This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swindle, Howe Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/130 Message Board Post: There is a family story passed down for generations in the Swindle and Howe families that in the late 1700's a Lord and Lady Howe came from England to the Carolinas on their honeymoon. Lady Howe was so frighten by the rough voyage that she refused to return to England. Lord Howe went back, contracted pneumonia and died in England. He never saw his son William Howe Jr. Lady Howe married Seth Swindle and he was the ancestor of the Benton County, Tennessee Swindle families. There is a William Howe found in Benton co. tn. that is Ancestor to my Howe line. I know there may be some truth to this story but how much is not known. Is any one familiar with a Lord William Howe who married about 1780-90? thank you for any help or information. Karen