I am seeking a descendant of a brother or first cousin of Asa B. HOWE B. 22 Aug. 1816 in MA; died 1893 Clinton, Oneida Co., NY for a Y-DNA test. I will pay ½ [i.e. $53] of the promotional price of a 46 marker test by Ancestry.com Howes DNA Project to the first person with a good paper trail to Asa. The ancestry promotional offer ends 31 July 2008so time is short! Please contact me personally at mswanson@impulse.net or (805) 736-8627. My great-great-grandfather, Asa B. HOWE changed his name to Webster Bettes RANDOLPH 6 April 1836. At that time he was of Leominster, Middlesex Co., MA.* He became a Universalist minister. His alleged parents were Asa HOWE b. 16 Aug. 1773, Framingham, d. 1844 Braintree, Orange Co., VT Married 29 May 1794, Boyleston, Worcester Co., MA. Hannah WHITAKER b. 1772, d. 1847 Braintree, VT; *Names Changed in MA 1780-1892, p. 79 The HOWEs I am particularly interested in are descendants of: Ara HOWE b. 1798, d.1863; And Zara HOWE b. ca. 1800 Sterling, MA (?), d. 21 Feb 1875, Sterling. [Sons of Asa and Hannah (WHITAKER)] Others: [Sons of Asa HOWE and Mary (BEATTY)] William HOWE b. Framingham, MA 5 Nov. 1770; Asa (above); Adam HOWE B.18 Feb 1779, Holden, Worcester Co., MA; Isaac HOWE b. 7 June 1779,Holden, MA; John HOWE b. 20 Apr 1785, Holden, MA; and David HOWE b. 20 Apr. 1796, Holden, MA. Pedigree: John Leffingwell RANDOLPH b. 1878, Warsaw, NY, d. ca. 1955 St.Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL Burnett HOWE RANDOLPH b. 1841, Alstead, Cheshire Co., NH, d. 1904 Niagara Falls, Niagara Co., NY Webster Bettes RANDOLPH/aka Asa B. HOWE (1816 MA, d. 1893 Clinton, Oneida Co., NY Asa HOWE b. 1773 Framingham, Middlesex Co., MA, d. 1844 Braintree, Orange Co., VT Asa HOWE b. 1750 Framingham, MA; m. Mary BEATTY/BETTY/BETTY [Note: There appears to be a possible error at this point in HOWE Genealogy pages 14 and 23 with the mother of Asa HOWE. If he is child of Elizabeth (NORMAN) EDGELL and he is still a minor, upwards of 14 in 1765/6 When his guardian Samuel EDGEL gives bond. Elizabeth would be roughly 53 years old when Asa was born-mps. Isaac HOWE (ca. 1686- m.(1) Lydia JACKSON, (2) Mrs. Elizabeth (NORMAN) EDGELL Isaac HOWE (ca. 1656-1718) m. Deborah HOWE ( --aft. 1734) Abraham HOWE ( - 1683) Eng., Roxbury, MA m. Alice MATTOCKS Abraham HOWE (- 1676) Bishops Stortsford, Herfordshire, Eng. Margaret (Phelps) Swanson Lompoc, CA