The Family

Howe

 

 

 

Origin: English

Spelling variations include: Howe, Howes, How, and others.

First found in Berkshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated with manor and estates in that shire.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Sarah Howe settled in Boston in 1635, along with Isaac, Ephraim, Elizabeth, Edward, and William and others.

Coat of Arms: Silver with a chevron between three black griffins heads.

Crest: A unicorn emerging from a crown.

Motto: Stat fortuna domus

Motto Translated: The fortune of the house remains

 

This information above was obtained from the Swyrich website, for now we will be dealing with the ancestors and descendents of:

TBA

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Howe