Matthew Howard - Matthew Howard lineage

I have several Howard ancestors, so I would very much like to see your find. Please reply to rbrettnelson@hotmail.com, or through Geni, or whatever. Thanks!

Brett Nelson

I too have several Howard ancestors. Please share the details?

Looks like click-bait to me.

I'm very interested in what you found. I'm a descendant of Matthew Howard Sr's son Samuel Howard and Catherine Warner. I have known for a while that Matthew wasn't Thomas Arundel Howard's son. Ruby Wright Churchill

What the heck is click bait? I posted the FindAGrave site name with the story, Dr.Nicholas Ferguson Howard 1821-1909, Lumpkin County GA.

Ms Churchill, I also descend from Samuel.

I also have Matthew Howard in my family. I would be interested to see what you found. Contact me at nursedianne@netzero.com or through Geni. Dianne Walker

Very interesting tree, Nils Guttormson Torsnes
her father → Guttorm Nilsson Torsnes (Nicolausson)
his father → Nicolaus Ragnvaldsson til Brandvig
his father → Ragnvald á Steig í Gudbrandsdalen
his father → NN Hákonardóttir Oddsgård, {speculative}
his mother → Haakon Jonsson Rose, til Sudrheim
her father → Baron Jon Havtoresson Raud
his father → Agnes Haakonsdatter
his mother → Håkon V, king of Norway
her father → Ingeborg Ingeborg Eriksdatter, of Denmark
his mother → Drottning av Danmark Jutta Albrechtsdr von Sachsen, Dronning af Danmark
her mother → Albrecht I, Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg
her father → Heinrich I der Fette von Anhalt-Zerbst, Fürst zu Anhalt
his brother → Hedwig of Anhalt-Zerbst
his daughter → Bolko I the Strict, Duke
her son → Beatrix świdnicka von Schlesien-Glogau
his daughter → Stephan II, Herzog von Bayern-Ingolstadt
her son → Stephan III von Bayern
his son → Elisabeth von Bayern, reine de France
his daughter → Catherine of Valois, Queen consort of England
her daughter → Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
her son → Henry VII of England
his son → Margaret Tudor, Queen Consort of Scots
his daughter → Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
her daughter → Sir Robert Howard, Kt.
her son → John Howard, Sr.
his son → Matthew Howard
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Matthew Howard

I have never seen those names. I was surprised when I had a DNA test that showed I was 23% Scandinavian!

Matthew Howard son Samuel had son Phillip, who had son Phillip, moved to NC. Phillip had son John, who had son John, lived in Wilkes County, NC. John's son William Benjamin moved to Monroe County, TN. He had son Joshua who had son Daniel, who had my Grandmother, Prudie Howard Bright.

I just found a picture online of Kinvara Balfour, niece of the current Duke of Norfolk. My high school picture looks ridiculously similar to her!! I wish I could post them here.

I never did look like my Cofer or Bright families. Those Howards have some strong genes! :)

I found another reference to Matthew being from the Norfolk line! My ancestor John was noted by a local long ago (Wilkes County, NC) as being from that line. I have often wondered if the family knew. Obviously they did!!

Sadly, there is no conclusive proof regarding the parentage of Matthew Howard - the present connection is entirely speculative and unverified.

The factoid that the Howard families in America used the same arms as the ducal Howards is not proof of descent - neither the College of Arms nor the Lyon Court has ever had any jurisdiction in North America. It wasn't long before the colonists figured this out and began assuming arms whether they had a right to them or not.

Jesse James obviously knew where he came from. He is a 7th great-grandson of Matthew Howard. Before Jesse was killed, he was going by an alias; Thomas Howard. Just another in an ever-increasing pile of "coincidences". Here is more food for thought: a photo of my great-aunt Reba Howard resembles a portrait of Margaret Douglas when she was older. Interesting!