General Notes

Eldredge Genealogy by Zoeth S. Eldredge July 30, 1896 --
Zoeth was a Quaker persecuted at Plymouth. In March, 1658 he was brought before the court "for speaking opprobriously of the Minnisters of God's Word"  (He said he would not go to meetings to hear lies and that the dull could teach as good a sermon as the ministers,".  For this offence he was condemned to sit in the stocks for an hour.  His wife, also, was fined 10s. for not attending the meeting of the Puritans.

Zoeth Howland was killed by the Indians January 21, 1676. Just where he was killed and how he came to be there is not known.  It was in that section of Rhode Island called Pocasset, now Tiverton and Portsmouth, where the English had a skirmish with the Indians near Tiverton, South of Howland's Ferry. The date of his death was in the middle of King Philip's War.

Zoeth Howland was born about 1636 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. *Rix :"Zoeth Howland, son of Henry, was b. in Duxbury, Massachusetts..." He died on JAN 21 1676 in Tiverton,  Rhode Island.
*Rix : "He was killed by Indians in the middle of King Phillips War, Jan. 21,
1676."
*History of Authur, Henry, and John Howland : His son, Daniel owned the ferry [Howland's Ferry] at Tiverton, and Zoeth might have been killed while on a visit to see his son. 9th great grandfather
*Rix :"Zoeth Howland, son of Henry, was b. in Duxbury, Massachusetts. He m. in Oct. 1656, Abigail . He settled in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. as early as 1662. He was killed by Indians in the middle of King Phillips War, Jan. 21, 1676. His widow m. 2d, Dec. 2, 1678, Richard Kirby, Jr... *New England Families : "Zoeth, son of Henry Howland, was born in Duxbury, and married Abigail _____, October, 1656. He was killed by Indians, January 21, 1676, at Pocaset. Abigail married (second), February 12, 1678, John Kirby
Jr. He [Zoeth] took the oath of 'fidelitie' at Duxbury in 1657, and became a convert to the Friends' [Quakers] sect about the same time, and meetings were held at his house, for which for which he was fined in December, 1657. In March, 1657-58, he was sentenced to 'sitt in the stockes for the space of an
hour' for 'speaking opprobiously of the minnesters of Gods Word.' In March, 1659, his wife was fined ten shillings for not attending the meetings of the Puritans. He moved to Dartmouth, probably as early as 1662, for more congenial society. The Newport [ Rhode Island] Friends' records and the inventory of his estate, dated June, 1677, refer to him as Zoeth of Dartmouth, and his mother owned a house there. Just where he was killed and how he came to be there is    . His sons, with the exception of Samuel, were active members of the old Apponegansett meeting. The first eight children are recorded in the
Newport Friends' records..." Parents: * Henry Howland Jr. and * Mary Newland He was married to * Abigail in OCT 1656. Children were: Nathaniel Howland , Benjamin Howland , Daniel Howland , Lydia Howland , Mary Howland , Sarah Howland , Henry Howland , Abigail Howland , * Nicholas Howland Sr.
Henry Howland Jr. was born in 1604 in Scrooby, Yorkshire County, England. He immigrated in 1623 to Plymouth, Massachusetts. *Wilfred Howland : Arrived in Plymouth from England on the Anne, 1623.