Thomas HOWES

- 1665

• Name	Thomas HOWES  [1, 2]
  	Thomas Howes was first in Lynn and afterward settled in yarmouth, of which he was one of the three original proprietors. He settled at Nobacusset on the north side of Cape Cod, which afterwards became a part of the town of Dennis. he was one of those in August, 1643, between 16 and 60 years of age, able to bear arms in yarmouth. he was one of the deputies from yarmouth to the General Court at Plymouth for six years, commencing in 1652. The tax of his widow (then also the Widow of Gov. Prence) in 1676 towards the charges of the late war" was L1 3s. 4d. The first mention of Thomas' Howes is in the court records of Essex county n September, 1633. At the 10th Quarter Court, held at Salem Sept. 25, 1633, in the suit of Mr. Holgrave against Thomas Howes for trespass, the jury found for the plaintiff seven bushels and a half of corn and four shillings costs. At the same court Abram Temple obtained a verdict for two bushels of corn, five shillings damages and four shillings costs against Mr. John Humphreys, Mr. Howes and Mr. Hawks for trespass done by their horses; Hugh Browne, a verdict for three bushels of corn, seven shillings and sixpence damages and four shillings costs against Thomas Howes for trespass; James Molton a verdict for eleven bushels and one peck of corn and four shillings costs against Mr. Howes and Mr. Hawks for trespass; James Hinds, a verdict against the same two for four bushels and a half of corn and four shillings costs for trespass; and Henry Skerry, a verdict against the same two, also for trespass for the same amount of corn and costs.... [1]
  Birth	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 6 Oct 1665 and 13 Oct 1665  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I85151	Main Tree
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2021

  
  

  Family	Mary BURR,   b. England d. 09 Dec 1695, Yarmouth
  Children	+ 1. Joseph HOWES,   b. Bef 1634, England d. 19 Jan 1694/5 (Age 61 years)  [Birth]   2. Capt. Thomas HOWES, Jr.,   b. England d. 20 Nov 1676  [Birth] + 3. Jeremiah HOWES,   b. Abt 1637, England d. 9 Sep 1708 (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F34993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2016

  
  

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• Sources

  [S3601] Leonard H. Smith Jr., Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy Vol. 1. [S3116] Joshua Crowell Howes, Dennis, Mass., Genealogy of the HOWES Family in America, Descendants of Thomas HOWS, Yarmouth, Mass. 1637-1892.