Edward Howe immigrated with his wife and five children on the "Truelove" in the fall of 1635. The passenger list shows: Edward Howe, husbandman, aged 60, Elizabeth, aged 56, Jeremie, aged 21, Sara, aged 12, Ephraim, aged 9, Isaac, aged 7, William, aged 6. The settled in what is now Lynn, north of Boston. Edward was admitted freeman December 8, 1636. He acquired a good deal of land in the short time he lived in the colony - a 1638 landowner list credits him with 210 acres. He was chosen deputy to the General Court in 1638. He died “very suddenly” in April 1639, and his widow was appointed by the General Court to administer his estate on May 22, 1639.[ [623], most info from Savage’s [500]]

Supposedly it is “tradition” that Edward was from London. A birthdate of 12 Jun 1573 and christening date of 10 Dec 1576 appear in a number of places, with no attribution and no parents. There was another Edward Howe, who appeared in Winthrop's papers, but he evidently never left London. This Edward indicated he was 60 in Sept 1635. He may have been from Ivinghoe and Iver in Buckinghamshire, the records from that area fitting "nicely" and needing further research, says Great Migration.[ [501]] The IGI (submitted) lists Edward Howe chr 17 Jun 1573, father William, Ivinghoe. One such record also lists a death date of 16 Apr 1639.

Howe [ [623]] does not indicate where he got the death date of Apr. 16. Great Migration found no day, but noted that Edward's death was reported in Winthrop's Jounal: in April 1639, Gov.Winthrop reported that "one Mr. Howe, of Lynn, a godly man, and a deputy of the last General Court, after the court was ended, and he had dined, being in health as he used to be, went to pass over to Charlestown, and, beling alone, he was presently after found dead upon the strand, being there (as it seemed) waiting for the boat, which came soon after" [WJ 1:355] [ [501]]