How, Samuel

Lt. Samuel How(e) (1642-1713), the son of John and Mary How, was a carpenter, tavern keeper, politician, and real estate investor from Sudbury, Massachusetts.  During King Philip’s War, his house was destroyed by fire and his brother, John. Jr. was killed.  After the war, he purchased the land rights of a veteran from Western Sudbury.  In 1682, he and Samuel Gookin caused a controversy when then appropriated 1,500 more acres of Natick Indian land than originally planned.  The Wheeler-Dealer: Samuel Howe, Ancestors in Aprons, https://ancestorsinaprons.com/tag/hows-tavern/.  Petition of Thomas Sawin, 1695.02.27.00