Howe, Joseph

3/21/98 Joseph was born in England. We do not have proof but it seems quite probable that Joseph How was the son of Edward How of Lynn and that he came to this country at a later date. He was in Lynn as early as 1640. He married Elizabeth Needham the daughter of Edmund Needham of Lynn. This is proven by his will and that of Edmund Needham. From the Salem Quarterly Court that Joseph How agreed to go to sea on November 25, 1641. His widow married a second time to Samuel Hart. An inventory of his estate was taken August 1,1650 and amounted to 107 pounds.