Descendants of Joshua
Howell of Pennsylvania
Generation One
1. Joshua1
HOWELL;[1]
born 1745; [2]
married Mary ? circa 1765.
Land Records lists: "JOSHUA HOWELL,
256 acres south fork Little River; 1782 additions, 250, 400 and 100 on south
fork Little River; 1784, 143 acres west fork Little River; 1785, 100 acres
south fork Little River; grant Botetourt Co. 1785 for 250 acres adjoining
George Haristone and his own land.[3]
He is listed as selling 282 acres west
fork of Little River to John Ferguson in 1795 in Montgomery Co., VA.[4]
In 1797 in Montgomery Co., VA he is listed "1797, JOHN HOOK from Joshua
Howell and his wife, tract on south fork of Little River".[5]
A survey of 1156 acres was recorded on July 15, 1797 in Montgomery Co., VA.[6]
In February, 1804 in Montgomery Co., VA
Joshua Howell, and others, took out 3 bonds to secure commission of Thomas
Goodson as Sheriff of Montgomery Co., VA.[7]
Mary
?[8]
was born circa 1745.
Children of Joshua1
Howell and Mary
? were as
follows:
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2. i. David2, born 1766 in
PA; married
Susannah Hilton.
3.
ii. Joshua Jr.; born circa
1775; married Christine Mickabell November 3,
1800 in Montgomery Co., VA. [9]
4. iii. Thomas; born circa
1777; married Sally Stapleton November 6,
1802 in Montgomery Co., VA. [10],[11]
5.
iv. Abigail;[12]
born circa 1780; married David Porter.
6.
v. John; born circa
1780; married Elizabeth Parkerson September 3,
1805 in Montgomery Co., VA. [13],[14],[15]
7.
vi. Nancy;[16]
born circa 1780; married John Bryant Hilton; married William
Hancock.
8. vii. James;[17]
born circa 1780; married Abigail ?.
9. viii. Daniel;[18]
born circa 1780; married Phebe Ross.
10.
ix. Jeremiah;[19]
born circa 1780; married Pehebe Priest;.
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[1]Brother
of Benjamin Howell.
[2]Ph.D.,
C.G. Dr. Thomas W. Jones, Research Report
for William K. Howell, p. 7.
[3]Mary
B. & F. B. Kegley, Early Adventurers
On The Western Waters, Vol. I (Orange, VA: Green Publishers, Inc., 1980),
p. 302 Botetourt County Surveys.
Hereinafter cited as Early Adventurers, I.
[4]Ibid.,
p. 316 Montgomery County Surveys.
[5]Ibid.,
p. 318 Montgomery County Surveys.
[6]James
L. Douthat, compiler, Montgomery County
Virginia, Will Book 1, 1786-1809 (Self-published, 1986), p. 1. Hereinafter
cited as Montgomery Co. Wills 1786-1809.
[7]Ibid.,
p. 27.
[8]Dr.
Thomas W. Jones, Research Report for
William, p. 7.
[9]Therese
A. Fisher, Marriages in New River Valley,
VA: Montgomery, Floyd, Pulaski, and Giles, p. 115. Estimate of age based on marriage date.
[10]Mary
B. Kegley, Early Adventurers On The
Western Waters, Vol. II (Orange, VA: Green Publishers, Inc., 1982), p.
142. Birth year is an estimate based on
on marriage date. Hereinafter cited as Early
Adventurers, II.
[11]Mary
B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, II, p.
142.
[12]Dr.
Thomas W. Jones, Research Report for
William, p. 7.
[13]Mary
B. Kegley, Early Adventurers, Vol. II, p. 187. Date is estimate based on date of marriage.
[14]Fisher,
Marriages in New River, p. 115.
[15]Dr.
Thomas W. Jones, Research Report for
William, p. 7.
[16]Ibid.
[17]Ibid.
[18]Ibid.
[19]Ibid.