Richard Howell II1,2,3

M, b. 1684, d. 15 March 1769
FatherRichard Howell I d. 9 Nov 1709
     Richard was born in 1684 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Richard married Deborah Reeves in 1715 in the Town of Southold. Richard and Deborah had children: Deborah, Sarah, Richard [ca. 1719], Dorothy, Hannah, Abigail, & child [d. 2/27/1725].4 Richard's wife, Deborah, died on 21 February 1724/25 in the Town of Southold leaving him a widower.5 Richard married 2nd Prudence Hallock on 6 July 1725 in the Town of Southold. Richard made his will on 10 January 1758 at the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He mentions his wife Prudence & his children: Richard's only son, Dorothy Conkling, Deborah Doughty, Sarah Penny deceased, Hannah Ketchum, Abigail Horton. Witnesses: Deborah & James Fanning, Zophor Howell. [New York Wills: Liber 27, page 61] Richard departed this life on Wednesday, 15 March 1769 in Riverhead at age 85 years.6 His will was probated on 7 April 1769. There is also a recrod that gives the date as 14 Jun 1769.

Family 1

Deborah Reeves d. 21 Feb 1724/25

Family 2

Prudence Hallock

Citations

  1. [S85] Wilbur Franklin Howell, Howell Family Notebooks.
  2. [S265] Thomas H. Donnelly, A Genealogy of the Family of Richard Howell of Mattituck, Southold Town, Long Island, New York, pages 16-19.
  3. [S30] New York Historical Society, Collections of the New York Historical Society Abstract of Wills, Volume 31: page 264.
  4. [S2200] Thomas H. Donnelly, A Genealogy of the Family of Richard Howell of Mattituck, Southold Town, Long Island, New York, page 18.
  5. [S181] William Salmon, The Salmon Records, a Private Registar of Marriages & Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place, 1696-1811., p. 29 - Deborah, wife of Richard Howell.
  6. [S181] William Salmon, The Salmon Records, a Private Registar of Marriages & Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place, 1696-1811., page 56 - 85 years at time of death; page 124 - marriage.