Nehemiah HOWE

Male Abt 1693 - 1747  (54 years)


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  • Name Nehemiah HOWE  [1
    Birth Abt 1693  Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 May 1747  [2
    Notes 
    • "Howe Genealogies": ....In the spring and early summer of 1739, he bought three full township rights in the new town called Great Meadows, N.H., the records of those deeds are found at Springfield, Mass. In 1739 or 1740 he became one of the early settlers of that town. The year 1744 brought an Indian war, with all its attending horrors, the settlers were obliged to seek safety and shelter in the forts. On the 11th of Oct. 1745, as he was cutting wood a few rods from the fort, he was surprised by a band of Indians and taken captive before help could reach him. He was taken to Canada, where he was kept a prisoner in Quebec for a year and a half, when he died of prison fever 25 May 1747, just as he was about to be redeemed. His death was a severe blow to his family, and to the community where he was known, as one of his contemporaries wrote of him, " he was greatly beloved by all who know him." He was possessed of cultivation and refinement far beyond the ordinary. He kept a journal during his prison life which was of inestimable value, for the many items therein recorded of other captives whose fate otherwise would never have been known. It is also a priceless legacy to his descendants, showing as it does, the beautiful Christian character of one who could endure the severest hardships with a grace and dignity rarely to be found.
    Person ID I29809  Main Tree
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2022 

    Father Samuel HOWE,   b. 20 Oct 1642, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1713 (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Sarah LEAVITT,   b. 22 Feb 1659/60, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1726 (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F26561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret WILLARD   d. 25 Jan 1758 
    Family ID F19980  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2981] Joseph Willard and Charles Wilkes Walker, WILLARD Genealogy - Sequel to Willard Memoir.

    2. [S04371] "Howe Genealogies" by Daniel Wait Howe.