Additional Notes of Thomas Howes
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He was one of the three original proprietors of Yarmouth. He settled at Nobscusset on the north side of Cape Cod, which afterwards became part
of the town of Dennis. Aug 1643 was able to bear arms in Plymouth (was between 16-60 years of age). 2 Jun 1646 was foreman of the Grand Jury. 7 Jun 1648 he was foreman of a jury. 7 Jun 1651 he was on a jury. 7 Jun 1652 named as a Deputy to the General Court from Yarmouth. 5 Oct 1652 he was appointed to receive the oil for the county, by the Colonial Treasurer. 6 Jun 1654 he was on the Grand Jury. 5 March 1656/7 it was accused that he and Anthony Thatcher had purchased lands of Janno, an Indian Sachem, and had not paid. 8 May 1657 Mashantampaine, Sagamore of Yarmouth, acknowledged that he had recieved full compensation. 5 Oct 1658 deed was recorded of a purchase of land in Yarmouth from Barbara and Capt. Myles Standish. 9 Jun 1662 was on the committee to take the Colonial Treasurers Account Will dtaed 26 Sept 1665 He made his wife Mary executrix. He gave certain lands to his sons Joseph, Thomas, and Jeremy after his wife's decease. (Cape Cod Library, Volume I, Thomas Howes of Yarmouth, Mass., and Some of His Descendants) 1635-6, with his wife Mary Burr, came to America. Having spent 1637-8 in Salem, they settled in that part of Yarmouth which is now Dennis, on Cape Cod. THOMAS HOWES and his wife Mary Burr settled in Nobscussett, Yarmouth, MA, March, 1639. He died in 1665, aged 75 years. It has been estimated that from this pair there are now 5,000 descendants in the United States. (Howes Genealogy, page 3-4) Thomas Howes and his wife Mary Burr the progenitors of the Howes family in this country came from the County of Norfolk in England and settled in that part of Yarmouth now Dennis known as Nobscussett about the year 1639. They were in Salem Mass two years before or in 1637 where they first landed. They brought with them three sons Joseph Thomas and Jeremiah the last born on the passage over or son after arrival. It is well established that he was a man physically strong and robust of good moral character possessed a fair education and was largely endowed with good common sense. That his character and standing was excellent in the community where he lived is proved by the prominent part he took in the formation of the township where he located and the many official duties he was elected to perform in the work of perfecting and developing its interests . His three sons Joseph Thomas and Jeremiah proved to be worthy sons of a noble ancestry. Source: Genealogy of the Howes family in America: Descendants of Thomas Howes ... By Joshua Crowell Howes, Page 7 Rootweb Notes of Thomas Howes |