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Had five sons and three daughters.  Was in Virginia by 1636.

Howard, family prominent in English history. Its head is theduke of Norfolk and earl marshal of England; other titles heldby members of the family have been the earldoms of Northampton,Arundel, Nottingham, and Carlisle. The Howards trace theirancestry to Sir William Howard or Haward of Norfolk, who livedabout 1260-1308 and was made a justice of the common pleas in1297. His descendant, John Howard, was made 1st duke of Norfolkby King Richard III in 1483. Thomas Howard, 3rd duke of Norfolk,was England's most powerful peer during the reign of Henry VIII;two of his nieces, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, weremarried to Henry. After Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, wasbeheaded (1572) for treason under Queen Elizabeth I, the Howardswere deprived of the dukedom, but it was restored to them in1660. See Boleyn, Anne; Howard, Catherine; Norfolk, John Howard,1st Duke of; Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of; Norfolk,Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of; Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of;Nottingham, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of.



"Howard," Microsoft(R) Encarta(R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1993-1997Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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