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Female Desire Howland Click to view Desire Howland in the family tree

Desire was born in 1625 in Plymouth, Mass..  Desire's father was John Howland and her mother was Elizabeth Tilley.  Her paternal grandparents were Henry Howland and Margaret Anne Aires; her maternal grandparents were John Tilley and Joan Rogers Hurst. She had five brothers and five sisters, named Henry, Joseph, Jabez, Isaac, John, Hope, Elizabeth, Lydia, Hannah and Ruth.  She died at the age of 58 on October 13th, 1683 in Barnstable, Mass..  She was buried in Barnstable, Mass..


Desire's family with John Gorham

‌Desire and John were married in a religious ceremony in 1643 in Plymouth, Mass..  They had a son named Shubael.

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