| Jonas Howe | |
| State House1: | Massachusetts |
| District1: | Petersham, Worcester |
| Term Start1: | 1845 |
| Term End1: | 1845 |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1786 |
| Birth Place: | Petersham, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | Petersham, Massachusetts |
| Profession: | farmer, merchant, school teacher, state legislator |
| Parents: | Benjamin Howe (1759-1838) Vashti (Holland) Howe (1761-1838) |
| Spouse: | Arethusa Nagus (1789- ?) Abigail (Bigelow) Brooks (1797-1883) |
| Children: | Jonas Holland Howe (1821-1898) |
| Residence: | Petersham, Massachusetts |
Jonas Howe (1786–1854) was a farmer and school teacher from Petersham, Massachusetts and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving in 1845.[1] [2]
Jonas Howe was born in Petersham, Massachusetts on 15 July 1786 to Benjamin Howe (1759-1838) and Vashti (Holland) Howe (1761-1838). Howe married Arethusa Negus, daughter of Joel Negus and Betsy Gould, on 1 December 1816 at Petersham, and was a farmer and school teacher in the town. In 1845 he was elected to a one-year term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He had a second wife, Abigail (Bigelow) Brooks (1797-1883). Howe died at his home in Petersham on 8 January 1865. Howe was a direct descendant of John Howe (1602-1680) who arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 from Brinklow, Warwickshire, England and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Jonas Howe was also a descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows: