Matthew Howard

Abt 1609 - 1659  (~ 50 years)

• Name	Matthew Howard
  Alternate birth	Abt 1607  [1]
  Born	Abt 1609	England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	Abt 1659  [1]
  Died	Between 1652-1659	Virginia   [2]
  Person ID	I3448	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2020

  
  

  Family	Anne,   d. Bef 1659, Virginia
  Married	Bef 1638  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Howard,   b. Abt 1647, Lower Norfolk, Virginia ,   d. 16 Dec 1703, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F3366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Matthew Howard of Maryland: given a fanciful conspiracy-theory (literally) descent from Henry VII, in a 1976 historical novel (!) by Maryland genealogist James Moss. The other theory in print is the older one by Harry Wright Newman; both are groundless. Newman's theory is patently false; the Moss theory may have a grain of truth in some distant cadet connection to the ducal Howards of Norfolk, but there is no evidence beyond the questionable armory." [Nathaniel Lane Taylor, here] Matthew Howard and his wife Anne are also ancestors of the science fiction and fantasy writer John M. Ford (1957-2006), of the poet Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), and of Frank and Jesse James. Matthew Howard (1609-1658) = Ann (1612-1659) Elizabeth Howard (1639-1672) = Henry Ridgely (1627-1710) Sarah Ridgely (1667-1727) = Thomas Odell (1671-1721) Henry Odell (1694-1738) = Ann Prather (1706-1738) Thomas Odell (1726-1759) = Keziah Offutt (1735-1783) Baruch Odell (1755-1789) = Margaret Offutt (1760-1820) Cassandra Odell (1780-1832) = John Austin (1770-1857) George Austin (1821-1867) = Amanda Thomas (1827-1899) Christopher Austin (1854-1933) = Laura Ashford (1869-1957) Bessie Iris Austin (1894-1967) = John William Ford (1900-1964) William Darrell Ford (1931-2003) = Janet Harley (1930-living) John Milo Ford, known as John M. Ford (1957-2006) Matthew Howard (1609-1658) = Ann (1612-1659) John Howard (1645-1696) = Susannah Norwood (b. 1620) John Howard (d. 1704) = Katherine Greenbury (d. 1704) Katherine Howard (b. 1697) = Orlando Griffith Sarah Griffith (1718-1794) = Nicholas Dorsey (1712-1780) Rachel Dorsey (1737-1805) = Anthony Lindsay (b. 1736) Vachel Lindsay = Annie Quisenberry Nicholas Lindsay = Martha Cave Vachel Thomas Lindsay (b. 1843) = Esther Frazee Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, known as Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931) Matthew Howard (1609-1658) = Ann (1612-1659) John Howard (1645-1696) = Susannah Norwood (b. 1620) John Howard (d. 1704) = Katherine Greenbury (d. 1704) Katherine Howard (b. 1697) = Orlando Griffith Sarah Griffith (1718-1794) = Nicholas Dorsey (1712-1780) Rachel Dorsey (1737-1805) = Anthony Lindsay (b. 1736) Anthony Lindsay (1767-1831) = Alice Cole (1769-1818) Sarah Lindsay (1803-1851) = James Cole (1804-1827) Zerelda Elizabeth Cole (1825-1911) = Robert Sallee James (1818-1850) Alexander Franklin James, known as Frank James (1843-1915) -- and his brother -- Jesse Woodson James, known as Jesse James (1847-1882)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3793] Joseph H. Howard, "Who Were Matthew Howard's Parents? A Revisit." Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin volume 41, number 4, page 574. [S82] Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families by Sharon J. Doliante. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Maryland, 1991.