John Eager Howard 
John Eager was born on June 4th, 1752. John Eager's father was Cornelius Howard and his mother was Ruth Eager. His paternal grandparents were Joshua Howard and Joanna O'Carroll; his maternal grandparents were John Eager and Jemima Morray. He had five brothers and five sisters, named George, Joshua, Cornelius, James, Philip, Rachel, Ruth, Rachel, Violetta and Anne. He was the sixth oldest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 75 on October 12th, 1827.General Notes
REFN: 1866
Colonial Families in the U.S.:
COL. JOHN EAGER HOWARD, b. 4th June, 1752, at the place settled by his
grandfather in the "Garrison Forest,", Baltimore County; served through
the Revolutionary Was as Caption, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, and
"Lieutenant Colonel Commanding;" he was at White Plains, Germantown,
Monmouth, Camden, Cowpens, Guileford Court House, Hobkirk's Hill, and
Eutaw Springs, commanding his Regiment on most of those fields; for his
conduct at Cowpens, where he commanded the main infantry line and at a
critical moment, on his own responsibility, ordered a bayonet charge
which decided the battle, he was voted by Congress a silver medal (one of
the 12 medals given by the Congress during the war); he subsequently
served his State and Country as Member of the Maryland Senate, Governor,
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator, and in other
capacities, and was honored by the choice of Washington for a seat in his
Cabinet and as a Brigadier General in the expected war with France; m.
18th May, 1887, Margaret CHEW, b 17th December, 1760; d 29th May, 1824,
dau. of Chief Justice Benjamine and Elizabeth (OSWALD) CHEW.
John Eager Howard was born & died at "Belvedere" in Baltimore Co., MD,
the home built by his grandfather, Joshua Howard.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.09 Jan 1659 in Manchester, England (Walton on Hill) d.03 Jul 1738 in Baltimore Co., MD
- b.1707 in Garrison Forest, Baltimore Co., MD d.14 Jun 1777
- b.~ 1675 in Tipperary Co., Ireland d.12 Aug 1763 in Baltimore Co., MD
- b.04 Jun 1752 d.12 Oct 1827
- b.23 May 1721 in Baltimore Co., MD d.17 Nov 1796
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