Jim: Many thanks for you note. It is very helpful, although it leads me to think that my wife's ancestor Sally Howe who married Otis H. Knight is not the Sally Howe who was daughter of Adonijah Howe, despite the similar birth dates. My analysis is as follows: A family bible in my wife's family says Sally Howe was born March 15, 1797. The US Census of 1840 for Cambridge, VT says she was 42 years old at the time of the census and was born in NH. The US Census of 1850 for Cambridge, VT says she was 52 years old at the time of the census and was born in NH. These seem to confirm the birth year of 1797. The NEHGS microfilm records list a Sally Howe born March 15, 1791 in Jaffrey, NH to Adonijah and Sarah Howe. Right date, wrong year. I theorized that the year was a transcription error. But, according to your info from Howe Genealogies (1929), Adonijah Howe's daughter Sally was born March 15, 1791 and died unmarried in 1840. Even if one supposes this genealogy is mistaken about the birth year and her having died unmarried, it still doesn't add up to the right Sally Howe. One could theorize that this genealogy copied her birth date from the same record which I saw, which I've already theorized might be incorrect. But your info also says Adonijah had a son born Aug. 13, 1796. So it is extremely unlikely Sally was born March 15, 1797, only seven months later. Unless you or anyone else on the list can see any other way to interpret this information, I must conclude (with disapointment, I was excited about the Adonijah lead!) that Adonijah and sarah Howe are not the parents of the Sally Howe who married Otis H. Knight. Thanks again for your info. Although I would have prefered the opposite conclusion, it did what I wanted, helped me reach a conclusion about this new lead! Many Thanks, David G. White Burlington, VT whiteknight@adelphia.net jim wrote: > David White wrote: > >Does anyone have information on either Aaron and Betsy Howe of New > >Boston, NH or Adonijah and Sarah Howe of Jaffrey, NH? Does anyone know > >where either of these Howe men were born? Their ancestry? Copies or > >abstracts of their wills? The maiden names of their wives? Any other > >children with their birth dates? Any other info which could help me > >confirm and reject either of these as my Sally Howe's parents? > > >David G. White > >Burlington, VT > >whiteknight@adelphia.net > > - - - - - - - - - > > David, I have a Dr. Adonijah Howe living in Jaffrey NH abt 1777-1832. In > the book Howe Genealogies, the volume containing the genealogy of John Howe > of Sudbury, by Daniel Wait Howe, 1929, page 206 it states: > > Dr. Adonijah Howe (Abner, Abraham, Josiah, Josiah, John), born in > Brookfield Mass 24 July 1758; married 4 Nov 1779 Sarah RIPLEY, daughter of > Noah and Lydia (Kent) Ripley of Barre Mass born abt 1760; died 13 Dec 1800, > aged 40 years. He married second 8 Aug 1802 Persis WOOD, daughter of > Ephriam and Mary (Heald) Wood of Concord Mass, born 26 Oct 1762. When he > was 19 he moved to Jaffrey N.H. where later he was a practicing physician, > and died 31 July 1832. His widow died 5 Sept 1834 aged 71 years. Children > born in Jaffrey: > Abner, b. 14 Oct 1780 > Lydia, b. 7 Mar 1783; m. Solomon Proctor of Cavendish VT. Children > were Adonijah, James, and Charles. > Adonijah, b. 21 June 1784. > Luke, b. 28 Mar 1787. > Sally, b. 8 Jul 1789, d. 26 Jan 1790. > Sally b. 15 Mar 1791, d. in Pepperell Mass 29 March 1840 unmarried. > Lucretia, b. 13 Feb 1794; d. 1 Jan 1796. > James, b. 13 Aug 1796. > Children born by second wife: > Mary Wood, b. 1806; m. 28 Apr 1829 Asa Crosby, lived in Rockford IL. > > I got this book from NEHGS, so they probably have it in their research > library. Let me know if there is anything else you'd like me to look up. > > --Jim > Biloxi Mississippi > j@usa.net > > ==== HOWE Mailing List ==== > To search list Archives go to: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter list name