Some Descendants of Capt. Joseph Howland (John) and Elizabeth Southworth (Thomas) of Plymouth

1. Thomas Howland was born about 1675 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 9] He died on 2 Dec 1739 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 29] He married Joanna Cole about 1699. [Ref, p. 29] Joanna was the daughter of James and Mary (Tilson) Cole. [Ref, p. 29] She was born about 1679 and died on 4 Jan 1760 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 29] Thomas and Joanna had eight children born in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 29]
2. James Howland was born before 29 Dec 1669 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 31] He died after 26 Aug 1735. [Ref, p. 31] He married Mary Lothrop on 8 Sep 1697 in Barnstable. [Ref, p. 31] James and Mary had six children born in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 32]
   1. Abigail Howland was born on 29 Oct 1702 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 142] She died on 18 Apr 1761 in North Yarmouth, Maine. [Ref, p. 142] She married first Caleb Cooke on 6 May 1722/3[!] in Kingston. [Ref, p. 142] Caleb, the son of Caleb and Jane Cooke, was born on 17 Apr 1697 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 143] He died on 15 Mar 1724 in Kingston. [Ref, p. 143] She married second as his second wife Barnabus Seabury [Ref, p. 18] after 25 May 1725 (int.) in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 143] Barnabus was the son of Samuel and Abigail (Allen) Seabury, Jr. [Ref, p. 18] He was born on 29 Jan 1700 in Duxbury. [Ref, p. 18] He died on 4 May 1787, age 87, at North Yarmouth. Barnabus married first Mary Johnson on 11 Oct 1722. [Ref, p. 18]
3. Sarah Howland died before 23 Dec 1703, unmarried. [Ref, p. 9]
   Sarah was called before the court for the sin of fornication on 13 Dec 1691. [Ref, p. 32] She was fined at the Aug 1692 court. [Ref, p. 32] She was fined again for fornication at the Court of Common Pleas in Mar 1698/9. [Ref, p. 32] She had a daughter Mary with an unknown father. [Ref, p. 32]
   
4. Lydia Howland was born about 1674 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 9] She died after 25 Jan 1733. [Ref, p. 32] She married Joseph Jenkins in Oct 1694 in Barnstable. [Ref, p. 32] Joseph was the son of John and Mary (Wallen) (Ewer) Jenkins. [Ref, p. 32] He was born the last of Mar 1669 in Barnstable and died on 13 Oct 1734, age 66, in Barnstable. [Ref, p. 32] He was buried in the West Barnstable Cemetery. [Ref, p. 32] Lydia and Joseph had nine children born in Barnstable. [Ref, p. 32]
5. Elizabeth Howland was born in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 9] She died after 15 Feb 1723/4. [Ref, p. 33] She married first Isaac Hamlin on 14 Sep 1698 in Barnstable. [Ref, p. 33] Isaac, the son of Eleazer and Mehitable (Jenkins) Hamlin, was born on 20 Aug 1676 in Barnstable and died before 8 Feb 1709/10. [Ref, p. 33] Elizabeth married second Timothy Cannon on 9 Nov 1711 in Barnstable. [Ref, p. 34] Timothy, the son of Joanna Cannon, was baptised on 19 Apr 1681 in Barnstable and died after 1715. [Ref, p. 34] Elizabeth and Isaac had four children born in Barnstable. Eizabeth and Timothy had two children born in Falmouth. [Ref, p. 34]
6. Mercy Howland was born in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 9] She died after 18 Jun 1721. [Ref, p. 35] She married Joseph Hamlin on 27 Apr 1704 in Barnstable. [Ref, p. 35] Joseph, the son of Eeazer and Mehitable (Jenkins) Hamlin was born on 20 Nov 1680 in Barnstable and died on 27 Aug 1766, age 86. [Ref, p. 35] He is buried in the West Barnstable Cemetery. [Ref, p. 35] He married second Hopestill (Lombard/Lumbert) Davis on 5 Sep 1751 in Barnstable. [Ref, p. 35] Mercy and Joseph had five children born in Barnstable. [Ref, p. 35-6]
7. Nathaniel Howland was born about 1670 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 36] He died on 20 or 29 Dec , age 76, in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 36] He is buried in the Burial Hill Cemetery. [Ref, p. 36] He married first Martha Cole on 16 Mar 1696/7 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 36] Martha, the daughter of James and Mary (Tilson) Cole, was born about 1672 and died on 11 Aug 1718, age about 46, in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 36] He married second as her second husband Abigail (Churchill) Billington on 25 Jan 1725/6 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 36] Nathaniel and Martha had five children born in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 36]
   1. Capt. Nathaniel Howland was born on 9 Jun 1705 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 163] He died on 20 Jul 1766, age 62 in Boston. [Ref, p. 163] He married first Yetmercy (Howland) Palmer on 6 Dec 1733 in Bristol. [Ref, p. 163] He married second as her second husband Abigail (Burt) Lane on 22 Nov 1739 in Boston. [Ref, p. 164] Abigail, the daughter of John and Abigail (Cheever) Burt, was born on 28 Mar 1718 and died in Jul 1766. [Ref, p. 164] She married first Richard Lane on 8 Jan 1735 in Boston. [Ref, p. 164]
      Capt. Nathaniel Howland was a West India trader. [Ref, p. 164]
      1. Joseph Howland was born on 30 Sep 1749 in Boston. [Ref, p. 164] He was baptised on 1 Oct 1749 in the New North Church in Boston. [Ref, p. 164] He died in 1836 in Norwich. [Ref, p. 83] He married Lydia Bill. [Ref, p. 164] Lydia, the daughter of Capt. Ephraim and Lydia (Huntington) Bill, was born in 1753. [Ref, p. 91]
         Joseph moved to Norwich. [Ref, p. 83] He was a West India trader. [Ref, p. 83]
         1. Susan Howland was born in 1779. [Ref, p. 83] She married John Aspinwall. [Ref, p. 83] John, the son of John and Rebecca (Smith) Aspinwall was born in New York in 1774. [Ref, p. 53] John was a shipowner and merchant. [Ref, p. 53]
            1. Mary Rebecca Aspinwall was born in 1809 in New York City. [Ref, p. 12] She married Isaac Roosevelt. Isaac, the son of James and Maria Elizabeth (Walton) Roosevelt, was born in 1790 in New York City. [Ref, p. 12]
               • James Roosevelt was born in 1828 in Hyde Park, New York. [Ref, p. 12] He married Sarah Delano. [Ref, p. 12]
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8. Benjamin Howland was baptised on 29 Mar 1685 in Plymouth. [Ref, p. 9] He died on 7 Sep 1689. [Ref, p. 9]
9. Joseph Howland died on 8 Sep 1689. [Ref, p. 9]