Person:Edward Howe (2)

Elder Edward Howe
chr.1 Jan 1587/88 Boxted, Essex, England
m. 1585
  1. Elder Edward Howe1587/88 - 1644
  2. _____ HoweBef 1589 - 1589
  3. Mary Howe1591/92 -
m. 16 Aug 1610
  1. Edward Howe1611 - 1611
Facts and Events
Name[1] Elder Edward Howe
Gender Male
Christening[1] 1 Jan 1587/88 Boxted, Essex, England
Marriage 16 Aug 1610 Boxted, Essex, Englandto Margaret Welles
Emigration[1] 1633
Residence[1] 1633 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Other[1] 14 May 1634 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Will[1] 13 Jun 1644
Death[1] 24 Jun 1644 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesFrom inventory.
Estate Inventory[1] 24 Jun 1644 Untotalled, included £202 50s. in real estate.
Probate[1] 25 Jul 1644 Will proved.

Last Will & Testament

From "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills upon Record in the County of Suffolk, Ms." NEHG Register 3:77:

Edward How. 1644, June 3. I doe make this my last will I do thus dispose of my estate. First I give to Nathaniell Treadaway about three acres of Upland lying behinde his dwelling house and one acre unbroken before ye said house with nine acre purchased lately of John Vanah further I give to my wife, Nathaniel Treadaway & Anne Stonne ye wife of John Stonne of Sudbury ye wares with all yr previldges therto belonginge & all yt is due to me from Mr. Thom: Mayhew: to either of them one third part. I give to Mary Knowlse & Elisabeth Knowlse each of them one sheep. And all ye rest of my esate, housings Lands Chattles & Moveable goods & Debts I give to my wife. If she shall not make use of or dispose of my estate during her life what she Leave Anne Stonne shall have one third part of all ye Cattle & all ye rest of ye Cattle housinge Lands Debts & movables I give to Nathaniell Treadaway: my wife Nathaniel Treadaway & John Stonne Executors of this my last will: & I do appoint John Sherman Supervisor of this my last will. & I give unto him fifty shillings to be paid by my wife in half a year after my Decease. By me Edward How. witness John Sherman who was sworne ye 25 of ye 5th 44 in Court.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Edward Howe, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    2:1013-16.

    ORIGIN: Boxted, Essex.
    CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Watertown church prior to 14 May 1634 implied by freemanship. In 1639 Henry Jackson of Watertown gave Edward Howe of Watertown, "one of the Elders of the Church there" a power of attorney to receive all Jackson's debts [Lechford 192].
    FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 [MBCR 1:369].