Howard, Pelatiah

Notes:

John Howard, with his brother James, came from England and settled in
Duxbury; he was among those able to bear arms there in 1643. James, it
is said, went to Bermuda, and John came to W. B., and was one of the
proprietors and original settlers in the town a. 1651; was young when
he came over, and it is said, lived in Capt. Miles Standish's family;
was a man of much influence in the new plantation; one of the first
military officers in Bridgewater; took the oath of fidelity here 1657;
his descendants still own and live on the place where he first
settled; he always wrote his name Haward, and so did all his
descendants till after 1700, and the early town records are
conformable to this spelling; but for the last century it has been
invariably written Howard. It is remarkable that the two names of
Hayward and Haward, which have always been known as distinct families,
were uniformly pronounced alike, Howard. They were perhaps the same
originally, and both Hayward; but, in writing, John omitted the Y.
There was supposed to have been some connection between the families,
but perhaps it arose altogether from intermarriage, as John m. Martha
, D. of Thos. Hayward, and was a younger man even that Thomas Hayward,
Jr.--He d. about 1700.--He had John, James, Jonathan, Elizabeth,
Sarah, Bethiah, Ephraim.--Elizabeth m. Edward Fobes.--Sarah m.
Zaccheus Packard.--Bethiah m. Henry Kingman.--He was licensed to keep
an Ordinary or Tavern as early as 1670, and it is remarkable that a
public house has been kept there by his descendants ever since till
within a few years.

,, p. 147. Immigrant ancestor to Duxbury, MA,prior to 1643, later moving to Bridgewater.

John married Hayward, Martha on 6 Apr 1657 in Dennis, Barnstable Co., MA. Martha (daughter of Hayward, Thomas and Towne, Susanna) was born about 1635 in Aylesford, Kent, England; died before 15 Oct 1701 in Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John came from England to Duxbury, Massachusetts at age 15.

James married Cooper, Mary. Mary was born about 1604. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas and Susanna Hayward left County Kent, either Maidstone or
Aylesford, in 1634, from Sandwich aboard the Hercules, under command
of Capt. John Weyherly, bound for the plantation called New England.
They settled, with five children in Ipswich, MA He was a tailor.
Cecil McDonald Howard
USA - Thursday, September 25, 1997 at 10:23:43 (EDT)
Thomas Hayward with his wife Susanna, came from Aylesford, England.In
1635 they came to the colonies on the "Hercules" and settled in
Duxbury around 1638. He might have come as early as 1632 on the
"William and Francis" and then returned to England before his
finaltrip in 1635. He was one of the original proprietors of
Bridgewater.He had Thomas; Nathaniel; John, m. Sarah Mitchell; Joseph,
m. Alice Brett and Hannah Mitchell; Elisha; Mary, m. Edward Mitchell;
Martha,m. John Howard. He had a brother John who settled first in
Plymouth,and afterwards in Dartmouth. He was made a freeman in 1646.
His will was dated 1678.

Info from Warren Alieff, 4 Aug 88, who obtained it from charts by Alice Brown, a friend of Annie Drummond Rogers.

Thomas married Towne, Susanna before 1632 in Aylesford, Essex, England. Susanna (daughter of Towne, William and Blessing, Joanna (Jone)) was born before 20 Oct 1625; was christened on 20 Oct 1625 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; died in 1678 in Bay Colony, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some sources list Susannah as the daughter of William Towne and Joanna
Blessing, born Abt. 1625.

Notes:

William and his wife Joanna deeded land to son Joseph in 1663, when he
was about to marry Phebe, daughter of Thomas Perkins.

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There are conflicting/alternate dates listed by these sources, with no resolution:

NEGHR: Chr. at St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Nor., Eng.18 Mar 1598/90. NEHGR v.21, p. 16. Towne Genealogy, p. 21, TowneFamily, p. 14, 18-20. "About Towne" v. III, #3, p.57. "Ancestry of Sarah Johnson" by Walter Goodwin Davis, p. 37-43.

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Administratation granted 24:4:1673 to Johana Towne on the estate of Wm Towne, her late husband, and she was to bring in an inventory to the next Ipswich court.

Salem Quarterly Court Records 5:66

Petition for settlement of a small estate left the undersigned by their father, who died ten years ago leaving no will, but left his estatein the
hands of their mother who was appointed admininistratrix and the estate remained unsettled until her death, and now they desire that the following division may be allowed: the land to be divided equally to his three sons, Edmund, Jacob, and Joseph and the moveables equally to the three daughters, Rebecka, Mary and Sarah; also the three brothers to pay all debts now due and what charges shall after arise in settlement of the estate to be equally borne by all six.

Adted Jan 17, 1682. Signed by Mary (her mark) Towne relict ofEdmond, Jacob Towne, Josep (his mark) Towne, Francis (his mark) Nurs with theconsent of Rebeka, Mary (her mark) Esty, formerly Mary Towne, Sarah (her mark)Bridges.

Witness:

John How, John Pritchet
Allowed by the court at Ipswich April 10, 1683
Ipswich Deeds, vol4, page 515

William married Blessing, Joanna (Jone) on 25 Mar 1620 in St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. Joanna (daughter of Blyssynge, William) was born in 1599 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; died in 1682 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Topsfield, Salem, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]