An American Family History

The Howard Family of Charles County, Maryland

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves,
and, under a just God cannot retain it."
― Abraham Lincoln

The first European settlements in Maryland were made in 1634 when English settlers created a permanent colony.

Edmund Howard was born about 1659.

He married Margaret Dent.

Their children included:

Rebecca Howard,(1683),
William Stevens Howard (1684, married Sarah Briscoe),
Thomas Howard (1690, married Elizabeth Douglas),
John Howard, (1691-1742, married Rebecca Brooke),
Elizabeth Howard (1693),
George Howard (1696),
Edmund Howard, Jr. (1696)

The life and children of Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Douglas are described in detail in the section on Elizabeth Douglas.

In 1716 Elizabeth died and left the residue of her estate to her nephew, Thomas Howard, Jr.

Marylandwas established with religious freedom for Catholics. The colonial economy was based on tobacco cultivated by Africans who had been enslaved.

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