Family/Spouse: Lucy J. PACKARD. Lucy died in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha COFFIN. Martha died in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathan married Hannah HUNTER on 5 Mar 1848 in Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Hannah was born in 1818 in Randolph, Orange, Vermont; died on 3 Nov 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathan married Ellen HUNTER on 18 Nov 1850. Ellen was born in 1832 in Vermont; died on 7 Feb 1871 in N Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hannah HOWARD died in ?.

Other Events:

• Military Event: Militia - Capt
• Military Flag: Y
• Census: 1790, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Notes:

Gideon Howard was a representative to the General Court from the North Parish of Bridgewater in 1812-13. He was appointed captain in the militia in 1803, was a member of the school committee of the North Parish of Bridgewater in 1806-12-13-15-16.

Gideon married Mary “Molly” WILLIS on 4 May 1788 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Nathan WILLIS and Martha “Mary” HOWARD) was born on 18 Oct 1767 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathan married Martha “Mary” HOWARD on 1 Sep 1757 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of Ephraim HOWARD and Abigail TISDALE) was born on 7 Feb 1739 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 28 Mar 1792 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 11 Feb 1739

Notes:

Mary and David had no children. After David's death she moved to SouthBoston.

Ephraim married Abigail TISDALE in 1722 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Joseph TISDALE and Mary LEONARD) was born in 1692 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 17 Oct 1758 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Abigail inherited thirty pounds from her father's estate. After her father's death, her mother moved to West Bridgewater to live with Abigail until her death in 1727. From her mother, Abigail received one-third of the wearing apparel of her grandmother Mary (Watson) Leonard, miscellaneous household items and money (some of it to be given to her dead sisters' children) and with the stipulation that she quit her interest in her father's wearing apparel.

Abigail married Ephraim Howard (or Hayward, as it appears in some sources), the s/o Ephraim Howard of Bridgewater, who was born in 1697. He was the grands/o John Howard (Hayward) who was brought up by Miles Standish and became his right-hand man. Ephraim was a representative to the General Court in 1723. Abigail and Ephriam lived and raised their family in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts Bay Province.