Peter HOWE
Information obtained from FGS submitted by Zerviah G. SMith. Howe Genealogy by D. W. Howe page 36. Mormon Genealogies, F. H. SM 62 pages 90-93 Cache Genealogical Library, Logan, Utah.
Surname of Thankful underlined indicating that her surname is HOWE.
Information from FGS submitted by Zerviah G. Smith. Howe Genealogy by D. W. Howe page 79,80,81. F.H. S M 62 Cache Genealogical Library, Logan, Utah, p 90-92. Updated and corrected by FGS submitted by John Young Family Organization. Note: Howe Genealogies, p 81, lists a daughter Ruth as child XI, b 31 March 1784-5; Sanborn's "The Ancestry of President Brigham Young,: p 151 also lists a daughter Ruth as child XI, b. 31 Mar 1785, Middlesex, Mass. However, no record of her birth or christening has been found in the vital records of Middlesex County. "An exact copy transcribed from a writing" of Phinehas Howe does not list a daughter Ruth, and no signature of a Ruth is found on the quit-claim deed dated 16 October 1807, signed by the other heirs of Phinehas Howe. Nehemiah Howe md 30 Nov 1806 in Framingham, Ruth Eames, who was born in Framingham 30 Mar 1784 (Vital rec p 65). Evidently Ruth Howe, wife of Nehemiah, has been listed as his sister. Nehemiah's widow, Ruth Howe, died 7 Jul 1844 (Hopkinton vital rec p 429). No death of a Ruth Howe febore 1807 (date of the quit-claim deed) has been found. In her letter to her brother Phineas, Fanny lists only 10 children of Phineas and Susanna G. Howe--no Ruth. Because of these facts Ruth was left off the FGS.
He married Thankful Howe 9 Apr 1723 at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts . Thankful Howe was born at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts 15 Dec 1703 daughter of David Howe and Hepzibah Death .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Peter Howe
born 20 Aug 1724.
Thankful Howe
born 17 Oct 1726.
Lois Howe
born 7 Mar 1728/29.
Abigail Howe
born 15 Feb 1730/31.
Jotham Howe
born 23 Jul 1733.
Phineas Howe
born 22 Oct 1735.
Hepzibah Howe
born 27 Jun 1741.
David Howe
born 17 May 1744.
Nehemiah Howe
born 6 Dec 1747.
Peter Howe died 21 Nov 1756 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts .
Thankful Howe died 25 Jan 1766 at Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts .