• Thomas Howes and his wife, Mary Burr, the progenitors of the Howes family in this country came from the County of Norfolk, in England, and settled in that part of Yarmouth, now Dennis, known as Nobscussett, about the year 1639. They were in Salem, Mass., two years before, or in 1637, where they first landed.
They brought with them three sons, Joseph, Thomas and Jeremiah, the last born on the passage over, or soon after arrival.
2416, p 7• Thomas Howes, and his wife, Mary Burr, came from England about the year 1637, and settled in Yarmouth, in March, 1639. He died in 1665, aged 75 years.
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