Capt. Eliakim Howe died in Bradford, VT
Up until now, no one knew where Eliakim Howe died.They expected in Brownfield, Maine.That is where pastor Jacob Rice move to when the church in Henniker split and Jacob took a good number of the congregation with him.It was believed that Eliakim and Rebecca went with him to Brownfield.
We now know that Eliakim and Rebecca went to Bradford, Vermont (according to the family bible) and Rebecca died there 12 Oct 1804.Now we know Eliakim died there too.
According the newspaper death column, Capt. Eliakim How(e), 90, died in Bradford VT.
(date of paper: Saturday, January 11, 1812; paper: Essex Register of Salem, MA; volume: XII; Issue: 4; page: 3.)
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