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John Howard
Matthew Howard
(1609-1659)
Anne Hall
(1610-1659)
John Howard of "Howard's Interest"

 

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John Howard of "Howard's Interest" 1

  Research Notes:

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Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties., p. 30:
"South-side Severn settlements were increased in 1662. Matthew Howard, who had come up from Lower Norfolk, Virginia, in 1650, with his neighbor and relative, Edward Lloyd, had died before 1659, but his five sons now came. They were Captain Cornelius Howard, of 'Howard's Heirship and Chance'; Samuel Howard, of 'Howard's Hope'; John Howard, of 'Howard's Interest'' all adjoining near Round Bay. Philip and Matthew were on North Severn. In 1664, the three sons of Edward Dorsey, the immigrant of 1650--relatives of the Howards--took up and patented their father's survey of 'Hockley-in-the-Hole.' They were Colonel Edward Dorsey, Joshua and Hon. John Dorsey, prominent leaders in political movements and representatives in legislative measures."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Patented: "Howard's Interest" near Round Bay south of the Severn, Abt 1662, Anne Arundel, Maryland, (United States).


Sources


1 Warfield, J. D, <i>The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland.</i> (Baltimore: Kohn & Pollock, 1905), p. 30.


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