I received information suggesting that son "Thompson Howe" was his father's beneficiary. Was the eldest son typically named the beneficiary or was there some other "method to the madness??" The reason I ask is that I recently received information from the church providing birth dates for a number of "Howes" and it appears that Thompson is "not" the eldest son. If these birth dates are accurate, it appears that the elder sons immigrated to Canada and Thompson (the younger brother) inherited the land. I wonder "why"?? Has anyone else encountered anything like this? Thanks!