Matthew HOWARD^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1609 - Bef 1659  (49 years)

• Name	Matthew HOWARD  [6]
  Born	1609	Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, ENG   [1, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 1659	, Anne Arundel, MD   [6]
  Person ID	I10795	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas ARUNDEL-HOWARD,   b. Wardour, Wiltshire, ENG ,   d. Aft 1615
  Mother	Ann PHILIPSON
  Family ID	F642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann HALL,   b. 25 Oct 1610, Felmersham, Bedfordshire, England ,   d. 1640, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America  (Age 29 years)
  Married	1630	, , ENG   [1]
  Children	1. Sarah HOWARD,   b. 1625, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States ,   d. 1695, Prince George's, Maryland, United States  (Age 70 years)   2. Samuel HOWARD,   b. 1631, , Lower Norfolk, VA ,   d. 1658, , Anne Arundel, MD  (Age 27 years)   3. Susanna "Ann" Arundell HOWARD,   b. 1633, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1670, Anne Arundel, Maryland  (Age 37 years)   4. Katherine (Hall) HOWARD (M. ACTON),   b. Abt 1633, Lower, Norfolk, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1690, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Colony  (Age ~ 57 years)   5. Henry HOWARD,   b. 1634, Lower, Norfolk, Virginia, United States ,   d. 8 Mar 1683, Anne Arundel, Virginia, United States  (Age 49 years)   6. Francis James HOWARD,   b. 1635, Denton, Caroline, Maryland, United States ,   d. 19 Apr 1722, York, Virginia, United States  (Age 87 years)   7. John HOWARD,   b. Abt 1635, , Lower Norfolk, VA ,   d. 18 Nov 1696, , Anne Arundel, MD  (Age ~ 61 years)   8. Ellinor HOWARD,   b. 1636, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States ,   d. 1674, Ann Arundel, Maryland, United States  (Age 38 years)   9. Captain Cornelius HOWARD,   b. 1637, , Lower Norfolk, VA ,   d. 15 Oct 1680, , Anne Arundel, MD  (Age 43 years)   10. Mary HOWARD,   b. 1637, Lower Norfolk, VA ,   d. 4 Apr 1721, Anne Arundel, Maryland  (Age 84 years)   11. Samuel HOWARD,   b. 1638, Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States ,   d. 1658, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States  (Age 20 years)   12. Elizabeth HOWARD,   b. 1639, Lower, Norfolk, Virginia, United States ,   d. 8 Aug 1672, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States  (Age 33 years)   13. Matthew HOWARD,   b. Abt 1640, , Lower Norfolk, VA ,   d. Bef 12 Jan 1692, , Anne Arundel, MD  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Elizabeth HOWARD,   b. 1642, , Lower Norfolk, VA ,   d. Bef 1669  (Age 26 years)   2. Mary HOWARD,   b. Aft 1648, , Lower Norfolk, VA ,   d. 4 Apr 1721, , Anne Arundel, MD  (Age ~ 72 years)   3. Anne HOWARD,   b. Bef 1648, , Lower Norfolk, VA ,   d. Aft 26 Apr 1694, , Anne Arundel, MD  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F7143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Matthew is the likely son of Sir Thomas Howard-Arundel and Ann Philipson. This is supported by the naming of a son Philip; the disappearance in English records of their son Matthew after 1620; the fact that he would be a relative of the treasurer of the "London Virginia Company, Sir Edwin Sandys, through his mother's side; his appearance in Elizabeth City Co., VA about 1624 with Arundel, Willoughby, Wriothesley, Calvert, Montague, and Sandy relatives and by the fact that he moved to Anne Arundel Co., Maryland which was named after his sister. His son John used a stamp in wax of his family's coat of arms which was the Ducal House of Norfolk. Almost a hundred years later, a descendant, Cornelius Howard, buried on the family estate in Baltimore, had almost the exact same coat-of-arms added to his headstone. This coat-of-arms was nearly identical to the one used by the Duke of Norfolk living in the 1960's. It is also the lineage presented in several published books on this line. It should be noted that next to the Royal Family of England, the House of Howard ranks next. It's head, the Duke of Norfolk, is the hereditary Earl Marshall of England. Unlike most other noble houses of England, it states that it is of pure Saxon descent. It is believed he moved to Virginia because he was one of the middle sons of Thomas. His eldest half brother, son of Thomas's first wife, Maria Wriothesley, would have received the title and lands of his father. It was not uncommon for younger sons to travel to the new world to make their fortune. It should be noted that the Wriothesleys were also neighbors and friends of the Howards in Maryland. His first land purchase is not in actual records, but these same land records list him as the neighbor of Robert Taylor in Feb. of 1637. In 1638, He was granted 150 acres by Charles I in Lower Norfolk Co., VA (formerly Elizabeth City Co., VA) for bringing over his wife and two servants. He settled in Lower Norfolk Co., VA for a period of 20 years where it is assumed that all of his children were born. Since he made no claim for land for any children, this is proof that all of his children were born in Virginia. He and all but one of his sons were followers of the Established Church of England. He moved to Anne Arundel Co., Maryland between June of 1649 and July of 1650 with his friend and neighbor, Edward Lloyd. He likely moved his family to Maryland because his brother-in-law was the third Lord Baltimore of Maryland at the time. He died before 1659 when his son Philip was listed as an orphan when he gained some of his father's land through a guardian. We know for certain that 4 of his sons are brothers from a warrant for land in 1662 in Maryland for 900 acres given to his sons Cornelius, John, Matthew and Samuel. John S. Wurts, "Magna Charta" c1950 is sourced for Matthew's royal ancestry as well as his son Johns and needs to be located for further proof as to this family line.

  
  

• Sources

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