This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/nBB.2ACI/1612.1655.1694.1693.1700.1769.1772.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am only distantly related to John Howard, their father. Our common ancestor was Andrew Howard (1782-1834), who was John Howard's father. My branch comes through Andrew B. Howard, who was Andrew's youngest child. It has been suggested that John was one of the two sons born to Andrew Howard through his first wife, said to be Sarah Metcalf (Her name seems to be a tradition and I have not been able to find out the origin of the tradition). Recently, Andrew Howard's last will and testament was found naming all of his surviving children, including a John Howard. Anyway I will send you what I have with some discussion as well.