- Martha Hall, married 1770 Joseph Howard 3rd.
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Martha Hall, daughter of Major Henry Hall, Jr., and Elizabeth Watkins, married Joseph Howard, 3rd; son of this union married Susannah Bowie.
- Their son, Allen Bowie Howard, married Ann Maria Spence.
From this line came
- John Spence Howard, who married Mary Eliza Hodges;
- Sarah Maria Howard, who never married; and
- Allen Bowie Howard, Jr., who married Rose Alexander.
John Spence and Mary Eliza Hodges Howard had the following children:
- Edith and Anna Spence (twins) died young;
- Anna Maria Spence died young;
Mary Eliza [Hodges] Howard, died 1899;
John Spence Howard, married [2nd] Jeanette E. Broome, two children,
- John Spence Howard, Jr.,
- Thomas Broome Howard;
- Margaret Allen Howard, married George Norvell Thompson, no children.
- Sophie Howard married Maurice Raymond Thompson; one daughter, Mary Howard Thompson.
- James Hodges Howard married Dorothy Snowden Bowen; issue, Dorothy Snowden Howard, Mary Elizabeth Howard.
Joseph Howard, 3rd, and Susannah Bowie Howard, had other children, namely,
- Dr. Joseph Howard, who married Ellen Claggett; their children all died in infancy.
- Thomas Contee Bowie Howard, who married Margaret Louise Spence; issue
--- Capt. T. C. B. Howard, married first Sallie Stephens; issue Edwin S. Howard.
--- He married second Agnes G. Murray; issue T. C. B. Howard, 3rd, and Agnes Howard.
Margaret Howard, daughter of Joseph, 3rd, and Susannah Howard, married Dr. Thomas Duckett and had eight children. I have not this line as yet. Mr. Howard Duckett of Hyattsville, Md., is one of the descendants of this line. Dr. Thomas Duckett married second, his first wife’s sister, Elizabeth Howard, but had no issue as the result of this union.
Issue of Joseph Howard, 3rd, and Elizabeth Susannah Bowie:
- Dr. Joseph Howard, married Ellen Claggett.
- Thomas Carter Bowie Howard married Margaret Louise Spence.
- Margaret Howard married Dr. Thomas Duckett.
- Elizabeth Howard married Dr. Thomas Duckett after her sister’s death.
Issue of Thomas Carter Bowie and Margaret Louise Howard :
- T. C. B. Howard, Jr., married first, Sallie Stephens and second, Agnes G. Murray.
- Margaret Louise Howard married Nicholas T. Watkins.
Issue of Capt. T. C. B.. Howard, Jr., and Sallie Stephens:
- Edwin S. Howard.
Issue of Capt. T. C. B. Howard and Agnes Murray:
- Thomas C. B. Howard, 3rd.
- Agnes Howard.
Issue of Margaret Louise [Howard] and Nicholas J. Watkins:
- One child which died young.
Margaret Howard and Dr. Thomas Duckett had 8 children.
Elizabeth Howard and Dr. Thomas Duckett had no children.
