Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

HOWES.
SAMUEL HOUSE, OK HOWES.
Samuel Howes, as he generally wrote his name, or House, as
it is generally written on the records, and as his descendants
spell their name, probably came over in 1634 with the Rev. John
Lothrop. He first settled in Scituate, was a freeman Jan. 1,
1634-5, and was one of the founders of the church there Jan. 8,
1634-5. He built the 12th* house in that town, situate between
the houses of Richard Foxwell and Mr. Lothrop. This he afterwards
sold to Nicholas Simpkins. He was one of the first settlers
in Barnstable, and probably came with his brother-in-law Rev.
Mr. Lothrop in 1639. In regard to his residence in Barnstable, I
can furnish few facts. He did not remain long, for in 1642 he
was a resident in Cambridge. In 1646 he had returned to Scituate,
and was that year appointed to gather the excise.in that
town. In 1652 and 3 he was a grand juryman, and tho' appointed
to note the short comings of his neighbors, the following
record shows that he, like many others, did not note his own.
"1659, June, Samuel House is enjoyned by the Court to take
some speedy course with a dogg, that is troublesome and dangerous
in biting folks as they go by the highwaies."
In a deed dated at Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 13, 1643, in
which he conveys to Joseph Tilden fifty acres of upland and nine
acres of marsh land situate near the North River in Scituate, he
styles himself a shipcarpenter, and also in another deed to Thomas
Rawlins, dated Jan. 22, 1646-7.
The fact that he was a shipcarpenter, accounts for his frequent
removals. Neither the records nor tradition furnish any
evidence that any vessels were built in Barnstable before 1675.
John Davis had a large boat, or small vessel, at the time of the
settlement, which was used in the transporting of articles from
*In the copy of the church records this name is written Watts House, a mistake in tran.
scribing. Other records show that Samuel House dwelling was No. 12.