Abraham How

Male, #13159, (8 October 1670 - 31 July 1704)
Abraham How|b. 8 Oct 1670\nd. 31 Jul 1704|p13159.htm|Abraham How|d. 30 Jan 1695|p13151.htm|Hannah Ward|b. a 1639\nd. 3 Nov 1717|p2976.htm|Abraham How||p19794.htm||||Deacon William Ward|b. a 1603\nd. 10 Aug 1687|p728.htm|Elizabeth unknown|b. 9 Dec 1613\nd. 9 Dec 1700|p730.htm|
     Abraham How was born on 8 October 1670 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.2,3,4 He was the son of Abraham How and Hannah Ward.1,2,3,4 On 9 November 1695 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Abraham married Mary Howe. They had one child, Abigail (1702). Their marriage date was recorded as 14 (9) 1695.2,4 He died on Thursday, 31 July 1704 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 33 years, 9 months and 23 days killed by the French and Indians. His wife, and only daughter, survived the attack.1,3,4,5

Citations

  1. Barry, William. A History of Framingham, Massachusetts Including the Plantation, From 1640 to the Present Time. 1847. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1983.
  2. Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward, 1925.
  3. Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861 with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough. Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862.
  4. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851.
  5. Nourse, Henry S.. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850. 1890. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993.