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

Desire was born about 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.  Desire's father was John Howland and her mother was Elizabeth Tilley.  Her paternal grandparents were Henry Howland and Ann Margaret Aires; her maternal grandparents were John Tilley and Elizabeth Carver. She had four brothers and five sisters, named John, Joseph, Jabez, Isaac, Hannah, Hope, Elizabeth, Lydia and Ruth.  She was the second oldest of the ten children.  She died on October 13th, 1683 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.


Desire's family with John Gorham

‌Desire and John were married in a religious ceremony about 1643.

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