Peter Howe was born 1 August 1756 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Nehemiah Howe (1720-1777) and Beulah Wheeler (1723-1778) and died December 1842 Washington County, Ohio of unspecified causes. He married Orinda Fuller (1762-1835) 1780 .
Peter Howe is listed on the Marlborough 1775 Minuteman Roster, which company of men marched to Cambridge MA on the alarm of 19 Apr 1775 to stop the British takeover of the colonial armories.
After the Revolutionary War he married Orinda Fuller from Vermont where their first children were born in Poultney, Rutland Co, VT. They eventually moved and settled in Washington County, Ohio.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Infant Howe (1780-1780) | |||
| Infant Howe2 (1780-1780) | |||
| Dianthy Howe (1782-1801) | |||
| Delinda Howe (1784-) | |||
| Minerva Howe | |||
| Loring Howe | |||
| Sophronia Howe (1790-1877) | |||
| Cyrenus Howe | |||
| Sylvanus Howe | |||
| Orinda Howe | |||
| Lucinda Howe | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Abner Howe (1747-1781) | |||
| William Howe (1750-1785) | |||
| Olive Howe (1750-1826) | |||
| Phoebe Howe (1752-1758) | |||
| Beuliah Howe (1754-1840) | |||
| Peter Howe (1756-1842) | 1 August 1756 Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | December 1842 Washington County, Ohio | Orinda Fuller (1762-1835) |
| Joel Howe (1760-) | |||
| Phebe Howe (1761-1833) | |||
| John Howe (1763-1834) | |||
| Candace Howe (1758-1855) | |||
| Joel Howe (1765-) | |||