Francis Martin

Lieutenant-General Emanuel Scrope Howe (c. 1663 – 26 September 1709), of The Great Lodge, was an English diplomat,

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

army officer and .He was the fourth son of of in ; his older brother, , was a prominent politician and was raised to the peerage as

• DEATH: 1747

Viscount Howe in 1701. Howe was appointed a in 1689 as reward for his support for , and held the office throughout his reign.

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

He was also given a commission in the , and served in Flanders where he was wounded at the . He purchased a colonelcy in 1695,

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

and was Colonel of the until his death. He was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1704, Major-General in 1707 and Lieutenant-

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

General in the year of his death, 1709. He was First Commissioner of Prizes from 1703 to 1705, and envoy-extraordinary to the between 1705 and 1709, successfully overcoming the strained relations between the English and Hanoverian reigning families Mary Martin

to keep Hanover in the . He entered Parliament in 1701 as member for , elected as a placeman on the interest to support the , and (daughter of and Betty ?) was born 1692 in Resided in King George, VA, and died Aft. 1757. M. Josiah Fugate Josias Fugate subsequently (1705) also represented . He is only recorded as having ever once taken part in a debate. He married , the natural (Born: 1688-1757) s/o Peter Fugate of Scotland & Francis Mould of Baltimore, Maryland

daughter of , in 1695. They were jointly appointed “Rangers of Alice Holt Forest” from 1699 onwards, a grace-and-favour . They Josias Fugate

had three sons and two daughters. After Howe’s death, Ruperta continued as “Ranger of The Holt” until 1740. Scrope-Howe was b. approx. 1700. d. 1757. Age 57.

not pleased when, having spent £1200 on repairs to the Great Lodge as requested by the King, William repeatedly refused to pay m. Mary Martin b. 1692, d. 1755

him.He attempted some ambitious re-introductions in the Forest, including wild boar and - moving beyond simple re-introductions

- even buffalo, but these succumbed to the poaching which was endemic in Alice Holt and neighbouring Woolmer Forest at the Resided in the (Peninsula of Virginia) land lying between the (Rappanhannock and Potomac Rivers) extending from

time. There is an oak tree, marked by a memorial stone planted in the 1960s near The Lodge which replaces an oak which Ruperta the (Chesapeake Bay) back to the sources of the rivers in the mountains of Western Virginia. The land was called the planted to the memory of her late father, Prince Rupert. The present Lodge building dates from the 1810s but stands on the site of NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. Josias’ Will, dated March 18, 1757 and proved June 2, 1757, divided one shilling

the Great Lodge occupied by Emanuel and Ruperta. m. Ruperta Hughes (b. 1671).

each to his sons, John, Josias, Randolph, Martin, and daughter Ann Swillavant, and the remainder of his estate to his wife Mary and on her death to his son Francis Fugate (King George Will Book 1:62)

James Howe (b. July 25, 1704)

6 children.

Martin Fugate

Joseph Howe

b. 1728/1730 in Virginia,

He was either a brother or first cousin to Lord George Augustus Howe, Admiral Richard Howe, and General William

m. ? Martin

Howe. Most documents point to him being a brother. They were sons of Emanuel Scrope, 2nd Viscount Howe. Joseph

died in 1803 at Russell Co., Va.

Howe met Eleanor Dunbar on board a ship to America. Shortly after arrival in Boston, they were married. Joseph helped

* Note the first name”Martin,” which would be a typical use of surname as first name, from his mother. I believe this is a young George Washington survey the Lost River Valley, Virginia. (now West Virginia) At this time Washington was a

mistake, and that Inez’s ancestor is John, below.

teenager. Joseph and Eleanor settled in Lost River Valley, where all of their children were born. In 1760’s they moved to Montgomery County, Virginia, where they remained the rest of their lives. They are both buried in the Old Howe Burying Children:

Ground, on Back Creek, Pulaski Co., Virginia.

3 Francis2 FUGATE b. 1752 d. Sep 13 1781

OR

4 Nancy Ann FUGATE b. 1754

5 Benjamin FUGATE b. 1755 d. 1838

2886. Nathanial Howe, born 1643 in Lynn (Essex), Connecticut; died February 12, 1722/23 in Wallingford, Connecticut. He was 6 Henley FUGATE b. 1761 d.bAug 1838

the son of 5772. Jeremiah Howe and 5773. Elizabeth. He married 2887. Elizabeth Curtis.

7 Zachariah FUGATE b. 1763 d. 1838

2887. Elizabeth Curtis, born July 17, 1643 in Massachusetts; died December 29, 1713 in Wallingford, Connecticut. She was the 8 William FUGATE b. 1765 d.bMar 1808

daughter of 5774. Richard Curtis and 5775. Elizabeth.

9 Colbert FUGATE b. 1766 d. Aug 1819

Child of Nathanial Howe and Elizabeth Curtis is:

* Note the use of the name “Frances,” which would harken back to Peter’s wife’s first name. “William” will be repeated 1443

i.

Elizabeth Howe, born July 27, 1666; died July 26, 1718; married John Martin.

later, as will most of the other first names.

1662 – 1710

John Fugate “Jr.”

m. 1666 – 1718

b. approx. 1730. d.1833. Age 103.

Another Massachusetts/ Connecticut Disconnect

m. Sarah Henley, daughter of John Henley, MD.

Leonard Martin

Deserted from ‘His Majestie’s Service,’ 1757

Birth 1685 in

“Castlewood John.” Settled in “Moccasin Valley,” 1774. Clinch River

Death 1725 in

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