Richard Howell II

M, b. 1756
     Richard was born in 1756 in Mattituck in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He gave his age as 22 on Oath of Allegiance & Peaceful Behavior that was required by Gov. Tryon in 1778.1 He was the son of Captain Richard Howell and Elizabeth Tuthill. Richard married Rhoda Corwin on 18 March 1779 in the Town of Southold.2 Richard's wife, Rhoda, died on 12 August 1784 in the Town of Southold leaving him a widower.3 Richard married 2nd Mary Osborn on 16 July 1786 in the Town of Southold.

Citations

  1. [S506] Note: P.R.O. Colonial Office. Class 5, Vol. 1109, p. 86.
  2. [S182] Reverand Charles E. Craven, A History of Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y., p. 325.
  3. [S182] Reverand Charles E. Craven, A History of Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y., page 346.