Family Group of John Howland

JOHN HOWLAND   ( Henry, John, John, John ) was born January 16, 1601/02 in Cambridgeshire, Ely, England, and died February 23, 1671/72 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He married ELIZABETH TILLEY August 14, 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass, daughter of JOHN TILLEY and JOAN HURST.

Notes for JOHN HOWLAND

John Howland came on the Mayflower as a servant to John Carver. He is best remembered for having fallen off the Mayflower during a mighty storm.

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On or about what was then New Year's Day, March 25, 1623 (old style), John Howland married his fellow Mayflower passenger, Elizabeth Tilley. She was only fifteen years old. The early land records of the Colony of New Plymouth contain an account of the Division of Land in 1623 in which John Howland, as head of a household, received four acres "on the Southside of the brook to the woodward". 1

Notes for ELIZABETH TILLEY:

Children of JOHN HOWLAND and ELIZABETH TILLEY:

  1. JOSEPH HOWLAND, b. 1637, Rocky Nook, Kingston, Massachusetts; d. January 1703/04, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH SOUTHWORTH, December 07, 1664, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
     
  2. ISAAC HOWLAND, b. November 15, 1649, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachussets; d. March 09, 1723/24, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachussets; m. (1) ALICE SHERMAN?; m. (2) ELIZABETH VAUGHN, Abt. 1676.
     
  3. HOPE HOWLAND, m. JOHN CHIPMAN.
     
  4. LYDIA HOWLAND, m. JAMES BROWN.
     
  5. JABEZ HOWLAND, b. 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; d. April 07, 1708, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island; m. BETHIAH THATCHER.
     
  6. HANNAH HOWLAND, m. JOHN BOSWORTH, July 06, 1661.
     
  7. DESIRE HOWLAND, b. 1625, Plymouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts; d. October 13, 1683, Plymouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts; m. JOHN GORHAM III.
     
  8. JOHN HOWLAND, b. 1627, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; d. 1693; m. MARY LEE, October 07, 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
     
  9. ELIZABETH HOWLAND
     
  10. RUTH HOWLAND
     
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Endnotes

1. Franklyn Howland; A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland & their Descendants, of the USA & Canada,1885. pg. 69.
SAMUEL HOWLAND, b. ABT 1646, Duxbury, Plymouth Co, MA; d. 1716, Freetown or Middleborough, Bristol Co, MA.
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