Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Howle (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England. Some allied families came from France. Some settled in Virginia in the 1600's. In the 1700's, some settled in Pennsylvania and South Carolina. During the 1800's, some moved to Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. Later families also lived in Australia,...

Meshach Couch and his two brothers, James and Samuel, emigrated from England to Maryland "a few years prior to the War of the Revolution ..." Meshach was born in 1743, married Mary Welch in 1773, and died in 1824.

Beth Elenda Smith Spencer was born 12 November 1923 in Teague, Freestone, Texas. Her parents were Lex Smith (1885-1948) and Addie Burke Sullivan (1887-1977). She married George Lisle Spencer, Jr. (b. 1921) 12 June 1943 in St. Petersburg, Florida. His parents were George Lisle Spencer and Florence Florene Summers. Ancestors of Beth and George lived primarily in Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia,...

John Stone (ca. 1610-1687) was born at Hereford near Guildford, Surrey, England and immigrated in 1639 to what became Guilford, Connecticut. Descendants moved to other New England states, New York, Ohio and other areas.

Michael Lampshire (Lampier) (1702-1772) was born at St. Clement, Cornwall, England. He married Joan Penrose in 1731. One of their descendants, William Francis Lampshire (1792-1870), was born at St. Lawrence, Cornwall, England. He married Ann May at St. Allen, Cornwall. They immigrated to Wisconsin in 1848 where they settled in Mineral Point. Another descendant, William John Lampshire (1851-1909), was born at Mineral Point and married Emily Jane...

Edward Jessup left England prior to 1649 and settled first in Connecticut. His wife was Elizabeth. They had three children.

Maria Stebbins was a daughter of Simon Stebbins (b.1764) of New York, and a granddaughter of Theophilis Stebbins of Ridgefield, Connecticut. Her mother was Eunice Whitlock, eldest daughter of Robert and Susan Whitlock of Ridgefield, Connecticut. "Her heirs at law are the descendants of fourteen uncles and aunts, all of whom were dead at time of her decease ..." living in New England, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,...

Ancestry of Robert Marshall Shepherd, son of Marion Fred Shepherd (1886-1953) and Elizabeth Cunagin (Cunningham) (born 1904) both of Kentucky. Much of the ancestry is traced to Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Schwaigern, Germany, England, and elsewhere.