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David Howe was born 2 November 1674 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Samuel Howe (1642-1713) and Martha Bent (1642-1680) and died 3 August 1759 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Hepzibah Dearth (1680-1769) 25 December 1701 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Biography

David Howe was the Proprietor of the Red Horse Tavern that later became the Wayside Inn in Sudbury MA later made famous in the poems of Longfellow.


Wayside Inn

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Longfellow's Wayside Inn built by David Howe in 1716.

In 1701/02 he married and a received a farm from his father. It was part of 130 acres in the New Grant Territory, either lot 48 or 49. The tavern was built a few years afterwards. The Indians were still threatening in the early during the first decard of the 18th century, and the workmen building the inn had to resort at night at Parmenter Garrison a half mile away. Wayside Inn opened as a public house. It was not until 1746 that it became known as the Red Horse Tavern. In that year Ezekiel Howe, David's son and successor as tavern keeper, put up a sign of a red horse, a time honored custom of the early taverns, being to designate for the benefit of the unlettered the house by some picture or sign by which one who could not read might identify the house.

In later years it became known as the Wayside Inn from the 'Tales of the Wayside Inn written by Longfellow. Of course, the old tavern cannot claim all that Longfellow ascribed to it, but no more fitting country tavern could have been selected for the purpose. It is a fine specimen of early architecture, plain, but spacious and interesting.

The house was the center of rebel activity during the revolutionary war. At Ezekeil's death, his son Adam Howe conducted the tavern for forty years. Then came the railroads and the paths of travel changed. Lyman Howe was the last Howe in the direct line to run the hotel, for he sold it in 1866.

In the years since, the Wayside Inn has been run as a roadhouse, frequented by fans of Longfellow.

The Wayside Inn Historic District is a historic district on Old Boston Post Road in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The district contains the famous Wayside Inn, a historic landmark inn that is reputedly the oldest operating inn in the country, opening as Howe's Tavern in 1716. The district features Greek Revival and Colonial architecture. The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.



Children


Offspring of David Howe and Hepzibah Dearth (1680-1769)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Thankful Howe (1703-1766) 15 December 1703 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 25 January 1766 Hopkington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Peter Howe (1696-1766)
Hepzibah Howe (1706-1792) 1 October 1706 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 15 April 1792 Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts Cyprian Keyes (1706-1802)
Eliphalet Howe (1710-1785)
Israel Howe (1712-1748)
Ruth Howe (1714-1809)
David Howe (1717-1802)
Ezekiel Howe (1720-1796)



Siblings


Offspring of Samuel Howe (1642-1713) and Martha Bent (1642-1680)
Name Birth Death Joined with
John Howe (1664-1740)
Mary Howe (1665-1711)
Lydia Howe (1666-1742)
Samuel Howe (1668-1731) 19 May 1668 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 13 April 1731 Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Abigail Mixer (1672-1703)
Martha Goodale (1674-1754)
Martha Howe (1669-)
Daniel Howe (1672-1680)
David Howe (1674-1759) 2 November 1674 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 3 August 1759 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Hepzibah Dearth (1680-1769)
Hannah Howe (1677-1742) 6 April 1677 Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States 8 November 1742 Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States John Barnes (1666-1752)


Offspring of Samuel Howe (1642-1713) and Sarah Leavitt (1658-1726)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Elisha Howe (1687-1753)
Daniel Howe (1689-1756)
Nehemiah Howe (1693-1747)
Moses Howe (1695-1750)
Ebenezer Howe (1697-)
Micahjah Howe (1700-1740)


References

  • Ancestry of David Howe
  • Historic Homes and Genealogical Memoirs of New England - Vol 1, pg 281-283. Publ 1909 by Ellen Bicknell Crane.

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