Deborah HOW^{[1, 2]}

1641 - 1711  (69 years)

• Name	Deborah HOW
  Birth	4 Sep 1641	Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1711	Woburn, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3]
  	Deborah was approximately 70 years old at the time of her death.
  Person ID	I3756	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Abraham HOW,   b. England d. 1676, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Mother	(UNKNOWN),   b. England d. Dec 1645
  Marriage	England
  Family ID	F432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph SKELTON   d. 30 Jun 1705, Woburn, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Marriage	25 Feb 1673/4	Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [4]
  	The couple was married on 25 February 1673/4 at Dorchester by Mr. William Stoughton. Their marriage entry notes that Joseph was of Dedham and Deborah was of Dorchester.
  Children	1. Deborah SKELTON,   b. 4 Dec 1676, Dedham, Norfolk Co, MA   2. Thomas SKELTON,   b. 12 Feb 1673/1674, Dedham, Norfolk Co, MA
  Family ID	F430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S151] Vital Records Of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. 2 vols., ((Salem, MA: The Essex institute, 1925 - 1926)), Vol. I, p. 187. [S1635] Daniel Wait Howe, compiler & Gilman Bigelow Howe, editor, Howe & Howe, Howe Genealogies 2 volumes, ((Haverhill, MA: Record Publishing Co, 1929)). Vol II, pp. 3 - 5 [transcriptions of will and 2 inventories] [S1592] NEHGS, online (http://www.newenglandancestors.org). Vital Records of Woburn, MA. Skelton information downloaded 7 November 2007. [S1636] Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the end of 1825, ((Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, 1890)), p. 23.