Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors Institute Private museum, available for scheduled tours and by appointmentĮaton County Courthouse Square Association Museumįriends of Historic Meridian & Meridian Historical Village Sunfield Historical Society & Welch Museum Stockbridge Area Genealogical Historical Society Perry Historical Society & Calkins-Macqueen House Museum Jackson County Michigan Historical Society Gunnisonville Historical Community Preservation Grand Ledge Area Historical Society & Museum Processed by Irina Peris, December 1999 as part of the “Farm to City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.Bellevue Michigan Historical Society & MuseumĮaton Rapids Area Historical Society & Miller Farm Miscellaneous financial and business documents Manuscript Group 824, Smith Family PapersĬertificate appointing John Cobb and Benjamin Howell estate administrators of Ephraim Beach, signed by Governor William Franklin Manuscript Group 559, Benjamin Howell, Jr. The collection is organized by document type and then arranged in chronological order. Some documents in this collection relate to Howells predecessor who had the same name – Benjamin Howell (1725-1798). It includes Hanover Township land deeds, 1758-1833, of Edward Cobb a certificate appointing John Cobb and Benjamin Howell estate administrators for Ephraim Beach, signed by Governor William Franklin, 1768 an inventory of Benjamin Howells personal estate, 1799 and writs for the arrest of debtors, 1812-1825, two of which were initiated by Benjamin Howell, Jr. These papers consist of legal and financial documents that relate to several generations of the Cobb-Howell family. The collection was donated to The New Jersey Historical Society by John B. Howell was a direct descendant of Edward Howell, one of the first settlers of Morris County, who purchased land from Native Americans in 1640. His granddaughter, Elizabeth Cobb, married Benjamin Howell, Jr.
He moved from Massachusetts to Morris County, New Jersey, where he established a farm in Hanover Township. Howell, 1963.Įdward Cobb (1731-1813) was most likely a descendant of the Cobb family of Massachusetts. Indentures, accounts, and legal documents pertaining to the Cobb-Howell family of Hanover Township in Morris County. Manuscript Group 591, Cobb-Howell Family (Hanover Township, NJ) Archive Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs
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