Samuel Blanchard How (1790 - 1868)

Biography

Samuel Blanchard How(e) was born on October 14, 1790 in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1810 from the University of Pennsylvania and he was hired soon after by Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as the principal of the Grammar School. He married Mary Snowden. She passed away in 1837. He married Mary Ann Margaret (Kirkpatrick) Howe on January 4, 1839 in Middlesex, New Jersey.

Samuel Blanchard How(e) was ordained in the Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia on November 9, 1815. He served as pastor of a church in Savannah, Georgia from 1823 until 1829. He became President of Dickinson College on March 30, 1830. The enrollment of the college declined so much under his presidency, that it closed temporarily in 1838. He was the pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Protestant Church of New Brunswick, New Jersey from 1832 until 1861. He was the author of a book titled "Slaveholding not sinful." published in 1856.^[1] He passed away on March 1, 1868 in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

Research Note

HIs death is transcribed incorrectly in some sources. His will was dated 26 Dec 1863, which led to a transciption error of "about 1863". . Close examination of the will shows a codicil added 2 Janary 1867. He clearly died after that date.^[2] The cited Find a Grave and Dickenson College records make it clear he died much later, although one (Dickenson) lists a death date of 29 Feb 1868 and the other the morning of 1 March 1968.

Sources

1. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, NEHGS, Boston, 1929, Vol. 1, page 182
2. ↑ New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1739-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 December 2018), memorial page for Rev Samuel Blanchard Howe (14 Oct 1790–1 Mar 1868), Find A Grave: Memorial #126962053, citing First Reformed Church Cemetery, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Charlie Morgan (contributor 47142894)
• http://archives.dickinson.edu/people/samuel-blanchard-how-1790-1868.