- Pure speculation here, but John Howard m a widow, Susannah Stevens. Knowing Edmund* Howard was at least "connected" to 'William Stevens" to the point of inheritance from William Stevens and Edmund naming his son for him, also knowing that Edmund* used the Howard seal, thereby he was from this distinguished family of Howards, it is logical that "Mrs Stevens" was a widow of some member of William Stevens' family. Whether she was a sister-in-law to William Stevens or some other connection is not known; but for a direction of research, it doesn't seem to far afield to place her as such.
Following that logic, John Howard must be a close connection to Edmund. Many on the Internet place Edmund as a brother to John, son of Matthew Howard; but Matthew immigrated c 1630 to Norfolk, Virginia where his 8 children were born, all documented and none named Edmund. and Edmund was born in England in 1659
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