Rev. John Howse, of Eastwell

Parents unidentified. John Howse married twice (probably). 1) unknown 2) Alice, perhaps Lloyd.

• Not the son of Thomas Hulse, of Marbery & Astley, Esq. & Alice Hulse
• Not the same as John Hulse, of Astley who married Alice Hulse

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Biography

Disputed Parents and Wife

It has been claimed, without evidence, that the Rev. John Howse was son of Thomas Hulse and Alice Hinton of Norbury, Cheshire. There is no reason to think this is correct. There is no scrap of evidence linking this man to Cheshire or the Hulse family.

There was a John House who married Alice Lloyd, but it is unknown if this is the same person. Note: There are several different spellings for the family surname.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206721774/john-howes “Rev. John House was born at Cossington, Leicestershire, some 95 miles northwest of London, in 1564.” No citation is provided for the birth.

Birth seen as October 30, 1575 in Eastwell, Kent, England. No citation is provided for this birth.

Died 30 Aug 1630 John Howse (or House) is believed to have been born between 1560 and 1566 in England. He passed away 30 August 1630. He is thought by some to have married Alice Lloyd, who died about 1640.

Rev. John Howse passed away September 1, 1630 in Eastwell, Ashford Borough, County Kent, England and was buried on September 8, 1630 at the Kent and Sussex Cemetery and Crematorium in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells Borough, County Kent, England. He served as rector of theparish at Eastwell from 1603, until his death in 1630.

The Howes, Lothrops, and Linnells of Kent and London, England, and Scituate and Barnstable, Massachusetts. By Dan R. McConnell.
Published by the Cape Cod Genealogical Society Bulletin, Fall 2007. Sturgis Library

The family of Reverend John Howes [also House, Howse], whose children,kin, and friends, were brought before the Royal Court of the High Commission in London, England in the 1630’s, were persecuted and imprisoned for their religious beliefs. These beliefs also had political effects, which we will explain. Some fled to America, first to Scituate, then Barnstable, both of which were in Plymouth Colony in that time, aplace friendly to their Separatist beliefs. Others remained in England and played a key role in the emergence of non-conformist churches, the disputes in Parliament, and the English Civil War.

In the 17 th Century, for ordinary people, a lengthy confinement in London prisons such as Newgate, Clink, Fleet or Bridewell was tantamountto a death sentence due to crowded, filthy, disease-ridden conditions. Such dangerous confinement, for religious non-conformity, under the arbitrary rules of the High Commission, became a driving force for like minded people to flee to America. English resentment to the many breaches of Common Law led to the rise of Parliament in opposition, and ultimately to the abolishment of the High Commission in 1641 and the Civil war in the 1640’s. After the “Glorious Revolution’ in 1688, the English Bill of Rights was enacted to specifically forbid such practices, echoed famously in our own Bill of Rights, the First Ten Amendments to the U.S Constitution.

For the Howes family and their kin, the road to prison and to America began in Kent. The Reverend John Howes matriculated at St. John’s College, Cambridge in 1590. He is listed in the Alumni Cantabrigienes assuch with the further note that he was rector at Eastwell, Kent in 1610. In the Bishop’s Transcripts for Canterbury he is also given as Curate for Egerton, 1592-6. From his location at the time of the baptism of his children, he is likely to have also been Curate for Eastwell from 1603 to his death in 1630. He performed the marriage ceremony forhis daughter Hannah, in her marriage to Rev. John Lothrop [also Lothropp] in Eastwell, 16 October, 1610. In his will, dated 1630, he is described as Minister, Eastwell. In his will, his wife’s name is given as Alice.

Children of the Reverend John Howes:

1. Elizabeth Howes, Bapt, unkn. Married, Eastwell to John Champion, of Little Chart, 28 September 1607
2. Hannah Howes, Bapt. Egerton, 5 May, 1595. Died between 1632 and 1634, London, while her husband, Rev Lothrop, was in prison. Married, Eastwell to Rev. John Lothrop, 16 October 1610.
3. Peninah Howes, Bapt, Egerton, 11 April, 1596. Died after 1669, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Married between 1632 and 1638 to Robert Linnell, probably in London.[The will of her brother Thomas Howes, in 1643 givesher name as Peninah Linnell [also Lynell]. In the High Commission proceedings in 1632, she is given as Peninah Howes].
4. Druscilla Howes. Bapt., unkn. Married, Eastwell, to Simon Player 17 April 1637
5. John Howes. Bapt. Eastwell 19 June, 1603. Married Eastwell to Mary Osborn of Ashford, 18 September, 1623.
6. Priscilla Howes. Bapt Eastwell 25 August, 1605. Buried, Eastwell 28 Nov 1618
7. Thomas Howes. Bapt. Eastwell, 21 August, 1608. Died 1644 London. In his will, dated 18 October 1643, he lists his wife Elizabeth, his brother Samuel [of Scituate and Barnstable, Mass. See Great Migration Series, Vol. III, I634-5, page 424-8], his sister Peninah Lynell, his sister Drusilla Player. He also lists as administrators, the famous Puritan, Praise God Barbon [Speaker of Parliament during the Commonwealth period, known as “Barebones Parlaimant”, and William Granger, who was brought up before the High Commission along with Barbon’s wife Sara. All were members of Rev. Lothrop’s congregation in London]
8. Samuel Howes. Bapt Eastwell, 10 June, 1610. Died 12 September 1667, Mass. Married about April 1636 to Ann Hammond of Watertown, Mass. He emigrated to America in 1634, joined Rev Lothrop’s church in Scituate then Barnstable, and returned to Scituate. See reference above]
9. Henry Howes. Bapt. Eastwell, 28 June, 1612. Note. There has been great confusion in the American record to the effect that Robert Linnell’s first wife was a Jemimah Howes, presumably another daughter to Rev. John Howes. This has been compounded by an LDS record of the supposed marriage of a Jemimah Howes to Robert Linnell in 1621 in Ashford, Kent. There are no records to support this.

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Sources

1. McConnell, Dan R., “The Howes, Lothrop, and Linnells of Kent and London, England, and Scituate and Barnstable, Massachusetts” Published by the Cape Cod Genealogical Society Bulletin, Fall, 2007.
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Howse-1 cites
   1. British National Archives, 16 April 2 Elizabeth (1560) John Hulse son and heir of Thomas Hulse of Astley co 2028/1/3/5
   2. English Origins of New England Families, Vol. I; "Beale, Northend, Veasie, Meede-Lewis, House, and Others", p. 230
   3. Dalley, Craig L. “Religious and Political Radicalism in London: The Family of Thomas Howse, with Massachusetts Connections, 1642-1665.” New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 170. Boston, MA: Winter 2016 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) By Subscription. Page 41.
   4. Craig L. Dalley, “Religious and Political Radicalism in London: The Family of Thomas Howse, with Massachusetts Connections”, 1642–1665, NEHGR Winter 2016, Vol 170. Pgs. 26-44 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/46418/41/0 (document attached)
3. http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Howse_John.htm
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206721774/john-howes “ Rev. John House was born at Cossington, Leicestershire, some 95 miles northwest of London, in 1564.”
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161025958/alice-howse “Contrary to the link below, the remains of her husband - Rev. John Howse - were not laid to rest at St James Churchyard in Egerton, Kent. At the time of his death, he was serving as the Anglican minister in Eastwell, Kent and the Eastwell parish register indicates that his remains were laid to rest at St Mary's Church in Eastwell.”
   1. Stott, Clifford L. "Lothrop and House Entries in the Parish Registers of Eastwell, Kent." The American Genealogist, Vol. 70, No. 4 (October 1995). 250-251. Print.
6. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dearbornboutwell/genealogy/fam8964.... (document attached) shows as Family of Thomas + HOWSE and Alice + HINTON