1. JAMES5 HOWELL (JAMES4, ROBERT3, RICHARD2, ROBERT1)1 was born 1788 in Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and died June 30, 1876 in Carbonear N Side - Methodist (UC) Cemetery. He married (1) PATIENCE TAYLOR 1819 in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Marriage: St Pauls Church, Witness: John Taylor, Rich'd C. Searle. He married (2) SARAH MOORES1 December 09, 1827 in St Pauls Anglican Church Harbour Grace NL; Marriage: Witness: Joseph Ash Taylor, William Loader, both of Carbonear, daughter of CHARLES MOORES.
Child of JAMES HOWELL and PATIENCE TAYLOR is:
2. i. EBENEZER TAYLOR6 HOWELL, b. March 14, 1822, Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Children of JAMES HOWELL and SARAH MOORES are:
3. ii. ELOISE PATIENCE6 HOWELL, b. June 21, 1830, Carbonear Newfoundland and Labrador; d. June 18, 1909, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Age: 78.
4. iii. SARAH JANE HOWELL, b. November 25, 1835, Carbonear Newfoundland and Labrador.
iv. GEORGE JAMES HOWELL1, b. July 23, 1838, Carbonear Newfoundland and Labrador.
More About GEORGE JAMES HOWELL:
Baptism: May 19, 1839, Carbonear Wesleyan Methodist Church, Carbonear, Newfoundland, Canada
5. v. WILLIAM CHARLES HOWELL, b. November 23, 1843, Carbonear Newfoundland and Labrador; d. January 29, 1913, St John's Newfoundland and Labrador.
Here is the link to James Howell Sr Will which names the grandchildren
http://ngb.chebucto.org/Wills/howell-james-1-433.shtmlJames Howell to Charles Howell and Orestes Howell Dated 04 March 1876
Memorial of an indenture bearing date at Carbonear in the island of Newfoundland the fourth day of March in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy six thereby James Howell fisherman in the consideration of the sum of four dollars paid to him by his son Charles Howell and his nephew Orestes Howell the right of which was acknowledged and also in consideration of the love and affection he has for them for supporting him for several years did grant bargain sell assign convey and confirm unto the said Charles and Orestes Howell their heirs and ???? ??? all those pieces or parcels of land lying and being on the North side of Carbonear aforesaid bounded and measuring as follows on the waterside premises bounded on the east by land owned by Robert Howell and measuring thereby 120 ft or thereabouts on the north by land owned by Ambrose Tucker and measuring thirty feet or thereabouts, on the west by land owned by estate of the late William Bemister and measuring thereby 120 feet or thereabouts and on the south by the harbour, also a piece or parcel of land situated on the north side of Main Street bounded and measuring as follows in the east by James Howell’s property West by property of Robert Howell, North by a public road and south by Main Street aforesaid measuring thirty ?? to the Northern boundary two hundred and eighty six feet or thereabouts together with all right of ways paths passages ?????? privileges and appetencies to the same belonging or appertaining, to have and to hold the same unto the said Charles Howell and Orestes Howell their heirs or assigns forever, provided that in the event of the death of the said Orestes Howell without any heirs than the said piece of lands shall become the property of the said Charles Howell his heirs or assigns.
James Howell
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I hope this helps, This is the only Senerio that works, James brother John had a son James that married Catherine Gosse, I don't believe he married twice, I know you have been searching for a long time and I thought I may have answered this question before. You may want to do a DNA test and research Orestes Taylor, he died 1863, he had children, and your ggrandfather may be one of them.
Don Howell
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