When Joseph Howard was born on 8 March 1766, in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Howard Jr., was 30 and his mother, Mary Adams, was 26. He married Submit Luce on 30 October 1787, in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 4 June 1846, in Sauquoit, Paris, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Sauquoit, Paris, Oneida, New York, 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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