Matthew Howard

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1607
• Alternate death: Abt 1659

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 and Anne Howard are common ancestors of JMF and PNH. They are also ancestors of the boxer Jack Dempsey (see our entry for Matthew's grandson Philip Howard), of the poet Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931), of Frank and Jesse James, and worst of all, of the Nazi-flirtatious Duchess of Windsor, Bessie Wallis Warfield:

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)

Matthew Howard (1609-1658) = Ann (1612-1659)
Mathew Howard (~1640-~1692) = Sarah Dorsey (d. <1691)
Sarah Howard = John Worthington (~1651-1701)
Thomas Worthington (b. ~1691) = Elizabeth Ridgely
Elizabeth Worthington (d. 1775 or 1776) = Henry Dorsey (1712-1770)
Ariana Dorsey (b. 1755) = Benjamin Warfield
Daniel Warfield = Nancy Mactier
Henry Mactier Warfield (1826-1885) = Anna Emory (1830-1915)
Teackle Wallis Warfield (1869-1896) = Alice Montague (1869-1929)
Bessie Wallis (Warfield) (Spencer) (Simpson) Warfield (1896-1986), Duchess of Windsor, wife of the abdicated Edward VIII

Matthew married Anne before 1638. Anne died before 1659 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Henry Ridgely before 19 Sep 1664 in Maryland. Henry was born between 1635 and 1639 in England; died before 13 Jul 1710 in Prince George's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1626
• Alternate death: 16 Dec 1703, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland

Notes:

More about Samuel Howard and Catherine Warner here.

Family/Spouse: Catherine Warner. Catherine (daughter of James Warner and Joan) was born in 1650 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; died after 6 Nov 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John Brewer about 1685 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. John (son of John Brewer) died after 5 Apr 1690 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Thomas Odell between Apr 1690 and Apr 1692. Thomas was born between 1660 and 1670; died between 7 May 1718 and 11 Apr 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1669, Arundel Hills, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Notes:

More about Philip Howard and Sarah here.

Philip Howard (d. 1705) = Sarah
Philip Howard (~1705-1785) = Mary Child (or Childres) (~1705-1799)
Abraham Howard (~1726-1782) = Jane Allen (~1729-1805)
Susanna Howard (1767-1860) = Abner Vance (1760-1819)
Jane Alena Vance (1791-1865) = Joseph Dempsey (1797-1880)
William Anderson Dempsey (~1841-~1875) = Mahulda Blair (~1827-~1888)
Hiram Dempsey (1856-1948) = Mary Celia Smoot (1859-1946)
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (1895-1983)

6th cousin to PNH, three times removed.

From Anne Arundel Gentry, citation details below:

Philip Howard, at the death of his father in 1703, was made the executor of the estate, but he soon became involved in a lawsuit regarding the estate of his maternal grandfather, James Warner of South River. James Warner by will left "Warner’s Neck" to his daughter, Jane Sewell, with the provision that it would descend to and remain always in the possession of his heirs. Her husband, James Sewell, sold it to Samuel Howard. This sale was contested by the other Sewell heirs. The court eventually decided in favor of the conveyance, inasmuch as Samuel Howard by rights of his wife was an heir. At a subsequent rent roll, "Warner’s Neck" was in the possession of Henry Pinkney by his marriage to the widow of Philip Howard.

Philip Howard died intestate in 1705. Henry Pinkney, Cornelius Howard, and Joseph Howard were made the guardians of his minor children. Shortly afterwards Henry Pinkney married the Widow Howard.

Priscilla Howard, the spinster daughter of Philip and Sarah Howard, was buried from St. Ann’s Church on January 27, 1718. Samuel Howard, her brother, was named administrator of her estate, whereupon on March 2, 1718, he distributed the proceeds among the following heirs--Sarah Cunningham, Samuel Howard, James Howard, Rachel Hinton, and Philip Howard.

Family/Spouse: Sarah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ninian Magruder. Ninian (son of Samuel Magruder and Sarah) was born in 1686; died in 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann Prather. Ann (daughter of Jonathan Prather and Elizabeth) was born before 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1761, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Rachel married Thomas Hinton on 28 Aug 1718 in St. Ann's Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland. Thomas was born on 28 Dec 1693 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland; died after 1761 in Montgomery County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]