Notes for Edward Howell

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Notes for Edward Howell

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!DATA: RECORDS HARDWICH CHURCH; ; Vol 3, p 512; vol 27, p 22.
!Other source has his death date as 6 Oct 1655, Southampton, Suffolk, LI, NY., and his marriage date as 7 Apr 1616.
!COMEOVER-IMMIGRATION: Come-over in 1639 to Boston, where he was made a freeman 14 Mar 1639-40. In Lynn, Mass. with 500 acres. Deed for land in Long Island, dated 17 Apr 1640.
!DATA: Emma Howell Ross, DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD HOWELL, Bapt. 1584; D. 1655.; ; Winchester Massachusetts, The University Press, 1968; p. 1,2. "Edward Howell, b, in England, Bapt. July 22, 1584; m. (1) Frances, d. July 2, 1630, bur. in England; m. (2) Eleanore, who came to Boston with him in 1639. Issue: wife (1) - Henry, bapt. Dec 20, 1618; d. Aug. 29, 1619 in England. Margaret, John, Edward Jr., Marjery, Richard. Issue: wife (2)- Arthur, Edmund.
Edward d. before Oct. 6, 1655, as court records dated Oct. 6, 1655, granted Eleanore Howell all his goods. Mar. 1657, the town allowed her 20 shillings because her house was burned to the ground by the Indians. Long ago, in early colonial times, Water Mill was the first and only community on the easten tip of L. I. that could boast of a mill driven by water and not by wind. Until it was put into operation by a wealthy land owner, Edward Howell, four years after the "Undertakers" came to the island in 1640, all mills in the colony were wind driven because of the scarcity of swift flowing streams.
Howell came in 1640 to the tiny settlement, called "Mecox," a name taken from the Shinnecock Indians for "flat or plain country." He announced he would build a mill for the grinding of grain, rye and wheat, into flour. The colonists expected him to construct a "wind mill" but he had a different idea. He made his choice of land so that it included a lively stream which emptied into Mecox Bay. There as settlers watched, Howell built his mill upon the creek and built it so durable that, 327 years later, it is still standing in the serene little town of Water Mill.
Now, the ancient mill, but a few miles from the Old South End Burying Ground where the original miller is bur., is owned by a woman' s organization of the village. Through the summer months it is put into service as a tea room and gift shop. For many generations the mill supplied flour for the townspeople of Water Mill and adjoining communities. The mill's large grinding stones and the deed were given to Howell by the town. In return, the miller signed an agreement to supply such necessities of the town as grinding of grain grown anywhere in the Water Mill area and delivered to the mill.
That Howell lived up to his agreement faithfully is duly recorded in the town records. The name Water Mill is a lasting memorial to the pioneer miller who built the first grist mill run by water. Two of the grinding stones are in the park where there is a wind mill and the other two are at the mill.
References: In Old Southampton, Abigail Halsey, Old Colonial Families, G. R. McKenzie; Second Edition of History of Southampton, G. R. Howell; T. I., Old Southend Burying Ground.
PROLOGUE : [page vii]
The name Howell is definitely of Welsh origin, but since Edward Howell's father's and grandfather's wills are proved in England we have no proof that this family came from Wales.
The Howells were a family holding large tracts of land in England. The first one we know much about is Edward, who inherited these lands from his father, as was. and I believe still is, the custom, that the oldest son is heir. The lands were in Buckinghamshire, and a part of the old house still stands. At the time Edward came to America, he sold most of his holdings and set sail with others who wanted more religious freedom.
They landed in Boston, Mass., in 1639, then moved on to Lynn where Edward had a grant of 500 acres of land. He was made a "Free Man" in March of 1640. The same problem again arose as to religious liberty, and they looked for another place to which they could move.
About 1636 by favor of King Charles 1st, William Alexander, Earl of Sterling, became the owner of Long Island. The next year, he gave orders to his agent, James Farrett, to dispose of the lands.
Edward Howell, with a small group of men, purchased a tract of land on Long Island from the agent, James Farrett. They decided to make a settlement on the land purchased, but, before all arrangements were completed, eleven more families joined the first nine. These people were called "The Undertakers" and in the first group was Edward Howell, who was the heaviest contributor, Edmond Farrington, Edmond Needham, Thomas Sayre, Job Sayre, George Welbe, Henry Walton, Josiah Stanborough and Daniel Howe, Captain of the vessel. The next group of eleven men were Allen Breed, John Cooper, Thomas Halsey, John Farrington, William Harker, Philip Kirtland, Thomas Newell, Richard Odell, Thomas Terry, Nathaniel Kirtland and Thomas Farrington, making in all twenty men and their wives and children. They landed on the North Sea at a place called "Concience Point" (sic).
Because of the settlement on Long Island, New York State has engraved the Howell Coat of Arms on the Western Staircase of the N. Y. Capitol building at Albany.
These men decided before leaving Lynn, that there "shall a church be gathered and constituted according to the minde of Christ, that anything we do may tende to the good and welfare of the place at the feete of Christ and His Church."
The next thing they did was to obtain a deed from Farrett to "sitt down upon Long Island - there to possess, improve and enjoy eight miles square of land to them and their heyers forever, and they are to take their choice to sitt down upon as best lyketh them and also that they and their associates shall enjoy as full and free liberty in all matters that do or may concern them or conduce to the good and comfort of them and theirs both in church order or civill government."
The deed is dated April 17. 1640.
Governor Winthrop says, "He thinks four bushels of the best Indian Corne" then growing shall be paid yearly in rent to the Earl of Sterling.
That Edward Howell must have been a man of good family in the land of his birth, would appear from the fact that we find record of his using arms to which he was entitled, which same armorial blazon can yet be seen carved (1968) upon the old grave stones in the South End and North End burying grounds. They appear on the stone of Matthew in the Old South End, and they were on the front of Maj. John's but deterioration has obliterated them. In the North End they appear on John, 3rd and Capt. Charles' graves.
The Coat of Arms used by Edward Howell is described "Gules, Three Towers, tripled towered, Argent." The Motto - "Tenax Propositi."
Edward Howell was Governor's Assistant of the Ct. Colony 1647-1653, a magistrate and member of the Legislature until his death.
References: - History of Southampton, 2nd edition by G. R. Howell;
In Old Southampton - Abigail Halsey; Virkus, Vol. IV, page 752.
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Notes
!DATA: RECORDS HARDWICH CHURCH; ; Vol 3, p 512; vol 27, p 22.
!Other source has his death date as 6 Oct 1655, Southampton, Suffolk, LI, NY., and his marriage date as 7 Apr 1616.
!COMEOVER-IMMIGRATION: Come-over in 1639 to Boston, where he was made a freeman 14 Mar 1639-40. In Lynn, Mass. with 500 acres. Deed for land in Long Island, dated 17 Apr 1640.
!DATA: Emma Howell Ross, DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD HOWELL, Bapt. 1584; D. 1655.; ; Winchester Massachusetts, The University Press, 1968; p. 1,2. "Edward Howell, b, in England, Bapt. July 22, 1584; m. (1) Frances, d. July 2, 1630, bur. in England; m. (2) Eleanore, who came to Boston with him in 1639. Issue: wife (1) - Henry, bapt. Dec 20, 1618; d. Aug. 29, 1619 in England. Margaret, John, Edward Jr., Marjery, Richard. Issue: wife (2)- Arthur, Edmund.
Edward d. before Oct. 6, 1655, as court records dated Oct. 6, 1655, granted Eleanore Howell all his goods. Mar. 1657, the town allowed her 20 shillings because her house was burned to the ground by the Indians. Long ago, in early colonial times, Water Mill was the first and only community on the easten tip of L. I. that could boast of a mill driven by water and not by wind. Until it was put into operation by a wealthy land owner, Edward Howell, four years after the "Undertakers" came to the island in 1640, all mills in the colony were wind driven because of the scarcity of swift flowing streams.
Howell came in 1640 to the tiny settlement, called "Mecox," a name taken from the Shinnecock Indians for "flat or plain country." He announced he would build a mill for the grinding of grain, rye and wheat, into flour. The colonists expected him to construct a "wind mill" but he had a different idea. He made his choice of land so that it included a lively stream which emptied into Mecox Bay. There as settlers watched, Howell built his mill upon the creek and built it so durable that, 327 years later, it is still standing in the serene little town of Water Mill.
Now, the ancient mill, but a few miles from the Old South End Burying Ground where the original miller is bur., is owned by a woman' s organization of the village. Through the summer months it is put into service as a tea room and gift shop. For many generations the mill supplied flour for the townspeople of Water Mill and adjoining communities. The mill's large grinding stones and the deed were given to Howell by the town. In return, the miller signed an agreement to supply such necessities of the town as grinding of grain grown anywhere in the Water Mill area and delivered to the mill.
That Howell lived up to his agreement faithfully is duly recorded in the town records. The name Water Mill is a lasting memorial to the pioneer miller who built the first grist mill run by water. Two of the grinding stones are in the park where there is a wind mill and the other two are at the mill.
References: In Old Southampton, Abigail Halsey, Old Colonial Families, G. R. McKenzie; Second Edition of History of Southampton, G. R. Howell; T. I., Old Southend Burying Ground.
PROLOGUE : [page vii]
The name Howell is definitely of Welsh origin, but since Edward Howell's father's and grandfather's wills are proved in England we have no proof that this family came from Wales.
The Howells were a family holding large tracts of land in England. The first one we know much about is Edward, who inherited these lands from his father, as was. and I believe still is, the custom, that the oldest son is heir. The lands were in Buckinghamshire, and a part of the old house still stands. At the time Edward came to America, he sold most of his holdings and set sail with others who wanted more religious freedom.
They landed in Boston, Mass., in 1639, then moved on to Lynn where Edward had a grant of 500 acres of land. He was made a "Free Man" in March of 1640. The same problem again arose as to religious liberty, and they looked for another place to which they could move.
About 1636 by favor of King Charles 1st, William Alexander, Earl of Sterling, became the owner of Long Island. The next year, he gave orders to his agent, James Farrett, to dispose of the lands.
Edward Howell, with a small group of men, purchased a tract of land on Long Island from the agent, James Farrett. They decided to make a settlement on the land purchased, but, before all arrangements were completed, eleven more families joined the first nine. These people were called "The Undertakers" and in the first group was Edward Howell, who was the heaviest contributor, Edmond Farrington, Edmond Needham, Thomas Sayre, Job Sayre, George Welbe, Henry Walton, Josiah Stanborough and Daniel Howe, Captain of the vessel. The next group of eleven men were Allen Breed, John Cooper, Thomas Halsey, John Farrington, William Harker, Philip Kirtland, Thomas Newell, Richard Odell, Thomas Terry, Nathaniel Kirtland and Thomas Farrington, making in all twenty men and their wives and children. They landed on the North Sea at a place called "Concience Point" (sic).
Because of the settlement on Long Island, New York State has engraved the Howell Coat of Arms on the Western Staircase of the N. Y. Capitol building at Albany.
These men decided before leaving Lynn, that there "shall a church be gathered and constituted according to the minde of Christ, that anything we do may tende to the good and welfare of the place at the feete of Christ and His Church."
The next thing they did was to obtain a deed from Farrett to "sitt down upon Long Island - there to possess, improve and enjoy eight miles square of land to them and their heyers forever, and they are to take their choice to sitt down upon as best lyketh them and also that they and their associates shall enjoy as full and free liberty in all matters that do or may concern them or conduce to the good and comfort of them and theirs both in church order or civill government."
The deed is dated April 17. 1640.
Governor Winthrop says, "He thinks four bushels of the best Indian Corne" then growing shall be paid yearly in rent to the Earl of Sterling.
That Edward Howell must have been a man of good family in the land of his birth, would appear from the fact that we find record of his using arms to which he was entitled, which same armorial blazon can yet be seen carved (1968) upon the old grave stones in the South End and North End burying grounds. They appear on the stone of Matthew in the Old South End, and they were on the front of Maj. John's but deterioration has obliterated them. In the North End they appear on John, 3rd and Capt. Charles' graves.
The Coat of Arms used by Edward Howell is described "Gules, Three Towers, tripled towered, Argent." The Motto - "Tenax Propositi."
Edward Howell was Governor's Assistant of the Ct. Colony 1647-1653, a magistrate and member of the Legislature until his death.
References: - History of Southampton, 2nd edition by G. R. Howell;
In Old Southampton - Abigail Halsey; Virkus, Vol. IV, page 752.
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