Samuel HOWE

Family/Spouse: Sarah LEAVITT. Sarah (daughter of Deacon John LEAVITT and Sarah GILMAN) was born on 22 Feb 1659/60 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 May 1726. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Martha BENT on 05 Jun 1663. Martha died on 29 Aug 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Family/Spouse: Margaret WILLARD. Margaret (daughter of Benjamin WILLARD and Sarah LAKIN) died on 25 Jan 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Hepsbah DEATH on 25 Dec 1700. Hepsbah was born on 5 Jun 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]