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DESCENDANTS OF DAVID HOWELL

DAVID HOWELL was born 26 Nov 1739 possibly in Wales.  The information about his ancestry is conflicted.  There are accounts that say his father was Charles born about 1715; married to Mary Montague who died 1811 in Wales.  The children are named as:

1.  David born 26 Nov 1739; died 23 June 1827.
2.  William born 1742; died 1792.
3.  Mary Ann died 1816.

David was in America by 1754 and an account of his service in the American army during the French and Indian war was written by one of his grandsons.  He married 24 Nov 1765 PHEBE COULTER, born 30 Dec 1747 in NJ; died 25 Aug 1827; daughter of Joseph Coulter and (unknown).  They resided in Bound Brook Somerset Co. NJ.  During the Revolutionary War, their home and farmland was raided by the British in 1777 during the Battle of Bound Brook.  Shortly after, David enlisted in the Somerset County Militia.  After his enlistment, he operated an Inn and it is recorded by his grandson that David baked and furnished provisions to the army under George Washington while they were encamped nearby.  He also worked as a mason and earned a good reputation for fine workmanship.  He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church and was noted for his deep faith and strong character.  David died at age 88 on 23 June 1827 and is buried in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Bound Brook next to his wife, Phebe.

SECOND GENERATION:

Children of DAVID HOWELL and PHEBE COULTER:

+1.  Joseph born 8 Nov 1766 NJ; died 29 Sep 1847 Ovid NY; married 7 Dec 1788 Catherine Sebring born 17 Apr 1768 NJ; died 6 Mar 1842 Ovid NY; daughter of Roelof Sebring and Catherine Auten.  Both buried Gospel Lot Cemetery, Ovid NY.

2.  SUSANNAH born 22 Mar 1768 Bound Brook Somerset Co. NJ; died 28 Feb 1800 Ovid NY; married 8 Jan 1788 at Bound Brook NJ to JOHN I. COVERT born about 13 Aug 1766 Somerset Co. NJ; died 5 Feb 1857 Ovid NY; son of Isaac Covert and Rosanna (unknown).  In 1797, they moved to Ovid Seneca County NY.

3.  William born 10 Sep 1769; died 18 Sep 1769.

+4.  Mary born 11 Nov 1770; died 16 Aug 1800 Covert NY; married Tunis W. Swick born 8 July 1776 Hunterdon Co. NJ; died 14 Aug 1814 Ovid NY; son of Tunis Swick and Rachel Rose (widow of John Peatt).  Tunis married (2) Charity Emmons

+5.  Isaac born 26 Dec 1772 Somerset Co. NJ; died 16 Mar 1835 Bethany NY; married 1798 Frances Oliver born 22 May 1772; died 1 Feb 1850.  Isaac left will dated 11 Mar 1835; proved 8 June 1835.

6.  David born 26 Sep 1774; died in infancy.

7.  Phoebe born 28 Apr 1778; died 3 Aug 1798 NJ; married (unknown) Phillips.

8.  Sarah born 14 Feb 1781; died 29 Aug 1813; married Phillip King.

+9.  William born 7 May 1783 Bound Brook NJ; died 20 Mar 1867 Jackson MI; married 29 Aug 1804 in NJ Eleanor Goltry born about 1784; died near Jackson MI 6 Apr 1848.  William was a farmer and moved in 1822 to Seneca County NY; in 1826 moved to York NY and then to  Mt. Morris NY in 1833.  They finally settled near Jackson MI.

WILLIAM:
CENSUS: Macon Lenawee Co. MI 1860

+10.  David born 22 June 1788; died 18 Aug 1863 Macon MI; married 15 Mar 1810 Somerset Co. NJ Agnes "Nancy"  McCord born 30 Mar 1790 Liberty Corners NJ; died Macon MI; daughter of James McCord and Jane Curry.

11.  Hannah born 30 June 1791; married 13 Dec 1817 Bound Brook NJ Vincent Fountain.

+12.  John born 14 Feb 1795; died 12 May 1825; married Kesia Moore.

THIRD GENERATION

Children of Joseph Howell and Catherine Sebring:

1.  Roelof born 19 May 1790 Bound Brook NJ; died 12 Oct 1867 White Oaks MI; (1) married Nellie Auten; married (2) E. Van Dorn; married (3) before 1850 at White Oaks Twp. MI Matilda (unknown); born 1795 NY.  E. Van Dorn has been identified also as Elizabeth Alchin born 1817 England; daughter of William Alchin and Mercy Hawkins; date of marriage 6 Jan 1841 in White Oaks Township Ingham County MI. Roelof is listed in 1820 census in Covert Seneca Co. NY with 3 sons and 2 daughters. By 1840 census he is in White Oaks MI. Roelof served in War of 1812. 

ROELOF and MATILDA:
CENSUS: White Oak, Ingham Co. MI 1850, 1860

2.  Phebe born Aug 1792 Bound Brook NY; died 8 July 1871 Genesee Co. MI; married 13 December 1814 John Slaght born 2 June 1790 Morris Co. NJ; died 25 May 1881 Flint Genesee Co. MI; son of Matthias Slaght and Jane Messler. Went to Michigan from Seneca County NY in 1847.

CENSUS: Mundy Genesee Co. MI 1860, 1870

3.  Catherine born 29 July 1794 Bound Brook NJ.

4.  David born 20 Nov 1795 Bound Brook NJ; died Elmira NY; married 20 Sep 1820 Julia Waeir; daughter of John Waeir and Sarah (unknown). Will of John Weair of Southport dated 21 Jan 1834 proved 12 May 1838 named wife Sarah and children Mercy Hide, Betsey Griswold, Juley Howell, Nancy Miller, William C., John, Jr. Executor, wife and Jonathan Jenkins.

JULIA:
CENSUS; Southport Chemung Co. NY 1860, 1870, 1880

5.  Isaac born 12 Aug 1798 Covert NY; died 4 June 1878 San Luis Obispo CA; married 14 June 1822  Margaret Tunison born 23 Mar 1802 Covert NY; died 24 May 1883 Conn Valley CA; daughter of John Philip Tunison and Elizabeth /Margaret Miller.  Went to California 1846.

CENSUS: Hot Springs Napa Co. CA 1860, 1870

6.  John born 5 July 1801 Covert NY; died 1850 Cambridge MI; married Shady Phillips.

7.  Joseph born 5 May 1803; died 18 May 1888 Macon MI; married at Seneca County NY Lutitia Van Duyn born 19 Oct 1803; died 30 Apr 1876; daughter of Dennis Van Duyn and Ann Covert. Both are buried in Macon Cemetery.

CENSUS: Macon Lenawee Co. MI 1850, 1860, 1870

From Adrian Times & Expositor 1870-1876

Mrs. JOSEPH HOWELL - d 1 May 1876, Lake Ridge, m/o A. HOWELL, Adrian & Prof. D. HOWELL, Blissfield.

8.  Susannah born 30 June 1805 Ovid NY; died 7 Mar 1895 Macon MI; married 16 Feb 1833 Ovid NY Purvis Ganoung born 29 Apr 1798 Salem Washington Co. NY; died 28 Nov 1870 Macon Lenawee Co. MI; son of Isaac Ganoung and Jemima Husted. Susannah is buried in Macon Cemetery.

SUSAN:
CENSUS: Macon Lenawee Co. MI 1860, 1870, 1880

PURVIS:
CENSUS: Macon Lenawee Co. MI 1860

Children of Tunis Swick and Mary Howell:

1.  David born 12 Dec 1796; died 16 Apr 1881; married Mary Sebring born 18 May 1798 Ovid NY; died 19 October 1862 Covert NY; daughter of Folkert Sebring and Mary Sebring.  Both are buried in Lakeview Cemetery at Interlaken NY.

MARY:
CENSUS: Covert Seneca Co. NY 1860

DAVID: Covert Seneca Co. NY 1860, 1870; Ovid Seneca Co. NY 1880

From Waterloo Observer
Died, Col. David Swick, ae 81 yrs, 4 mos., at son Rev. Minor Swick in Ovid, N. Y. April 16, 1881.

Children of Isaac Howell and Frances Oliver:

1.  David Oliver born 26 Nov 1799 NJ; died 26 Nov 1871 Nunda NY; married 19 May 1824 Susan Covert born 26 May 1802; died 31 May 1899 Nunda NY; daughter of John I. Covert and Elinor/Nellie Sebring. Both are buried Oakhill Cemetery Mt. Morris NY

CENSUS: Mt. Morris Livingston Co. NY 1860, 1870

2.  Phoebe Phillips born 7 Mar 1801 NY; married (1) Peter Oliver; married (2) (unknown).

3.  John M. born 26 Oct 1802 Fayette NY; died 24 Apr 1885 Harvey GA; married (1) 4 Dec 1825 Phebe Ann DeLaMater; married (2) 2 Dec 1839 Eunice Elderkin born ca 1812 NY; died ca 1862.

JOHN:
CENSUS; York Livingston Co. NY 1860, 1870; Seats Dist. Morgan Co. GA 1880

EUNICE:
CENSUS; York Livingston Co. NY 1860

4.  Jehu born 6 Feb 1804 Fayette NY; died 1 Nov 1883 Greenville Co. SC; married 14 Mar 1830 Emily Catherine Waddle born ca 1814 SC. Jehu moved from NY to South Carolina about 1824.

CENSUS: Brushy Creek Greenville Co. SC 1860; Chick Springs Greenville Co. SC 1870; Butler Greenville Co. SC 1880

5.  Sarah born 13 Nov 1807; married Leonard DeLaMater born ca 1797 NY.

CENSUS: Norwalk Huron Co. OH 1860

6.  Hezekiah born 4 Feb 1810 Fayette NY; died 8 Apr 1872 Kent Co. MI; married Margaret Van Nest born ca 1810 NJ; died 23 December 1888 Kent Co. MI. Both are buried Martin Cemetery Grand Rapids MI.

HEZEKIAH:
CENSUS: Ada Kent Co. MI 1850, 1860

MARGARET:
CENSUS: Ada Kent Co. MI 1850, 1860, 1880

7.  Josiah born 7 Feb 1806 Fayette NY; died 9 Jan 1838 Bethany NY; married ca 1829 Maria Van Nest born 25 Jan 1805 Weston NJ; died 7 Apr 1886 Bethany NY; daughter of John P. Van Nest and Frances Smith of Weston NJ. Both are buried Maple Lawn Cemetery, Bethany NY.

MARIA:
CENSUS: Bethany Genesee Co. NY 1860, 1870, 1880

Children of William Howell and Eleanor Goltry:

1.  Amelia born 14 Oct 1805 NJ; died about 1867 Jackson MI;  married (1) 14 Sep 1824 Aaron C. Woodmancy died 1832; married (2) 2 Feb 1833 (unknown) Underwood; married (3) in 1866 John Woodmancy.   She may be one buried 24 Sep 1865 in Lot 388 Maple Grove Cemetery in Waterloo Seneca Co. NY. Had son William Howell Woodmancy born 24 June 1826. 

2.  Phebe Phillips born 7 Oct 1807 Bound Brook NJ; died 25 Feb 1899 Jackson MI; married 4 June 1828 Daniel Tobias Perrine born 28 Dec 1805 Bridgewater Somerset Co. NJ; died 22 Feb 1885 Leslie MI; son of Tobias Perrine and Sarah Huff.

CENSUS: Rives Jackson Co. MI 1860, 1870, 1880

3.  Abram V. born 19 Nov 1810 NJ; died 13 Mar 1875; married 22 May 1839 Elizabeth Fraley Rockefellow born 9 Nov 1816 Alexandria Hunterdon Co NJ; died 31 Jan 1898 Rives Jackson Co MI; daughter of Samuel Rockafellow and Elizabeth Trout.  Both buried Oakwood Cemetery Nunda NY.

CENSUS:  Rives Jackson Co. MI 1860, 1870, 1880

4.  Joannah Sebring born 25 Mar 1812 NJ; died Nunda NY; married 15 July 1836 (unknown).

5.  Josiah born 13 Jan 1814 NJ; married 26 Oct 1840 Eliza Jane Morgan.

6.  Sarah born 18 Jan 1817 NJ; married Garrett Conover.

7.  James C. born 4 Apr 1819 NJ; died Nunda NY; married Eleanor Burniston bp 29 Aug 1830 Raritan NJ; died 1908; daughter of William Burniston and Johanna Quick.

8.  Margaret born 2 Sep 1822 York Livingston County NY.

9.  Francis Jane born 24 Aug 1824 York Livingston County NY; died 10 Feb 1890; married 12 Mar 1857 C. J. True born NH.

CENSUS: Lafayette Tippecanoe Co. IN 1860

10.  William born 24 Apr 1827 York NY; died Nunda NY.

11.  Tobias Perrine born 22 Nov 1830 York NY.

Children of David Howell and Agnes McCord:

1.  Jane married Stillwell Burroughs.

2.  Isaac born 27 Feb 1813; died 29 Jan 1883; married Mary Brown born 20 Dec 1814; died 18 Oct 1878. Both are buried in Oakhill Cemetery, Mt. Morris NY.

CENSUS: Mt. Morris Livingston Co. NY 1870;

3.  Hannah born Seneca Co. NY ca 1816; died 2 Jan 1904 married 1844 in Livingston Co. NY Othniel G. LaRue born ca 1812.

CENSUS: Ypsilanti Washtenaw Co. MI 1880;

4.  Margaret born 28 Dec 1819; died 5 Sep 1881; married George Bagley born ca 1818.

MARGARET:
CENSUS: Nunda Livingston Co. NY 1860, 1880

GEORGE:
CENSUS: Nunda Livingston Co. NY 1860

5.  Elizabeth McCord born 28 Jan 1822 NJ; died 21 Jan 1917 Nunda Livingston Co. NY;  married Asa LaRue born 18 Dec 1816 NJ; died 20 Oct 1906 Nunda NY.

CENSUS: Nunda Livingston Co. NY 1870, 1880

6.  Mary born Jan 1825 Seneca Co. NY; married 12 Apr 1848 in Seneca Co. NY John F. Buck born 4 Aug 1822 Cayuga Co. NY.  Resided Livingston Co. NY and Van Buren Co. MI.

CENSUS: Keeler VanBuren Co. MI 1860; Saline Washtenaw Co. MI 1870; Salem Washtenaw Co. MI 1880; Tecumseh Lenawee Co. MI 1900

7.  Matthew born 20 Dec 1826 Seneca Co. NY; died 12 July 1899 Bridgewater Twp. Washtenaw Co. MI; married Ann Parker born ca 1828 NY.

CENSUS: Tecumseh Lenawee Co. MI 1860; Clinton Lenawee Co. MI 1870, 1880

8.  Sylvanus born Mar 1829 Seneca Co. NY; married about 1855 Sarah J. (unknown) born May 1833.  Resided in Saline Twp. Washtenaw Co. MI by 1860.

CENSUS: Saline Washtenaw Co. MI 1860, 1870; Clinton Lenawee Co. MI 1880; Bridgewater Washtenaw Co. MI 1900

Children of John Howell and Kesia Moore:

1.  Mary born 7 Feb 1822 married Aug 1843 Azariah Mundy born 21 Apr 1823; died Washington Valley Somerset Co. NJ 24 Dec 1891; son of David Mundy and Mary Coon.

CENSUS: Bridgewater Somerset Co. NY 1870, 1880


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Updated 3 February 2010