Thomas Howes

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Thomas Howes
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[Capt. Thomas Howes]
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Capt. Thomas Howes of Yarmouth, son of Thomas Howes and his wife Mary, later Mrs. Prence, and brother of Jeremiah Howes. In King Philip's War he led Yarmouth's men in the third and fifth expeditions, and a Barnstable soldier later swore that he had served under him. A selectman in 1676, he died that November; his will asked that his mother keep the house she lived in.
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"Mr. Thomas Howes d. in Nov. [1676]. He is often mentioned in the records with the prefix of Capt. He was son of the grantee Howes" (Freeman, History of Cape Cod 2:194n). His will is dated 15 Jan 1675/6.
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Of Yarmouth; brother of Jeremiah Howes. His father's will (1665) charged him with having his nephew Samuel taught the cooper's trade. "He is often mentioned in the records with the prefix of Capt." (Freeman, History of Cape Cod 2:194n).

King Philip's War. He led Yarmouth's men to the war more than once. The town's list of its men, as Freeman prints it from the town record, has "Third Expedition, one month's service: Capt. Thomas Howes, Sergt. Sam. Hall, ..." and "Fifth Expedition: Capt. Howes and 21 men" (HCC 2:193n). Long afterwards, in 1742, Ebenezer Goodspeed of Barnstable, claiming a share of the Narragansett lands, deposed that he had been "a soldier in the Narragansett wars so-called, under Capt. Thomas Howes" (Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 441).

On 15 Jan 1675/6, it seems between expeditions, he made his will, providing for "my Mother Prence." That spring he was rated for the war at Yarmouth with his brother Jeremiah and his mother, "Mrs. Prence" (HCC 2:194-195), and at the June 1676 court he was approved as one of Yarmouth's selectmen, "Mr Edmond Hawes, Capt Howes, Ensigne Thacher" (Records of the Colony of New Plymouth 5:195). He died that November (HCC 2:194n).

On 8 May 1684 his youngest son Jonathan chose "his vnkell, Mr Jeremiah Howes, to be his gaurdian" (PCR 6:134).

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  • The day of his death, and the probate of his will.
  1. ---
  2. name: Thomas Howes
  3. aka: [Capt. Thomas Howes]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Capt. Thomas Howes of Yarmouth, son of Thomas Howes and his wife Mary, later Mrs. Prence, and
  8. brother of Jeremiah Howes. In King Philip's War he led Yarmouth's men in the third and fifth
  9. expeditions, and a Barnstable soldier later swore that he had served under him. A selectman in
  10. 1676, he died that November; his will asked that his mother keep the house she lived in.
  11. died:
  12. date: Nov 1676
  13. basis: compiled
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [book-freeman-1862-history-of-cape-cod]
  16. note: '"Mr. Thomas Howes d. in Nov. [1676]. He is often mentioned in the records with the prefix of Capt. He was son of the grantee Howes" (Freeman, History of Cape Cod 2:194n). His will is dated 15 Jan 1675/6.'
  17. father:
  18. id: thomas-howes-fl1665
  19. basis: documented
  20. confidence: proven
  21. sources: [will-thomas-howes-1665]
  22. mother:
  23. id: mary-howes-fl1676
  24. basis: documented
  25. confidence: proven
  26. sources: [will-thomas-howes-1676]
  27. ---
  29. Of Yarmouth; brother of Jeremiah Howes. His father's will (1665) charged him with having his nephew
  30. Samuel taught the cooper's trade. "He is often mentioned in the records with the prefix of Capt."
  31. (Freeman, [*History of Cape Cod*](/files/sources/book-freeman-1862-history-of-cape-cod/) 2:194n).
  33. **King Philip's War.** He led Yarmouth's men to the war more than once. The town's list of its men,
  34. as Freeman prints it from the town record, has "Third Expedition, one month's service: Capt. Thomas
  35. Howes, Sergt. Sam. Hall, ..." and "Fifth Expedition: Capt. Howes and 21 men" (HCC 2:193n). Long
  36. afterwards, in 1742, Ebenezer Goodspeed of Barnstable, claiming a share of the Narragansett lands,
  37. deposed that he had been "a soldier in the Narragansett wars so-called, under Capt. Thomas Howes"
  38. ([*Soldiers in King Philip's War*](/files/sources/book-bodge-1906-soldiers-king-philips-war/), p. 441).
  40. On 15 Jan 1675/6, it seems between expeditions, he made his will, providing for "my Mother Prence."
  41. That spring he was rated for the war at Yarmouth with his brother [Jeremiah](/people/jeremiah-howes-1637/)
  42. and his mother, "Mrs. Prence" (HCC 2:194-195), and at the June 1676 court he was approved as one of
  43. Yarmouth's selectmen, "Mr Edmond Hawes, Capt Howes, Ensigne Thacher"
  44. ([*Records of the Colony of New Plymouth*](/files/sources/records-plymouth-colony/) 5:195). He died that
  45. November (HCC 2:194n).
  47. On 8 May 1684 his youngest son Jonathan chose "his vnkell, Mr Jeremiah Howes, to be his gaurdian"
  48. (PCR 6:134).
  50. ## Open questions
  52. - The day of his death, and the probate of his will.
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