Genealogy: Ruth Howard (1708-1783)

in #genealogy6 months ago

I'm experimenting with posting some random bits of my genealogy research here with the goal of eventually creating a linked family tree on Hive. You can see the index here.

Subject: Ruth Howard (1708-1783)

Closest relationship to me: Second cousin ten times removed

Family tree management software: GenoPro

Family tree reporting software: Gramps

Other software used: The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding (TNG), GedSite (evaluating for now)

Updates: Added information on children. According to FamilySearch, she had 17 children.

Some of the notes below refer to Cornelius Howard, Ruth's grandfather.

The chart at the top is an ancestry chart out to four generations as generated by GenoPro. The chart at the bottom is the same chart as generated by TNG. The index of all individuals I have posted so far can be found here.


The Skaggs-Files

Howard, Ruth 1a

Birth Name Howard, Ruth
Gender female
Age at Death 74 years, 4 months, 17 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1708/9-03-20 (Julian) Anne Arundel Co., MD    
Death 1783-08-17 Prince Georges Co., MD    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Howard, Joseph16761736-07-23
Mother Keith, Margerey16931739
    Brother     Howard, Ephriam 1714-02-26 1770-03-15
    Sister     Howard, Sarah 1722-06-20
    Brother     Howard, Cornelius 1716/7-02-01 (Julian) 1772-05-00
         Howard, Ruth 1708/9-03-20 (Julian) 1783-08-17

Families

Family of Duvall, Mareen and Howard, Ruth

Married Husband Duvall, Mareen ( * 1702-10-14 + 1761-11-23 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1724-10-01 Anne Arudel Co., MD Religious Marriage  

Source References

  1. Janet Skelton: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3082686&id=I602407381 My family from the Virginia/West Virginia areas
      • Source text:

        # ID: I602407381
        # Name: Cornelius HOWARD
        # Given Name: Cornelius
        # Surname: Howard
        # Sex: M
        # Birth: Abt 1643 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
        # Death: 15 Oct 1680 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
        # Note:

        Known as Capt. Cornelius Howard of Howard's Heirship and Chance and was t
        he fifth son of Matthew and Ann Howard, who moved from Lower Norfolk, Virg
        inia, together with his relative Edward Lloyd, in about 1650, to the sou
        th side of the Severn settlements. Cornelius became the most prominent mem
        ber of the family in early Maryland affairs. He was born about 1630, in Vi
        rginia and he died in Maryland in 1680. He married Elizabeth, a daught
        er or grand daughter of Lawrence Todd.
        He came to the Severn River from Norfolk, Virginia. with the Puritan exod
        us of 1650-1658. He was commissioned Ensign under Capt. Benson. He serv
        ed in the House of Burgess from 1671 to 1676, and was Justice of the Pea
        ce in 1679. Captain Howard's social position enabled him to increase his s
        urveys. In Cornelius' will, made in 1680, he bequeaths "To wife Eliza, exe
        cutrix., home plantation during life". His children and their inheritan
        ce are noted as follows, To son Joseph at 18 yrs. of age, "Howard's Hop
        e" on s. side Severn R., and "Howard's Hardship." To son Cornelius at 18 y
        rs. of age, "Howard's Hills and tract on Hockly Creek." To dau. Sarah, 2
        50 A. at Tuckahoe on Choptanke River. To dau. Mary, 200 A., part of "Howa
        rd and Porter's Range." To dau. Eliza:, personalty. His will is witness
        ed by Phillip Calvert and John Howard. Cornelius Howard's will was probat
        ed October 15, 1680.

         

         

         

         

        Father: Matthew HOWARD b: 1 Jun 1609 in Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, England
        Mother: Ann HALL b: Abt 1609 in Wardour Castle, England

        Marriage 1 Elizabeth TODD b: 13 May 1641 in Wlakerne Parish, Herts, England

        * Married: 15 Oct 1660 in Anne Arundel Co., MD

        Children

        1. Has Children Joseph HOWARD b: Abt 1676 in Anne Arundel Co., MD

      • Citation:

        e-mail: Janetskelton0713@aol.com

Generated by Gramps AIO64-5.1.5-1
Last change was the 2024-03-01 17:07:27


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