John (How) Howe (1718-1778) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, NEHGS, Boston, 1929, Vol. 2, pages 422-423
↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 236; SAR Membership Number: 47074

Paternal relationship is confirmed by Y-chromosome DNA test results on FamilyTreeDNA. Jim Howe, FTDNA kit # 1029890, and his half 5th cousin 1x removed, David Howe, FTDNA kit # 110445, match at a Genetic Distance of 3 on 37 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is John Howe, the 4x great grandfather of Jim Howe and 5x great grandfather of David Howe. Jim and David belong to haplogroups R-BY201811 and R-M269, respectively. (SNP Tree Explorer)
- Citation generated by DNA Confirmation app, version 3.08 (updated 25.Jan.2026)

DNA Connections for John: 15

It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:

David Drew Dulany Howe : FamilyTreeDNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-BY21239, FTDNA kit #B880844 + Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup R-BY21239

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:

~1.56% ~12.50% Alan Gaines : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member alangaines1
~0.78% Carolyn (Howe) Flowers : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.78% Andrea (Brudvik) Carr : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Douglas Moore : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Dennis Kaser : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ML2753530 + FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder, GEDmatch ML2753530, FTDNA kit #224255
~0.78% Kathy Hougland : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YK8642200, yourDNAportal KATf5d5098f, Ancestry member greenguthrie + MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch WU2161637, yourDNAportal KAT57ef102e
~0.78% Jim Brown : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jbrwngartx
~0.39% Richard Klumker : 23andMe, GEDmatch QH7971208, yourDNAportal RAYead05257 + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SD2054246, Ancestry member Klumker
~0.39% Deby (Eagar) Telford : AncestryDNA
~0.39% L Dale (Olmstead) Merlin : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LDaleMerlin
~0.39% Linda (Olmstead) Leighton : AncestryDNA
~0.39% Terrence Hall : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tlhallatty
~0.39% Leon Books : AncestryDNA
~0.39% Owen Kaser : FamilyTreeDNA Family Finder

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Comments on John (How) Howe: 1

Walter Howe

How-723 and Howe-332 appear to represent the same person because: The spellings of How and Howe were used interchangeably before the 1800s. The birth date of 4 June 1718 is supported by the DAR record cited by both profiles and also the Howe Genealogies.

posted on Howe-332 (merged) May 19, 2021 by Walter Howe

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John (How) Howe (1718 - 1778)

Family Tree of John (How) Howe

John

Parents

John Howe

Comfort Finch

Grandparents

Nathaniel Howe

Elizabeth Bowers

Abraham Finch

Great-Grandparents

Isaac How

Bernanuel Bowers

Elizabeth Dunster

John Finch

Martha Unknown

2nd-Great-Grandparents

Descendants of John (How) Howe

Biography

Sources

DNA Connections for John: 15

Comments on John (How) Howe: 1