harriet F. Coburn, daughter of James Coburn. of Warren, Maine; (second) - Drury, of Grafton, Massachusetts. George W. and Harriet F. (Co- burn) Howe, had two children: Everett C., whose sketch follows, and William A. By his second marriage he had one child, Alfred M.
(VIII) Everett Chase, son of George W. and Harriet F .. (Coburn) Howe, was born in Marl- borough, Massachusetts, April 2, 1871. He was educated in the public schools of Marlborough, where he prepared for college. He entered Har- vard University, where he pursued the course of study until he reached the senior year. when he left that institution and began the study of law in the office of William 'N. Davenport, Esq .. of Marlborough. He read there a year and a half, until the outbreak of the Spanish war in 1898, and enlisted in Company F, Sixth Massachusetts Infantry, and went to Porto Rico where he served one year. Retttrning to the states he resumed the study of law in the office of Albert S. Wait, Esq., and in June. 1901, was admitted to the bar at Con- cord, New Hampshire. In October following he opened an office in Littleton, where he has since practiced with success. In politics he is a Repub- lican. In 1903-04 he served out an unexpired term as a member of the school board. In 1903 he was appointed special agent of the state license commis- sion, where he served until May, 1906, when he re- signed. Mr. Howe married, September 18, 1902, at Newport, New Hampshire, Louise C. Barrett, who was born August 27, 1876, daughter of Frank and Grace E. Barrett, of Newport, New Hampshire. They have one child, Charles F., born in Littleton, June 4, 1903.
(II) John (2), eldest child of John (1) and Mary Howe, was born 1640, in Sudbury, and resided in Marlboro, Massachusetts, where the birth of his children are recorded. It is presumed that he had other children born before his settlement in Marl- boro. He was killed by the Indians in Sudbury, April 20. 1676, and his house and buildings were destroyed by the same enemy. He was married January 22. 1662, but the christian name of his wife, Elizabeth, is all that is preserved. Their children born in Marlboro were: John. David and Elizabeth. Others were born in Sudbury (men- tion of Josiah and descendants appears in this article). His brother. Samuel Howe, was proprietor of the farm in Sudbury. Massachusetts, on which sat the noted Howe Tavern, made famous by Long- fellow in his "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
(III) John (3), eldest known child of John (2) and Elizabeth Howe, was born September 9, 1671, in Marlboro, and spent his life in that town. His will was made in 1752. and the inventory of his estate, made in 1754, foots tip five hundred and
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thirty-five pounds, which was a great property in that day. His first wife. Rebecca, died September 22, 1731, and he was married June 18, 1740, to Ruth Eager, who was born December 20, 1694, daughter of Zachariah Eager. His children were all men- tioned in his will, namely : l'eter, John, Sarah, Ebe- nezer Rebecca. Mary. Hannah, Seth, Elizabeth, Eunice and Dorothy. These were all the children of the first wife.
(IV) Peter, eldest child of John (3) and Rebec- ca Howe, was born May 8, 1695, in Marlboro, and died in that town, October 18, 1778, in his eighty- fourth year. He was married December 24, 1718, to Grace Bush, who was born May 3, 1696, daugh- ter of Abial and Grace (Bennett) Bush, of Marl- boro. She died December 10, 1770. Their
children were : Ezra, Nehemiah, Kezia, Eb- enezer, Mary, Rebecca, Peter, Rhoda and Ruth. Rebecca became the wife of Eliakim Howe and set- tled in Henniker. They were the parents of Rev. Tilly Howe, who graduated from Dartmouth Col- lege in 1783.
(V) Ezra, eldest child of Peter and Grace (Bushi) Howe, was born March 22, 1719, in Marl- boro, and lived in that town until a few years be- forc the Revolution, when he removed to Henniker, New Hampshire, and there died April 4, 1789. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war. He married Phœbe Bush, who was born March 3, 1729, a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Randall) Bush. She died August 1I, 1813. Their children were: Sarah. Nehmiah, Phobe, Eli, Micah, Lydia, Judith, Aaron and Moses.
(VI) Nehemiah, eldest son and second child of Ezra and Phœbe (Bush) Howe, was born March 5, 1752, in Marlboro. In his youth the family removed to Henniker. New Hampshire. He resided for a time in the northern part of that town, and subse- quently lived in Lyme and Woodstock, this state, and died in Thetford, Vermont.
(VII) David, son of Nehemiah Howe, was a na- tive of either Woodstock or Lyme, New Hampshire, and settled in Thetford, Vermont. devoting the ac- tive period of his life to tilling the soil. Informa- tion at hand, which is probably based upon family tradition, states that he was descended from the original proprietor of the old "Howe Tavern" at Sudbury, Massachusetts, made famous by the poet Longfellow, in his "Tales of a Wayside Inn." John Howe, the emigrant, who is thought to have come from Warwickshire, England, was in Sudbury as early as 1639 and took the freeman's oath there in 1640. He was one of the original settlers of Marlboro, Massachusetts. The tavern was opened by the latter's son John in 1666, and for about two hundred years was a noted place of public enter- tainment. A descendant of the tavern-keeper set- tled in Henniker, New Hampshire, and was the progenitor in this state of the Woodstock Howes, some of whom became residents of Thetford, Ver- front, including the above-mentioned David. David Howe was an active member of the Congregational Church and a lay preacher. Among his children were Henry, Lorenzo and William.
(VIII) William, son of David Howe. was born at Thetford in 1807. He was a blacksmith by trade and followed that calling for many years in his na- tive town, where he died in 1873. He married Sa- rah Bastoon, of New York City, who was of Ger- man parentage. She became the mother of ten children, but four of whom lived to maturity, name- ly: Almira, who became the wife of Percy Green ; Hamilton Tyler, who will be again referred to; Ellen, who is the wife of H. A. Watson of Pacific
Grove, California, and Henry, who died about 1888, at Thetford, Vermont. The mother of these chil- dren died in 1872.
(IX) Hon. Hamilton Tyler, son of William and Sarah (Bastoon) Howe, was born in Thetford, April 19, 1849. After concluding his attendance at the Thetford high school he served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, which he followed for a short time, and he was also engaged in the manti- facture of lumber. In 1871 he went to Oakland, California, where he spent three years in the pro- vision business, and ttpon his return to Thetford turned his attention to the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds, which he carried on for about fifteen years. Removing from Thetford to Hanover in 1888 he engaged in the livery business, and for a time conducted two establishments, but having disposed of one of these he is at the present time giving his exclusive attention to the Allen street stable, which is well equipped for a general livery and hacking business. He also runs a stage line from Hanover to Lebanon. From 1894 to 1901 he was proprietor of the Wheelock House (now the Hanover Inn). In addition to his livery business he conducts a farm of one hundred and fifty acres. Mr. Howe is one of the most prominent Republi- cans in western New Hampshire, having presided over the Hanover Republican club for a period of ten years. and he has long and faithfully served the town, county and state in an official capacity. For fourteen years he was deputy sheriff, was mod- erator at town meetings in Hanover for ten years, and from 1901 to 1905, was a member of the lower house of the state legislature. He is now serving in the state senate from the second district, and in addition to being chairman of the committee on elec- tions is a member of the committees on labor, the revision of the statutes relative to corporations and others. He is past noble grand of Good Samaritan Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having occupied for four terms all of the important chairs in that body, and he is a member of Golden Rod Lodge of Rebekahs. Hanover, Morning Star En- campment and Canton Hanover, Patriarchs Militant, Lebanon. He is also a past master of Grafton Star Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and a member of Mascoma Valley Pomona, and the New Hampshire State Granges. He attends the Congregational Church.
In 1883 Mr. Howe was joined in marriage with Nellie E. Moody, daughter of William E. and E. (Wallace) Moody, of Post Mills. Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Howe have two daughters, Effie N. and Amy E. The former is a graduate of the Thetford Academy.
(III) Josiah Howe, fourth son and sixth child of John (2) and Elizabeth How, was born in 1650. in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He settled in Marl- borough, and married, March 18, 1672, Mary, daugh- ter of Deacon John Haynes, of Sudbury. Josiah Howe. died 17II, and his estate was administered by his widow. Subsequently she married John Prescott. Josiah Howe was a soldier in King Phil- ip's war, and was one of those who rallied to the defense of the town when attacked by the Indians. His children were: Mary (died young), Mary (died young), Josiah, Daniel and Ruth.
(IV) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (I) and Mary (Haynes) Howe, was born in Malborough. 1678. settled there, and married. June 14, 1706. Sarah Bigelow. He married (second). November 22, 1713, Mary Marble. The children of Josiah and Sarah (Bigelow) Howe. were: Phineas, Abraham and Rachel. The children of Josiah and Mary
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(Marble) Howe were: Sarah, Mary, Josiah and Jacob.
(V) Phineas, son of Josiah (2) and Sarah (Bigelow) Howe, was born in Marlboro, December 4, 1707. settled in Shrewsbury, North Precinct, and was admitted to the Shrewsbury Church. His farm was in what is now the town of Boylston. He was married March 22, 1732, at Shrewsbury, where he was living, to Abigail Bennett, who died in Boyls- con, August 22, 1784. He died there January 4, 1801, aged ninety-three years and twenty days. Their children, all born in North Precinct and baptized in the Shrewsbury Church, were : Phineas. Beza- lcel, Silas, Abigail and Elizabeth.
(VI) Silas, third son and child of Phineas and Abigail (Bennett) Howe, was baptized February 13, 1737. and settled in what is now Boylston, then the north precinct of Shrewsbury, where he was a farmer, and where he died October 10, 1817. His wife's baptismal name was Abigail, but her family name is unknown. She died January 18, 1813, aged sixty-nine years. Their children were: Levi. Eph- raim, Silas, Abraham, Abigail, Persis, Tamer and one who died in childhood unnamed.
(VII) Ephraim, second son and child of Silas and Abigail Howe, born about 1760, settled in Hollis, New Hampshire, where he cleared up a farm and passed his life. His wife's name was Mary, as shown in the record of their children's birth, namely: Nich- olas, Ephraim, Mary. John, Joseph, Sarah, Isaac and Samuel.
(VIII) John, third son and fourth child of Eph- raim and Mary Howe, was born October II. 1782, in Hollis, and was a pioneer, like his father, and set- tled in Whitefield, New Hampshire, whence he re- moved in Carroll. same state, in 1828. He lived there till his death, September 25. 1868, at the age of eighty-six years. At the time of his settlement there the country was almost a primitive wilderness, and when he grew up he followed almost the only vo- cation open to him-farming-and made it his life employment. He had but a limited literary educa- tion, but he possessed a large share of good common sense, experience and executive ability, was a good neighbor, and an honest man, and his townsmen put him in various offices where he served to the benefit of the town and to his own credit. He married Sarah Jewell, by whom he had nine children, as fol- lows: Jonas, Louisa, Abagail, Thomas R., Lucy, Mitchell W .. Hester, Silas and Eliza.
(IX) Silas, son of John and Sarah (Jewell) Howe, was born in Whitefield, Coos county, New Hampshire, July 14. 1822. and died November 4, 1905, aged eighty-three. He, like his father, grew up on a farmi, but fitted himself for the less labor- ious vocation of school teacher, and followed it for a number of years. He was attentive to his work, and prospered in his farming and had that plenty which makes an independent farmer the most inde- pendent man in the world. He was a veteran of the civil war and served from April. 1864, until the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge. He held various town offices, among which was that of superintendent of schools. He was a staunch mem- ber of the Free Will Baptist Church, like his father before him. He married Julia, daughter of David and Betsy Gilman, of Carroll. She was born in Washington. Vermont, July 5, 1829, and still lives in Carroll, (October, 1907), aged seventy-eight years. Nine children were born of this marriage: Ellen, Zeeb. George. Mary, Maria, Ann, Alice L., Laura J. and Sarah J.
(X) Zeeb, eldest son of Silas and Julia (Gilman) Howe, was born in Carroll, August 24. 1850. He
remained with his father until seventeen years of age, attending school and doing his part in the performance of the labor on the farm. After leav- ing home he went to St, Johnsbury, Vermont, and was there employed five years in the Fairbanks shops as a polisher. In 1876 he resumed farming at Car- roll, and carried it on until 1889, when he was ap- pointed assistant postmaster at Twin Mountain by William A. Barron, and at the same time was in the employ of Barron. Merrill & Barron as night clerk. In 1807 he received the appointment of post- master, and held it ten years, until 1907. In poli- tics he is a Republican. He has been town treasurer and clerk for ten years past, and superintendent of the check list for some time. He married, July 23, 1870, Hattie M. Thompson, who was born in Bos- ton, Massachusetts. April 20. 1843, daughter of Isaac and Maria (Wocdruff) Thompson, of Carroll. Five children have been born of this union, only one of whom. Stella survives. She married, October 14, 1903, Richard J. Smith, of Carroll.
(Second Family.)
(I) Abraham Howe. cmigrated from HOWE England and was admitted a freeman in Roxbury, May 2, 1638. His wife, whom he married in England, and whose maiden name does not appear in the records. died in Rox- bury in December. 1645, during a period of mortal- ity described by Eliot as the saddest that town had yet known, and he removed to Boston where his death occurred November 20, 1683. His children were: Abraham, Elizabeth, Sarah, Isaac, Deb- orah. Israel and probably others.
(II) Abraham, eldest child of the preceding Abraham, was born in England and emigrated with his parents. He was married in Watertown, May 6, 1657, to Hannah Ward, daughter of William Ward and in 1660 became a landed proprietor in Marl- boro. His children were : Daniel. Mary. Joseph, Hannah. Elizabeth, Deborah, Rebecca, Abraham, Sarah and Abigail.
(III) Joseph. third child of Abraham and Han- nah (Ward) Howe, was born in Watertown, in 1661. and died September 4, 1700. He was a large landholder in Watertown, Lancaster and Marlboro. On December 29. 1687, he was married in Charles- town to Dorothy Martin, who bore him six children, namely: Sarah, Eunice, Bethia, Joseph, Abraham and Jedediah.
(IV) Joseph, fourth child and eldest son of Jo- seph and Dorothy ( Martin) Howe. was born in Marlboro, February 19. 1697, and died there Feb- ruary 18. 1775. February 20, 1722, he married Zer- viah, daughter of Captain Daniel Howe: she died December 10, 1723. He married (second). July 12. 1727. Ruth Brigham, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Brigham. Her death occurred October 14. 1781, in her eighty-seventh year. His will was dated July 16, 1770, and probated March 14. 1775. His chil- dren were: Zerviah, Joseph, Dorothy, Dinah. Thad- deus, Elizabeth, Samuel, Phineas, Artemas and Mi- riam.
(V) Joseph, eldest child of Joseph and Ruth (Brigham) Howe, was born February I, 1728. He was married May 21, 1751, to Grace Rice, who was born in 1730. daughter of Simon and Grace Rice. He died September 26, 1800, and his widow died Jan- uary 23. 1816. The twelve children of this union were : Lovina, Reuben, Simon. Samuel, Lucy, Eli, Hepsibah (died young), Daniel. Joseph (dicd young) Miriam. Ilepsibah and Joseph.
(VI) Daniel, fifth son and eighth child of Joseph and Grace (Rice) Rowe, was born June 1, 1764. In the spring of 1795 he went from Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, to Springfield, Vermont, locating in
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district No. II, where he cleared a productive farm. He died in Springfield, August 9, 1818. On March 13, 1790, he married Elizabeth Patch, who was born May 3, 1770, and he died May 21, 1862, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. Their children were: Elizabeth, Eli (died young), Hannah, Eli, Daniel and James, who were born in Fitzwilliam; Isaac, Lewis, Achsah and Huldah, who were born in Springfield.
(VII) Lewis, sixth son and eighth child of Dan- iel and Elizabeth (Patch) Howe, was born in Springfield, July 2, 1804. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed that calling for many years in his native town. He died November 5, 1880. He married, April 6, 1828, Laura Smith, and her death occurred September 12, 1886.
(VIII) Franklin Lewis, son of Lewis and Laura (Smith) Howe, was born in Springfield, 1837. He was an able mechanic, and going to Keene in 1856, entered the employ of the Keene Furniture Com- pany, with whom he remained continuously for a period of forty years. He died in Keene, 1903. He was married to Maria H. MacIntosh, and reared two sons-Frederick E. and George F.
(IX) Frederick Eugene, eldest son of Franklin L. and Maria H. (MacIntosh) Howe, was born in Keene, June 30, 1864. He attended the public schools including the high school and after the completion of his studies he learned wood carving. From 1889 to 1894 he was employed by the Keene Furniture Company, and for the ensuing two years carried on the wood-carving business on his own account. Some ten years ago he purchased the M. White Pho- tograph Studio, and has ever since devoted his time and energies to photography, which has proved an excellent opportunity for the development of his ability as an artist. In politics Mr. Howe is a Re- publican, and has participated actively in both civic and military affairs, having served as ward clerk, member of the common council two years and of the board of aldermen for the same length of time, and is at the present time acting as moderator in ward four. For two years he was quarter-master sergeant of the Second Regiment, New Hampshire National Guard, and receiving the appointment of regimental quarter-master he served in that capa- city continuously with credit for nine years. His efforts in developing the artistic tastes of the cum- munity have been attended with good results, and he is now president of the Keene Art Club. He at tends the Unitarian Church. He was married to Susie S. Buffum, who was born in Keene, April 19, 1865, and is a representative of a highly reputable family which was established in New England early in the Colonial period.
(I) Robert Buffum and his wife Thomasin, who were of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1638. are supposed to have emigrated from Yorkshire, Eng- land, in 1634, and he died in 1679.
(2) Caleb, son of Robert and Thomasin Buf- fum, was married in Salem, March 26, 1672, to Han- nah, daughter of the first Joseph Pope.
(3) Benjamin, son of Caleb and Hannah Buf- fum, was born in 1686.
(4) Benjamin, son of the preceding Benjamin, was born in 1716. He resided in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
(5) Caleb, son of Benjamin Buffum, was born in 1759, and died in 1803, August 15, 1784, he mar- ried Tamer Gaskill, daughter of Jonathan Gaskill. She died and he subsequently married her sister Hannah. She survived him and married for hier second husband Stephen Raymond, of Royalston, Massachusetts.
Her death occurred in 1856, at the
age of eighty-seven years. The children of her first union were: Polly (married Calvin Forbes), Caleb, Silas. James, Elizabeth (married Enoch Met- calf, of Royalston), Benjamin and Gaskill.
(6) James, third son and fourth child of Caleb and Hannah (Gaskill) Buffum, was born in 1792, and died a nonogenarian in Keene. He was a pros- perous farmer of Royalston for many years. His first wife was Ruth Bliss, and his second was Fran- ces A. Fifield. His children were: James (died young), Ruth B., Caleb T., Mary B., Sarah A., George B., James, David P., Charles, Emily W., Susan and Caroline.
(7) Caleb Talbot, second son and third child of James and Ruth (Bliss) Buffum, was born in Royalston, June 4, 1820. He completed his educa- tion at the Keene Academy, and became a wellknown merchant tailor of that city. For some time he was a member of the city government, and was represen- tative to the state legislature two years. He was also active in benevolent and philanthropic work, and a member of the Humane Society. On April 19, 1843, he married Susan R. Gilmore, daughter of Lewis Gilmore, of Charlestown, this state. She died December 21. 1854. Of this union there was one daughter, Ella A., who died at the age of six- teen years. He was married a second time Febru- ary 23, 1857, to Sarah A. Stratton, daughter of Asa Stratton, of Greenfield, Massachusetts. She be- came the mother of two children: Frederick Lin- coln, born November 14, 1860, died December 5, 1867, and Susie S., who became the wife of Fred- erick E. Howe, as previously stated. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Howe are: Reginald F. and Bar- bara.
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