Jonas Howe

Jonas Howe (1786–1854) was a farmer and school teacher from Petersham, Massachusetts and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving in 1845.^[1][2]

Jonas Howe
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Petersham, Worcester district
In office 1845–1845
Personal details
Born	(1786-07-15)July 15, 1786 Petersham, Massachusetts
Died	January 8, 1865(1865-01-08) (aged 78) Petersham, Massachusetts
Spouse(s)	Arethusa Nagus (1789- ?) Abigail (Bigelow) Brooks (1797-1883)
Children	Jonas Holland Howe (1821-1898)
Parent(s)	Benjamin Howe (1759-1838) Vashti (Holland) Howe (1761-1838)
Residence	Petersham, Massachusetts
Profession	farmer, merchant, school teacher, state legislator

Personal background and family relations

Jonas Howe was born in Petersham, Massachusetts on 15 July 1786 to Benjamin Howe (1759-1838) and Vashti (Holland) Howe (1761-1838). Howe married Arethusa Negus, daughter of Joel Negus and Betsy Gould, on 1 December 1816 at Petersham, and was a farmer and school teacher in the town.^[2] In 1845 he was elected to a one-year term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He had a second wife, Abigail (Bigelow) Brooks (1797-1883).^[1] Howe died at his home in Petersham on 8 January 1865.^[1] Howe was a direct descendant of John Howe (1602-1680) who arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 from Brinklow, Warwickshire, England and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Jonas Howe was also a descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:^[2]

• Jonas Howe, son of
• Benjamin Howe (1759-1838), son of
• Mary Stow (1730-1794), daughter of
• Elizabeth Brigham (1700-1757), daughter of

• Nathan Brigham (1671-1747), son of
• Mary Rice (1646-1695), daughter of
• Henry Rice (1617-1711), son of

• Edmund Rice, (ca1594-1663)