premise: John Howe (October 14, 1754 – December 27, 1835) was a loyalist printer during the American Revolution, a printer and Postmaster in Halifax, the father of the famous Joseph Howe, a spy prior to the War of 1812, and eventually a Magistrate of the Colony of Nova Scotia. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay colony, the son of Joseph Howe, a tin plate worker of Puritan ancestry, and Rebeccah Hart.
hypothesis: Joseph Howe was born to a farming family in Boston.
reason: Technically, considering Joseph Howe is John Howe's son, it does not make sense for him being born to a family of farmers, since John worked as a printer and Postmaster.