Ninth Generation

256. Capt. Richard C. Howell⁵⁰ was born about 1712 in Mattituck, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He died on 13 Nov 1783 in Mattituck, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He was buried after 13 Nov 1783 in Mattituck, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He is buried in the cemetary at the Mattituck Presbyterian Church. The maiden names of Richard's wives are unknown. Elizabeth's name has previously been mentioned as "Tuthill," but that has not been confirmed. James Peter Howell (1812-1899) states that "Richard married a Parshall, his cousin, supposed to be his mother's brother's daughter." It is feasible that Richard's wife was Elizabeth Parshall, daughter of David Parshall. I have entered his wife as this Elizabeth Parshall, but this is speculation on my part. It is alos possible that Mehetable was the Parshall or even that Mehetable and Elizabeth are one and the same. Capt. Richard C. Howell and Elizabeth Parshall were married about 1733 in Mattituck, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY.

257. Elizabeth Parshall^50,71 was born before 1711 in Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. She died before 1752. Children were:

	i.	Elizabeth Howell50 was born about 1733. She died after 1783.
	ii.	Richard Howell Jr.50 was born before 1736 in Mattituck, Southold Twp., Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He died on 21 Mar 1737/38.72
	iii.	Edmund Howell50 was born about 1739 in Mattituck, Southold Twp., Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He died after 1783.
	iv.	Joanna Howell50 was born about 1742 in Southold Twp., Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. She died after 1783.
	v.	Mary Howell50 was born about 1744. Gloria Wall Bicha and Helen Benjamin Brown, THE BENJAMIN FAMILY IN AMERICA, 694 She died after 1783.
128	vi.	Phineas S. Howell.
	vii.	Keziah Howell50 died after 1783.
	viii.	Abraham Howell died on 26 Jun 1802 in Mattituck, Southold Twp., Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. Craven, op. cit., 353; SR, 66; NYG&BR, 48, 344 (1917) Apparently physically or mentally retarded. James Peter Howell (1812-1899) stated that "Richard Howell was idiotic," suggesting that, perhaps, the family legends had confused him with Abraham (James Peter Howell, op. cit.).
	ix.	Richard Howell50 was born about 1756.
	x.	Parshall Howell50 was born about 1760 in Mattituck, Southold Twp., Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. He died after 1783.