Jonathan Howe

Brief Life History of Jonathan

When Jonathan Howe was born on 19 April 1790, in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Isaac How, was 31 and his mother, Louisa Dadman, was 25. He died in October 1812, in his hometown, at the age of 22.

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Family Time Line

Isaac How
1759–1843
Louisa Dadman
1764–1825
Luther Howe
1785–1835
William Howe
1800–1873
Isaac Newton Howe V
1788–1878
Jonathan Howe
1790–1812
Lois Howe
1792–1881
Samuel Howe
1795–
Rebeca Howe
1798–1881
Nancy Howe
1804–1830

Sources (3)

  • Jonathan Howe, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Jonathan How, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Jonathan How, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

World Events (3)

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

1791 · The Bill of Rights

After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.

1791 · The Whiskey Rebellion

A tax protest in the early 1790s was caused by the first tax imposed by the government on the American people after the United States became its own country. The tax applied to all distilled beverages, mainly Whiskey. Protesters used violence and different intimidation tactics to attempt to prevent federal officials from collecting the tax. Because the resistance was increasing, George Washington himself went to confront the rebels. No shots were fired but 20 men were arrested and then later pardoned. Being able to demonstrate that the new government had the will and the ability to suppress violent within its borders.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name pronounced to rhyme with hoe, who, or how, from Middle English hoʒe ‘spur of a hill, steep ridge, or slight rise’. Hoʒe comes from a late variant, hōge, of the dative case of the Old English root word, hōh, literally ‘heel (of a person) or hock (of an animal)’, a common placename element. The regular Old English dative singular, , is the source of the placenames Hoo and Hoe and the surname may also be habitational name from a placename consisting of this word, for example Hoe (Norfolk), Hoo (Kent), Hooe (Devon, Sussex), or either of two places called The Hoo in Great Gaddesden and Saint Paul's Walden (Hertfordshire). Hose (Leicestershire) comes from the plural form of the word (see Howes ). Howe may also be from Old Norse haugr ‘mound, hill’, for without other evidence, this cannot be distinguished from howe ‘spur of a hill’ and is certainly the origin of Howe (Norfolk) and Howe Hill in Kirkburn (East Yorkshire). See also Hough .

English: variant of Hugh , pronounced to rhyme with who or how.

Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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