JOHN HOWARD, son of John; m. Sarah, dau. of Robert and Susanna (Winslow) Latham of B., now E. B., 1678. He then settled in Joppa in E. B., and lived on the spot where Dea. Keene afterward lived. While there, his father and friends at W. B. would speak of Joppa as, "down at John's," "John's bridge," "John's river," so that these designations were later adopted in the records. After the death of his father, he sold his house and farm to his uncle Edward Mitchell in 1703, and went back to W. B. to live. He inherited from his father, his house and barn, together with a large tract of land, and various lots of outlying land. He occupied the house, and conducted it as a tavern until 1726. He had six children.
