The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . h in 1640. Hewas the first white manto settle in Marlbor-ough, Mass., where hewas found in 1657, anddied there in living at Sud-burj, in 1642, he was ap-pointed Selectman andMarshal for the son, Thomas How,Avas born probably atSudbury, in 1656. Herepresented Marlbor-ough in the GeneralCourt, was Colonel inthe militia, and active inthe early Indian family name in England had been sj^elled How, andthat mode of orthography was retained in this covintry un-til it was changed by Bezaleel Howe, sou of Thomas, whoadd
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . h in 1640. Hewas the first white manto settle in Marlbor-ough, Mass., where hewas found in 1657, anddied there in living at Sud-burj, in 1642, he was ap-pointed Selectman andMarshal for the son, Thomas How,Avas born probably atSudbury, in 1656. Herepresented Marlbor-ough in the GeneralCourt, was Colonel inthe militia, and active inthe early Indian family name in England had been sj^elled How, andthat mode of orthography was retained in this covintry un-til it was changed by Bezaleel Howe, sou of Thomas, whoadded a final e to the name, and that manner of writing ithas since been adopted by all the members of the race. ThisBezaleel Avas born before the ReAolutionarj War, in time,however, to enlist in the New Hampshire line in the Con-tinental Aiuiy just before the battle of Bunker Hill. Heserved throughout the entire Avar and remained in the regu-lar army for fourteen years after peace was declared. Heserved for six years under General Anthony Wayne and re-. GEORGE R. HOWE. BIOCUArillCAI. 379 tired with the rank of Major. Duriuf;- tlic Revolution heserved iu Wasiiiu<;tous as auxillai-y Lientenant,and was a member of the eommander-iu-chiefs military fam-ily durinj; nearly the whole of the last year of the war, andas Captain, and at the tdose of the contest eommanded tlieescort which took General Waslnnjitous papers and per-sonal effects to Mount Vernon. The original letter <(( in-structions for the march has been deposited amon^ thearchives of the New Jersey Historical !:^ociety at Newark. Jolin Moffat Howe, the father of George K. and son ofBezaleel, of Kevolutionary times, was a physician and aclergyman. He was a resident of the City of Passaic, Tas-saic County, N. J., and one of the most distinguished citi-zens of that thriving town, being largely and most honor-:ihly iarticuhirlywitli its educational interests, lie was an inliabitant ofthat town at a time w^hen wis
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