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Howell, Edward

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In England, March Gibbon, which is in Buckinghamshire and about 18 miles East from Oxford you will find the manor house 'Westbury Manor' which was granted to Sir William Howell.

Edward Howell, one of the families who founded Southampton in 1640. He lead the group from Lynn, Mass. to Long Island, landing in 1640. Edward Howell, being eldest son, he was Sir Edward, but dropped the tytle when he came to New Englnd. Edward was born in Westbury Manor Eng. in 1584. He was the son of Henry Howell and a grandson of William Howell. He died in S'hampton in 1665. A picture of Westbury Manor taken some years [ago] by Hampton Howell of Bridgehampton is in the Southampton Museum. Edward Howell, settler, had the tytle of Sir, his ring with seal given by Eng king is in the Historical museum at Riverhead, LI

(Composition Book, Alberta Kent, p 35)

"...made freeman at Boston 1639" (Loose sheet, end of APK CompBk 2)

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Birth Date: (Composition Book, Alberta Kent, p 35) BirthDate: "1600" (Insert, Back of APK Comp Bk 2) 
Birth Place : (Composition Book, Alberta Kent, p 35) 
Death Date: (Composition Book, Alberta Kent, p 35)
Death Date: Pelletreau, Hist LI, v 2, p 296 
Death Place : (Composition Book, Alberta Kent, p 35) 
Father : (Composition Book, Alberta Kent, p35)
Other : (Composition Book, Alberta Kent, p 35)
Birth: 1584 in Westbury Manor, England 1 2 1
Death: BEF 6 OCT 1665 in Southampton, , NY 1 3 1
Burial: Oldest Cem, Southampton, Suffolk, NY

Edward died before Oct. 6, 1655, as court records dated Oct. 6, 1655,granted Eleanore Howell all his goods. Mar. 1657, the town allowed her 20 shillings because her house was burned to the ground by the Indians.

Long ago, in early colonial times, Water Mill was the first and only community on the eastern tip of Long Island that could boast of a mill driven by water and not by wind. Until it was put into operation by a wealthy land owner, Edward Howell, four years after the "Undertakers"came to the island in 1640, all mills in the colony were wind driven because of the scarcity of swift flowing streams. Howell came in 1640 to the tiny settlement, called "Mecox," a name taken from the Shinnecock Indians for "flat or plain country." He announced he would build a mill for the grinding of grain, rye and wheat, into flour.

The colonists expected him to construct a "wind mill" but he had a different idea. He made his choice of land so that it included a lively stream which emptied into Mecox Bay. There, as settlers watched, Howell built his mill upon the creek and built it so durable that 327 years later, it is still standing in the serene little town of Water Mill.

Now, the acient mill, but a few miles from the Old South End Burying Ground where the original miller is buried, is owned by a woman's organization of the village. Through the summer months it is put into service as a tea room and gift shop.

For many generations the mill supplied flour for the townspeople of Water Mill and adjoining communities. The mill's large grinding stones and the deed were given to Howell by the town. In return, the miller signed an agreement to supply such necessities of the town as grinding of grain grown anywhere in the Water Mill area and delivered to the mill. That Howell lived up to his agreement faithfully is duty recorded in the town records. The name Water Mill is the lasting memorial to the pioneer miller who built the first grist mill run by water. Two of the grinding stones are in the park where there is a wind mill and the other two are at the mill.