Person:Edmund Howard (6)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0089/g0000038.html#I68154

Edmund HOWARD Gent. "the Immigrant" ABT 1655 - 15 Mar 1713 ID Number: I68154

RESIDENCE: England and Charles Co. MD

BIRTH: ABT 1655, Norfolk, England DEATH: 15 Mar 1713, Charles Co. Maryland RESOURCES: See: [S2586]

Family 1 : Margaret DENT MARRIAGE: 26 May 1681, Somerset Co. Maryland +William Stevens HOWARD Notes

Colonial Families in the U.S.: "EDMUND HOWARD, "Gentleman", b. in England; m. in Somerset County, Maryland, 26th May, 1681, Margaret DENT, dau. of Thomas DENT, b. in Gisborough, England, circa 1630, d. in St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1676, and Rebecca WILKINSON, his wife; Justice of Somerset County, Maryland, 1689; Clerk of Charles County, Maryland, where he d. 1713; he was one of the earliest settlers of Maryland and was active in affairs civil and religious in that province. Torrence's Old Somerset County, p. 476 & 465, show that Edmund Howard, who with a William Howard, settled in Somerset County, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, before 1663. As to a connection with the other Howard's in Maryland & England, he does carry the Christian name (Edmund) common to the Howards of Norfolk in England.

Edward Hammond, & John Hammond were sons of Col. Mainwaring Hammond, who was one of the "Cavalier" companions of Captain Henry Norwood, whose vessel, the "Virginia Merchant" ran ashore on what is now the coast of old Somerset Co. in 1649, and their rescue was effected through the efforts of a young man named William Stevens, who settled in the community. (One of Edmund Howard's sons is named William Stevens Howard.) Edward Hammond became a compatriot and associate of Edmund Howard in Somerset County, afterwards, while John Hammond and his descendants, intermarried with the Howard's of Ann Arundel Co. In 1692 Edmund Howard was a Justice of Somerset County (Old Somerset p. 154), and about the same time, Edward Hammond and Peter Dent were among the military officers of the county. Probate records of Charles Co, MD, Book 1677-1717 pg. 335 show Edmund Howard Dec. 15 Mar 1713/4, George Dent & John Howard nearest relations. No other records re: William Howard who arrived in Somerset Co. with Edmund, except that he married Mary Hobday January 4, 1673 in Somerset Co. Ibid 396-7.

Children: 2 Rebecca HOWARD b: 12 SEP 1682 d: 6 JAN 1682/83 2 William Stevens HOWARD b: 3 NOV 1684 d: 1734 + Sarah BRISCOE 2 John HOWARD b: 1688 d: 22 MAR 1741/42 + Rebecca BROOKE 2 Thomas HOWARD b: 5 SEP 1690 2 Elizabeth HOWARD b: AFT. 1693 d: 1718 2 Edmund HOWARD , Jr. b: 30 AUG 1695 2 George HOWARD b: 18 MAR 1695/96 d: 1741 + Sarah SMITH d: 1752