Cyprian Howe (1726–1806) was an American Revolutionary War colonel.
Cyprian Godebski | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1726 |
| Died | 1806 (aged 79–80) |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Masschuttes Militia |
| Battles / wars | American Revoultionary War |
Howe was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts on 29 March 1726. He was a prominent man in the town and ran a pub.[1]
As a captain, he led a company to Cambridge on 19 April 1775.[1] He continued in the service of the war, and in the summer of 1780 led a unit of the Massachusetts militia to Rhode Island to reinforce the Continental Army. He eventually reached the rank of colonel in the militia.[1]
Howe married his first wife, Dorothy, on 29 November 1750. He remarried on 6 February 1766, to Mary Williams.[1] Howe died in 1806.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Howe, Daniel Wait (1929). Howe genealogies Volume 1. p. 75. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- Charles Hudson; Joseph Allen (1862). History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts. Digitized September 1, 2006 at Harvard University: Press of T. R. Marvin & Son. p. 388.
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