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Where did the English Howe family come from? What is the English Howe family crest and coat of arms? When did the Howe family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Howe family history?
Howe is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived near a hill or steep ridge of land. The surname Howe is usually derived from the Old English word hoh, which means heel or projecting ridge of land. However, it is sometimes derived from the Old Norse word haugr, which means mound or hill. Furthermore, the name Howe may be derived from residence in one of a variety of similarly named places: Hoe is in Norfolk; Hoo is in Kent; places called Hooe are in Devon and Sussex; Hose is in Leicestershire; places named Heugh are in Durham and Northumberland; and settlements called Hough are found in both Cheshire and Derby.
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Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Howe family name include Howe, Howes, How and others.First found in Berkshire, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Howe surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Howe Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Rice Howe, who settled in Virginia in 1618
- Rice Howe, who arrived in Virginia in 1618
- Daniel Howe, who landed in Lynn, Mass in 1634
- Edward Howe, who landed in Lynn, Mass in 1635
- Elizabeth Howe, aged 50, landed in New England in 1635
Howe Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- David Howe, who arrived in Boston, Mass in 1764
Howe Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- George Howe, who arrived in New York, NY in 1811
- William Howe, aged 25, landed in New York in 1812
- Michael Howe, who landed in Charleston, SC in 1813
- Eberh W Howe, who arrived in America in 1834
- E C Howe, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
Howe Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Ralph Marcus Howe, who landed in Wisconsin in 1922
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- Elias Howe (1819-1867), American inventor credited with inventing the first practical sewing machine
- Tina Howe (b. 1937), award-winning American playwright
- James Wong Howe (1899-1976), American cinematographer nominated for ten Academy Awards for cinematography, winning twice
- William Howe KB, PC (1729-1814), 5th Viscount Howe, British army officer,Commander-in- Chief of British forces during the American War of Independence
- Louis McHenry Howe (1871-1936), political advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Brigadier-General William Francis Howe (1888-1952), American Professor at Yale University (1943)
- Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe (b. 1926), Baron Howe of Aberavon, a senior British Conservative politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister
- John Howe (b. 1957), Canadian illustrator
- Gordon "Gordie" Howe (b. 1928), Canadian NHL hockey player generally regarded as one of the greatest players of all time
- Clarence Decatur "C D" Howe PC (1886-1960), leading Canadian politician
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