Jonah Howe (1749–1826) was a lawyer and farmer from

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Shrewsbury (/ˈʃruzberi/ ''SHROOZ-bury'') is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,325 according to the 2020 United States census, in nearly 15,000 households. Incorporated in 1727, Shrewsbury prospere ...

and member of the

Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into ...

.Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2011. ''Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations,'' Edmund Rice (1638) Association. (CD-ROM)

Personal background and family relations

Jonah Howe was born in

on 2 January 1749 to Daniel Howe (1727-1750) and Eunice (Taylor) Howe (1729-?). He was a lawyer. Jonah Howe, Esq married Prudence Bowker (1751-1795), daughter of Lt. Charles Bowker and Eunice Stone, on 4 July 1771 at Shrewsbury. On 4 June 1819 he married Candace Allen in Shrewsbury. He was elected to the

from the Shrewsbury, Worcester District. Howe died at his home in Shrewsbury on 2 July 1826.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Howe, Jonah Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1749 births 1826 deaths People from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court