Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Caleb Howe and Jemima Sawtelle




Husband Caleb Howe 1

           Born: 1724 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Jun 1755 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Nehemiah Howe (1693-1747) 1
         Mother: Margaret Willard (      -1758) 1


       Marriage: 1746 1



Wife Jemima Sawtelle 1

           Born: Abt 1723
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Mar 1805 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Josiah Sawtelle (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 



   Other Spouse: William Phipps (      -1745) 1

   Other Spouse: Amos Tute (      -      ) 2


Children
1 M William Howe 2

           Born: 1747 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



2 M Moses Howe 2

           Born: 1749 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



3 M Squire Howe 2

           Born: 1751 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Nov 1807 - Fabius, Onondaga Co, NY 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Martha Field (Abt 1757-1839) 2
           Marr: 1781 2


4 M Caleb Howe 2

           Born: 1753 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 M [Unk] Howe 2

           Born: 1755 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1756 2
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Caleb Howe


He lived near Bridgman's Fort, and was in Captain Phineas Stevens' company, 1746-49. He was a sergeant at Number 4, and wrote Captain Stevens an account of the attack on that place June 20, 1749, when Ensign Saw­telle was killed and a son of the captain taken; he was mortally wounded by Indians June 27, 1755, when Fort Bridgman was taken and its occupants carried into captivity in Canada. He died the next morning at Hinsdell's Fort and was buried a short distance to the north­east of it.


General Notes: Wife - Jemima Sawtelle


Her first husband, William Phipps, was killed by the Indians at Great Meadow. She was captured when the fort was taken, and with her seven children carried to Canada; with three of her children she was redeemed and brought home before 1760 by Colonel Schuyler. She after­wards returned to Canada and recovered her second daughter, Submit Phipps.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1040.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1041.


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