Matthew Howard was among the first settlers of Anne Arundel Co. He came with many Puritan and Independent families from Virginia to "Providence" about 1650. One of the compiled genealogies on the Howard Family is in "Anne Arundel Gentry Vol 2" by Harry Wright Newman. Another source is the 1909 "Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties Maryland" by J. D. Warfield. It is suggested that you check these books for more details about the Howard family. Some information on the Howards is also in "Providence Ye Lost Towne at Severn in Mary Land" by James E. Moss. Moss provides information sugesting that Mathew Howard might be a decendant of Lord Thomas Howard and Lady Margaret Douglas.

Land Patentee in 1638 in Lower Norfolk Co., VA. He Land Patentee on 3 Jul 1650 in Anne Arundel Co., MD.(2) He died before 1659.
Mathew Howard, 1st, was a founder and surveyor of Ann Arundel County, Md.

Mathew Howard, 2nd (d. 1702) was a judge and founder of Ann Arundel County, Md.
Matthew Howard was a landed proprietor of Lower Norfolk County, Va., and Anne Arundel County, Md.; also a surveyor. He was born c.1609 in England; died, 1659, in Anne Arundel County, Md.
*First Families of America

. MATTHEW1 HOWARD was born Abt. 1600 in England, and died Bef. 1659 in Norfolk, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.. He married (1) ELIZABETH ???. He married (2) ANNE HALL Abt. 1629.

Notes for MATTHEW HOWARD:
From Notable Southern Families: Settled in Va. before 1623 on the East bank of the Elizabeth River near the present Parish of Norfolk. He had a large tract of land and several white servants. He received a grant of land in 1638. He removed from Virginia to Maryland in 1649. He and his family lived around Annapolis. 1652 to Mathewe Howard for killing one wolf: 100 lb. tobacco; and Cornelius Howard to collect taxes for the Western Branch in the Elizabeth River and to pay 100 lb. tobacco.
From Maryland and Va. Colonials: Matthew returned to Va. to get the family and died before returning thus losing his Md. land.

Notes for ELIZABETH ???:
From Notable Southern Families: Matthew's first wife was Elizabeth and they had no children.

Children of MATTHEW HOWARD and ANNE HALL are:

2. i. JOHN2 HOWARD, b. Abt. 1635, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. Abt. 1696, Anne Arundel Co., Md..

ii. ANNE HOWARD, b. Abt. 1637, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; m. JAMES GRENIFFE.

Notes for ANNE HOWARD:
From Md. & Va. Colonials: Ann Howard.

3. iii. ELIZABETH HOWARD, b. Abt. 1639, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. Aft. 1669, Md..

4. iv. MATTHEW HOWARD , JR., b. Abt. 1640, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. January 12, 1691/92, Anne Arundel Co., Md.. Title: Will of Mathew Howard, 1691
Text:
Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol 2
Howard, Mathew, Anne Arundel Co.,
3rd Oct., 1691;
12th Jan., 1692.

To son John and heirs, 160 Acres, "Howard's First Choice," commonly
called "Howard's Quarter Plantation;" 1/2 of 500 Acres., "The Adventure,"
and 1/2 of 500 Acres., "Poplar Plain."

To son Mathew and heirs, residue of "The Adventure" and of
"Poplar Plain" afsd.; also part of "Hopkin's Plantation," and 22 1/2
Acres of "Howard's Addition."

To dau. Sarah Worthington and heirs, 276 Acres, "Howard's Range;" 200 Acres,
"Howard's Pasture," on S. side Magothy R., and 130 Acres dwelling
plantation (unnamed).

To son John Worthington, to grandsons, John Worthington,
John and Matthew Howard, and to 3 brothers, viz., John, Samuel,
and Philip Howard, and their wives, personalty.

Son Mathew and dau. Sarah Worthington residuary legatees of estate,
real and personal. Said Mathew to be of age at 21 yrs.

Exs.: Dau. Sarah Worthington and her husband.

Test: Rich'd Horner, Patrick Murphey. 2. 222.

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5. v. CORNELIUS HOWARD, b. Abt. 1643, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. October 15, 1680, Anne Arundel Co., Md..

6. vi. SAMUEL HOWARD, b. Abt. 1647, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. November 09, 1703, Anne Arundel Co., Md..

7. vii. PHILIP HOWARD, b. Abt. 1649, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. February 24, 1700/01, Anne Arundel Co., Md..

Cornelius Howard was ensign in command of the "Severn"; representative, 1671, to the General Court.

Mathew Howard, 1st, was a founder and surveyor of Ann Arundel County, Md.

Mathew Howard, 2nd (d. 1702) was a judge and founder of Ann Arundel County, Md.

Philip Howard (b. after 1645; will dated, 1701) was captain of Maryland colonial forces.

8. viii. MARY HOWARD, b. Abt. 1651, Lower Norfolk Co., Va.; d. April 05, 1721, Anne Arundel Co., Md..

Mathew Howard received a Grant/Patent for Land in 1638 in Lower Norfolk
Co., VA. In 1638 was granted 150 acres for the transport of himself, his
wife, and 2 other persons to Virginia. He received a Grant/Patent for
Land on 3 Jul 1650 in Anne Arundel Co., MD. A tract of 650 acres called
"Howard" was surveyed 3d July 1650 for Matthew Howard on the south side
of Severn River. In the 1707 rent rolls, the comment was made that it
could not found that this land was ever patented, but ye Survey Supposed
to be alteredby Howard into others. He died before 1659. Matthew Howard
was in Virginia 8 February 1637/38 when he was located in the Upper
County of New Norfolk on the western branch of the Elizabeth River. This
information comes from a land patent granted to Robert Taylor, which
describes the land grant boundaries as on the West Branch of the
Elizabeth River bounded on the west with Matthew Howard running nearly
into the woods and Sly. It is known that Matthew and Anne had children by
1640, for in the court records there is apparently a slander case where
Simon Peeter age 26 stated that Edy Hanking said that Mathew Howard's
wife went walking with Wdward Lloide and left children crying and her
husband had to quit his work and quiet the children. Mathew Howard was
the executor of the will of Richard Hall in 1648. This will left Anne
Howard a cow calf and a barrow shote, Elizabeth Howard tow cows and their
increases, to Mathew Howard the younger a sow shote, to Cornelius Howard
a sow and y hat, to John Howard my wiff and new clothes, to Sauel Howard,
my mmoney and tobacco, and to old Mathew one yearling Stear calf and my
best paor of breeches. This will was proved 15 Nov 1648 by Mathew Howard.
On 15 June 1649, Mathew witnessed the will of Edward Hodge of Lower
Norfolf Co. There are continuing references to Mathew Howard, in Lower
Norfolk Co., VA however up through 1652. It is not known if this was
Matthew the elder or his son. These references include a court order in
Lower Norfolk County for a 100# tob. bounty for killing a wolf and in
1752 Matthew Howard is listed in the tax listings on the Western Branch
of Elizabeth River and at court 21 Dec 1752 in Lower Norfolk Co., Robert
Woody was ordered to pay Matthew Howard a debt of 500# tob.

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Ellis
Matthew Howard Birth: 1609
Death: 1658
Sex: M
Father: Thomas Arundell Howard
Mother: Ann Throughgood

Changed: 12 Apr 2001 12:19

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Spouses & Children
Anne Hall (Wife)

Marriage: 1633 12 Apr 2001 12:19
Children:
Henry Howard
Philip Howard
Samuel Howard
John Howard
Cornelius Howard
Anne Howard
Matthew Howard

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Notes
Individual:
Matthew Howard was among the first settlers of Anne Arundel Co. He came with many Puritan and Independent families from Virginia to "Providence" about 1650. One of the compiled genealogies on the Howard Family is in "Anne Arundel Gentry Vol 2" by Harry Wright Newman. Another source is the 1909 "Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties Maryland" by J. D. Warfield. It is suggested that you check these books for more details about the Howard family. Some information on the Howards is also in "Providence Ye Lost Towne at Severn in Mary Land" by James E. Moss. Moss provides information sugesting that Mathew Howard might be a decendant of Lord Thomas Howard and Lady Margaret Douglas.

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The premise of the HOWARD-ARUNDELL theory is that Matthew HOWARD of Virgina
is identical to Matthew, baptized 19 June 1609 at St. Andrew's, Holborn,
Middlesex, England, son of Thomas ARUNDELL, 1st Baron Arundel of Wardour.
Thomas ARUNDELL was married to Ann PHILIPSON, the widow THOROUGHGOOD/THURGOOD.
Thomas ARUNDELL was the son of Matthew ARUNDELL, and grandson of Sir
Thomas ARUNDELL and wife Margaret HOWARD. Sir Thomas ARUNDELL was beheaded
by King Henry VIII. Another premise of the theory was that both the elder
Matthew and his son Thomas, later 1st Baron of Wardour due to embarrassment
used the HOWARD name of their mother/grandmother while on the European
continent.

Appearing in print as early as 1919, the theory has little foundation.

The burial record of that Matthew was recorded at St. Andrew's Holborn,
Middlesex, England as: "Matthew ARUNDELL, son of Thomas Lo: ARUNDELL out
of Castill Yard in holborne was buried in the Chancell under the Table the
2 June 1620." (Church of England, Saint Andrew Holborn Parish Register,
Register of Burials, 1556-1623, M.S. 6773/1, unpaginated, entry number 63
for the year, overall entry number 6810, Guildhall, London, England, Family
History Library microfilm 374389, Salt Lake City, Utah)

The burial record alone is enough to invalidate the HOWARD-ARUNDELL theory,
but there are also other flaws in the theory. No one has ever supplied
evidence that the elder Matthew ARUNDELL or his son Thomas, 1st Baron of
Wardour ever used the HOWARD surname. There is also evidence that this is
not true. Thomas ARUNDELL had gone to Europe with an introductory letter
from Queen Elizabeth, in which she referred to him as her "dearest cousin
Thomas Arundel." While there, due to bravery in battle, the Emporer of
Germany gave him as Thomas ARUNDEL the title of "Count of the Empire."
[Edward Doran Webb, "Notes by the 12th Lord Arundell of Wardour on the Family
History", (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1916), 32-41 and John Pym
Yeatman, "The Early Genealogical History of the House of Arundel," (London:
Mitchell and Hughes, 1882), 274-277., FHL microfilm 496545, item 4]

It is interesting also that some have cited the above book by YEATMAN as
showing how Thomas ARUNDELL went to Europe, changed his name to HOWARD,
and had a son Matthew who faked his death and went to Virginia. The book
contains no such statements.

YEATMAN does contain statements regarding Thomas ARUNDEL receiving from
Emperor Rudolf the title of Count of the Holy Roman Empire. Through
improper citations, some researchers have made it appear that the whole
theory is listed in YEATMAN. As listed above YEATMAN does quote from letters
of Queen Elizabeth introducing Thomas ARUNDEL to Emperor Rudolph. That
also would invalidate parts of the theory that Thomas was operating in
Europe incognito under the HOWARD name.

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The ancestry of Matthew HOWARD is unknown. One theory of his ancestry,
the HOWARD-ARUNDELL theory has been found to have no validity.
Another theory, the HOWARD-DOUGLAS theory, is that Matthew was a great
grandson of Thomas HOWARD and Margaret DOUGLAS (niece of King Henry VIII).
While it cannot be disproved, as that would involve proving negatives,
the number of speculations involved over 3 generations makes it highly
improbable.

Matthew HOWARD and wife Anne had children:
1. Ann HOWARD1 b. ca. 1637;2 m. James GRENEFFE;4 living 16864
2. Elizabeth HOWARD1 b. ca. 1639; m. Henry RIDGELY;5 d. 16696-16727 Anne
Arundel Co., MD
3. Matthew HOWARD1 b. ca. 1641;2 m. Sarah DORSEY;8 d. between 3 Oct. 1691
and 12 Jan. 1692 Anne Arundel Co., MD3
4. Cornelius HOWARD1 b. ca. 1643;2 m. Elizabeth;9 d. between 15 April and
15 Oct. 1680 Anne Arundel Co., MD9
5. John HOWARD1 b. ca. 1645;2 m.1. Susanna (NORWOOD) widow of Charles
STEVENS;10 m.2. Eleanor,12 widow of John MACCUBIN;11 d. between 30 Dec. 1695
and 13 May 1696 Anne Arundel Co., MD12
6. Samuel HOWARD1 b. ca. 1647;2 m. Catherine14 WARNER;13 d. between 28 Feb. 1702
and 9 Nov. 1703 Anne Arundel Co. MD14
7. Philip HOWARD3 b. ca. 1649;2 m. Ruth BALDWIN;15 d. between 25 July 1701 and
24 Feb. 1701 [1702] Anne Arundel Co., MD16

There are claims that Matthew HOWARD had a daughter Mary who married John
HAMMOND. The earliest mention I have found of this is by J. D. WARFIELD in
1905.22 He claimed that since Matthew's son Samuel in his will made a bequest
to his "cousin" [nephew] John HAMMOND, Jr., this proved that John HAMMOND, Sr.'s
wife Mary was nee HOWARD, the daughter of Matthew.

The Maryland Calendar of wills has an incorrect abstract of Samuel HOWARD's
will. The abstract states he left to "cousins John HOWARD, Eliza: NORWOOD,
Sarah BRICE, Hannah HAMMOND, Cornelius and Joseph HOWARD and John HAMMOND, Jr.,
personalty." The abstract later states that trustees were "cousins John
HOWARD and John HAMMOND, Jr., afsd."23

The actual copy of Samuel HOWARD's will recorded in the Maryland will books14
states:
"I Give to my Cousin John HOWARD Twenty Shillings to buy a Ring.
I Give to John HAMMOND Junior Twenty Shillings to buy a Ring.
I Give and bequeath to my Cousin Eliza: [HOWARD crossed out, written above is]
NORWOOD fiveteen Shillings.
I Give to my Cousin Sarah Brice fifteen Shillings to buy a Ring.
I Give to my Cousin Hanh: HAMMOND fifteen Shillings to buy a Ring.
I Give to my Cousin Cornelius HOWARD Tenn Shillings.
I Give to my Cousin Joseph HOWARD Tenn Shillings."

While the others are called "cousins" [nephews and nieces] John HAMMOND, Jr.
is not.

Later the will book copy states:
"I leave my Cousins John HOWARD and John HAMMOND, Junr. as my Trustees."

Sharon J. Doliante did a transcription of Samuel HOWARD's will.24 She cited
the will book copy, but it is apparent that she read a different version
of the will. She capitalized words in her transcription that were not
capitalized in the will book copy, did not capitalize words that were, and
had different spellings of numerous words than from what is in the will
book copy. Her transcription omitted the bequest to John HAMMOND, Jr.
Her transcription spelled the word as "Cozin," "Cozen," and "Cozon," in
the various bequests, while the will book copy was "Cousin" in all. Her
transcription stated "my Cozon" [singular] John HOWARD and John HAMMOND,
Junr. were trustees.

Harry Wright Newman in his abstract of Samuel HOWARD's will, stated it was
from the original.25 His abstract stated that the overseers were "Cousin
John Howard and John Hammond, Jr." In that the original as abstracted by
Newman (and Doliante?) lists singular "cousin," the implication is that in
naming the overseers, only John HOWARD and not John HAMMOND, Jr. was a
"cousin" [nephew] to Samuel HOWARD.

In that the "evidence" as provided by WARFIELD for John HAMMOND having
married Mary HOWARD was based on Samuel HOWARD's will, and that the will
did not indicate any relation between John HAMMOND, Jr. and Samuel HOWARD,
it appears WARFIELD was in error. John HAMMON[D], Sr. married between 26 Oct.
167726 and 1 Nov. 167827 to Mary, widow of Thomas ROPER. As John HAMMOND had
sons who married by the early 1690s, she was apparently a second wife.

If anyone has evidence contrary to the above and can provide any of:
1. Evidence for Matthew HOWARD having a daughter named Mary.
2. Evidence of a given name for the first wife of John HAMMOND.
3. Evidence that a daughter of Matthew HOWARD [name unknown] married
John HAMMOND.
please contact me.

Matthew HOWARD and Sarah DORSEY had children:
1. John HOWARD3 m. Susannah ROCKHOULD,17 who secondly married
William CROUCH;18 John d. 6 Dec. 1702;19 bur. St. Margaret's, Westminster
Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD19
2. Sarah HOWARD3 m.1. John WORTHINGTON;3 m.2. John BRICE;20 d. 21 Dec. 1726;19
bur. Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD19
3. Samuel HOWARD8 died between 16878 and 16913
4. Matthew HOWARD3; born after 16703 d. ca. 1700 Anne Arundel Co., MD21
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1. Alice Granbery Walter, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Court Records,
(Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1995), 87 cites B:95a.
Richard Hall will. Note: FHL micrfilm 0,032,823 of the original jumps
from page 93a to next page of 102.
2. Samuel was not named in the 1647 will of Richard Hall. Date estimates for
birth were made two years apart for those children born before and after
the will.
3. Matthew Howard will, Maryland wills 2:222-224, FHL microfilm 0,012,841.
4. James Greneff will, Maryland wills 2:215-216, FHL microfilm 0,012,841
and Maryland wills 7:79-80, FHL microfilm 0,012,843. Mentions "brother
John Howard" and "brother Samuel Howard."
5. Maryland Patents 7:461, (Vol. 9) FHL microfilm 0,013,066.
6. Birthdate of son Henry. John Thomas Gurney, III, Cemetery Inscriptions
of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, (Chelsea, Mich: Bookcrafters, Inc,
1982), 1:88.
7. Deposition of Rachel Freeborne, Tiverton, Devon, England, Baptist
Church Records 1695-1915, FHL microfilm 1,526,426, item 3. Her 1727
deposition stated that Alice Skinner had come to MD about 56 years
ago, and married within a year to Henry Ridgely. Henry's first wife
Elizabeth Howard had to be deceased by that date.
8. Will of Joshua Dorsey, Maryland wills 6:8, FHL microfilm 0,012,843.
He made bequests to "cousins" (i.e. nephews) John, Samuel and Matthew
Howard, [children of Matthew Howard.]
9. Cornelius Howard will, Maryland wills 2:107-110, FHL microfilm 0,012,841.
10. Maryland Patents 5:485, (Vol. 7) FHL microfilm 0,013,065.
11. John Maccubin will, Maryland wills 4:207-208, FHL microfilm 0,012,843 and
Eleanor Howard will, Maryland wills 13:235-237, FHL microfilm 0,012,845.
12. John Howard will, Maryland wills 7:164-166, FHL microfilm 0,012,843
13. James Warner will, Maryland wills 1:618-619, FHL microfilm 0,012,841.
14. Samuel Howard will, Maryland wills 11:397-399, FHL microfilm 0,012,844.
15. John Baldwin will, Maryland wills 4:43-44, FHL microfilm 0,012,843.
16. Phillip Howard will, Maryland wills 11:153-155, FHL microfilm 0,012,844.
17. Mary Rockhold will, Maryland wills 3:248-249, FHL microfilm 0,012,842.
18. John Howard account, Maryland inventories and accounts 25:61-62, FHL
microfilm 0,012,923.
19. Lucy H. Harrison, St. Margaret's P. E. Church, Westminster, Parish,
Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, copied 1890, FHL microfilm 0,013,279,
item 2.
20. Matthew Howard (Sr.) account, Maryland inventories and accounts 25:54-55,
FHL microfilm 0,012,923.
21. Matthew Howard (Jr.) account, Maryland inventories and accounts 20:86,
FHL microfilm 0,012,922
22. J. D. Warfield, Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties,
(Baltimore: Kohn & Pollock, 1905), 71, 179.
23. Jane Baldwin, The Maryland Calendar of Wills, (Baltimore, Maryland:
Kohn & Pollock, Inc., 1907), 3:25.
24. Sharoin J. Doliante, Maryland and Virginia Colonials, (Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1991), 373.
25. Harry Wright Newman, Anne Arundel Gentry, (Annapolis, MD: by author,
1971), 2nd Edition 2:231-232.
26. Thomas Roper will, Maryland wills 5:313-315, FHL microfilm 0,012,843.
27. Maryland Testamentary Proceedings 10:315, FHL microfilm 0,012,933.
Change Date: 25 NOV 2001 at 15:04:32

Father: Thomas Arundell HOWARD b: 1580
Mother: Ann PHILIPSON (THROUGHGOOD)? b: Abt 1585 in Calgarth,England

Marriage 1 Anne HALL b: 25 OCT 1610 in Felmersham,Bedford,England
Married: 1633
Children
Anne HOWARD b: 1634
Cornelius HOWARD b: 1637 in Norfolk,Va

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Matthew Howard eldest son of Thomas Arundel or Thomas Howard, was settled in Virginia before 1623, on the East bank of the Elizabeth River near the present Parish of Norfolk. He had a large tract of land and several white servants. He received a grant of land in 1638. He was a close friend, neighbor and evidently kinsman of Edward and Cornelius Lloyd. His first wife by whom he seems to have had no children was named Elizabeth. His second wife, the mother of several children was named Ann and she was possibly Ann Hall, as Richard Hall seems to have been an inmate of Matthew Howard's household and bequeathed his estate to Matthew and his children. Matthew Howard's sister, Ann Howard, daughter of Thomas Arundel Howard and Ann Thoroughgood was married to Cecil Calvert Lord Baltimore, and the intimacy between the two families probaly prompted the removal of the entire Howard connection from Virginia to Maryland in 1649. Matthew Howard's name is not mentioned after that date in the Maryland records but it is believed that he emigrated there and it is a certain fact that all his children did. They all settled around Annapolis, and each appears frequently in the Maryland records.
The children of Matthew Howard and his wife Ann Howard were Henry Howard, Philip Howard, Samuel Howard, John Howard, Cornelius Howard. Matthew Howard, Second, Ann Howard, who married a Phillips, and Elizabeth Howard, who married a Ridgeley.
Cornelius Howard, the fifth son of Matthew and Ann Howard became the most prominent member of the family in early Maryland affairs. He was born about 1630, in Virginia and he died in Maryland in 1680. He married Elizabeth, a daughter or granddaughter of Lawrence Todd. In his will, made in 1680, he mentions his children, Joseph Howard, Cornelius Howard, Second, Sarah Howard, Elizabeth Howard and Mary Howard. In his will he lists his estate as including: Howard's Hope, South side of Severn, Howard's Hardship, Howard's Hill, Hockley Branch, Tuckahoe on Clapstack River, Howard and Porter's Range.
His will is witnessed by Phillip Calvert and John Howard. He was perhaps married to a daughter of Joshua Owen before he married the granddaughter of Lawrence Todd.
He was an ensign in the Maryland Militia in 1661, (Maryland Archives) and was a member of the House of Burgesses 1671 to 1675. (Maryland Archives.) All his descendants are eligible to the Colonial Societies. When he made his will in 1630, his eldest son was not yet eighteen years of age and his second son was also a minor. This establishes the approximate date of the birth of Joseph Howard, the eldest son, as about 1663, and the second son, Cornelius Howard, Second, as about 1665.
Cornelius Howard, Second, son of Cornelius Howard, First, and Elizabeth (Todd) Howard was born about 1665 in Maryland. He married Mary Hammond. His children were, Charles Howard, Cornelius Howard, Third, James Howard and John Howard.
Charles Howard, son of Cornelius Howard, Second, and Mary Hammond Howard, married Mary ---. His son was Benjamin Howard.
Proofs of the line of descent in the Howard family may be found in J. D. Warfield's "Founders of Anne Arundel County." See the following pages: Matthew Howard page 7-11-29-30. Cornelius Howard (First) 71. Cornelius Howard (Second) 76. Charles Howard 76. Benjamin Howard 76.
After Benjamin Howard, who married Prudence Sater, the descent as given is in the family Bibles and private papers now in possession of his descendants.
Benjamin Howard served in the War of the Revolution. The records in Washington show that Benjamin Howard served as a private in Captain Henry Gaither's Company First Maryland Regiment, commanded by Colonel John H. Stone, Revolutionary War. He enlisted March 3rd, 1777, and his name is borne on the Company rolls for February, 1799, dated Middlebrook, March 3rd, 1779, with remarks showing him in command.

Howard, Mathew,A. A. Co.,3rd Oct., 1691;
12th Jan., 1692.
To son John and hrs., 160 A., “Howard's First Choice,” commonly called “Howard's Quarter Plantation;” ½ of 500 A., “The Adventure,” and ½ of 500 A., “Poplar Plain.”
To son Mathew and hrs., residue of “The Adventure” and of “Poplar Plain” afsd.; also part of “Hopkin's Plantation,” and 22½ A. of “Howard's Addition.”
To dau. Sarah Worthington and hrs., 276 A., “Howard's Range;” 200 A., “Howard's Pasture,” on s. side Magothy R., and 130 A., dwelling plantation (unnamed).
To son John Worthington, to grandsons, John Worthington, John and Matthew Howard, and to 3 brothers, viz., John, Samuel, and Philip Howard, and their wives, personalty.
Son Mathew and dau. Sarah Worthington residuary legatees of estate, real and personal. Sd.Mathew to be of age at 21 yrs.
Exs.: Dau. Sarah Worthington and her husband.
Test: Rich'd Horner, Patrick Murphey. 2. 222.