Onincy. Children: I. George N., born No-
vember 8, 1803. married, October 18, 1855,
Cornelia T. Cutter. 2. Francis E.. October 5,
1807, married, December 20, 1837. Lois M.
Knox. 3. Eunice Maria, February 11, 1810,
mentioned below. 4. James O., August 3.
1812. married, October 17, 18^7. Harriet Fair-
field.

(XTH) Eunice Maria, daughter of Nathaniel
Faxon, was born February 11. 1810, in Boston.
She married ( first ) October 5, 1827, Dr. Will-
iam Grigg, born May 30, 1805, died 1836, son
of John and Maria ( Pell ) Grigg. She mar-
ried (second) May 31, 1838. William A. Weeks,
born in Portsmouth. New Hampshire, January
30. 181 2, died June 20, 1854. son of William
and .Abigail (Hubbard) Weeks. She married
(third) June 25. 1856, James H. Weeks, bom
in Portsmouth, May 5. 1810, brother of her
second hu.sband. Children, born in Boston :
I. Mary Pell Grigg, born May 31, 1834, adopted
by her grandfather, Nathaniel Faxon, and her
name changed to Mary Josephine Faxon : mar-
ried Edward W. P'orbush. (.See Forbush and
Johnson). 2. Eunice Maria Weeks, born July
28, 1839. married Horace H. Coolidge ; chil-
dren : William W. Coolidge, married

Mills; Lulie, married Alfred Hurd ; two chil-
dren : Marjorie, graduate of Radcliffc College,
and John, now at Harvard College ; Alice,
unmarried : Charles H., deceased.

(The Forbush Line).

Daniel Forbush, immigrant ancestor, is be-
lieved to have come from Kinellar, Scotland,
the son of Daniel Forbush. w-ho died there in
1624. He was born about 1620 and was prob-
ably one of the .Scotch soldiers defeated by
Cromwell at the battle of Dunbar, and sent by
him to the .American colonies, where he escaped
with his brother William to Maine. The first
record of Daniel Forbush (Forbes or Farra-
bus) in this country is found in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, when he married, March 26,
1660, Rebecca Perriman. who is supposed to
have been a sister of Thomas Perriman, of
Weymouth, an apprentice in 1652 of Mrs.
Dorothy Hunt, and of l-'rances Perriman, who
married, June 8, 1654, Isaac .Andrew, of Cam-
bridge. On February 27, 1664. and March 17,
1665, Daniel Forbush was granted land af



Cambridge which he sdd March 19, 1671, and
removed to Marlborough, His name is spelled
"Farrabus" in the deed. He could not write /
and probably could not spell better than many /
of his neighbors. The early records give a
multitude of variations in the spelling of the
name, which in later generations has been
spelled generally P^orbush or Forbes,

Daniel Forbush settled in Marlborough not
far from 1681. His wife died May 3, 1677,
and he married (second) May 23, 1679, Deb-
orah Rcdiat, of Concord, daughter of John
and .Ann Rediat, of Sudbury. He died Octo-
ber, 1687, at Marlborough, and his widow mar-
ried (second) Alay 22, 1688, .Alexander
Stewart. Children of first wife, born at Cam-
bridge; I. Daniel, March 20, 1664. married
Dorothy Pray. 2. Thomas. March 6, 1667,
mentioned below. 3. Elizabeth, March 16,
1669. 4. Rebecca. Concord, February 15,
1672. married Josej^h Byles ; died January 28,
1/68. 5. Samuel, 1674. Children of second
wife; 6. John, 1681, married Martha Bowker.
7. Isaac. October 30, 1682. 8. Jonathan, March
12, 1684. married Hannah Holloway ; died
March 24, 1768.

(II) Deacon Thomas, son of Daniel For-
bush. was born in Cambridge. March 6, 1667,
died in May, 1738. He removed to Marl-
borough and resided probably in that part of
the town which was later set off as West-
borough. He was one of the founders of the
Westborough church, chosen deacon October
28, 1724, and signed the covenant next after
Ebenezer Parkman, the minister. His wife
was dismissed from the Marlborough to the
Westborough church, July 25, 1725. His will
was dated July 17, 1733, and allowefl Alay 11,
1738. He was elected one of the first selectman
of Westborough in 1718, was moderator of
the town meeting; in 1721 was town treasurer;
in 1729 was one of the trustees to receive
paper money for the colony and to loan it to
the citizens. He married Dorcas Rice, born
January 29^, 1664, died March 24, 1753, daugh-
ter of Edward and Anna Rice, and grand-
daughter of Edmund Rice, the immigrant.
Children; i. Aaron, born April 3, 1693, mar-
ried Susanna Morse, 2, Thomas, October 14,
1695. mentioned below, 3. Tabitha, April 6,
1699, married, February 2, 1727, Samuel
Hardy. 4. Rebecca, February 25, 1701, mar-
ried, January 29, 1720, .Simeon Howard, 5,
Eunice, February 13, 1705, married, August
22, 1727, Cornelius Cook,

(III) Deacon Thomas (2), son of Deacon
Thomas ( i ) Forbush, was born in Marl-



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borougli, October 14, 1695, and resided in
W'esthoroiigh. He died intestate before 1783,
when the heirs agreed to a division of the
estate. He was a leading man of the town,
selectman many years, and town clerk several
years. He was admitted to the church De-
cember II, 1726, and his wife December 21,
1727. He married, January 6, 1719, Hannah
Bellows. Children: i. Samuel, born October

30, 1 7 19, married Margaret . 2. David,

June 20, 1720, died young. 3. David, October
20, 1721, mentioned below. 4. James. 5.
Hannah, August 4, 1723, married, June 19,
1746, Jonas Warren. 6. Thomas, April 23,
1725, died December 5, 1726. 7. Dorcas, Feb-
ruary 28. 1727, married, December 18, 1749,
Oliver Whitney. 8. Thomas, ]\Iarch 27, 1729,
died February 22, 1731. 9. Ebenezer, April
27, 1 73 1, married Lucy Bowker. 10. Hepzibah,
June 3. 1733, died July 15, 1734. n. Eliza-
beth, June 4, 1735, died August i, 1736. 12.
John. .May 2, 1737, died November 24, 1743.
13. .Abigail. July 27, 1739, died October 2. 1740,
(I\') David, son of Deacon Thomas (2)
Forbush, was born October 20, 1721, died in
Sejitember, 1787. He was Ijrought up on his
father's farm in Westborough, and soon after
his marriage settled in Grafton where he
bought the Ebenezer Flagg house on George
Hill. In 1784 he erected a new house. During
the revolution he was a member of the com-
mittee of safety. He was in the train band in
1757, and .April 19, 1775, was in Captain
.Aaron Kimball's com[)any. Colonel Artemas
Ward's regiment, which marched to Lexington
on the alarm. His will was proved March 4,
1788. He married in Westborough, May 4,
1749, .Anna Whitney, baptized March 29, 1730,
died January 4, 1785, daughter of Nathaniel
and Mary Whitney, and sister of Eli Whitney,
the inventor of the cotton-gin. Children: i.
Annali. born July 7. 1750. married, October 28,
1779, John \\'arren. 2. John, L'pton, Decem-
ber 20, 1 75 1, died September 7. 1757. 3. David,
.April 18, 1754, married Deliverance Goodell.
4. Jacob, I'ebruary 20, 1756. died March 3,
175^- 5- Abigail, May 2, 1757, married l^eon-
ard I'righam. 6. Lois. September 27, 1759,
married \\'right. 7. Jonathan. Febru-
ary 22, 1762. married Betsey Hayden. 8.
Jemima, May 21, 17(14. married. May 5, 1791,
Sylvanus Morse. 9. Silas, May 19, 1766. men-
tioned below. 10. Joel, July 29, 1768, died
September 20, 1776. 11. Ruth. November 15,
1770, died young. 12. Benlah, married, April
25. 17*)'). Silas Hardy. 13. Mary, born Sep-
tember 2. 1776, married Daniel Leland.



(V) Silas, son of David Forbush, was born
in L'pton. May 19. 1766, died July 5, 1840.
Lie resided on George Hill, Grafton. In 1804-
05 he was a member of Captain Joseph Merri-
man's company of foot of the second regi-
ment. He married. May 14, 1788, Rhoda Fisk,
born 1767, died September 26, 1825, daughter
of William and Jemima (Adams) Fisk. Chil-
dren : I. Prudence, born October 26, 1789,
died unmarried April 13. 1865. 2. Joel, Octo-
ber 29. 1 79 1, married Ruth Eames. 3. Rhoda,
October 20, 1793, married. May 31, 1819, Jud-
son Southland. 4. Silas. November 17, 1795.
married Clarissa Eames. 5. Nancy, Novem-
ber 15, 1798, married, February 3, 1824,
Nathaniel Smith. 6. Jonathan. March 10,
1802. mentioned below. 7. Calvin W., Sep-
tember 8. 1805, married Elizabeth Fisk. 8.
Mary Ann, July 8, 1810, married, September
21, 1832, Leland Bacheller.

I \'I ) Jonathan, .son of Silas Forbush, was
born in Grafton, March 10, 1802, died July
1 1, 1882. He was brought up on the farm and
atten<Ied the district school. Before the age
of twenty he went south and was for some
vcars engaged in business at Charleston, South
Carolina. In 1828 he was engaged in the shoe
and leather trade in Boston at 12 North Market
street. He remained in Boston in this business
for more than twenty years, being located in
turn at i \'ernon street, 2 Blackstone street,
and residing at 23 Bowdoin street. He was
one of the original directors and managers of
the Shoe and Leather Dealers' Bank which
was formed in 1836. He was an active mem-
ber of the Bowdoin Street Congregational
Church. In 1848 he purchased a large estate
at Bolton from S. \". S. Wilder, and carried
on this estate the remainder of his life. He
was a man honored in the community for his
high principles and strict integrity. He mar-
ried ifiist) September 7, 1829, Louisa Wood,
who died May 11, 1837. He married (second)
June 13, 1855, Carrie Waters, born January
17, 1826, died Augu.st 7. 1886. ChiUlren : i.
Theodore Llenrv. bom October 15, 1831, died
October 5, 1886. 2. Edward W., October 6,
1833, mentioned below. 3. Walter J., June 8,
1856, died June 16, i860. 4. Caroline Louise,
October 7,1. i860. 5. Harriet W., June 10,
1865.

(\'ll) Edward W.. son of Jonathan bor-
bush, was born October 6. 1833, died Decem-
ber 18, 1880. He resided in Boston. He
graduated at Harvard in 1854 and subsequently
engaged in business until 1872. He was some-
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several newspapers were scholarly i)roductions.
He married. November 8, 1858. Mary Jose-
phine Faxon. (See Faxon \ 111). Children:
I. Ada. born August 28, 1859. 2. Josephine,
March 3. 1864, married Samuel Johnson (see
Johnson Mil). 3. Katherine. November 23,
1865, died November 2, i8f)G. 4. Maria. Octo-
ber 7, 1867.

Samuel Stowell. immigrant
STOW ELL ancestor, was born in Eng-
land about 1620. He was
mentioned in the famous Hobart Diary as liv-
ing in Hingham. Massachusetts, as early as
1649. and was then a proprietor of that town.
He married. October 25. 1649, at Hingham,
Mary Farrow, daughter of John and Frances
Farrow. He died November 9. 1683, and she
married (second) October 10. 1689, Joshua
Beal. Samuel Stowell's will was dated Octo-
ber 27. 1683. and proved June 30, 1684. The
inventory sliowed property valued at one hun-
dred and eighty-five pounds. His home was
on F"ort Hill street. (Children: i. :\Iary, born
October 16, 1653, married. February 25. 1682-
83. John Garnet. 2. Samuel. July 8, 1655,
resided at Hingham. 3. John. March 15, 1657-
58, resided in Hingham. 4. David. April 8.
1660. mentioned below. 5. Remember, April
22, 1662. married. March 16, 1687-88. Thomas
Remington. 6. Child, September 5. 1664. died
September 21 following. 7. William. Janu-
ary 23, 1665-66. 8. Israel, April 27, 1668, died
November 15, 1669. 9. Israel, August 10,
1670, settled in Newton: died 1725: weaver.
10. Elizabeth. June 7. 1673. married, December
14. 1699, George Lane. 11. Benjamin. June
3 or 8, 1676, resided in Hingham.

( II ) David, son of .Samuel Stowell, was
born in Hingham. April 8. 1660. He married

there December 4, 1684. , and removed

to Cambridge. Lie married (second) at Cam-
bridge. .April 7. 1695. Mary Stedman. who
died September 27, 1724. He afterwards set-
tled in Newton, where he was known as "Old
Stowell." and where he died. Children: i.
David, married (first) Elizabeth ; (sec-
ond) Patience ; died at Newton, Octo-
ber I or 21. 1724. 2. Benjamin, died at New-
ton, November 29, 1729. unmarried. 3. Samuel,
clothier: resided at Watertown ; died 1748. 4.
Ruth, married Osborne. 5. John, men-
tioned below. 6. Mary, married King.

(HI) John, son of David Stowell. was born
probably in Watertown, where his father lived,
about 1690. He married, November i. 1722,
Sarah Ford, of Weymouth. He settled at



^\"atertown and was a constable there in 1737.
He lived at Newton earlier and bought land on
the lioston road at Newton of Obadiah
Coolidge. March 5, 1718-19, removing to
Watertown after 1723. Apparently he hesi-
tated between Sturbridge and Worchester,
about 174X). John Stowell. of Watertown, sold
land at Sturbridge, December 2. 1742. to Amos
Shumway ; also to John Rion (Ryan) of Stur-
bridge. (October 26, 1742. In 1744 he was of
Worcester and sold more land at Sturbridge
to his son-in-law, David Curtis, of Sturbridge.
November 26. 1744. He bought his first land in
\\'orcester in 1743 of Abisha Rice, who inherit-
ed it from Thomas Rice. He mortgaged land
to Elizabeth Dudley, widow of William Dud-
ley. January 28, 1746, part of his Worcester
property. He mortgaged land to John Chand-
ler, April 13, 1754, at Worcester. Another
deed or mortgage to John Chandler is dated at
W'orcester, July 23, 1757. The homestead at
Worcester was deeded to his son Benjamin,
who contracted to support and care for his
father the remainder of his life for the prop-
erty, July 18, 1759. John Stowell and Thomas
Rice joined in a deed of ninety acres of land
which they bought of John Barber, November
28, 1752. The land was in Worcester and was
sold to Francis Cutting, of Shrewsbury. John
Stowell was of Worcester when he died in
1762 and his eldest son. John, of Petersham,
was administrator of the estate. The inventory
was made by Nathaniel Moore, Cornelius
Stowell and Nathan Perry, December 3, 1762.
As he had given away most of his property,
the estate was small. Children, born at Water-
town, except the eldest: 1. Sarah, born at
Newton. August 14, 1723, married, at Stur-
bridge, 1744. David Curtis. 2. John (not given
by Bond), 1726, settled in Petersham; mar-
ried Sarah . 3. James, born and died at

Watertown. July. 1728. 4. Benjamin, May 4,
1730, married, at Worcester. October 23, 1755-
Elizabeth Parker. 5. Hezekiah. December 25.
1732, mentioned below. 6. Jerusha, February
I, 1734-35. 7- Jemima, baptized March 6,
1736-37. 8. David, bajitized Ai)ril 6, 1740.

(IV) Hezekiah, son of John Stowell, was
born at W'atertown, December 25, 1732. He
married Persis Rice. Children: i. Levi, born
at Worcester. January 8, 1759. 2. Elijah,
Petersham, February 2, 1764. 3. Persis,
Petersham. .April 2. 1766. 4. Luther (perhaps
at Brookfield), mentioned below.

( \') Luther, son of Hezekiah Stowell, was
living in Woodstock, Connecticut, at the time
of his marriajre. .'\ branch of the Stowell



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family lived f(jr several generations at Pom-
fret, but Luther probably lived near the Stur-
bridge line. lie bought of Joseph Hyde, Jan-
uary 12, 1 80 1, a farm located jjarlly in Stur-
bridge, partly in the adjoining town of Brook-
field. He was called of Brookfield, April 3,
1809, when he bought land of Amos Rice, of
Brookfield, and May 9, 1809, when he bought
of Daniel Hathaway, of Sutton, (mortgage)
land on the west side of South pond. Luther
Stovvell deeded his farm to his son Luther Jr.
in 1823 and 1839. He built the house on the
homestead which is still owned by the family
and the house kept in good repair. He was a
farmer, and a leading citizen of the town. He
died in 1854. His will was dated May 28, and
allowed June 6, 1854. He married, March 12,
1796, Lucy Richardson, at Sturbridge. Chil-
dren: I. O'.Shea, born at Sturbridge, Febru-
ary 19, 1797. 2. Luther Jr., born December
22, 1798, at Sturbridge, "died at Brookfield,
.•\ugust 5, 1865; a prosperous farmer; repre-
sentative to the general court in 1840 and i860
and selectman of the town; married. May 11,
1827, So])hia Barret, of Brookfield; he left no
children and his large estate went to his
brothers and sisters. 3. Ephraim Childs, born
June 17, 1802, mentioned below. 4. Edward
T., born in Brookfield. 5. Lucy A., born in
Brookfield, married John Jennings. 6. Harriet
N., born in Brookfield, married William Mason.
(VI) Ephraim Childs, son of Luther Stowell,
was born on the homestead at Brookfield, June
17, 1802. He was educated there m the public
schools, and followetl farming during his youth
and early manhood. He removed to Chicago
in 1839, and was one of the pioneers in that
city. He bought a tract of land a few years
later in what was then considered as the south-
ern limit of the town, located on a canal con-
necting with the Chicago river and upon this
stream he built a saw mill and conducted an
extensive lumber business. ' He bought real
estate in other sections of the city and the
increase in its value as the city grew made him
wealthy. His business was prosperous also,
and lie continued until 1854, when failing
health compelled his retirement. He then
returned to Brookfield where he died March i,
1855. 'f^ was a very active and prominent
member of the First Presbyterian Church of
Chicago, of which he was one of the fcniiiders
and to which he gave generously until the time
of the anti-slavery agitation when the pastor,
Rev. Dr. Curtiss, declared his pro-slavery
views in a sermon which caused a great sensa-
tion nmnng his parishioners, an<l caused a



large section of those holding anti-slavery
views to leave the church and form a new
society. This new society — Plymouth Church
— was the first Congregational church of Chi-
cago, and Mr. Stowell was one of the prime
movers in its organization. He was foremost
in the controversy that followed the pro-slavery
sermon and he published a reply to Dr. Curtiss.
The effect of this movement, which resulted
in the establishment of Plymouth Church, was
far-reaching in its effeets upon public senti-
ment. It helped greatly to crystallize the
views of anti-slavery men. Mr. Stowell was
equally prominent in the great temperance
movement that swept over the country in the
middle of the nineteenth century. He was
zealous but never offensive in the support of
his principles. He was respected by all who
knew him, and especially by those associated
in business with him. Of sterling integrity,
upright character, sound judgment, attractive
personality, he was an eminently capable and
useful citizen. And in the family he was
honored and loved as a kind, indulgent father.
This is the heritage he left to his children, and
they cherish his memory.

He married. May 29, 1828. at Brookfield,
Mary Abbott, daughter of Captain Lewis and
Polly (Nichols) Abbott. Children, born at
Brookfield: i. Charles Abbott, born March
15, 1830, died in Shasta, California, January i,
1855. 2. Jane, born in Worcester, ^larch 13,
1832, married, October 4, 1854. Dr. Samuel
Rush Haven, surgeon in the civil war, of Chi-
cago. 3. ^[ary Ellen, born October 4, 1834,
died June, 1838. 4. Mary Ellen, born at
Maiden, August 23, 1838, married Hon. George
W. Johnson, of Brookfield (see Johnson VII).
5. Clara, born in Chicago, March 13, 1844,
died October 29. 1880: married S. G. W.
Benjamin, an artist and writer, son of Rev.
Xatlian and Mary (Wheeler) Benjamin, first
minister ajjpointed to Persia by the Ignited
States; one child, Edith, born in Salem, Mass-
achusetts, October 20, 1869. 6. Edward Le
Roy, born March 29, 1846, mentioned below.

7. Adelyn, born December 12, 1848. married
John Roper, of Chicago : children : i. John
Jr., cofTee grower in Orizaba, Mexico; ii.
I'^leanor, librarian at College Point, New York;
catalogurcr in Crerar Library, Chicago, many
years ; iii. Julia Avery, an artist in New York
City : iv. Thomas .-\very. student in Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology, class of 1910.

8. Frederick B., born June 27, 1850, married
Nellie Collar: six children, two of whom sur-
vive, namely: i. William, married Marguerite



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White; one child, Jane Haven, born 1905; ii.
Helen, married A. Bertram Garcelon ; one
child, Glenda Gay, born January 8, 1909 ;
resides at North Lovell. Maine.

(VH) Edward Le Roy, son of Ephraim
Childs Stowell, was born March 29, 1846,
died July 18, 1899. H*-' attended the schools
of Andover, Wilbraham and Westfield, Massa-
chusetts. He was with his uncle, Hanson
Abbott, in Milwaukee when the civil war broke
out and he enlisted at Madison, Wisconsin,
September 8, 1864, in Company A, Thirty-
eighth Regiment of Wisconsin, as a private
soldier. lie married, March 31, 1870, Jennie
Cook, of Brookfield. They sailed almost
immediately for Germany and lived in Tiibinzen
nearly three years, during which time he
studied medicine, but never practiced it. He
was also a writer of some ability. Previous
to this he had traveled some in Switzerland,
Gennany and England. Susequently Mr.
Stowell purchased an orange grove in Anona,
Florida, and cultivated it with great success ;
his death occurred there, and shortly after-
ward his widow, three daughters and youngest
son, removed to Tampa, where they now
(1909) reside. Children: i. Faith Haven,
born in Tubingen, Germany. 2. Hanson
Abbott, born in Tiibingen, Germany, is an
Episcopal clergyman and is settled at Bates-
ville, Arkansas. 3. Jennie, born in London,
England. 4. Mar)-, born in Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania, May 6, 1874, married Asa Lowe and
they reside in Tarpon Springs. Florida ; chil-
dren : Earl and Marion Lowe. 5. Edward,
born in Xorristown, Pennsylvania. September
25. 1875, 'I'^fl the following July. 6. Charles
Edward, born at Maywood, Illinois, October
14, 1882, where his parents resided for five
years, removing to Florida in January, 1883. 7.
Katharine, born in Florida. December 26. 1887.



John How Esq., of W'arwickshire,
HOWE h'ngland, was the ancestor of this
branch of the Howe family in
America, .'\ccnrding to Hudson, the Marl-
borough historian, the English ancestor was



descended from



How, of Hodinhall,



England, and related to Sir Charles How, of
Lancaster, Lancashire, England, of the days
of Charles I. The family name is certainly
English, and the family itself very numerous
and distinguished in the old country.

CIT) John (2), son of John (i) How, was
the immigrant ancestor and settled in Sudbury,
Massachusetts, as early as 1639. For several
generations the name was spelled without the



final "e," but the common spelling now is
Howe. John How was selectman of Sudbury
in 1642 and in 1655 was appointed by the
minister and selectmen of that town "to see
to the restraining of the youth on the Lord's
Day." He lived in Sudbury nearly twenty
years. He was one of the petitioners for the
grant which constituted Marlborough, in 1755,
and sent there to live in 1657, the first white
man to make his home within the present
cit}- limits of Marlborough. His cabin
was near the Indian Plantation, and as
a neighbor he became well acquainted with
the natives. Hudson states that he used to
serve as arbitrator for them in cases of dis-
agreement and dispute. He opened the first
public house in Marlborough in 1670. He
died there in 1687 and in his will bequeathed
to his son Thomas among other items, "the
horse he troops on." His dwelling house was
situated a hundred rods from the Spring Hill
meeting house, a little east of the present road
from -Spring Hill to Feltonville. His wife
Mary died about 1687. Children: i. John,
born about 1640, married, January 22, 1662,



Elizabeth



killed bv Indians in King



Philip's war. 2. Samuel, October 20, 1642,
married. June 5, 1663, Martha Bent. 3. Sarah,
September 25, 1644, ■ married, June, 1667,
Samuel Ward. 4. Mary, June 18, 1646, died
young. 5. Isaac, August 8, 1648, married,
June 17, 1671, Frances Wood, 6. Josiah, 1650,
mentioned below. 7. Mary, June 18, 1651,
married, September 18, 1672, John Witherby.

8. Thomas, June 12. 1656, married (first)
Sarah Hosmer ; (second) Mrs. Mary Barron,

9. Daniel, June 3, 1658, died 1661. 10. Alex-
ander, December 29, 1661, died January fol-
lowing. II. Captain Eleazer, January 18,
1662, in Marlborough,

(HI) Josiah Howe, son of John (2) How,
burn in 1650 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and
died in 171 1. His estate was administered by
his widow. He was a soldier in King Philip's
war, and was one of those who rallied in the
defense of the town when attacked by the
Indians. He married, March 18, 1672, Mary
Haynes, daughter of Deacon John Haynes.
She married (second) John Prescott. Chil-
dren: I. Mary, born 1672, died young. 2.
Mary, May 4, 1674, died young. 3. Josiah,
1678, mentioned below. 4. Daniel, May 5,
1681. 5. Ruth, January 6, 1684, married
Bowker.

(IV) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (i) Howe,
was born in 1678 in Marlborough and settled
tliere. He married (first) June 14, 1706,



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Sarah Bigelow. He married (second) No-
vember 22, 1713, Mary ^klarble. Children of