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Descendants of John Howland

Generation No. 1

1. John⁴ Howland (Henry³, John², John¹)^1,^2,^3,⁴ was born Abt. 1592 in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England ^5,^6,^7,⁸, and died February 23, 1672/73 in Rook Nook, Kingston (near Plymouth, MA)^9,^10,^11,^12,¹³. He married Elizabeth Tilley^14,^15,^16,¹⁷ Abt. March 25, 1623 in Plymouth, MA ^18,^19,²⁰, daughter of John Tilley and Joan Hurst. She was born Bef. August 30, 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, Eng (Baptized)²⁰, and died December 21, 1687 in Swansea, MA ^21,^22,^23,²⁴.

Notes for John Howland:
John Howland is buried on Burial Hill in Plymouth, Mass. John Howland's (and other Howlands) plot is found by ascending the stairs to the right of the First Church of Plymouth to the top of Burial Hill. At the top, take the path that leads to the left and walk a short distance (20-30 yards) to another fork in the path. That fork forms the pointy end of a triangular grassy plot and within that triangle lie the Howlands. There are also a few to the left of the left path forming the triangle. From this approach you will be looking at the back of most of the stones although a few are readable in this direction including the "memorial stone" (about a 2 foot high rectangular stone) to him and his family.

John Howland Tombstone: " Here ended the pilgrimage of JOHN HOWLAND who died February 23, 1672/3 aged above 80 years. He married Elizabeth daughter of JOHN TILLEY who came with him in the Mayflower Dec 1620. From them are descended numerous posterity." "He was a godly man and an ancient professor in the ways of Christ. He was one of the first comers into this land and was the last man that was left of those that came over in the shipp called the Mayflower that lived in Plymouth" source Plymouth Records.

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, as recorded by Bradford:

"In sundry of these storms the winds were so fierce and the seas so high, as they could not bear a know of sail, but were forced to hull for divers days together. And in one of them, as they thus lay at hull in a mighty storm, a lusty young man called John Howland, coming upon some occasion above the gratings was, with a seele of the ship, thrown into the sea; but it pleased God that he caught hold of the topsail halyards which hung overboard and ran out at length. Yet he held his hold (though he was sundry fathoms under water) till he was hauled up by the same rope to the brim of the water, and then with
boat hook and other means got into the ship again and his life saved. And though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years after and became a profitable member both in church and commonwealth."

John Howland's wife was Elizabeth Tilley, the daughter of John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Rogers (all were Mayflower passengers). Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland died on 21 December 1687, in Swansea, Massachusetts.

The ancestry of John Howland is discussed in John Howland of the Mayflower through Desire Howland for Five Generations", Vol. 1, by Elizabeth Pearson White, available from Picton Press of Camden, Maine, or through the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. John Howland is the son of Henry Howland and Margaret (----) of Fenstanton, Huntingdon, England. Henry died on 17 May 1635 in Fenstranton, and Margaret was buried on 31 July 1629. Besides son John, who came on the Mayflower, they also had Humphrey, Arthur, Henry, George, and Margaret. Henry came to Plymouth sometime before 1633, and Arthur came sometime before 1640.

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More About John Howland:
Burial: Burial Hill, Plymouth
Mayflower: Passenger
Occupation: Pilgram

Notes for Elizabeth Tilley:

More About Elizabeth Tilley:
Baptism: August 30, 1607, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
Mayflower: Passenger

Marriage Notes for John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley:
The marriage date in "The Anncestral Lines of the Sawyer & Drake Families of Elliottsville Maine", by Fred E. Sawyer is about March 23, 1623.

More About John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley:
Marriage: Abt. March 25, 1623, Plymouth, MA ^25,^26,²⁷

Children of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley are:

+	2	i.		Desire⁵ Howland, born Abt. 1625 in Plymouth, MA; died October 13, 1683 in Barnstable, MA.
	3	ii.		John Howland ²⁸, born April 24, 1627 in Plymouth, MA ²⁹; died Aft. 1699 ³⁰. He married Mary Lee ³¹ October 26, 1651 in Plymouth, MA ³².

More About John Howland:
Mayflower: Descendant
Occupation: Businessman

More About John Howland and Mary Lee:
Marriage: October 26, 1651, Plymouth, MA³²

+	4	iii.		Hope Howland, born August 30, 1629 in prob. Plymouth, MA; died January 08, 1683/84 in Barnstable, MA.
	5	iv.		Elizabeth Howland, born Abt. 1631 in poss. Maine ³³; died 1691 in Oyster Bay, NY ³⁴. She married (1) Ephraim Hicks ³⁵ September 13, 1649 in Plymouth, MA³⁵. She married (2) John Dickinson³⁵ July 10, 1651 in Plymouth, MA³⁵.

More About Elizabeth Howland:
Mayflower: Descendant

More About Ephraim Hicks and Elizabeth Howland:
Marriage: September 13, 1649, Plymouth, MA³⁵

More About John Dickinson and Elizabeth Howland:
Marriage: July 10, 1651, Plymouth, MA³⁵

Lydia Howland, born Abt. 1633 in poss. Maine ³⁶; died Aft. January 11, 1710/11. She married James Brown ³⁷ Abt. 1654.

More About Lydia Howland:
Mayflower: Descendant

More About James Brown and Lydia Howland:
Marriage: Abt. 1654

vi.

Hannah Howland, born Abt. 1637 in poss. Maine ³⁸; died Unknown. She married Jonathan Bosworth ³⁹ Abt. July 06, 1661³⁹.

More About Hannah Howland:
Mayflower: Descendant

More About Jonathan Bosworth and Hannah Howland:
Marriage: Abt. July 06, 1661³⁹

+	8	vii.		Joseph Howland, born Abt. 1640 in Rocky Nook/Kingston, MA; died January 1703/04 in Plymouth, MA.
	9	viii.		Jabez Howland, born Abt. 1644 in Rocky Nook/Kingston, MA ⁴⁰; died Bet. 1708 - 1712 ⁴¹. He married Bethiah Thacher⁴¹ Abt. 1668⁴¹.

More About Jabez Howland:
Mayflower: Descendant

More About Jabez Howland and Bethiah Thacher:
Marriage: Abt. 1668⁴¹

ix.

Ruth Howland, born Abt. 1646 in Rocky Nook/Kingston, MA ⁴²; died Bet. 1672 - October 16 1679 ⁴³. She married Thomas Cushman ⁴⁴ November 17, 1664 in Plymouth, MA ⁴⁵.

More About Ruth Howland:
Mayflower: Descendant

More About Thomas Cushman and Ruth Howland:
Marriage: November 17, 1664, Plymouth, MA⁴⁵

Isaac Howland, born November 15, 1649 in Rocky Nook/Kingston, MA ⁴⁶; died March 09, 1723/24 in Middleboro, MA ⁴⁷. He married Elizabeth Vaughan⁴⁷ Abt. 1676 in prob. Marshfield, MA⁴⁷.

More About Isaac Howland:
Mayflower: Descendant

More About Isaac Howland and Elizabeth Vaughan:
Marriage: Abt. 1676, prob. Marshfield, MA⁴⁷

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