Ancestry of
Linda Hamilton

TV and Movie Actress

James Howell

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Linda Hamilton — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 194 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Oct 1734 
  • Birth Location:
  • Sag Harbor, Suffolk, New York 
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 Dec 1808 
  • Death Location:
  • Southampton, Suffolk, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucretia Havens
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1758 
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  • Child:

  Jerusha Howell (Ahnentafel No:97 )

  • Notes: 

  • Sources disagree on the father of James Howell with Matthew, Nathan, and Ezekiel being given as possibilities.

• Sources for James Howell

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, New London, p. 164, Marriage record for Stephen Holt and daughter Jerusha Howell.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A058532.
  • ³ Durrie, Daniel S., A Genealogical History of the Holt Family in the United States: More Particularly the Descendants of Nicholas Holt . . ., Albany: J. Munsell (1864), 259.
  • ⁴ Mallmann, Jacob Edward, Historical Papers on Shelter Island and Its Presbyterian Church with Genealogical Tables of the Descendants of . . ., New York: The A. M. Bustard Co. (1899), 240, 242.
  • ⁵ Ross, Emma Howell, Descendants of Edward Howell, Bapt. 1584; D. 1655 and Frances . . ., Winchester, Massachusetts: The University Press (1968), 28, 62.

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