Individual Details
John HOWLAND
(1602 - 23 Feb 1672)
The Thompsons are descended from John Howland
From http://homepages.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy2/ps20/ps20_146.htm
HOWLAND, JOHN-The son of Henry Howland of Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire,
John came to Plymouth on the 1620 Mayflower as a servant to John Carver.
After the death of Carver, he rose rapidly as a leader in the colony. In
1627 he was the head of one of the twelve companies which divided the
livestock, and he was one of the eight Plymouth Undertakers who assumed
responsibility for the colony's debt to the Adventurers in return for
certain monopoly trade privileges. He was on the 1633 freeman list, and
by 1633, if not earlier, was an Assistant, being reelected to this
position in 1634 and 1635 (PCR, passim). In 1634 he was in charge of the
colony trading outpost on the Kennebec River when Talbot and Hocking were
killed (see text). He received a good number of land grants, was elected
a deputy for Plymouth, served on numerous special committees, and was an
important lay leader of the Plymouth Church. The Reverend John Cotton
related how at his own ordination as pastor of the church in 1669 "the
aged mr John Howland was appointed by the chh to Joyne in imposition of
hands" (Ply. Ch. Recs. 1: 144). Howland died on 24 February 1672/73 in
his eightieth year, and John Cotton noted his passing, "He was a good old
disciple, & had bin sometime a magistrate here, a plaine-hearted
christian" (Ply. Ch. Recs. 1 -.'147; see also Nathaniel Morton's eulogy
in the text).
John Howland married, probably ca. 1626, Elizabeth Tilley, q.v. In his
will, dated 29 May 1672, inventory 3 March 1672/73, he mentioned his wife
Elizabeth; oldest son John Howland; sons Jabez and Joseph; youngest son
Isaac; daughters Desire Gorham, Hope Chipman, Elizabeth Dickenson, Lydia
Browne, Hannah Bosworth, and Ruth Cushman; and granddaughter Elizabeth
Howland, daughter of his son John (MD 2:70). His widow Elizabeth died at
the home of her daughter Lydia Browne, wife of James, at Swansea on 21
December 1687, and in her will, dated 17 December 1686, proved 10 January
1687/88, she said she was seventy-nine years old, and mentioned her sons
John, Joseph, Jabez, and Isaac; daughters Lydia Browne, Elizabeth
Dickenson, and Hannah Bosworth; son-in-law Mr. James Browne; and
grandchildren James Browne, Jabez Browne, Dorothy Browne, Desire Cushman,
Elizabeth Bursley, and Nathaniel the son of Joseph Howland (MD 3:54).
Franklyn Howland, A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of
Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and their Descendants... (New Bedford,
Mass., 1885), contains many errors. It is debatable whether John Howland
or John Alden has the greatest number of descendants living today, but
certainly the number of both is high. Elizabeth Pearson White, former
editor of the Mayflower Quarterly, is compiling a comprehensive family
history of the first five generations of John Howland's family.
Source: Plymouth Colony Its History & People 1620-1691 by Eugene Aubrey
Stratton
From http://homepages.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy2/ps20/ps20_146.htm
HOWLAND, JOHN-The son of Henry Howland of Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire,
John came to Plymouth on the 1620 Mayflower as a servant to John Carver.
After the death of Carver, he rose rapidly as a leader in the colony. In
1627 he was the head of one of the twelve companies which divided the
livestock, and he was one of the eight Plymouth Undertakers who assumed
responsibility for the colony's debt to the Adventurers in return for
certain monopoly trade privileges. He was on the 1633 freeman list, and
by 1633, if not earlier, was an Assistant, being reelected to this
position in 1634 and 1635 (PCR, passim). In 1634 he was in charge of the
colony trading outpost on the Kennebec River when Talbot and Hocking were
killed (see text). He received a good number of land grants, was elected
a deputy for Plymouth, served on numerous special committees, and was an
important lay leader of the Plymouth Church. The Reverend John Cotton
related how at his own ordination as pastor of the church in 1669 "the
aged mr John Howland was appointed by the chh to Joyne in imposition of
hands" (Ply. Ch. Recs. 1: 144). Howland died on 24 February 1672/73 in
his eightieth year, and John Cotton noted his passing, "He was a good old
disciple, & had bin sometime a magistrate here, a plaine-hearted
christian" (Ply. Ch. Recs. 1 -.'147; see also Nathaniel Morton's eulogy
in the text).
John Howland married, probably ca. 1626, Elizabeth Tilley, q.v. In his
will, dated 29 May 1672, inventory 3 March 1672/73, he mentioned his wife
Elizabeth; oldest son John Howland; sons Jabez and Joseph; youngest son
Isaac; daughters Desire Gorham, Hope Chipman, Elizabeth Dickenson, Lydia
Browne, Hannah Bosworth, and Ruth Cushman; and granddaughter Elizabeth
Howland, daughter of his son John (MD 2:70). His widow Elizabeth died at
the home of her daughter Lydia Browne, wife of James, at Swansea on 21
December 1687, and in her will, dated 17 December 1686, proved 10 January
1687/88, she said she was seventy-nine years old, and mentioned her sons
John, Joseph, Jabez, and Isaac; daughters Lydia Browne, Elizabeth
Dickenson, and Hannah Bosworth; son-in-law Mr. James Browne; and
grandchildren James Browne, Jabez Browne, Dorothy Browne, Desire Cushman,
Elizabeth Bursley, and Nathaniel the son of Joseph Howland (MD 3:54).
Franklyn Howland, A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of
Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and their Descendants... (New Bedford,
Mass., 1885), contains many errors. It is debatable whether John Howland
or John Alden has the greatest number of descendants living today, but
certainly the number of both is high. Elizabeth Pearson White, former
editor of the Mayflower Quarterly, is compiling a comprehensive family
history of the first five generations of John Howland's family.
Source: Plymouth Colony Its History & People 1620-1691 by Eugene Aubrey
Stratton
Events
| Birth | 1602 | Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England |  | ||
| Death | 23 Feb 1672 | Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth TILLEY (1607 - 1687) |
| Child | John HOWLAND ( - ) |
| Child | Jabez HOWLAND ( - ) |
| Child | Joseph HOWLAND ( - ) |
| Child | Isaac HOWLAND ( - ) |
| Child | Desire HOWLAND (1625 - 1683) |
| Child | Hope HOWLAND ( - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth HOWLAND ( - ) |
| Child | Lydia HOWLAND ( - ) |
| Child | Hannah HOWLAND ( - ) |
| Child | Ruth HOWLAND ( - ) |
| Father | Henry HOWLAND ( - ) |
| Sibling | Henry HOWLAND (1603 - 1670) |