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Joseph Howard

Joseph Howard

Male 1769 - 1790  (21 years)    Has 14 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Joseph Howard 
    Birth 1769 
    Gender Male 
    Death Nov 1790 
    Burial Friends' Burial Ground, Bunhill Fields Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Person ID I460739  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2003 

    Father Robert Howard,   b. 1739, Folkestone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1812 (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Susannah Smith   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1761 
    Family ID F182871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The youngest of Robert Howard’s first family was a pious young man, religiously inclined from his early days. It was intended that he should be introduced to the business at Rotherhithe then superintended by William Manser, a Friend, who was uncle to the late Wm. and James Manser of Hertfordshire.
      William Manser kept house at Rotherhithe, and Joseph Howard boarded with him, and was employed in the Counting House. He used to come to old Street on 7th day afternoon and return 2nd day morning. He was of a delicate constitution and frame, with fine features and a very agreeable countenance, he had beautiful auburn hair (like his mother’s) and a great deal of it. He showed much ingenuity in drawing and he was much better fitted for some pursuit requiring the talent in this way, or the lighter kinds of machinery, than the heavy, cumbrous concern of the iron works for which he was designed, the atmosphere of which both physical and mental was very uncongenial to him. He was of a meek disposition, not of many words - but he had a good understanding, which he improved by self-culture as much as his leisure time would allow. About the end of the 10th month 1790 Joseph Howard came to Old Street very unwell first with headache to which he was at times subject. The illness increased and typhus fever of the worst kind soon prostrated his strength and the powers of his mind. The writer, then about 11 years old, remembers the smell of musk medicines which were used to prevent infection if possible. Meanwhile instead of ventilation and cool treatment, the patient’s room, which, though not large, had two good windows in it, was kept closely shut up and the bed hangings were of substantial dark green moreen. The nurse was a good one, and spared no pains in her attention to the poor sufferer. Dr. Lettsome and other medical attendants exercised their skill assiduously, but these were the dark ages for proper treatment in cases of infectious fever. The writer was sent to school at the commencement of the illness of the elder brother Robert, but she recollects hearing that the good sized drawing room was fitted up for him, and that he was removed into it from his own room, which was on the same floor. Joseph Howard died in the 11th month 1790 aged 21 years. Though little was expressed, the nature of his illness precluding much mental effort, there is reason to believe that the approaching end of time was not unexpected by him, and that a peaceful entrance was granted into one of the “many mansions” prepared by the Lord for His humble and faithful servants.
      These two young men, who died but three months apart from each other, were buried in Friends Burial Ground, Bunhill Fields.
      Although there seemed much to lament in the loss of two such beloved members of the family, yet no doubt can be entertained that they were mercifully permitted to exchange their conflicts and trials each would have had to experience here below for a state of enduring happiness rest and peace.



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