John Howland

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name
John Howland
aka
[John Houland, Mr. John Howland Senior]
sex
male
access
public
born
date
c. 1599
place
probably Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-freeman-ellis-warren]
note
"Aboue eighty yeares" at his death in 1672/3, by the colony record.
died
date
23 Feb 1672/3
place
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[records-plymouth-colony]
note
PCR 8:34.
buried
date
25 Feb 1672/3
place
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[records-plymouth-colony]
note
"Hee was with honor intered att the towne of Plymouth on the 25 of February, 1672" (PCR 8:34).
events
what
Sailed on the Mayflower
date
1620
place
Plymouth, Devon, England
sources
[book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
note
The archive does not name the port; Plymouth, England, was the ship's last. Washed overboard in a storm and hauled back by the topsail halliards.
what
Signed Mayflower Compact
date
Nov 1620
place
Provincetown, Massachusetts
sources
[article-wikipedia-john-howland]
note
Signed in Cape Cod Harbor.
what
First Encounter
date
8 Dec 1620
place
Eastham, Massachusetts
sources
[book-mourt-1622-relation]
note
One of the ten men of the exploring shallop attacked at dawn on the shore of Cape Cod.
what
Kennebec trading house
date
1634
place
Augusta, Maine
sources
[book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation, article-wikipedia-john-howland]
note
Later accounts name him as the man in charge when Hocking shot a Plymouth man and was shot in return. The trading house stood at Cushnoc, now Augusta.
father
name
Henry Howland, of Fenstanton
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-freeman-ellis-warren]
mother
name
Margaret Howland
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-freeman-ellis-warren]
summary
Mayflower passenger of 1620, a servant in Governor Carver's household, who was washed overboard on the crossing and caught hold of the topsail halyards. One of the exploring party of 6 Dec 1620 with John Tilley, whose daughter Elizabeth he married, he was later a deputy and died at Plymouth in 1672/3, the last of the Mayflower men living there. Probably the father of Isaac Howland.
spouses
id
elizabeth-tilley-fl1620
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
note
Bradford, about 1651, says he "maried the doughter of John Tillie, Elizabeth." The date of the marriage is not recorded.

Mayflower passenger, 1620, a servant in Governor John Carver's household, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact (Caleb Johnson, MayflowerHistory.com). His parents are given as Henry and Margaret Howland of Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire (WikiTree), and his brothers Henry and Arthur later settled at Marshfield (Wikipedia).

In a storm on the crossing, Bradford wrote, "a lustie yonge man (called John Howland) coming upon some occasion above ye grattings, was, with a seele of the shipe throwne into [ye] sea; but it pleased God yt he caught hould of ye top-saile halliards" and held on "though he was sundrie fadomes under water," until he was hauled back aboard with a boat hook; "though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years after, and became a profitable member both in church & commone wealthe." (The quotation is from the 1898 edition of Bradford's History, Project Gutenberg.)

He was one of the ten men of the exploring party of 6 Dec 1620: "Captaine Standish, Maister Carver, William Bradford, Edward Winslowe, John Tilley, Edward Tilley, John Houland, and three of London, Richard Warren, Steeuen Hopkins, and Edward [Doten]" (Mourt's Relation, 1622). His wife's father John Tilley and Richard Warren, both also ancestors, were in the same party, which met the "First Encounter" two days later.

Bradford names him among the partners, with Standish, Brewster, Alden and Allerton, "in a trade of beaver skines & other furrs arising in New-England." Under 1634 Bradford tells how Hocking, of the Piscataqua plantation, took his bark up the Kennebec above Plymouth's trading house. The man in charge "sente a cuple in a canow to cutt his cable," and Hocking shot one of them "in ye head ... so he fell downe dead instantly"; then "One of his fellows (that loved him well) could not hold, but with a muskett shot Hocking, who fell downe dead and never speake word." Bradford does not name the man in charge; Wikipedia and WikiTree identify him as Howland, and the dead Plymouth man as Moses Talbot (compiled).

He was a deputy to the General Court from 1641: 1641-1655 and 1658 by Wikipedia, about thirty years between 1641 and 1667 by WikiTree. About 1651 Bradford wrote that he "maried the doughter of John Tillie, Elizabeth, and they are both now living, and have 10. children, now all living; and their eldest daughter hath 4. children."

The colony recorded his death on 23 Feb 1672/3: "Hee was a godly man and an ancient professor in the wayes of Christ; hee lived untill hee attained above eighty yeares in the world. Hee was one of the first comers into this land, and proved a usefull instrument of good in his place, & was the last man that was left of those that came over in the shipp called the May flower, that lived in Plymouth" (PCR 8:34, as quoted on WikiTree). He was "with honor Intered" on 25 Feb.

Open questions

  • Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Howland volume) has not been checked; it should carry the line down to Lucy (Bennett) Ellis.
  • His parents (Henry and Margaret Howland of Fenstanton) are from WikiTree, unverified here.
  1. ---
  2. name: John Howland
  3. aka: [John Houland, Mr. John Howland Senior]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. born:
  7. date: c. 1599
  8. place: probably Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England
  9. basis: compiled
  10. confidence: probable
  11. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-freeman-ellis-warren]
  12. note: '"Aboue eighty yeares" at his death in 1672/3, by the colony record.'
  13. died:
  14. date: 23 Feb 1672/3
  15. place: Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  16. basis: documented
  17. confidence: proven
  18. sources: [records-plymouth-colony]
  19. note: PCR 8:34.
  20. buried:
  21. date: 25 Feb 1672/3
  22. place: Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  23. basis: documented
  24. confidence: proven
  25. sources: [records-plymouth-colony]
  26. note: '"Hee was with honor intered att the towne of Plymouth on the 25 of February, 1672" (PCR 8:34).'
  27. events:
  28. - what: Sailed on the Mayflower
  29. date: "1620"
  30. place: Plymouth, Devon, England
  31. sources: [book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
  32. note: "The archive does not name the port; Plymouth, England, was the ship's last. Washed overboard in a storm and hauled back by the topsail halliards."
  33. - what: Signed Mayflower Compact
  34. date: "Nov 1620"
  35. place: Provincetown, Massachusetts
  36. sources: [article-wikipedia-john-howland]
  37. note: "Signed in Cape Cod Harbor."
  38. - what: First Encounter
  39. date: "8 Dec 1620"
  40. place: Eastham, Massachusetts
  41. sources: [book-mourt-1622-relation]
  42. note: "One of the ten men of the exploring shallop attacked at dawn on the shore of Cape Cod."
  43. - what: Kennebec trading house
  44. date: "1634"
  45. place: Augusta, Maine
  46. sources: [book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation, article-wikipedia-john-howland]
  47. note: "Later accounts name him as the man in charge when Hocking shot a Plymouth man and was shot in return. The trading house stood at Cushnoc, now Augusta."
  48. father:
  49. name: Henry Howland, of Fenstanton
  50. basis: compiled
  51. confidence: probable
  52. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-freeman-ellis-warren]
  53. mother:
  54. name: Margaret Howland
  55. basis: compiled
  56. confidence: probable
  57. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-freeman-ellis-warren]
  58. summary: >-
  59. Mayflower passenger of 1620, a servant in Governor Carver's household, who was washed overboard on
  60. the crossing and caught hold of the topsail halyards. One of the exploring party of 6 Dec 1620
  61. with John Tilley, whose daughter Elizabeth he married, he was later a deputy and died at
  62. Plymouth in 1672/3, the last of the Mayflower men living there. Probably the father of Isaac
  63. Howland.
  64. spouses:
  65. - id: elizabeth-tilley-fl1620
  66. basis: documented
  67. confidence: proven
  68. sources: [book-bradford-history-of-plymouth-plantation]
  69. note: Bradford, about 1651, says he "maried the doughter of John Tillie, Elizabeth." The date of the marriage is not recorded.
  70. ---
  72. *Mayflower* passenger, 1620, a servant in Governor John Carver's household, and a signer of the
  73. Mayflower Compact (Caleb Johnson, MayflowerHistory.com). His parents are given as Henry and Margaret
  74. Howland of Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire (WikiTree), and his brothers Henry and Arthur later settled
  75. at Marshfield (Wikipedia).
  77. In a storm on the crossing, Bradford wrote, "a lustie yonge man (called John Howland) coming upon
  78. some occasion above ye grattings, was, with a seele of the shipe throwne into [ye] sea; but it
  79. pleased God yt he caught hould of ye top-saile halliards" and held on "though he was sundrie fadomes
  80. under water," until he was hauled back aboard with a boat hook; "though he was something ill with
  81. it, yet he lived many years after, and became a profitable member both in church & commone wealthe."
  82. (The quotation is from the 1898 edition of Bradford's *History*, Project Gutenberg.)
  84. He was one of the ten men of the exploring party of 6 Dec 1620: "Captaine Standish, Maister Carver,
  85. William Bradford, Edward Winslowe, John Tilley, Edward Tilley, John Houland, and three of London,
  86. Richard Warren, Steeuen Hopkins, and Edward [Doten]" (Mourt's *Relation*, 1622). His wife's father
  87. John Tilley and Richard Warren, both also ancestors, were in the same party, which met the "First
  88. Encounter" two days later.
  90. Bradford names him among the partners, with Standish, Brewster, Alden and Allerton, "in a trade of
  91. beaver skines & other furrs arising in New-England." Under 1634 Bradford tells how Hocking, of the
  92. Piscataqua plantation, took his bark up the Kennebec above Plymouth's trading house. The man in
  93. charge "sente a cuple in a canow to cutt his cable," and Hocking shot one of them "in ye head ... so
  94. he fell downe dead instantly"; then "One of his fellows (that loved him well) could not hold, but
  95. with a muskett shot Hocking, who fell downe dead and never speake word." Bradford does not name the
  96. man in charge; Wikipedia and WikiTree identify him as Howland, and the dead Plymouth man as Moses
  97. Talbot (compiled).
  99. He was a deputy to the General Court from 1641: 1641-1655 and 1658 by Wikipedia, about thirty years
  100. between 1641 and 1667 by WikiTree. About 1651 Bradford wrote that he "maried the doughter of John
  101. Tillie, Elizabeth, and they are both now living, and have 10. children, now all living; and their
  102. eldest daughter hath 4. children."
  104. The colony recorded his death on 23 Feb 1672/3: "Hee was a godly man and an ancient professor in the
  105. wayes of Christ; hee lived untill hee attained above eighty yeares in the world. Hee was one of the
  106. first comers into this land, and proved a usefull instrument of good in his place, & was the last
  107. man that was left of those that came over in the shipp called the May flower, that lived in
  108. Plymouth" (PCR 8:34, as quoted on WikiTree). He was "with honor Intered" on 25 Feb.
  110. ## Open questions
  112. - *Mayflower Families Through Five Generations* (Howland volume) has not been checked; it should
  113. carry the line down to Lucy (Bennett) Ellis.
  114. - His parents (Henry and Margaret Howland of Fenstanton) are from WikiTree, unverified here.
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