Varina Banks Howell b 1826 d 1906), wife of Jefferson Davis, was the daughter of William Burr Howell b 1797 d 1863, a younger brother of Richard Lewis Howell mentioned in Mr. Graham's message and thus shares in Richard Lewis Howell's ancestry and is a collateral relative of his descendents. Lew Howell (CA) On Sat, 02 Mar 2002 10:14:33 -0500 Andrew Graham <[email protected]> writes: > Good morning cousins, > > I found this in my notes: It's from American Ancestry : Giving the > Name > and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled > in > the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A.D. > 1776, Vol II, Embracing Lineages from the Whole of the United States > 1892, Originally Published Joel Munsell's Sons (Genealogical > Publishing > Company, Baltimore, 1968) > > > page 191 > John Cunningham Howell of Washington D.C. b. at Philadelphia PA Nov > 24 > 1819 rear admiral U.S.N., member of Soc. of Cincinnati....married > Mary > Stockton, b. at Princeton, NJ Apr. 30, 1830 d. at Geneva Switzerland > July 10 1889, dau of Commodore R. F. Stockton, U.S.N., U. S. > senator, > and ggdau of Richard Stockton, the signer. > > son of Richard Lewis Howell of Philadelphia PA, b at Trenton NJ 1793 > died at Phila. Nov 12 1847...married Rebecca Augusta, dau of Lucius > Witham and Elizabeth [Coxe] Stockton, the former was the son of > Phillip > Stockton, brother of Richard Stockton, the signer, son of John > Stockton, > the latter was a desc. of John Coxe, one of the proprietaries of > East > Jersey > > son of Richard Howell of Trenton, NJ born at Neward, DE 1754 died at > Trenton 1802 maj in Rev army...gov and chancellor of Hew Jersey for > 7 > consecutive years...original member of Soc. of Cincinnati...married > Keziah Burr, born at Vincentown NJ Nov 19 1758 died Aug 9, 1835 > grmother > of Chief Justice Agnew of Supreme Court of PA..of an excellent > Quaker > Family > > > son of Eben of Newark Del born there, died at Monmouth NJ > ..attorney...married Sarah Bond of Cecil Co. Maryland desc from a > well > known Maryland family > > son of WILLIAM HOWELL of Newark DE, b at Casterbight, Wales died at > Newark, came over with William Penn in ship "Welcome" 1682, planter > m > Margaret and had dau Mary who married Col. Read, signer of > Declaration > of Independence. > > andy graham > > > ==== HOWELL Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the Howell discussion list, send them to > [email protected] > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.