Name: John HOWLAND1,2,3,4,5
Sex: Male
Father: Henry
HOWLAND (abt 1564 - 17 May 1635)
Mother: Margaret
or Ann (abt 1567 - )
Individual Facts
Birth abt
1592 Fenstanton,
Huntingdon, England
Death 23
Feb 1672/73 (age 80) Rocky
Nook (now Kingston), Plymouth Co. , MA6,7
Marriages/Children
Marriage abt
1625 (age 33) Plymouth,
Plymouth Co., MA8,5
Children Desire*
HOWLAND (abt Feb 1625/26 - 13 Oct 1683)
John
HOWLAND (24 Apr 1627 - aft 1699)
Hope
HOWLAND (30 Aug 1629 - 8 Jan 1683/84)
Elizabeth
HOWLAND (abt 1631 - 1691)
Lydia
HOWLAND (abt 1633 - aft 11 Jan 1710/11)
Hannah
HOWLAND (abt 1637 - )
Joseph
HOWLAND (abt 1640 - Jan 1703/4)
Jabez
HOWLAND (abt 1644 - betw. 14 May 1708 - 21 Feb 1711/2)
Ruth
HOWLAND (abt 1646 - bet 1672 and 16 Oct 1679) married Thomas CUSHMAN II
Isaac
HOWLAND (15 Nov 1649 - 9 Mar 1723/24)
Notes (Individual)
Death: [Saints & Strangers, p. 443, states: "died
Swansea." Judy Goldbaum's data has
death year of "1671/72 in Rock Nook, Kingston near Plymouth, MA."]
General: "MAYFLOWER PASSENGER" -- Signed Mayflower Compact. (about 28 years of age at time of voyage)
"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: ...." (Gen.
Sum.)
(Other source material from
Gen. Sum.: E.P. White, John Howland of
the Mayflower through Desire Howland for Five Generations, vol. 1.; and Susan
Roser, Mayflower Increasings and Decreasings, (2nd ed)) Bonnie Hubbard found material that reported "family legend says he was drunk." Her material also mentions that he
"came from Fenstanton and had been baptized in the desecrated chapel of
Ely Cathedral."
"John Howland
(1592-1672) --- of London, 'a
plaine-hearted Christian' Evidently
inherited Carver's estate and immediately bought his freedom.... Purchaser,
1626; Undertaker, 1627-41; asst. governor, 1633-35, and probably 1629-32; in
charge of Kennebec (ME) trading post at time of Hocking murder, 1634;
apparently held somewhat to blame, for never again entrusted with public
office..." (Saints..., p. 443)
"John came with the
Pilgrims as Gov. John Carver's servant and since there is no record of his
being in Leyden it is assumed he was engaged in London. ... Carver died in
April 1621 and his wife soon after.
They had no children and John Howland inherited the estate and bought
his freedom (Smith, p. 152). ... (John) received a large tract along the Jones
River at Rocky Nook (now Kingston) to which he moved about 1638. " (Bonnie
Hubbard)
Notes (Family #1)
Marriage: [One of the first marriages in the Plymouth Colony;
Cushman Family Group Sheets has marriage date of 4 Aug 1623.]
Sources
1. Caleb Johnson, CalebJ@aol.com. Genealogical Summary, John Howland, from
internet (Mayflower Home Page).
Mayflower Home Page, 11/96.
2. Stratton, Eugene Aubrey. Book:
Plymouth Colony; Its History & People 1620-1691. Salt Lake City, UT; Ancestry Publishing,
1986. pp. 311-313.
3. Willison, George F.. Book:
Saints and Strangers; Being the Lives of the Pilgrim Fathers & Their
Families, with Their Friends & Foes.
Orleans,
MA; Parnassus Imprints, Inc., 1945. p. 443.
4. Hubbard, Bonnie Cushman. Large pedigree chart of William Henry
Cushman's ancestors dated May 1988; handwritten family data of Wilfred Lysander
Cushman & his descendants (no date), mailed (with permission) to Keith
Wheeler by Richard Cushman of Dixon; large loose leaf binder of Richard Cushman
containing 16+ chapters of "Proposed Chapters for Cushman Family
Genealogy" written by Bonnie Hubbard.
These chapters are based on her research of the various Cushman
ancestral lines, and, in addition to her narrative, contain pedigree charts
and reprints of relevant material. The
narrative of these chapters were also furnished by Bonnie Hubbard to Keith
Wheeler on computer disc. La Jolla, CA. Howland
chapter.
5. author unknown. Collection of individual Family Group Record sheets for Cushman,
Howland, Claghorn & Valentine families copied about 1975 by Carol Cushman
of Chrome, CA, from an old family book that belonged to Fredrick Brewster
Cushman (1897-1972) of Orland, CA. Each
sheet references standard genealogical books and journals.
6. Willison, George F.. Book:
Saints and Strangers; Being the Lives of the Pilgrim Fathers & Their
Families, with Their Friends & Foes.
Orleans,
MA; Parnassus Imprints, Inc., 1945. p. 443.
7. Goldbaum, J.. Family Group Sheets provided by Judy Goldbaum, 1621 Windybush
Rd., Wilmington, DE 19810. Jan 1997.
8. Hubbard, Bonnie Cushman. Large pedigree chart of William Henry Cushman's
ancestors dated May 1988; handwritten family data of Wilfred Lysander Cushman
& his descendants (no date), mailed (with permission) to Keith Wheeler by
Richard Cushman of Dixon; large loose leaf binder of Richard Cushman containing
16+ chapters of "Proposed Chapters for Cushman Family Genealogy"
written by Bonnie Hubbard. These
chapters are based on her research of the various Cushman ancestral lines, and,
in addition to her narrative, contain pedigree charts and reprints of relevant
material. The narrative of these
chapters were also furnished by Bonnie Hubbard to Keith Wheeler on computer
disc. La Jolla, CA.
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