6th Generation: Uriah Howe & Martha Graves

Uriah Howe

Baptized on 27 October 1751 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, to Charles Howe and his wife.

Married Martha Graves on 10 October 1775 in Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

Died on 2 November 1811 in Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States of America.

Vital Record Transcripts including Uriah Howe's Baptism

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Abstract of Uriah Howe's Death Record

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Uriah Howe's Gravesite

Lowrey Cemetery, Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA

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Uriah Howe's Grave Marker at his Grave Site

Lowrey Cemetery, Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA

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Abstract of Uriah Howe's and Martha Graves' Marriage Record

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Martha Graves

Born on 29 April 1759 in Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, to Joshua Graves & Lydia Woodcock.

Married Uriah Howe on 10 October 1775 in Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

Died on 13 April 1854 in Moretown, Washington County, Vermont, United States of America.

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Abstract of Martha Graves' Birth Record

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Abstract of Martha Graves' Death Record

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Martha Graves' Grave

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Uriah Howe's Military Service

Pay roll of Captain Davis Howlett's company including Uriah Howe and Joshua Graves.

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Individual Military Record Index (1 of 3) - Uriah Howe

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Individual Military Record (2 of 3) - Uriah Howe

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Individual Military Record (3 of 3) - Uriah Howe

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According to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Lineage Book, Volume 76, Uriah Howe “served as a private in Capt. Davis Howlett’s company, Col. Ashley’s regiment, New Hampshire militia, to re-enforce the Continental Army at Ticoderoga, 1777.”

Entry 53 shows Uriah Howe listed on the abstract of the pay roll for Captain Davis Howlett's Company in Colonel Ashely's Regiment of Militia, which marched from Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, to reinforce the Continental Army at Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York. Entry 70 could be his father-in-law, Joshua Graves.

The 3-page individual military record for Uriah Howe supports the claim of his military service from 29 June - 11 July 1777 as part of Capt. Davis Howlett's company in Col. Ashley's regiment of the New Hampshire militia that was sent to re-enfoce the Continental Army at Ticonderoga.

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American Militiaman, Battle of Bennington, 1777

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Battle of Bennington

16 August 1777

Hoosick Falls, NY

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Individual Military Record Index (1 of 2) - Uriah Howe

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Individual Military Record (2 of 3) - Uriah Howe

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The entry for Uriah Howe in the first volume of Daniel Wait Howe’s Howe Genealogies credits Uriah with service in the company of Capt. Samuel Wright’s company in Col. Nichols' regiment that “marched from Winchester, N. H., and joined the army at Bennington and Stillwater, 23 July 1777.”

The two-page individual military record for Uriah Howe supports the claim of his military service from 23 July 1777 – 18 September 1777. During this time Uriah Howe would have fought in the Battle of Bennington on 16 August 1777 in Hoosick Falls, New York as part of Nichols' regiment that assaulted Baum's Hessian dragoons on the Dragoon redoubt.