Phineas Howe was born 25 January 1739 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts to Joseph Howe (1697-1775) and Ruth Brigham (1704-1791) and died 14 March 1832 Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Dorothy Burnap (1737-1781) 11 December 1764 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Stevens (c1745-) in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married Lydia Ruggles (1739-1837) 6 February 1798 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Biography[]
Phineas Howe was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts on 25 Jan. 1739;
Revolutionary War Service[]
He was in Capt. William Brigham's Co., 19 April 1775 (see Marlborough 1775 Minuteman Roster), a sergeant in Capt. William Morse's Co., Col. Jonathan Reed's Regt. (6th Middlesex County Militia Regiment), 2 Oct. 1777 till 8 Nov. 1777. He died 14 March 1832.
Reed's Regiment of Militia also known as the 6th Middlesex County Militia Regiment was called up at Littleton and Westford, Massachusetts on September 27, 1777 as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign. The regiment marched quickly to join the gathering forces of General Horatio Gates as he faced British General John Burgoyne in northern New York. The regiment served in General Briskett's brigade of Massachusetts militia. With the surrender of Burgoyne's Army on October 17, the regiment was disbanded on November 9, 1777.
Marriage & Family[]
Married 11 Dec. 1764, DOROTHY BURNETT, daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Kimball) Burnett, born in Hopkinton, Mass., 28 May 1737, died in Marlborough, g Dec. 1781.
He married second, 5 June 1783, SARAH STEVENS(,ancestry unknown) ; she died 22 July 1784, aged x8 yrs.
He married third, 4 Jan. 1798, LYDIA RUGGLES, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Cushman) Ruggles, born in Hardwick, Mass., 10 March 1753, died 2 April 1837.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Sylvanus Howe (1765-1815) | 27 February 1765 Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | 15 September 1815 Massachusetts | Sarah Gleason (1764-1825) |
| Elizabeth Howe (1766-1839) | |||
| Jedediah Howe (1766-1817) | |||
| Gilbert Howe (1770-1849) | 1770 Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | 12 October 1849 Massachusetts | Lydia Howe (1774-1820) |
| Lucretia Howe (1773-1775) | |||
Siblings[]
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Zerviah Howe (1723-1773) | |||
Residences
References[]
- Eber Howe 1795 List of Immigrant Ancestors
- Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Vol. 2, NEHGS; Boston 1929, p298-299