Gordon Howard

Abt 1680 - 1754  (74 years)

• Name	Gordon Howard  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1680	Northern Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1754	Lancaster Co., PA
  Person ID	I29739	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Rachel McFarland, RoM02,   b. 1713, Ireland d. 1797, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1751	Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvanis   [1]
  Married	18 Apr 1751	Lancaster Co., PA
  Family ID	F5847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Helen Haines notes: Gordon Howard and Thomas Howard are on the tax lists in 1722, along with Robert McFarland. Thomas is his eldest son. From a Donegal Notebook, by Clyde L. Groff p. 54, found in Lancaster County Connections, Aug-Oct. 1984, R929.37481 L245 1984-84 V. 1. Dallas Public Library "Gordon Howard--English, had the farm two miles west of Mount Joy, now owned by Mr. Hershey. One of the earliest and most prominent Indian traders" From East Donegal Township, p. 767 History of Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Ellis and Evans, 1883, Philadelphia: "Gordon Howard was one of the pioneer Indian traders, and settled about one mile and a half northeast of Donegal meeting-house, where he took up six hundred acres of land. His trading-post and mansion stood upon the land of Mr. J. Hershey, and about fifty yards south of his present dwelling. He was married two or three times, the last time on April 16, 1751, to Rachel, the widow of James Ramsey. He was related by marriage to James Patterson, the old Indian trader. He was elected county commissioner for the years 1735-37. He died in 1754, and left the following family, viz: Joseph, Susannah, John, Thomas, William, Robert, Martha, and Rebecca." It is not known who the mother is of the various children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1626] William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical Chiefly Relating to Interior Pennsylvania, Vol. II, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Company;;;;;), pp.119-122.