David Howell 17??-1818

Both David and Keziah were from Morris county, New Jersey. He from Chester[1] township and she from Roxbury township.[2] After they married, David, Keziah and their family lived on land that came to her from her grandfather Joseph Pierson's estate in the Upper Berkshire Valley, Jefferson township, Morris County, New Jersey.[3] These 25 acres bordered the Union Turnpike to the west and the Rockaway River to the east, not too far north of where the Berkshire Valley Road crosses the Union Turnpike in the village of Berkshire Valley.[4] [5]

This David Howell's parents and ancestors are not known. It is likely that they were immigrants, perhaps part of the Long Island Howells. It is also likely that he was born in Morris County, New Jersey where his parents were living and that he was one of many children born to a Howell father involved with the Revolutionary war effort there at that time.

David Howell’s will[6] was presented May 22, 1818 and proven May 28, 1818. Keziah acted as administrator.

After David died in 1818, Keziah and the children apparently remained on the land until about 1828 when they sold the last of the property and most of the family moved away, at least Clarinda and her family staying. Children Joseph, David and Abraham were living in New York state and it was thought that Keziah lived with them at various times. She died at home while living with her son David William Howell on Sacket Road in Bergen, Genesee County, New York.