7th Generation
John Howell, Sr. son of Jacob Howell and Sara Vernon, was born in 1710 in Goshen Twp, Chester County, PA, USA and died in 1774 in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA at age 63.
He married Ann Mechem, daughter of Francis Mechem and Ellen Peirce, on 20 March 1750/1 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was born about 1730 in Goshen Township, Chester County, PA, British Colonies and died on 23 Apr 1820 in Maytown, Lancaster, PA, USA at age 87.
Around 1760-1761 John Howell and Ann moved to Orange County, North Carolina. John Howell, Sr.'s estate inventory, dated 1774, shows his son, John Howell, Jr. as the administrator. John, Sr. lived on the Haw River at Back Creek in present-day Alamance County, then Orange. A reference in the court records speaks of a Howell's Ferry on the Haw River and it is likely that it was John, Sr's. ferry.
The child from this marriage was: Thomas Howell.
8th Generation
Jacob Howell, son of Richard Howell and Elizabeth Halsey, was born about 1674 in Southampton, Suffolk, Long Island, New York.
Jacob married Sarah Vernon on 17 Jun 1709 in Chester, Pennsylvania. She died 13 Nov 1750.
The children from this marriage were:
- John Howell, 1710 - 1774
- Jacob Howell, 1712 – 1768
- Samuel Howell, 1714 –
9th Generation
Richard Howell, son of Edward Howell and Frances Paxton, born 1629 in Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, Buckingham, England. Richard married Elizabeth Halsey about 1651 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York. He died 9 Nov 1709 in Southampton, Suffolk, Ny
Elizabeth Halsey was born 27 Sep 1635 in Kempstown, Bedford, England. She died in Southampton, Long Island, New York.
Children:
- Elizabeth HOWELL: Birth: 1655 in Southampton, Long Island, New York.
- David HOWELL: Birth: 1657 in Southampton, Long Island, New York. Death: 2 May 1684 in Southampton, Long Island, New York
- Richard HOWELL: Birth: 1659 in Southampton, Long Island, New York. Death: 1740 in Southampton, Long Island, New York
- Obediah HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1659 in Southampton, Long Island, New York.
- Hezikiah HOWELL: Birth: 1665 in Southampton, Long Island, New York. Death: 4 Dec 1744 in Southampton, Long Island, New York
- Ruth HOWELL: Birth: 17 Jun 1668 in Southampton, Long Island, New York. Death: 1709
- John HOWELL: Birth: 24 Jan 1670 in Mattituck, Suffolk, New York. Death: 20 Jan 1734 in Southold, Suffolk, New York
- Isaac HOWELL: Birth: 1672 in Southold, Suffolk, New York. Death: 1757/1759
- Daniel HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1674 in , Long Island, Ny.
- Jacob HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1674 in Southampton,Suffolk,Long Island, New York.
- Josiah HOWELL: Birth: 11 Jul 1676 in Southampton, Long Island, New York. Death: 23 Dec 1747 in Southampton, Long Island, New York
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NOTES: ay "at the seapoose." Joseph Pierson and Richard Howell were chosen at the town meeting on 6 March 1657 "to receave the hundred pounds for the townes vse of the Indians." Richard Howell was one of 40 individuals to received "half a pound of powder a peece delivered unto y undernamed persons out of ye magazen." Richard Howell was chosen town constable on 7 October 1661. In 1658, John Scott and his partners Richard Howell and Joseph Raynor agreed to have their difference with Mr. Stanborough arbitrated. He and Joseph Raynor deposed in a trial between Southampton and Southold.
"Mr. John Howell, Richard Howell and Joseph Raynor," partners in an alotment of land, were granted permission to fence a highway on 4 November 1661. In 1667, Joseph Raynor and Richard Howell signed a release to Richard Smith. In 1670, Joseph Raynor and Richard Howell were constables and overseers. Richard Howell conveyed to Robert Norris "in consideration of 11 years service by indenture well and truly performed, 5 acres of land at a place commonly called by name of Wickapogue, bounded east by the house lot of Matthew Howell, north by land of Obadiah Rogers, west by said Richard Howell, and south by highway" on 27 September 1678. Richard Howell sold 1/2 acre of land at Wickapogue to Obadiah Rogers on 14 October 1678. Richard Howell was chosen town trustee on 9 April 1694. Richard Howell was assessed at 74 pounds in 1696. Richard and Elizabeth Howell appear in the 1698 census of Southampton residing next to their son, Richard, Jr., and his family. Richard Howell was assessed at 81 pounds on 27 february 1698/9, and at 67 pounds on 14 January 1700. The gift of the home lot to his son, Richard Jr., on 2 April 1709 is the last record of Richard Howell.
Richard Howell appears frequently in the Southampton records in relationship to whaling. Joseph Raynor, Richard Howell, Thomas Cooper and Samuel Dayton were sued for trespass by John Cooper "concerneing theire takeing away whale off from the beach." Mr. John Howell, Richard Howell and three others were empowered to make an agreement with the Indians on payment under an agreement with Captain Topping. Richard Howell was listed in a squadron "for cutting of dead whales" on 23 March 1667. In 1668, an order was issued regarding a complaint of Joseph Raynor, Richard Howell and Anthony Waters regarding whaling rights.
No contemporary record names all the children of Richard and Elizabeth Howell. Of their daughters only Ruth is named as such in the town records. It is evident that there was another daughter, the Elizabeth Howell who was married at Southampton on 18 March 1673/4 to Joseph Marshall. Five sons, David, Richard, Isaac, Josiah and Hezekiah are identified in the Southampton records. It is evident from the records that Richard in his later life, after the death of Isaac and David, was settling his property on his surviving sons, Richard, Josiah and Hezekiah. It is evident that Richard Howell had no other surviving sons.
From the census taken in 1698, we find Richard, his Unknown, Elizabeth, and son, Hezekiah, who did not marry until later, living with Richard Jr. :
1. Richard Howell
2. Richard Howell, Jr.
3. Hezekiah Howell
4. Edward Howell
5. Obadiah Howell
6. Christopher Howell
7. Elizabeth Howell
8. Dorcas Howell
9. Sary Howell
10. Sarah Howell
11. Abigail Howell
These people are identified as Richard Howell, Sr. and his Unknown, Elizabeth. Richard, Jr. and Hezakiah, unmarried, are known to be Richard, Sr's sons. Sary is the Unknown of Richard Howell, Jr., as he mentions her as his Unknown, and Sarah, Dorcas and Abigail as his daughters in his will.
Only once in the census did the names of Edward, Christopher and Obadiah occur. Had they been mentioned twice, the census would have shown two households.
Christopher's birth date on his stone in Ewing, New Jersey reads 1689; Obadiah's birth date, 1696. This means that a man baptized in 1629 would have been too old to have sons of that age, unless he had a Unknown many years younger, of which we have no proof.
"I do not know the order of the ages of his children, but give them as nearly as I can guess from various information gathered from early documents. Nor do I know which to assign to his two wives, but presume they are mostly the children of his first Unknown."
Abt 1654/55 when Richard was 25, he first married Elizabeth Halsey, daughter of Thomas Halsey & Elizabeth Wheeler, in Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Born in 1635 in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. At the age of <1, Elizabeth was baptized in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England, on 27 Sep 1635.
The will of her father, Thomas Halsey of Southampton, dated 28 July 1677, left a legacy to his "daughter Elizabeth, Unknown of Richard Howell."
Elizabeth Halsey Howell is undoubtedly the same Elizabeth Howell who deposed on 18 March 1701/2 that she and [her brother] Isaac Halsey attended the wedding of 1656 of William and Elizabeth Ludlam.
Note: Richard Howell is first mentioned on 10 September 1650 when he received three shillings per d
10th Generation
Edward Howell, son of Henry Howell and Margaret Hawten, born 26 Jul 1584 in Westburymanor, Marshgibbon, Buckingham, England. Edward married Francis Paxton on 7 Apr 1616 at Odell, Bedfordshire, England. Edward next married Eleanor Unknown in 1630. Edward died on 6 Oct 1655 in Southampton, Long Island, New York and is buried in Southampton, Long Island, , New York.
Francis Paxton born 1584 in Of Odell, Bedfordshire, England. She died 2 Feb 1630 in Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England and is buried in Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England.
Children of Edward and Francis:
- Henry HOWELL: Birth: 20 Dec 1618 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England. Death: 20 Aug 1619 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England
- Dorothie HOWELL: Birth: 20 Feb 1620 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England. Death: AFT 1670
- Margaret HOWELL: Birth: 24 Nov 1622 in Of, Hingham, Norfolk, Eng.. Death: 9 May 1707 in West Mattituck, Suffolk, Long Island, New York
- Major John Howell: Birth: 22 Nov 1624 in Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., , England. Death: 3 Nov 1696 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York
- Edward HOWELL: Birth: 4 Sep 1626 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England. Death: 4 Aug 1697 in Long Island, Suffolk, New York
- Marjery HOWELL: Birth: 4 Jun 1628 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England. Death: in Suffolk, L.i., Ny
- Richard HOWELL: Birth: 1629 in Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, Buckingham, England. Death: 9 Nov 1709 in Southampton, Suffolk, Ny
Eleanor Unknown, born 1600 in England. Died in Southampton, Long Island, New York.
Children of Edward and Eleanor:
- Henry HOWELL: Birth: 1631 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckingham, England. Death: 16 Mar 1632 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckingham, England
- Arthur Howell: Birth: Sep 1632 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckingham, England. Death: 28 Mar 1683 in Southampton, Long Island, New York
- Unkown
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NOTES:
Westbury at Marsh Gibbon was a fine stone structure of the 16th century, two stories high and called a double house. Edward inherited this manor upon the death of his father in 1625. Thus, he was a part of the landed gentry and his family had a coat of arms. Some scholars trace the Howell family back many generations to the 900s in Wales.
After his father's death, Edward, who was living at Stewelltorpe in York County at the time, sold his large estate in Buckinghamshire, the Manor of Westbury, which had been purchased by his grandfather in 1536 during the reign of King Henry VIII. On June 8, 1639, he sold the manor to Richard Francis of Marsh Gibbon for 1,600 pounds. Later that same year, at the age of 55, he set out with his family for the "new world". When Edward and his family reached Boston in late 1639, it was sparsely populated. The first record we have of Edward Howell in the United States is the list of freemen of Boston, published on March 13, 1640.
Edward Howell received from King Charles I of England a grant of 500 acres at Lynn, Massachusetts, and he moved there from Boston. But he did not stay long at Lynn. He had heard of more fertile land to the south on Long Island. On April 17, 1640, Edward Howell was one of three proprietors who obtained authorization to occupy eight miles square in any part of Long Island which was part of the Connecticut Colony. Being an owner of a sloop which from time to time carried dissatisfied colonists south to Long Island, Edward Howell decided to make the move with his family. In June or July, the Howells landed at Southampton, Long Island, where they were to stay.
Edward Howell is considered one of Southampton's founders, and he owned a large estate there. Being a natural leader, he served on the governor's council of Connecticut from 1647 to 1653 and helped compile the rules and regulations for the fast growing colony at Southampton. Some of these rules were harsh by today's standards. For example, for lying a person had to pay a fine of five shillings and sit in the stocks for five hours; for drunkenness the fine was 10 shillings for the first offense, 20 for the second, and 30 for the third.
In 1647, Edward Howell was selected to serve as a member of the legislature at Hartford, Connecticut, and he held this position until his death. Long Island did not come under the jurisdiction of New York until 1664 when Charles II granted territories to his brother James, Duke of York, hence the name New York.
"He disposed of his considerable estates in Bucks county in 1639, among which was the manor of Westbury in Marsh Gibbon, purchased by his grandfather, William Howell, in 1536, and came to Boston, where he was made freeman, March 1640, removed to Lynn, then about 1640 was one of the leaders of a compact to settle Long Island."
Further research as shown in "Genealogies of Long Island Families - From The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record", Volume I, Albertson - Polhemius, Selected and Introduced by Henry B. Hoff, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1987, pp. 489-492, places the date of the sale of the manor of Westbury and Edward's departure to America as 1638 rather than 1639.
Edward died before October. 6, 1655, as court records dated 6 October 1655, granted Eleanore Howell all his goods. In March 1657, the town allowed her 20 shillings because her house was burned to the ground by the Indians.
Long ago, in early colonial times, Water Mill was the first and only community on the eastern tip of Long Island that could boast of a mill driven by water and not by wind. Until it was put into operation by a wealthy land owner, our Edward Howell, four years after the "Undertakers" came to the island in 1640, all mills in the colony were wind driven because of the scarcity of swift flowing streams.
Howell came in 1640 to the tiny settlement, called "Mecox," a name taken from the Shinnecock Indians for "flat or plain country." He announced he would build a mill for the grinding of grain, rye and wheat, into flour. The colonists expected him to construct a "wind mill" but he had a different idea. He made his choice of land so that it included a lively stream which emptied into Mecox Bay. There, as settlers watched, Howell built his mill upon the creek and built it so durable that 327 years later, it is still standing in the serene little town of Water Mill.
Now, the ancient mill, but a few miles from the Old South End Burying Ground where the original miller is buried, is owned by a woman's organization of the village.
For many generations the mill supplied flour for the townspeople of Water Mill and adjoining communities. The mill's large grinding stones and the deed were given to Howell by the town. In return, the miller signed an agreement to supply such necessities of the town as grinding of grain grown anywhere in the Water Mill area and delivered to the mill.
That Howell lived up to his agreement faithfully is duty recorded in the town records. The name Water Mill is the lasting memorial to the pioneer miller who built the first grist mill run by water.
Two of the grinding stones are in the park where there is a wind mill and the other two are at the mill.
On 7 Apr 1616 when Edward was 31, he first married Frances Paxton , in Odell, Bedfordshire, England. They were wed by the Reverend Peter Bulkeley, Rector. Born in 1584 in Bedfordshire, England. Frances died in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England, on 2 Feb 1630; she was 46. Buried on 2 Jul 1630 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England.
Other Notes:
The name Howell is definitely of Welsh origin, but since Edward Howell's father and gradfather's wills are proved in England we have no proof that this family came from Wales.
The Howells were a family holding large tracts of land in England. The first one we know much about is Edward, who inherited these lands from his father, as was, and I believe still is, the custom, that the oldest son is heir.
The lands were in Buckinghamshire, and a part of the old house <photos.htm> still stands. At the time Edward came to America, he sold most of his holdings and set sail with others who wanted more religious freedom.
They landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1639, then moved on to Lynn where Edward had a grant of 500 acres of land. He was made a "Free Man" in March 1640. The same problem again arose as to religious liberty, and they looked for another place to which they could move.
About 1636 by favor of King Charles the 1st, William Alexander, Earl of Sterling, became the owner of Long Island. The next year, he gave orders to his agent, James Farrett, to dispose of the lands. The landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1639, then moved on to Lynn where Edward had a grant of 500 acres of land. He was made a "Free Man" in March 1640. The same problem again arose as to religious liberty, and they looked for another place to which they could move.
About 1636 by favor of King Charles the 1st, William Alexander, Earl of Sterling, became the owner of Long Island. The next year, he gave orders to his agent, James Farrett, to dispose of the lands. Edward Howell, with a small group of men, purchased a tract of land on Long Island from the agent James Farrett. They decided to make a settlement on the land purchased, but, before all arrangements were completed, eleven more families joined the first nine. These people were called "the Undertakers" and in the first group was Edward Howell, who was the heaviest contributor, Edmond Farrington, Edmond Needham, Thomas Sayre, Job Sayre, Goerge Welbe, Henry Walton, Josiah Stanborough and Daniel Howe, Captain of the vessel. The next group of eleven men were Allen Breed, John Cooper, Thomas Halsey, John Farrington, William Harker, Philip Kirtland, Thomas Newell, Richard Odell, Thomas Terry, Nathaniel Kirtland and Thomas Farrington, making in all twenty men and their wives and children. They landed on the North Sea at a place called "Concience Point" (sic). Because of the settlement on Long Island, New York State has engraved the Howell Coat of Arms on the Western Staircase of the New York Capitol Building at Albany.
Because of the settlement on Long Island, New York State has engraved the Howell Coat of Arms on the Western Staircase of the New York Capitol Building at Albany.
These men decided before leaving Lynn, that there "shall a church be gathered and constituted according to the minde of Christ, that anything we do may tende to the good and welfare of the place at the feete of Christ and His Church." The next thing they did was to obtain a deed from Farrett to "sitt down upon Long Island - there to possess, improve and enjoy eight miles square of land to them and their heyers forever, and they are to take their choice to sitt down upon as best lyketh them and also that they and their associates shall enjoy as full and free liberty in all matters that do or may concern them or conduce to the good and comfort of them and theirs both in church order or civill government."
The deed is dated April 17, 1640.
Governor Winthrop says, "He thinks four bushels of the best Indian corne" then growing shall be paid in rent to the Earl of Sterling.
That Edward Howell must have been a man of good family in the land of his birth, would appear from the fact that we find record of his using arms to which he was entitled, which same armorial blazon can yet be see carved (1968) upon the old grave stones in the South End and North End burying grounds. They appear on the stone of Matthew in the Old South End, and they were on the front of Ma. John's but deterioration has obliterated them. In the North End they appear on John, 3rd and Capt. Charles' graves.
The Coat of Arms used by Edward Howell is described "Gules, Three Towers, triple towered, Argent." The Motto - "Tenax Propositi." Edward Howell was a Governor's Assistant of the Connecticut Colony 1647 - 1653, a magistrate and member of the Legislature until his death.
Prologue, from the Descendants of Edward Howell by Emma Howell Ross, 1968.
Note: Edward Howell was the son of Henry Howell and the grandson of William Howell, whose Manor o
11th Generation
Henry Howell, son of William Howell and Anne Eyre, born 13 Dec 1552 in Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., , England. Henry married Margaret Hawten on 13 May 1583 at Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire, England. Henry died 12 Jul 1625 in Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England and is buried at Marsh Gibbon, Bucks, , England.
Margaret Hawten, born:29 Nov 1561 in Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire, , England. She died in 1638 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England and is buried at Marsh Gibbon, Bucks, Eng.
Children:
- Edward HOWELL: Birth: 26 Jul 1584 in Westburymanor, Marshgibbon, Buckingham, England. Death: 6 Oct 1655 in Southampton, Long Island, New York
- Margaret HOWELL: Birth: 1591 in Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., , England.
- Isabel HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1592 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
- Anthony HOWELL: Birth: 25 Feb 1592 in Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., , England. Death: 22 Apr 1642
- Henry HOWELL: Birth: 1594 in Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., , England.
- Jane HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1594 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England. Death: 27 Jun 1598 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England
- Unknown
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12th Generation
William Howell, son of John Howell and Elizabeth Jones, born 1515 in Wedon, Buckinghamshire, England. Married Maude Duncombe about 1545 in Of Wedon, , Buckingham, England. He then married Anne (Hampton) Eyre about 1549 in Of Marsh Gibbon, Buckingham, England. William died 12 Sep 1558 in Wingrave, Marsh Gibbon, Co Oxfordshire, England and is buried Parish Church, Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England.
Maude Duncombe, 1524 in Of Wedon, , Buckingham, England. It is possible William and Maude had two children.
Anne Eyre, born in 1527 in Wed Hampton, , Wiltshire, England. She died in 1556
Children of William and Anne:
- John HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1549 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
- Henry HOWELL: Birth: 13 Dec 1552 in Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., , England. Death: 12 Jul 1625 in Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England
- Jacob HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1554 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
- Rachel HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1556 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
- Isabel HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1558 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
- Joane HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1558 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
- Jane HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1560 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
- Cecil HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1562 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
- Agnes (Anne) HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1564 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , EnAnne HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1566 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
- Joanne HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1568 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
- Alice HOWELL: Birth: ABT 1570 in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, , England.
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NOTES:
It is said that William Howell was descended from Hywel Dda, King of Wales.
WILLIAM HOWELL, of the Manor of Westbury, Marsh Gibbon, Bucks, which he purchased in 1536 from Robert Dormer, b. 149-; m. 1st, Maude, and by her had issue, two children. He m. 2ndly, Anne Hampton and d. 30 Nov. 1557, and was bur. In Wingrave Church, having had issue, by his second wife, ten children, of whom the youngest, Henry, inherited the manor.
His will of date Nov. 30, 1557, directs his body "to be buried in the parish church of Wingrave, in the chancel before the high altar."Gives legacies to the poor of Aylesbury, the poor of Whitechurch and the poor of Marsh. Gives his wife Anne his lands in Watton and Hammefor her life, and at her decease they are to go to Henry. Gives his eldest son John his lands in Marsh Gibbon and in default of issue to his son Henry, and in default of issue to son Jacob. To each of his daughters 20 pounds and a legacy for bells for the Hardwick church. He died in 1557 [1558] and John the eldest son inherited the manor, and himself died without issue 1576.
Descendants of Edward Howell... says William Howell was buried before the high altar of the parish church at Wingrave on 12 Sep 1558.The will of William Howell was proved on 20 Oct 1558 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
The LDS (IGI) records for William are seriously flawed in that they show seven children born after William's death. They also show another wife, Anne Hampton, with the same children as for wife Anne Eyre.
13th Generation
John Howell, son of Richard Ap Howell and Ellen Wreicht, born 1493 in Wedon, Buckinghamshire, England. Married Elizabeth Jones in 1524 in Wales.
Elizabeth Jones born in 1500 in Treowen, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Children: William Howell, 1515
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14th Generation
Richard Ap Howell, son of Howell Ap Rhys and Margaret Tudor, born 1470 in Wales. Married Ellen Wreicht.
Ellen Wreicht, born 1475 in Of Goreal, Pembroke, Wales.
Children: John Howell, 1493
15th Generation
Howell Ap Rhys, son of Rhys Ap Howell, born 1450 at Bron Y Foel, Ynyscynhaiarn, Caernarvon, Wales. Married Margaret Tudor in 1462 at Bron Y Foel, Ynyscynhaiarn, Caernarvon, Wales.
Margaret Tudor, born 1440.
Children:
- Rhys Ap Rhys, 1463
- Richard Ap Howell, 1470
16th Generation
Rhys Ap Howell, born 1426 in Wales
Gwerfyl Rhys
NOTE:
The most ancient HOWELL family Coat of Arms was recorded between the 12th and 15th centuries. These are the arms of Coat of Arms of Edward Howell of Southampton, New York. He was born at the Manor of Westbury, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England and baptized 22 July 1584 at Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire. He married (1) Frances Paxton, who died 2 July 1630 and was buried in England, and married (2) Eleanor, who came to Boston with him in 1639.
Components of the Howell Family Name Coat of Arms;
- The Shield is: Gules, three towers, tripled towered, argent," meaning three silver towers on a red background.
- The Crest is: Out of a ducal crown or a rose gules, stalked and leaved vert, between two wings endorsed of the last.
- The motto is: "Virtus In Ardue”
This fairy tale has our ancestors coming from England and originally from Wales. And so, the fairy tale ends here.
