Family/Spouse: Barbara SANDYS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas ARUNDEL-HOWARD. Thomas (son of Matthew ARUNDEL-HOWARD and Margaret WILLOUGHBY) was born in in Wardour, Wiltshire, ENG; died after 1615. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown THROUGHGOOD. [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.

Matthew married Ann HALL in 1630 in , , ENG. Ann (daughter of Richard HALL and Marion Lee LOVELAND) was born on 25 Oct 1610 in Felmersham, Bedfordshire, England; died in 1640 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Cecilius CALVERT, II, Baron Of Baltimore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He came to Anne Arundel Co., MD from Virginia after his father died in 1659. His land was know as "Howard's Hope".

Family/Spouse: Catherine WARNER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John did not move with his father to Maryland in 1650. He was transported there by Thomas Sechworth in 1662. He was the only son of Matthew to change his religious beliefs and become a Quaker. He was the only son of Matthew to marry twice, both times to widows. His land was called "Howard's Interest". Only one of his sons lived to adulthood, a John Howard. This Howard line can be traced to the prestigious Howard family of England in part due to the fact that John stamped his will in wax with the arms of the Ducal House of Norfolk. His will is still preserved in Annapolis, Maryland today.

Family/Spouse: Eleanor CARROLL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He moved from Virginia to Maryland in 1659. He was the most distinguished of Matthew's sons. His land was called "Howard's Heirship and Chance."

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth GORSUCH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He too appears to have come to Maryland from Virginia years after his father moved. He obtained land for bringing in 7 persons to Maryland including his wife in 1667 in Anne Arundel Co., MD. He lived near his brother Philip on the North Severn.

Matthew married Sarah DORSEY in 1667 in MD. Sarah (daughter of Hon Col. Hon. Edward Charles DARCY DORSEY D'ARCY and Anne HOWARD) was born about 1656 in , , Maryland; died in 1715 in , Anne Arundel, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and her brother Philip were not named in the will of one of her father's best friends, Richard Hall, who gave livestock to every living child of Matthew Howard in his will in 1648. Therefore, it is likely that she and Philip had not yet been born.

Mary married John HAMMOND, Sr. in 1666 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD. John (son of Thomas HAMMOND and Elizabeth CASON, *) was born on 5 Dec 1643 in , Isle Of Wight, England; died on 24 Nov 1707 in St. Ann's Parish, Anne Arundel, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James GRENIFFE, Sr.. James died in 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was the Colonial Governor of Maryland.