Cyprian Howe (1726-1790)

Biography
Cyprian is the son of John Howe and Thankfull Bigelow and he married Dorothy Howe,the daughter of Joseph Howe and Ruth Brigham.They had married on 20 ?Nov 1750 and had but one child,Martha Howe.

Col Cyprian served this country proudly and with out men like him we would not be a free nation. As Captain he served under Colonel Henry Gardiner in the 4th regiment,Middlesex Co.at the opening of the Revolution and marched to Cambridge on the Lexington Alarm on the 19th of April 1775 (Marlborough 1775 Minuteman Roster). He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1776 and Colonel in 1779.He served in many battles through the region and after years of strugles we defeated the British to be an Independant United States of America.