The HOWLAND Family of Fenstanton, Plymouth, Middleborough and Woodstock

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HENRY HOWLAND (d. 1635) of Fenstanton m. Margaret Unknown
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JOHN HOWLAND (d. 1673) of Plymouth, passenger on the Mayflower, m. Elizabeth Tilley
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DESIRE HOWLAND (1624/5 - 1683)
m. Capt. John Gorham
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JOHN HOWLAND (b. 1627) m. Mary Lee
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LYDIA HOWLAND
(abt 1665 - 1717)
m. Jeremiah Thomas
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Thankful Thomas
m. James Cobb
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Lydia Cobb
m. SETH HOWLAND (1715 - bef. 1759)
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LIEUT. ISAAC HOWLAND (1649 - 1724) of Middleboro m. Elizabeth Vaughan
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PRISCILLA HOWLAND (1681 - 1746)
m. Capt. Peter Bennett
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Susanna Bennett
m. John Drew
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Priscilla Drew m.
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NATHAN HOWLAND (1687 - bef. 1759) of Middleboro m. Frances Coombs
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SETH HOWLAND (1715 - bef. 1759) of Middleboro
m. Lydia Cobb
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LIEUT. NATHAN HOWLAND (1742 - 1831)
of Middleboro and Woodstock
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SETH HOWLAND (1765 - 1814) of Woodstock m. Harriet Emmons
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LYDIA COBB HOWLAND (1796 - 1874) m. Warren Aikens


INDEX
TO THE HOWLAND FILES (incomplete)

First Generation

HENRY HOWLAND (d. 1635) of Fenstanton

Parents:

Henry Howland was buried on 19 May 1635 in Fenstanton. [Ref] He married Margaret Unknown. [Ref, p. 1]

Children of Henry Howland and Margaret Unknown:

  1. John Howland was born in Fenstanton. He died on 23 Feb 1672/3 in Plymouth. He married Elizabeth Tilley.
  2. Arthur Howland was buried on 30 Oct 1675 in Marshfield. [Ref] He married the widow Margaret Reid. [Ref] She was buried on 22 Jan 1683 in Marshfield. [Ref]
    Learning of a Quaker meeting to be held at Arthur's house in Marshfield, the authorities sent the constable to arrest the Quaker leader Robert Huchin. The constable was unable to do so because he was hindered by Arthur. Arthur was fined four pounds for allowing a Quaker meeting in his house and five pounds for resisting the constable of Marshfield on 2 Mar 1657/8. [Ref, pp. 94, 310]
    Arthur, yeoman of Marshfield, signed his will on 3 Jul 1674; it was proved on 7 Mar 1675. He mentions his wife Margaret, his son Arthur, his daughters Mary Williamson, Martha Damon and Elizabeth Low; his grandchild Assadiah Smith and her three brothers; his grandchild Timothy Williamson; his wife's grandchild Mary Walker. [Ref]
    some descendants of Arthur Howland, including perhaps Winston Churchill
  3. George Howland died before 24 Dec 1644.
    Humphrey Howland of London, Draper, the brother and administrator of the goods of his deceased brother George Howland, merchant of London, filed a bill on 24 Dec 1644. [Ref]
  4. Humphrey Howland was born in 1599, based on his freedom from his apprenticeship. [Ref] He died between 28 May and 10 Jul 1646. He married Anne Unknown. She was buried on 20 Dec 1653 in Barking, county Essex. [Ref, p. 19]
    Humphrey was apprenticed to James Smith of the London Drapers Company on 19 Nov 1613 and was made free on 1 Dec 1620. [Ref]
    Humphrey signed his will on 28 May 1646; it was proved on 10 Jul 1646. [Ref] The will of Humphrey Howland, citizen and draper of London, mentions brothers George Howland of St. Dunstan's in East London and Arthur, John and Henry Howland. These last three were to receive money out of the debt due to Humphrey from Mr. Ruck in New England. [Ref, p. 169][Ref, p. 18] It also mentions Humphrey's nephew Simon and Simon's sister Hannah, both of whom were underage, and Humphrey's sister Margaret Phillips. [Ref]
    Humphrey's widow Anne was appointed to administer Humphrey's brother George's estate on 11 Jul 1646. [Ref] She was also appointed to administer her husband's estate. [Ref, p. 19]
  5. Margaret Howland married Richard Phillips on 25 Apr 1623 in Fen Stanton. [Ref]
  6. Simon Howland was living in 1634, according to the records of the London Drapers Company. [Ref]
    Simon, the son of "Henry Howland of Fenny Stanton" was apprenticed to Humphrey Howland of the London Drapers Company in 1622 and was made free on 24 Mar 1629. [Ref]
  7. Henry Howland died on 1 Jan 1670/1. [Ref, p. 1018] He married Mary Unknown. [Ref, p. 311] She is mentioned in her husband's will. [Ref, p. 311]
    Henry, the son of "Henry Howland of Fenny Stanton" was apprenticed to Humphrey Howland of the London Drapers Company on 1 Oct 1623. [Ref] There is no further mention of him in the Drapers Company records; he probably did not complete his apprenticeship. [Ref]
    Henry emigrated to New England in 1632. [Ref, p. 1016] He was on the Plymouth tax list on 25 Mar 1633. [Ref, p. 310] He was on the original list of freemen. [Ref, p. 310] He was constable of Duxbury on 5 Jan 1635/6. [Ref, p. 310] He was a frequent member of trial and grand juries. [Ref, p. 310] He was fined for refusing to serve on a grand jury on 3 Jun 1657. [Ref, p. 310] He was fined ten shillings for entertaining a meeting in his house contrary to court orders on 2 Mar 1657/8. [Ref, p. 311] On 7 Jun 1659, citing an order disenfranchising Quakers and other offenders, he was ordered to appear in court in August. [Ref, p. 311] On 6 Oct 1659 his freeman status was taken away. [Ref, p. 311] On 1 May 1660 Henry was charged with entertaining another man's wife at his house and for allowing a Quaker meeting in his house and entertaining a foreign Quaker. He denied the first charge, which was not upheld, but was convicted on the second. [Ref, p. 311] He was fined four pounds for twice having Quaker meetings at his house on 2 Oct 1660. [Ref, p. 311] He was highway surveyor in Duxbury on 3 Jun 1668. [Ref, p. 311]
    Henry signed his will on 28 Nov 1670; inventory on his estate was taken on 14 Jan 1670/1. [Ref, p. 311]
    some descendants of Henry Howland, including probably Richard Nixon

Second Generation

JOHN HOWLAND of Plymouth

Parents: Henry Howland and Margaret Unknown [Ref, p. 1]

Photo of Jabez Howland's house in Plymouth

John Howland was born in Fenstanton. [Ref, p. 1] He died on 23 Feb 1672/3 in Plymouth. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Tilley. John and Elizabeth produced 88 grandchildren. [Ref]

John was from Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire. [Ref]

John Howland sailed on the Mayflower as a young indentured servant of John Carver. [Ref]

William Bradford [Ref, notes in parentheses by Morrison] writes of John's experience on the Mayflower:

In sundry of these storms the winds were so fierce and the seas so high, as they could not bear a knot of sail, but were forced to hull [lay-to under short sail and drift with the wind] for divers days together. And in one of them, as they thus lay at hull in a mighty storm, a lusty [lively, merry] young man called John Howland, coming upon some occasion above the gratings was, with a seele [roll, pitch] of the ship, thrown into sea; but it pleased God that he caught hold of 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 a 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 after and became a profitable member both in church and commonwealth.

When John Carver, the Pilgrims' first governor, died in Apr 1621 John Howland became a free man. [Ref] John may also have inherited a portion of John Carver's estate. [Ref]

John received four lots on the south side of the brook to the woodward in the 1923 Plymouth land division. [Ref] John, his wife Elizabeth and his children John and Desire were in lot two of the 22 May 1627 Plymouth cattle division. [Ref]

The relations between the Plymouth colonists and the Adventurers became fraught as the colonists' indebtedness to the Adventurers grew. In 1627 eight leading men of Plymouth joined four Adventurers in London in undertaking responsibility for the repayment of the entire debt in return for certain monopolies granted to them by other colonists. These eight men, who along with the four Adventurers called Undertakers, included William Brewster, Edward Winslow, Miles Standish, William Bradford, John Howland, John Alden, Isaac Allerton and Thomas Prence. [Ref]

John was elected Plymouth Colony Assistant on 1 Jan 1631/2, 1 Jan 1633/4 and 1 Jan 1634/5. [Ref, p. 1]

On 2 Jan 1632/3 the General Court appointed John to a committee to assess taxes on the colonists, payable in grain or the equivalent. [Ref][Ref] He was again on the committee to set rates on 2 Jan 1633/4. The first year he was assessed relatively low taxes; the second year relatively high taxes. [Ref]

By the 1630s the Pilgrims had trading posts from the Connecticut River to Castine, Maine. John Alden and John Howland founded one in Maine on the Kennebec River at the site of the present day Augusta. [Ref]

Members of the Piscataqua plantation attempted to trade within Plymouth plantation and to block trade to Plymouth. In 1634 Thomas Prence described an event that happened that year at Kennebec. He said that on __ April, John Hocking of the Piscataqua plantation was at anchor within Plymouth limits. John Howland and some men from Plymouth went up to him in a bark and asked John Hocking to leave. Angry words were exchanged. John Howland asked three of his men, including Moses Talbot, to sever Hocking's anchor cable. Hocking came on deck with a carbine and a pistol and put a gun to Talbot's head. John Howland responded that he had ordered Moses to sever the cable and that he ought to be Hocking's target. Hocking then shot Talbot in the head and one of the other Plymouth men then shot and killed John Hocking. [Ref]

John is in the Plymouth section of the 1643 list of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms in Plymouth Colony. [Ref]

John (or his son John) was one of the 26 men who purchased land for Middleboro from the Indian sachem Wampatuck in Mar 1662. [Ref] In 1664, land was laid out near Namasket (Middleboro) for Mr. John Howland. [Ref]

John wrote his will on 29 May 1672; it was deposed on 5 Mar 1672/3. [Ref] In it he mentions his wife Elizabeth; his eldest son John; his sons Jabez and Joseph; his daughters Desire Gorham, Hope Chipman, Elizabeth Dickenson, Lydia Brown, Hannah Bosworth and Ruth Cushman. [Ref].

Elizabeth wrote her will on 17 Dec 1686; [Ref] it was proved on 10 Jan 1687/8. [Ref, p. 2] She mentions her eldest son John Howland; her sons Joseph and Isaac Howland; her son-in-law Mr. James Browne; her daughers Lidia Browne, Elizabeth Dickenson, Hannah Bosworth; her grandchildren Elizabeth Bursley, Nathaniel Howland, James Browne, Jabez Browne, Dorothy Browne and Desire Cushman. [Ref, p. 2]

Children of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley:

  1. Desire Howland was born in 1624 or 1625. She died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable. [Ref] She married Capt. John Gorham.
  2. John Howland was born on 24 Feb 1627 in Plymouth. He married Mary Lee on 26 Oct 1651 in Plymouth. [Ref, 9;313]
  3. Hope Howland was born on 30 Aug 1629. [Ref][Ref, p. 3] She died on 8 Jan 1684. [Ref] She married John Chipman of Plymouth. [Ref][Ref, p. 3] John married second Ruth (Sargent) (Winslow) Bourne, widow of Rev. Richard Bourne.
  4. Elizabeth Howland married first Ephraim Hicks of Plymouth on 13 Sep 1649. [Ref][Ref, p. 3][Ref, 9;313] Ephraim was the son of Robert and Margaret Hicks. [Ref, p. 927] He was born about 1625 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 927] He died on 2 Dec 1649 [Ref, 9;313] in Plymouth: "a violent death". [Ref, p. 927] Elizabeth married second John Dickarson [Dickenson] of Plymouth on 10 Jul 1651 [Ref] in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 3][Ref, 9;313]
    On 6 Mar 1649/50 administration on the estate of Ephraim Hicks was granted to Margaret Hicks and Thomas Willett. [Ref, p. 927] The noncupative will of Ephraim was set aside as Ephraim was "not in a capacity in regard of his said manner of death to make a legal will." [Ref, p. 927] The court ordered that his estate be set aside for the benefit of his mother. [Ref, p. 927]
  5. Lydia Howland married James Brown [Ref] about 1654. [Ref, p. 3] James, the son of John and Dorothy Brown, was born in 1623 and died on 10 Oct 1710 [Ref] in Swansea. [Ref, p. 3]
    John Browne helped organise the Baptist church in Swansea. This was the first Baptist church in Massachusetts. [Ref, p. 3] He was chosen Deputy on 5 Jun 1666 and selectman for Rehoboth on 5 Jun 1667. [Ref, p. 4] He was a freeman on 29 May 1670. [Ref, p. 4] He was Deputy from Swansea from 1669 to 1672. [Ref, p. 5] He was an Assistant from 1673 to 1683. [Ref, p. 5] James Browne of Swansea, gentleman, signed his will on 25 Oct 1694; it was proved on 11 Jan 1710/1. [Ref, p. 5]
    some descendants of Lydia Howland
  6. Hannah Howland died in 1705 in Swansea. [Ref, p. 6] She married Jonathan Bosworth on 6 Jul 1661 [Ref] in Swansea. [Ref, p. 5] Jonathan was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Bosworth. [Ref, p. 6] He was born about 1636. [Ref, p. 6] He died before 10 Jun 1717 in Swansea. [Ref, p. 6]
    some descendants of Hannah Howland
  7. Capt. Joseph Howland was born about 1640. [Ref, p. 3] He died in Jan 1703/4 [Ref] in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 8] He married Elizabeth Southworth on 7 Dec 1664 in Plymouth. [Ref][Ref, p. 8][Ref, 9;313]
    Joseph signed his will on 23 Dec 1703; it was proved on 10 Mar 1703. [Ref, p. 8]
    some descendants of Joseph Howland, including Franklin D. Roosevelt
  8. Jabez Howland was born about 1644. [Ref, p. 3] He died in Bristol, Rhode Island [Ref] before 6 Feb 1711/2. [Ref, p. 10] He married Bethia Thacher [Ref, pp. 14-22] by 1669, probably in Yarmouth. [Ref, p. 10, d. Anthony and Elizabeth (Jones)] She died on 19 Dec 1725 in Bristol. [Ref, p. 10]
    Jabez was chosen Selectman in Bristol on 6 Jun 1682, 2 Jun 1685 and 3 Jun 1690. [Ref, p. 11] He was chosen Deputy for Brisol on 3 Jun 1690. [Ref, p. 11]
    Jabez Howland, blacksmith, signed his will on 14 May 1708; it was proved on 21 Feb 1711/2. [Ref, p. 10]
    some descendants of Jabez Howland
  9. Ruth Howland was born about 1646. [Ref, p. 3] She died after 29 Mar 1672, when her father wrote his will, and before 16 Oct 1675, when her husband remarried. [Ref, p. 12] She married Thomas Cushman on 17 Nov 1664 in Plymouth. [Ref][Ref, p. 12]
  10. Lieut. Isaac Howland was born on 15 Jan 1649 in Plymouth. He died on 9 Mar 1723/4 in Middletown. He married Elizabeth Vaughan.

Third Generation

DESIRE HOWLAND (1624/5 - 1683)

Parents: John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley

Desire Howland was born in 1624 or 1625 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 2] She died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable. [Ref][Ref] She married Capt. John Gorham in 1643. [Ref]

JOHN HOWLAND (b. 1627)

Parents: John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley

John Howland was born on 24 Feb 1627 in Plymouth. [Ref: "Saw Lieut. Howland upon ye Rode, who tells us he was born Febr. 24, 1626 at our Plimouth."][Ref, p. 2] He married Mary Lee on 26 Oct 1651 in Plymouth. [Ref] Mary was the daughter of Robert Lee of Barnstable. [Ref] He is in the Plymouth section of the 1643 list of those between 16 and 60 able to bear arms in Plymouth Colony. [Ref] John Howland was on a list of those settlers admitted to inhabit Barnstable between 1662 and 1666. [Ref]

Children of John Howland and Mary Lee:

  1. Elizabeth Howland was born on 17 May 1655 in Marshfield. [Ref]
  2. Lydia Howland was born about 1665. She died on 6 Jul 1717. She married Jeremiah Thomas.

LIEUT. ISAAC HOWLAND (1649 - 1724) of Middleboro

Parents: John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley [Ref][Ref, p. 13]

Lieut. Isaac Howland was born on 15 Jan 1649 [Ref says 15 Nov] in Plymouth. [Ref] He died on 9 Mar 1723/4 [Ref] in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 13] He married Elizabeth Vaughan [Ref] about 1676. [Ref]

Isaac is called son-in-law in his father-in-law's will. [Ref]

Isaac was one of the 26 men who purchased land for Middleboro from the Indian sachem Wampatuck in Mar 1662. [Ref]

Isaac served under Benjamin Church in King Philip's War. [Ref] In Mar 1676 Francis Coombs and Isaac Howland were chosen to distribute the contributions made by the Irish for the relief of the colonists after King Philip's war to the residents of "Meddle Berrey". [Ref]

Isaac was surveyor of highways in 1672; constable in 1674; grand juryman in 1682; selectman in 1683, 1692, 1695-96 and 1700-3. [Ref] He was a representative to the General Court in 1689 and served five years and one later term. [Ref]

On 1 Nov 1684 the Plymouth Court granted Isaac the right to keep an ordinary at Middleberry. [Ref, p. 14]

Isaac signed his will on 6 Feb 1717/8; it was proved on 6 Apr 1724. He mentioned his wife Elizabeth; sons Seth, Isaac and Nathan; daughters Priscilla Bennett, Jael Southworth, Susannah Wood and Hannah Tinkham. [Ref, p. 15]

On 11 May 1724 Peter Bennett and his wife Priscilla, Nathaniel Southworth and his wife Jael and John Tinkham and his wife Hannah, all of Middleborough, sold their right in their father Isaac Howland's estate to their brother Seth Howland, except what was given to their mother. [Ref, p. 15]

In her 13 Oct 1725 will, Elizabeth Howland, the relict of Isaac, names sons Nathan and Seth; daughters Priscilla Bennett, Jael Southworth and Hannah Tinkham. [Ref, p. 15]

Children of Isaac Howland and Elizabeth Vaughan:

  1. Seth Howland was born on 28 Nov 1677 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 16] He died on 26 Oct 1727, age 52, in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 50] He married, as her second husband, Elizabeth (Miller) Delano on 24 May 1728 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 50] Elizabeth was the daughter of John and Mercy Miller. [Ref, p. 50] She was born on 18 Feb 1688/9 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 50] She died after Mar 1731/2. [Ref, p. 50] She married first Nathan Delano on 7 Jul 1709 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 50] Seth had no children. [Ref, p. 50]
  2. Isaac Howland was born on 6 Mar 1678/9 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 16] He died on 26 Feb 1723/4, age 45, in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 51] He married Sarah Thomas before 1714. [Ref, p. 51]
    some descendants of Isaac Howland
  3. Priscilla Howland was born on 22 Aug 1681 in Middleboro. She died on 3 Mar 1746 in Middleboro. She married Capt. Peter Bennett.
  4. Elizabeth Howland was born on 2 Dec 1682 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 16] She died on 1 Apr 1685. [Ref, p. 16]
  5. Nathan Howland was born on 17 Jan 1687 in Middleboro. He died before Jul 1759. He married Frances Coombs.
  6. Jael Howland was born on 13 Oct 1688 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 16] She died on 9 Nov 1754 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 57] She married Nathaniel Southworth about 1709, probably in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 57]
  7. Susanna Howland was born on 14 Oct 1690 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 16] She died on 1 Oct 1720 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 58] She married Ephraim Wood about 1709. [Ref, p. 58] He was the son of Samuel and Rebecca (Tupper?) Wood. [Ref, p. 58] He was born in Jan 1679 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 58] He died on 9 Jul 1744 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 58] He married second Patience (Nichols) Holmes about 1723. [Ref, p. 58]
    some descendants of Susanna Howland
  8. Hannah Howland was born on 6 Oct 1694 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 16] She died on 25 Mar 1792 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 59] She married John Tinkham [Ref] on 11 Dec 1716 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 59] John was the son of Ephraim and Hester (Wright) Tinkham. [Ref][Ref, p. 60] John was born on 22 Aug 1680 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 60] He died on 14 Apr 1766 in Middleboro. [Ref, p. 60]
    some descendants of Hannah Howland

Fourth Generation

LYDIA HOWLAND (abt 1665 - 1717)

Parents: John Howland and Mary Lee

Lydia Howland was born about 1665. She died on 6 Jul 1717, age 52, and is buried in the Green Cemetery in Middleboro. [Ref] She married Jeremiah Thomas in 1684.

She joined the First Church of Christ in Middleboro on 17 Jul 1715 as member 64. [Ref]

PRISCILLA HOWLAND (1681 - 1746)

Parents: Lieut. Isaac Howland and Elizabeth Vaughn [Ref, p. 16]

Priscilla Howland was born on 22 Aug 1681 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 16] She died on 3 Mar 1746 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 53] She is buried in the Green Cemetery in Middleboro. [Ref] She married Capt. Peter Bennett on 30 Oct 1700. [Ref][Ref, p. 53, says 20 Oct.]

Peter and Priscilla were fined on 16 Sep 1701; their first child was born five months after their marriage. [Ref]

On 1 Jan 1749, an administrator was appointed for her estate. [Ref] Inventory amounted to £650. [Ref]

NATHAN HOWLAND (b. 1687) of Middleboro

Parents: Lieut. Isaac Howland and Elizabeth Vaughan. [Ref, p. 16]

Nathan Howland was born on 17 Jan 1687 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref][Ref says 13 Oct][Ref, p. 16] He died before Jul 1759. [Ref, p. 55] He married Frances Coombs [Ref] between 5 May 1711 and 2 Feb 1712. [Ref, p. 55]

At the Jun 1722 session of the Plymouth Court, Nathan Howland of Middleboro was fined five shillings for "Cursing and Swearing the Sixth Day of March last in the Evening in the House of Mr. Thomas." [Ref] At the Sep 1722 Court, Nathan Howland and William Thomas II, both labourers of Middleboro were fined for being in a tavern late at night. [Ref] In Sep 1723 John Fuller of Middleborough, yeoman, sued Nathan Howland of Middleborough, yeoman, saying that Nathan, acting as "Clerk of the Bond" unlawfully attached his coat and a pewter platter. [Ref, p. 55] In Dec 1724 Thomas Holloway of Plympton was fined for assaulting Nathan. [Ref, p. 55] At the Jun 1725 session of the Plymouth Court, Nathan Howland of Middleboro was presented for absence from worship. The Rev. Mr. Thatcher said that Nathan was sick and unable to appear; Joseph Cobb of Middleboro said that Nathan had been ill. [Ref] Nathan was regularly sued for debts. [Ref] At the common pleas court in Jun 1728 Nathan was presented for not paying the mortgage on property in Middleboro that he bought for 40 pounds in 1716. He was told to pay within two months or the property would be forfeit. [Ref] By 1728 Nathan is described as a husbandman or yeoman. [Ref]

On 20 May 1724 Nathan Howland of Middleboro sold all of his right in his father's estate to his brother Seth Howland of Middleboro. [Ref, p. 55]

On Jul 1759, Frances Howland, widow, sued David Miller. [Ref]

Children of Nathan Howland and Frances Coombs:

  1. Desire Howland was born on 7 Nov 1712 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 57] She died in Mar 1716/7 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 57]
  2. Seth Howland was born on 1 Jan 1715 in Middleboro. He died before 3 Apr 1759. He married Lydia Cobb.
  3. Caleb Howland was born on 31 Dec 1717 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 57]
  4. Priscilla Howland was born on 15 Feb 1719/20 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 57]
  5. George Howland was born on 26 Dec 1723 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 57]
  6. Ruth Howland was born on 4 Apr 1727 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 57] She died after 10 Jun 1767. [Ref, p. 220] She married Thomas Darling on 26 Jan 1757 in Middleboro.[Ref] [Ref, p. 220]

Fifth Generation

SETH HOWLAND (1715 - bef. 1759) of Middleboro

Parents: Nathan Howland and Frances Coombs [Ref, p. 57]

Seth Howland was born on 1 Jan 1714/5 [Ref] in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 219] He died before 3 Apr 1759, when James Cobb of Middleboro was appointed guardian of Nathan Howland, son of Seth Howland, deceased. [Ref, p. 219] Seth of Middleboro married Lydia Cobb of Middleboro on 25 Jan 1738/9 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 219] Lydia was his second cousin once removed.

On 15 May 1736 Seth Howland of Middleboro, husbandman, sold to Elkanah Leonard of Middleboro a dwelling house and 50 acres that was part of the homestead of his grandfather Lieut. Isaac Howland, which Isaac had sold to Seth's father Nathan Howland. [Ref, p. 219]

Children of Seth Howland and Lydia Cobb:

  1. Drusilla Howland was born on 22 Aug 1739 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 220] Drusilla of Middleborough married Archippus Cole. [Ref, p. 220] on 19 Nov 1761 in Middleborough. [Ref]
    Archippus was a lieutenant in the Lexington Alarm in Apr 1775 [Ref, p. 164]; he was in Capt. Amos Wade's 3rd Middleborough company of Minute-men which marched to Marshfield. [Ref, p. 754] He was commissioned by the Provincial Congress on 27 May 1775. [Ref, p. 754] He was a 1st lieutenant in Capt. Amos Wade's company in Col. Theophilus Cotton's Massachusets Regiment from May to December 1775. [Ref, p. 164][Ref, p. 754] As a lieutenant serving as a private in Capt. William Tupper's Middleborough company in Col. Ebeneazer Sprat's regiment, he marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of 8 Dec 1776. [Ref, p. 754] He served as a lieutenant in the same company from 6 to 12 Sep 1778. [Ref, p. 754]
    In 1790 Archippus headed a household in Middleboro with three males over sixteen and five females. [Ref] In 1800 Archippus headed a household in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts with a man and a woman 45 and over, a woman 26 to 44 and two women 16 to 25. [Ref]
    some descendants of Drusilla Howland
  2. Lieut. Nathan Howland was born on 27 Feb 1741/2 in Middleboro. [Ref] He died on 21 Jun 1831. He married Priscilla Drew.
  3. Deborah Howland was born on 18 Mar 1747/8 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 220] She died "of a lethargy" on 22 Jul 1795, age 47, in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont. [Ref, p. 80] Deborah Howland of Middleborough married Capt. David Thomas [Ref, p. 220][Ref, p. 80] of Middleborough on 7 Sep 1764 in Middleborough. [Ref]
  4. Betty Howland was born on 14 July 1754 in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 220]

Sixth Generation

LIEUT. NATHAN HOWLAND (1742 - 1831) of Middleboro and Woodstock

Parents: Seth Howland and Lydia Cobb [Ref, p. 220]

Nathan Howland was born on 27 Feb 1741/2 [Ref] in Middleboro. [Ref][Ref, p. 220] He died on 21 Jun 1831. [Ref][Ref] He is buried in the Cushing Cemetery in Woodstock. The inscription on his grave says that he was 90 years old. [Ref] He married his second cousin Priscilla Drew [Ref][Ref, p. 220] on 13 Apr 1765 in Middleboro. [Ref]

When Nathan was 16 he enlisted in the last French war and served 18 months in Nova Scotia and Halifax and 18 months at Crown Point. [Ref]

Nathan moved to Woodstock in the spring of 1774. [Ref] He bought a farm lying on the north side of Beaver Brook from Daniel Waldo and built a log house with three appartments. [Ref] He helped to clear the foot of Mount Tom in about 1776. [Ref]

Nathan was commissioned ensign by the Provincial Congress of the Colony of New York on 22 May 1776. [Ref] He was in the Burgoyne campaign. [Ref] Gov. Chittenden of Vermont commissioned him lieutenant of the military company for Woodstock in the third regiment of militia in 1778. [Ref] There is a D. A. R. marker on his grave. [Ref]

Nathan built his house with seven gables on the flat in 1780; it stood until 1850. [Ref] A few years later he turned the house over to his only child, Seth. [Ref]

Nathan was a selectman in Woodstock in 1778, 1792 and 1793. [Ref] In 1790 Nathan was the head of a household in Woodstock with one male over 16, one male under sixteen and two females. [Ref]

Children of Nathan Howland and Priscilla Drew:

  1. Seth Howland was born on 19 Oct 1765 in Middleboro. He died on 2 Jan 1814. He married Harriet Emmons.
    Seth was an only child. [Ref, p. 76]

Seventh Generation

SETH HOWLAND (1765 - 1814) of Woodstock

Parents: Lieut. Nathan Howland and Priscilla Drew [Ref, p. 76]

Seth Howland was born on 19 Oct 1765 [Ref][Ref, p. 76] in Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Ref] He died on 2 Jan 1814. [Ref][Ref, p. 87][Ref, p. 76] He is buried in the Cushing Cemetery in Woodstock. The inscription on his grave says that he was 48 years old. [Ref] He married Harriet Emmons. [Ref, p. 76]

Seth came to Woodstock with his parents. [Ref, p. 76]

In 1790 Seth was the head of a household in Woodstock with one male over sixteen and one female. [Ref] In 1810 Seth was the head of a household in Woodstock with one male and one female 26 to 44, one female 16 to 25, two males and one female 10 to 15, and one male and three females under ten. [Ref]

Children of Seth Howland and Harriet Emmons:

  1. Lydia Cobb Howland was born on 28 Jun 1796 in Woodstock. She died on 15 Jul 1874 in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont. She married Warren Aikens.
  2. Harriet Howland was born on 29 May 1801 in Woodstock. [Ref, p. 144] She died on 17 Mar 1848 in Chicago. [Ref, p. 144] She married Ormond Paddock on 8 Feb 1829. [Ref, p. 144] Ormond was the son of Appollos and Mary (Hudson) Paddock of Barnard, Windsor, Vermont. [Ref, p. 97] He was born on 5 Mar 1806 in Woodstock. [Ref, p. 144] He died on 4 Apr 1884, probably in Lafeyette county, Wisconsin. [Ref, p. 144] He is buried in the Darlington Cemetery in Lafeyette county. [Ref, p. 144] He married second Leatha Hovey about 1848. [Ref, p. 144]
    Harriet married Unknown Paddock, went to Southwestern Wisconsin and reared a family. [Ref]
    In 1830 Ormond headed a household in Woodstock consisting of a man and a woman aged 20 to 28. [Ref] In 1840 Ormond headed a household in the Western Division township in Iowa county, Wisconsin Territory. It consisted of a man and woman, both 30 through 39, a woman age 20 through 29, a boy and a girl, each five through nine and two girls under five. [Ref] In 1850 Ormond and Leantha were living in Linden, Iowa, Wisconsin, where Ormond was a farmer with real estate worth $2,000. [Ref] In 1860 Ormond and Leantha were living in Linden were Ormond was a farmer with real estate worth $5,000 and a personal estate of $500. [Ref]
    some descendants of Harriet Howland
  3. Priscilla Howland [Ref] was probably born about 1803 in Vermont. [Ref][Ref] The 1850 census suggests an earlier date, but this is not consistent with her sister's birth. She was alive in 1860 and probably died before 1870. She married Brig. Gen. John Butler Terry. [Ref] He was born on 18 Jan 1796 in Coxsacki, New York. [Ref, p. 42] He died on 11 Jan 1874 in Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin. [Ref, p. 42] He married second Caroline Unknown before 1870. [Ref] She was born about 1804 in New York. [Ref] Priscilla and John had no children. [Ref]
    John was a native of Duchess county, New York. [Ref, p. 224] Priscilla and John were among the early settlers of Mineral Point. [Ref] John B. Terry settled in Mineral Point in 1828 with the intent of mining and afterward built the first smelting furnace in the county. [Ref, p. 144] In 1830 he farmed a little two or three miles west of Mineral Point. [Ref, p. 144]
    John B. Terry was a captain in Col. Henry Dodge's regiment of Iowa militia in the Black Hawk War of 1832. [Ref, p. 60] He was one of three men nominated for the council (legislative assembly) of the Wisconsin Territory at Mineral Point in 23 Sep 1835. [Ref, p. 221] He was a member of the first council of the Wisconsin Territory in 1836 [Ref, p. 221], the second council in 1837-8 and the special council in 1838. [Ref, p. 273] He was commissioned colonel of the Wisconsin militia on 23 Dec 1850. [Ref, p. 28] He was commissioned brigadier general of the Wisconsin militia on 1 Mar 1858. [Ref, p. 42] He was vice-president of the Iowa County Fair in 1862. [Ref]
    In 1830 John B. Terry headed a household in Iowa county, Michigan Territory [which included what would become the Wisconsin Territory until 1836]. [Ref] In 1840 John B. Terry headed a household in the Western Division township in Iowa county, Wisconsin Territory that consisted of a free white male and a free white female, both between 40 and 49, a free white male 20 through 29 and a free colored female 10 through 23. [Ref] In 1850 John and Priscilla were living in Mineral Point. John was 53 and born in New York; Priscilla was 49 and born in Vermont; John had no job and real estate worth $4,000. [Ref] In 1860 John and Priscilla were living in Mineral Point. John was 62, Priscilla was 57 and John had real estate worth $8,000. [Ref] In 1870 John, age 74, was living in Mineral Point with Caroline Terry, age 66. He had no occupation, real estate worth $8,000 and a personal estate of $10,000. [Ref] In 1880 Caroline was single and living with her sister in Mineral Point. [Ref]
    John Butler Terry bought hundreds of acres of land in Iowa, Grant, Dane and Jefferson counties in Wisconsin between 1 Aug 1839 and 1 Mar 1850. [Ref][Ref]
  4. Elizabeth Smith Howland was born about 1818 in New York. [Ref] She died on 11 May 1872 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa. [Ref, p. 87] She married William Butler Remey [Ref, p. 87][Ref gives only his last name] in the autumn of 1837. [Ref, p. 430] William was the son of Nathaniel and Mathilda (Grigsby) Remey. [Ref, p. 87] He was born about 1815 in Iowa. [Ref] He died in Apr 1871, age 56. [Ref, 2;205]
    William went to Burlington in 1837 and was a partner in the Webber & Remey mercantile business. [Ref, p. 430] In 1850 William and Elizabeth lived in Burlington, where William was a clerk with real estate worth $1,000. [Ref] In 1860 they lived in Burlington and William was a clerk. [Ref] William was a member of the city council and the city treasurer. [Ref, 2;205] In 1861 William was elected county treasurer and served for three terms. [Ref, p. 430] In 1870 William and Elizabeth lived in Burlington. [Ref]
    William and Elizabeth had four sons; three went to the Naval Academy. [Ref, p. 87][Ref] Their son William Remey was Judge Advocate General and their son Rear Admiral George C. Remey was in charge of the American fleet during the Spanish War. [Ref][Ref, p. 87] Their son Edward Wallace Remey disappeared from his ship in Norfolk Harbor. [Ref, p. 87]
    some descendants of Elizabeth Howland

Eighth Generation

LYDIA COBB HOWLAND (1796 - 1874)

Parents: Seth Howland and Harriet Emmons [birth certificate][Ref, p. 14]

Lydia Cobb Howland was born on 28 Jun 1796 [Ref, 22 Jun 1795] in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont. [birth certificate][Ref, p. 14, 22 Jun 1795-6] She died on 15 Jul 1874 [Ref, 13 Jul] in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont. [death certificate] Newton [Ref, p. 14] notes that her gravestone says that she died at age 78 and that the town records say age 77 - 0 - 15, neither of which agrees perfectly with her birthdate. She married Warren Aikens on 15 Oct 1822. [Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 14]

Lydia and her husband share a gravestone. There is a photo of it with her husband's entry; it says that she died on 13 Jul 1874, age 78.

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