Some Descendants of Jabez Howland (John) and Bethia Thacher of Plymouth and Bristol

  1. Jabez Howland was born on 15 Nov 1669 in Plymouth. [MF23, p. 11] He died on 17 Oct 1732, age 64, in Bristol and was buried on 19 Oct in St. Michael's Church Cemetery in Bristol. [MF23, p. 37] He married first Patience Stafford. [MF23, p. 37] She was the daughter of Samuel and Mercy (Westcott) Stafford. [MF23, p. 37] She was born about 1669 and died on 23 Oct 1721 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 37] He married second as her second husband Mary (Carder) Green after 11 Mar 1727 (int.) in Bristol. [MF23, p. 37] She was the daughter of John and Mary (Holden) Carder. [MF23, p. 37] She was born on 11 Sep 1677 in Warwick and died on 13 Apr 1761, age 83 years, six months and 22 days. [MF23, p. 37] She married first Richard Green in 1700. [MF23, p. 37] Jabez and Patience had nine children born in Bristol and baptised there in the First Church of Christ. [MF23, p. 40]
  2. John Howland was born about 15 Jan 1672/3 in Plymouth. [MF23, p. 11] He died on 16 Jan 1672/3. [MF23, p. 11]
  3. Bethia Howland was born on 3 Jun 1674 in Plymouth. [MF23, p. 12] "[S]he was accidentally drowned or stifled in a tub of clothes and water" in 1676. [MF23, p. 12]
  4. Josiah Howland was born on 6 Aug 1676 in Plymouth. [MF23, p. 12] He died on 8 Feb 1717/8, age 42, in Bristol and is buried there in the East Burial Ground. [MF23, p. 41] He married Yetmercy Shove on 24 Nov 1709 in Barnstable. [MF23, p. 41] She was the daughter of George and Hannah (Bacon) (Whalley) Shove. [MF23, p. 41] She was born on 7 Nov 1682 in Taunton and died after 21 May 1760. [MF23, p. 41] Josiah and Mercy had two children born in Bristol and baptised there in the First Church of Christ. [MF23, p. 41]
    1. Yetmercy Howland was born on 11 Mar 1712/3 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 173] She was baptised on 5 Aug 1723 at the First Church of Christ in Bristol. [MF23, p. 173] She died on 8 Aug 1737 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 173] She married first Isaac Palmer on 17 Oct 1731 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 173] Isaac was the son of John and Elizabeth (Richmond) Palmer. [MF23, p. 173] He was born on 14 Jan 1701 in Little Compton and died before 26 Apr 1732. [MF23, p. 173] She married second Nathaniel Howland on 6 Dec 1753 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 173]
  5. John Howland was born on 26 Jul 1679 in Plymouth. [MF23, p. 12] He died before 14 May 1708. [MF23, p. 12]
  6. Judah Howland was born on 7 May 1683 in Plymouth. [MF23, p. 12] He was buried on 12 Nov 1683. [MF23, p. 12]
  7. Seth Howland was born on 5 Jan 1684/5 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 12] He was buried on 12 Apr 1685. [MF23, p. 12]
  8. Samuel Howland was born on 16 May 1686 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 12][HSRI, 6;102] He died on 1 or 15 May 1748, age 62, in Briston. [MF23, p. 42] He is buried there in the Prince's Hill Burial Ground. [MF23, p. 42] He married first Abigail Cary on 6 May 1708. [MF23, p. 42][HSRI, 6;102] Samuel married second as her third husband Rachel (Norton) (Smith) Allen after 18 Feb 1741/2 (int.) in Bristol. [MF23, p. 42] She was the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Bates) Norton. [MF23, p. 42] She was born about 1679, probably in Edgartown, and she died on 14 Jun 1743, age 64, in Barrington. [MF23, p. 42] She married first Joshua Smith on 17 Jul 1701 in Edgartown. [MF23, p. 42] She married second Samuel Allen between 25 Mar 1708/9 and 23 Feb 1731/2. [MF23, p. 42] Samuel married third as her second husband Dorothy (Ballard) Hunt on 4 Jun 1747 in Rehoboth. [MF23, p. 42] Dorothy was the daughter of John and Rebecca Ballard. [MF23, p. 42] She was born on 30 Jan 1685 in Lynn and died on 14 Oct 1765, age 81, in Rehoboth. [MF23, p. 42] She married first Daniel Hunt after 9 Jan 1707/8 (int.) in Rehoboth. [MF23, p. 42] Samuel and Abigail had eight children born in Bristol and baptised there in the First Church of Christ. [MF23, p. 44]
  9. Experience Howland was born on 19 May 1687 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 12] She died young. [MF23, p. 12]
  10. Elizabeth Howland was born about 1690 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 12] She died on 20 May 1707, age 26, in Newport, Rhode Island. [MF23, p. 45] She married Nathan Townsend of Newport. [MF23, p. 45] He was the son of Thomas and Mary (Davis) Townsend. [MF23, p. 45] He was born on 5 Jul 1677 in Boston and died between 12 Sep and 4 Aug 1756. [MF23, p. 45] He married second Agatha or Abitha Unknown. He married third Mary Davenport on 1 Jul 1745 in Newport. [MF23, p. 45] Elizabeth and Nathan had one son. [MF23, p. 45]
  11. Joseph Howland was born on 14 Oct 1692 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 12] He was baptised on 8 Sep 1695 in the First Church of Christ in Bristol. [MF23, p. 12] He died on 16 Aug 1737 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 46] He married Bathsheba Cary about 1714 in Bristol. [MF23, p. 46] Joseph and Bathseba had three children born in Bristol and baptised there in the First Church of Christ. [MF23, p. 47]

References

HSRI Bicknell, Thomas Williams, The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, American Historical Society, 1920.
MF23 Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, v. 23 (Family of John Howland), Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006.