1. Aaron Howell unknown (b. maybe Wales)
m Prudence unknown (b. maybe England)
2. Lemuel Howell b. 21 Sept 1769 Salem County NJ d. 5 April 1841 Phila PA
m (2) Tamar Kennard Cox b. 26 Aug 1781 Gloucester County NJ d. 16 Jan 1849 Phila PA
3. Henry Cooper Howell b. 11 Nov 1822 Burlington County NJ d. 6 Oct 1884 Phila PA
m Ellen Elizabeth Rushton b. 15 Sept 1822 Pennsylvania d. 11 Aug 1889 Phila PA
4. George Rushton Howell b. 6 July 1844 Phila PA d. 27 Sept 1901 Phila PA
m Mary Parker Robinson b. 12 July 1845 Hollidaysburg PA d. 3 Nov 1916 Phila PA
5. George Rushton Howell II b. 16 Oct 1876 Phila PA d. 17 July 1955 Wayne PA
m Carol O Frye b. 18 Mar 1888 San Francisco CA d. 20 May 1972 Bryn Mawr PA
6 Horace Pettit Howell b. 18 Nov 1921 Trenton NJ d. 5 Oct 2003 Wayne PA
M Mary Elizabeth Davidson b. 2 July 1921 Grand Rapids MI d. 1 Dec 2006 Wayne PA

According to an 1867 Family Genealogy found at the PA Historical Society:
The 1st of the Howell Family, Aaron, came from Wales. His wife, Prudence, was probably an Englishwoman. It is likely they settled upon the lower part of the Delaware River – near Swedesborough, or Sculltown (NJ). They had 4 children: Lemuel, William, George and Rebecca. Dates for William, George and Rebecca are unknown.

Lemuel was married twice; to Rachel Killey, then to Tamar Kennard Cox. He had 16 children, fairly well documented. William married Hannah Carmean, and had 3 children, fairly well documented. All 3 and descendents in Macon, IL. George returned to England to recover an estate and never returned. Nothing more is known of him. Rebecca married Elijah Perry, a Quaker and carpenter by trade. They lived in Burlington then moved to New York.

There are a number of Aaron Howells in New Jersey but confirming parentage to Lemuel has been unsuccessful.

More recent family history has our Aaron Howell as a private in the Morris County Militia during the Revolution. He is in the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution, Centennial Register 1888-1889 #717 9472 under Charles Harkness Howell. Charles was also Henry Cooper Howell’s son and George Rushton Howell’s brother. But there is little data supporting this. I have explored the Howell Tree DNA but see no name connection so far.

My Tree is on Ancestry.com under the name Henry Cooper Howell. Best regards, Peter Davidson Howell