General Notes

Society of Mayflower Descendants #4849, birth Gravestone record birth certified, 17,358/4485 Beatrice Eleanor Bailey

Signer of Mayflower Compact

John Howland - was born on 16 Jan 1602 in Ely, Cambridge, England and died on 23 Feb 1673 in Plymouth, Mass. . He was the son of Henry Howland and Anne-Margaret Aires.
John married Elizabeth Tilley on 4 Aug 1623 in Plymouth, Mass.. Elizabeth was born on 30 Aug 1607 in Scroobay, Nottingham, England. She was the daughter of John Tilley and Joan Hurst. She died on 21 Dec 1687 in Swanzey, Bristol Co., Mass. and was buried in Brown lot, Little Neck, Riverside, Ri. .
Elizabeth - came to America on the Mayflower with her parents and future husband.

John - was the only one of the three HOWLAND brothers to come on the Mayflower, the other two brothers came over in 1624.

His was the 13th name of 41 persons who signed the memorable compact in the cabin of the Mayflower in "Cape Cod Harbor" in Nov 1620. He signed on as a manservant Mr. John Carver. "A profitable instrument of good; the last man that was left of those that came over on the ship called the May Flower..." - Plymouth Col. Recs.

From "One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families" by John Osborne Austin - 'A lusty young man (called John Howland) coming upon some occasion above the grating was with a seele (Sail) of the ship thrown into the sea, but it pleased God that he caught hold of the topsail halyards which hung overboard, an 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.'

When the Mayflower was yet in Cape Cod Harbor, ten of her "principal men", including John, were sent out in a boat, manned by eight sailors, to select a place to establish a longed-for home for the weary band. A storm drove them into Plymouth harbor, and Plymouth was selected as the place of settlement. Children:
i.  Desire Howland was born on 13 Oct 1623/1625 in Barnstable, Mass. and died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable, Mass. .
Desire - married Capt. John Gorham who was chr. at Benefield England on Jan 28, 1621. He died about 1675. They had 11 children. 
ii.  John Howland was born on 24 Feb 1627 in Plymouth, Mass. and died on 6 May 1693 in Barnstable, Mass. . See #3. below. 
iii.  Jabez Howland was born in 1628 in Plymouth, Mass. and died in 1712
Jabez - occupation: Town Clerk - married Bethiah Thatcher - 11 children. Another source (LDS) had death date as Apr 7, 1708. Blacksmith by trade, served as Lt. in King Phillip's war. 
iv.  Hope Howland was born on 30 Aug 1629 in Plymouth, Mass. and died on 8 Jan 1683/1684 in Barnstable, Mass. and was buried in Lothrop Hill .
Hope - married John Chipman about 1646 - 11 children. One of them, Ruth Chipman married Eleazer Crocker, the son of William Crocker. 
v.  Elizabeth Howland was born about 1632 in Plymouth, Mass. and died in 1683 .
Elizabeth - married 1) Ephraim Hicks 1n 1649, 2) John Dickarson in 1651 - 9 children born at Oyster Bay, Long Island. 
vi.  Lydia Howland was born about 1628 in Plymouth, Mass. and died on 11 Jan 1710/1711 .
Lydia - married John Brown - settled in Swanzey, Mass - 3 children. 
vii.  Ruth Howland was born in Rocky Nook, Mass..
Ruth - married Thomas Cushman Jr. - 3 children. 
viii.  Hannah Howland was born about 1635 in Rocky Nook, Mass. and died in 1687 in Swansea, Bristol Co, Mass. .
Hannah - married Jonathan Bosworth in 1661 - 7 children. 
ix.  Joseph Howland was born about 1637 in Rocky Nook, Mass. and died Jan 1703/1704 .
Joseph - occupation: Surveyor - married Elizabeth Southworth in 1664 - 9 children. Became a military office during the Indian Wars. 
x.  Isaac Howland was born on 15 Nov 1649 in Plymouth, Mass. and died on 9 Mar 1724 .
Isaac - married Elizabeth Vaughn of Middleborough, Mass in 1724. - 8 children. Settled at Millboro - was an officer during the Indian Wars. Kept an "ordinary" or Inn in 1684. 

Jogn Howland of Fenstanton, Huntingdon, England was the son of Margaret and Henry Howland. He was hired by John Carver (to become Governor of Massachuestts) and identified as Carver's indentered manservant.