Individual Details
Desire Howland
(Abt 1624 - 13 Oct 1683)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1624 | prob. Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | 1643 | Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts - John Gorham | | ||
| Death | 13 Oct 1683 | Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts | | ||
| Burial | Cobb Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British North America |  | |
Families
| Spouse | John Gorham (1621 - 1675) |
| Child | Desire Gorham (1644 - 1700) |
| Child | Temperance Gorham (1646 - 1714) |
| Child | Elizabeth Gorham (1648 - 1683) |
| Child | James Gorham (1650 - 1707) |
| Child | John Gorham (1651 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Gorham (1653 - 1726) |
| Child | Jabez Gorham (1656 - ) |
| Child | Mercy Gorham (1658 - ) |
| Child | Lydia Gorham (1661 - 1744) |
| Child | Hannah Gorham (1663 - ) |
| Child | Shubael Gorham (1667 - ) |
| Father | John Howland (1592 - 1672) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Tilley ( - 1687) |
| Sibling | John Howland (1627 - 1704) |
| Sibling | Hope Howland (1629 - 1683) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Howland (1631 - 1683) |
| Sibling | Lydia Howland (1633 - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah Howland (1637 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Howland (1640 - 1703) |
| Sibling | Jabez Howland (1644 - 1712) |
| Sibling | Ruth Howland (1646 - 1687) |
| Sibling | Isaac Howland (1649 - 1723) |
Notes
Burial
There is no stone on Desire's grave.Endnotes
1. The American Historical Society, Inc., New England Families, Rhode Island Edition 1928 (1928).
2. The American Historical Society, Inc., New England Families, Rhode Island Edition 1928 (1928).
3. Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1990).
4. Rosena Hosmer Nicholson, Letter from Rosena Hosmer Nicholson.
5. Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1990).
6. Steve Howland, "The First Three Children of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley Howland: Desire, John and Hope Howland in Barnstable, Massachusetts," The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 87, No. 2 (Summer 2021): pp. 29-31.