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   I'm Retired from doing Genealogy work at this time. I hope you enjoy this site and
find information here that you can add to your family tree. Happy Hunting!

Now a Short History of the Howard's,

     The Howard's in this tree start in the early 1200's in England in the areas
of Surrey and Northfolk. They were entrusted by the King's of England and given
many areas of guardianship responsibility to the throne. To my knowledge, none
were ever King, however, a couple of the daughters did marry a King, but then
were put to death because they didn't produce a male offspring.
     The journey to America started sometime in the early 1600's by their
offsprings. It seams from research, the very likely hood that there were maybe 5
brothers named John, Henry, Thomas, Robert, and William and possibly even more
that came to America, landing in and around the Chesapeake Bay Area of Maryland
and Virginia.
     From this location they or their offspring's went North, South and West. It
is likely that from this group some even ventured as far North as Canada. There
were several different spellings of the last name, such as: Hayward, Heyward,
Haward and etc. but from what is known they were all pronounced Howard. All
Family researchers should make note of this, as most others, I too, have changed
most of the spelling in my tree to the name Howard. 

     REFERENCE: see Francis Howard birth May 05, 1700. Notes: Francis Hayward
was the first to take and spell his name HOWARD. (See William and Mary
Quarterly, Historical Papers, Vol. II, p. 167) The article states:  "Col.
Francis Howard...Justice, Burgess, etc. was the first to spell his name HOWARD,
though that had been always the Pronunciation of HEYWARD, HAYWARD, HAWARD, etc."
Apparently Francis Howard was a legislator and dispenser of justice as well as
a man of considerable wealth for his time. The authority quoted above further
stated that his estate was valued at 2,693 pounds, 18 shillings, 10 3/4 pence.

     RESEARCH NOTE: When researching and or using information in this tree,
you should take note of the following: First, those that have a birth date with
just a Year listed. Example: b 1800. This is what I call a Twenty Year Rule
Date. In other words, it may not be the exact birth year, however, if you're
doing research, it will give you a radius of about 20 years before and 20 years
after that date to look for. This will be true in about 90% plus of all cases.
The things used in this rule consist of a combination of a Parents Birth Date, a
Marriage Date, a Child Birth Date and other information for that family. So use
Caution when applying just a birth year in your tree. The birth year date
applied in this tree is for research only. Second, The Counties listed in this
tree are mostly the modern day names of todays Counties. Third, SMN attached to
a female surname in this tree is stating that the individual has the Same Maiden
Name as their spouse.

     YEARLY REUNION INVITATION: The Descendants of William G Howard and Sarah E
McLaughlin have a reunion every year on the first Saturday in October at Heber
Springs, Arkansas. The reunion takes place at the beautiful Greers Ferry Lake
Dam Site Recreation Park Pavilion Site #2. Time is 9am to 4pm with a potluck
style lunch. All related families and guests are invited. Host for this reunion
are Bill and Wilma (Davis) Hoskins of Batesville, Arkansas. Bill also puts out a
reunion letter a couple times a year. If you would like to get on the mailing
list please email me your information. 

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Willard (Will) Howard
Howard Genealogy