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Martha, Abigail, Keziah, and Betty.   Martha m. William Edson; Abigail and Keziah died in youth; Betty m. Abijah Thayer.

   Captain Robert Howard died 1779, aged 80.

   1.   John m. a Hudson; was a Lieutenant in the militia; had five ss. Ichabod, Bela, John, Adam, and Alfred; and two ds. Abigail and Keziah.   Abigail m. Jonathan Perkins; Keziah m. a Niles.

   Lieutenant John Howard died 1792, aged 66.

   Ichabod m. a Keith; is a Deacon in the church; has four ss. Linus, Lysander, Henry, and David; and five ds. Melinda, Bethiah, Nancy, Maria, and Mary Ann.   Melinda m. Ozen Gurney; Bethiah m. Martin Cary.

   Bela m. a Cary; had one d. Sibil; who m. Oliver Dike.   John m. a Gill; had two children.   Adam lives at Mansfield.   Alfred m. a Bisbee; lives at Stoughton.

   2.   Robert 2d m. a Snell; had two ss. Zechariah and Robert; and four ds. Silva, Hannah, Abigail, and Lucinda.   Hannah m. Joseph Sylvester, Esq.; Abigail m. Ephraim Sturtevant; Lucinda m. Captain Noah Cheesman.

   Robert Howard 2d died 1808, aged 73.

   Zechariah graduated at Cambridge, 1784; settled at Canton; m. a Crafts; had no children.

   Robert 3d m. a Perkins; had one s. Harrison; and three ds. Rhoda, Mira, and Lucia.   Rhoda m. Col. Edward Southworth; Lucia m. Nathan Jones.

   3.   Adam m. a Keith; had no children.   He died 1781, aged 44.

   4.   Daniel m. a Howard; was a Justice of the Peace; had seven ss. Darius, Daniel, Ambrose, Ziphion, Cyrus, Sidney, and Louis; and three ds. Vesta, Damaris, and Polly.   Vesta m. Robert Holbrook; Damaris m. a Mr. Woodman, State of Maine.

   Daniel Howard, Esq. died 1821, aged 71.

   Darius m. a Howard, afterwards a Cary.   Daniel graduated at Cambridge, 1797; studied law; settled in State of Maine.   Ambrose and Ziphion settled in Winslow, Maine; Cyrus m. a Howard; Sidney m. a Littlefield.

CALEB HOWARD,

Was son of George Howard, of West Bridgewater, who was the son of Ephraim, the son of Ephraim, the son of John Howard, one of the first settlers in the town.   He m. an Alger; was a

 

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