Person:James Howard (134)

James Howard

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m. Jan 1781

Facts and Events

Name^[2]	James Howard
Gender	Male
Marriage	Jan 1781	Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United Statesto Susanna Johnson
Death^[1]	14 May 1787	Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States

References

↑ Nash, Charles Elventon, and Martha Moore Ballard. The history of Augusta: first settlements and early days as a town, including the diary of Mrs. Martha Moore Ballard (1785 to 1812). (Augusta, Maine: Charles E. Nash, 1904 [i.e. c1961])
p. 259.

[Mrs. Ballard's Diary]
1787. May.
14. I went to Mrs. Howard's when I heard of the Esqr's death. Esqr. Howard departed this life. A sudden change; he was well, and dead in about three hours.
16. I attended the funeral of Judge Howard and tarried all night with the widow. She complained of a sore throat. A large funeral.
↑ Nason, Emma Huntington. Old Hallowell on the Kennebec. (Augusta, Me.: Press of Burleigh & Flynt, 1909)
p. 26-28.

Disputes claims by Source:North, James W. History of Augusta from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time as to the origins of Judge Howard (Scotchman living in north of Ireland), claims he was an "English gentleman living in Boston". Children by first wife Mary: John b. 1733, Samuel b. 1735, Margaret b. 1738, William b. 1740; by second wife Susanna Cony: Isabella b 1781, James b 1783.