Jeremiah Howe

Brief Life History of Jeremiah

When Jeremiah Howe was born on 17 February 1704, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jeremiah Howe, was 28 and his mother, Judith Cook, was 24. He married Elizabeth Gaylord on 11 March 1730, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 20 November 1783, in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 79.

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Jeremiah Howe
1704–1783
Elizabeth Gaylord
1705–1789
Marriage: 11 March 1730
Judith Howe
1730–1813
John Howe
1732–1787
Jeremiah Howe
1734–1735
Jery How
1734–
Jeremiah Howe
1736–1837
Elizabeth Howe
1738–1738
Benjamin Howe
1739–1740
Benjamin Howe
1741–1742
Elizabeth Howe
1742–1830
Esther Howe
1744–1810
Joel Howe
1745–1745
Joseph Howe
1746–1807
Ruth Howe
1748–1826

Sources (37)

  • Jerimiah How, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Jeremiah Howe, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jery in entry for Jery How, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

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1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold

The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.

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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