John Howland^[1]

1592 - 1672  (80 years)

• Name	John Howland
  Birth	1592	Fen Stanton, Huntingtonshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Feb 1672	Plymouth, MA
  Person ID	I4378	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Howland,   b. 1574   d. 17 May 1635, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Margaret Howland,   b. 1567   d. 30 Jul 1629, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F1512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth [Tilley] Howland,   b. 1607, Henlow, Bedford, England d. 21 Dec 1686-1687, Swansea, MA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1626	Plymouth, MA
  Children	1. John Howland, (2),   b. 24 Feb 1626, Plymouth, MA d. Aft 1699 (Age 73 years)   2. Desire [Howland] Gorham,   b. 22 May 1627, Plymouth, MA d. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, MA (Age 56 years)   3. Hope [Howland] Chipman,   b. 30 Aug 1629, Plymouth, MA d. 8 Jan 1683, Barnstable, MA (Age 53 years)   4. Elizabeth [Howland] [Hicks] Dickinson,   b. 1630, Plymouth, MA d. 1691, Oyster Bay, NY (Age 61 years)   5. Lydia [Howland] Brown,   b. 1633, Plymouth, MA d. Aft 11 Jan 1710 (Age 77 years)   6. Hannah [Howland] Bosworth,   b. Abt 1637, Plymouth, MA d. 1687 (Age 50 years)   7. Joseph Howland,   b. Abt 1640   d. Jan 1703, Plymouth, MA (Age 63 years)   8. Jabez Howland,   b. 1644, Plymouth, MA d. 1708 (Age 64 years)   9. Ruth [Howland] Cushman,   b. Abt 1646, Plymouth, MA d. Abt 1672 (Age 26 years)   10. Isaac Howland,   b. 15 Nov 1649, Plymouth, MA d. 9 Mar 1723, Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F1510	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  ÊJohn Howland is best remembered for having fallen off the "Mayflower" during a mighty storm, as recorded by William 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. An in one of them, as they thus lay at hull in a mighty storm, a lusty young man call John Howland, coming upon some occasions above the gratings was, with a seele of the ship, thrown into the sea; but it pleased God that he caught 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 and became a profitable member both in church and commonwealth." 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 Rockport, 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. For information on Arthur Howland, see NGSQ 71:84+. SOURCES: Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower through Desire Howland for Five Generations, vol. 1 Susan Roser, Mayflower Increasings and Decreasings, (2nd ed) Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony, Its History and Its People, 1620-1691, Salt Lake City, 1984 Of Plymouth Plantation, by William Bradford, written c1630-1651 Henry Howland was apparently also the name of John Howland father. He was b. abt 1574, d. 17 May 1635. His wife was Alice Aires, b. 1567, d. 30 July 1629 Henry Howland and Arthur Howland were brothers of John Howland of the Mayflower.

  
  

• Sources

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