Gardner Howe was born 20 November 1759 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States to Jotham Howe (1728-1809) and Priscilla Rice (1731-1819) and died 4 July 1854 Dover, Windham County, Vermont, United States of unspecified causes. He married Abigail Sherman (1771-1843) 31 August 1789 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
Biography
Gardner Howe (November 20, 1759 – July 4, 1854) was a farmer from Dover, Vermont and member of the Vermont House of Representatives, serving in 1816 and 1823.
Gardner Howe was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts to Jotham Howe (1728-1809) and Priscilla Rice (1731-1819). He was a farmer in Dover, Massachusetts and served in the Continental Army during the Revolution. On October 29, 1789 he married Abigail Sherman (1771-1843) of Grafton, Massachusetts. In 1816 he was elected to a one-year term in the Vermont House of Representatives, and he was re-elected in 1823. Howe died at his home in Dover on July 4, 1854.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Joseph Howe (1790-1871) | |||
| Gardner Howe (1792-1825) | |||
| Otis Howe (1793-1872) | 30 May 1793 Dover, Windham County, Vermont | 25 September 1872 Newfane, Windham County, Vermont | Sally Marsh (1796-1877) |
| Lyman Howe (1796-1872) | |||
| Lambert Howe (1796-1872) | |||
| Jotham Howe (1800-1855) | |||
| Liberty Howe (1803-) | |||
| Edward Howe (1812-1892) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Alvin Howe (1753-) | |||
| Lucy Howe (1757-) | |||
| Gardner Howe (1759-1854) | 20 November 1759 Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States | 4 July 1854 Dover, Windham County, Vermont, United States | Abigail Sherman (1771-1843) |
| Francis Howe (1762-1848) | |||
| Perscilla Howe (1764-) | |||
| Walter Howe (1767-1836) | |||
| Jenny Howe (1768-) | |||
| William Howe (1771-) | |||
Ancestry
Howe was a direct descendant of John Howe (1602-1680) who arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 from Brinklow, Warwickshire, England and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Arthur Otis Howe was also a descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony.
See also William Ward 1603 List of Famous Descendants, another famous early New England settler.
References
- Gardner Howe (1759-1854) Immigrant Ancestors - Also list of famous descendants]]
- Gardner Howe - Wikipedia