Individual Details

John Howland

(Abt 1592 - 23 Feb 1672/73)

Sailed from Plymouth, England 6 September 1620 on the Mayflower as a servant of John Carver. Swept overboard but rescued on the passage from England.

RESIDENCE: Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England; one year in Amsterdam, Holland; Leyden, Holland; Plymouth, Massachusetts (manservant in the household of Gov. Carver); Duxbury, Massachusetts; along the Kennebec River in Maine; Plymouth, Massachusetts, lived near "Rocky Nook." John bought land at Rocky Nook, Plymouth Colony (now Kingston, Massachusetts) in 1639 and lived there the rest of his life. He also was granted land in Yarmouth in 1639 and in Barnstable in 1657.

OCCUPATION: He for a time operated a trading post for the Plymouth Colony along the Kennebec River in Maine.

Events

BirthAbt 1592England
MarriageAbt 25 Mar 1623Elizabeth Tilley
Death23 Feb 1672/73Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
ResidencePlymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
ResidenceAmsterdam, Holland
ResidenceDuxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
ResidenceLeyden, Holland
BurialBurial Hill, Plymouth Colony, British America

Families

SpouseElizabeth Tilley ( - 1687)
ChildDesire Howland (1624 - 1683)
ChildJohn Howland (1626 - 1699)
ChildHope Howland (1629 - 1683)
ChildElizabeth Howland (1631 - 1683)
ChildLydia Howland (1633 - )
ChildHannah Howland (1637 - )
ChildJoseph Howland (1640 - 1703)
ChildJabez Howland (1644 - 1712)
ChildRuth Howland (1646 - 1687)
ChildIsaac Howland (1649 - 1723)
FatherHenry Howland ( - 1635)
MotherMargaret ? ( - )
SiblingHumphrey Howland ( - 1646)
SiblingGeorge Howland ( - 1643)
SiblingArthur Howland ( - )
SiblingHenry Howland ( - )
SiblingMargaret Howland ( - )

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