• General Notes

  REFN: 1856
  Joshua Howard of Manchester, England, serving on King James's side, was
  an officer in the army of the Duke of York during the Monmouth Rebellion
  in 1685, despite his father's opposition.  On his discharge, he came to
  Maryland, rather than face his father's displeasure, and settled in
  Baltimore County.  He married Johanna O'Carroll, emigrant from Ireland,
  and took up residence near Pikesville, Baltimore County, Maryland,
  settling and building 'Belvedere' as a home.  He was listed as a taxable
  in Baltimore Co. as early as 1695.  In 1698/9 he took up "Howard's
  Square, (one of the "show places" of Baltimore County, a 150 acre tract,
  which is presently the site of "Grey Rock" estate on the Reisterstown Rd,
  north of Pikesville.  Howard Family Cemetery is located on this estate. 
  He also acquired "Howard's Fancy", which in 1732, he and his wife,
  Joanna, conveyed to their son, Edmund.
  "Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland" page 240
  "Colonial Families in the U.S."
  Joshua Howard witnessed the will of John Carrington of Baltimore Co., MD
  March 22, 1695.
  Tombstones of Joshua Howard and Johanna Howard and their son Cornelius
  and wife Ruth Eager Howard are found on page 39 of "The Green Spring
  Valley, It's History and Heritage", Vol II by Robert Barnes, 1978, page
  39.  On page 38 is a list of their children, their grandchildren through
  page 45.  Grave markers in the Howard cemetery near Pikesville, MD,
  clearly show dates of birth & death.
  Will of Joshua Howard is dated July 3, 1738, proved September 14, 1738.
  Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume 7:  "To son Francis and hrs, 100A.
  'Howard's Inheritance' and shd. son Francis (now abroad) not make his
  personal appearance with design to settle and enjoy afsd. tract, it is to
  pass to son Cornelius and hrs.  To son Edmund, and daus. Sarah Gist, Mary
  Gist, Elizabeth Wells and Violat Gist, personalty.  To son Cornelius,
  ex., and hrs., 150A dwelling plantation, 'Howard's Square' and residue of
  personal estate."
  Apparently Francis did not return from abroad, because Cornelius
  inherited.
  Arms: - Gules on a bend between six crosslets, fitchee argent, an
  escutcheon or, charged with a demi-lion rampant, pierced through the
  mouth by an arrow, within a double tressure, counter flory of the first.
  Crest: - On a chapeau gules, turned up ermine, a lion statant gardant,
  with tail extended, or.
  Motto: - Desir na repos.
  The original Howard coat of arms "Gu, a bend between six cross crosslets
  fitchee, ar" has remained the common characteristic feature in the arms
  of all the subsequent branches of the English Howards, including the
  Ducal branch.  The armorial feature above noted, which identifies the
  English titled Howards of various names, as of kindred stock, is
  identical with that of the Maryland Howards.  The stone erected over the
  grave of Cornelius Howard (son of Joshua) who d. in 1777, and was buried
  on the family estate near Baltimore, MD, bore, as it does today, the
  arms:  "Gu, a bend argent between six cross-crosslets fitchee" and as far
  back as 1695, Jn. Howard, Sen. (son of Matthew 3) stamped on the waxen
  seal of his will, still preserved at Annapolis, the arms of his house,
  that came from his English forbears:  "Gu, a bend between six crosses
  crosslets fitchee, ar".  Coats of arms on ancient tombstones, seals and
  wills are usually regarded as authoritative in heraldry.  In the present
  case they seem to indicate the existence of kinship between the Maryland
  Howards and the amorial English houses-- a kinship supported by much
  tradition, although the exact connection is unknown, and may not be
  proved.

Details of Joshua's family with Joanna O'Carroll