HOWARD, CORNELIUS (?-1680). BORN: ca. 1630s, probably in Virginia; probably third son.
IMMIGRATED: in 1659 as a free adult from Virginia. RESIDED: in Anne Arundel County.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: probably Matthew Howard, of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia. MOTHER: probably Ann. BROTHERS: Samuel; John; Matthew (ca. 1640-1692/93), who married Sarah Dorsey; and Philip, who married Ruth Baldwin. SISTERS: Elizabeth, who married Henry Ridgeley (?-1710); Ann; and Mary, who married John Hammond (1643-1707). NEPHEWS: Charles Hammond (ca. 1670-1713); Thomas Hammond (?-ca. 1724/25; John Hammond (ca. 1665-1742/43); and Matthew Howard (ca. 1675-1750). NIECES: Sarah Howard, who married first, John Worthington (1650-1701), and second, John Brice (?-1713); Hannah Howard, who married first, Charles Hammond (ca. 1670-1713), and second, Edmond Benson (1687-1734).
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: a relationship to Matthew Howard and wife Anne, who were in Virginia in the early 1630s is almost certain; when the family was living in Virginia they had close ties to Edward Lloyd (ca. 1620-1696) of Maryland. MARRIED Elizabeth. CHILDREN. SONS: Cornelius (ca. 1670-1717), a member of the Middleneck Parish Vestry, Anne Arundel County, from 1693 to 1697, who married Mary, daughter of John Hammond (1643-1707); Joseph (1676-1736), a member of the St. Anne's Parish Vestry, Anne Arundel County, in 1713, who married first, Hannah, daughter of Edward Dorsey (?-1705), second, Anne, and third, Margery. DAUGHTERS: Sarah; Mary; and Elizabeth, who married first, Andrew Norwood, second, Andrew Wellsley, and third, Charles Kilbourne.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: transported two others on his arrival in Maryland in 1659, two more in 1661, and another in 1662; no title on arrival in the colony. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Anne Arundel County, 1671-1674/75. LOCAL OFFICE: justice, Anne Arundel County, 1679. MILITARY SERVICE: ensign, 166l.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 1,300 acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. Died: will probated on October 15, 1680. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, 53,515 pounds of tobacco (including 2 servants). LAND: over 1,370 acres.
Edward C. Papenfuse, Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, and Gregory A. Stiverson. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. Volume 1:A-H (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979), 465.
Note: I have broken up the above entry into paragraphs for easier reading. Papenfuse differs from Harry Wright Newman in his account of Howard's length of service in the assembly. Captain Cornelius Howard was our generation's 9th great-grandfather through Lucy Jane's line. See here for pedigree.
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