When Phineas Howard was born on 21 March 1765, in Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Samuel Howard, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Barrett, was 26. He married Lavina Powers on 3 June 1788, in Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 28 September 1851, in Hanover, Oxford, Maine, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Hanover, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1774: York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: York, Massachusetts, United States 1805: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
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English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
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Possible Related NamesPhineas was the son of Samuel Howard of Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and Elizabeth Barrett Howard of Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth and Samuel were married on 09 Decembe …
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