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John Howland Sr, Mayflower Compact 13th Signer, Esq. 1601–1672 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Jan 1601

Birth Location: Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 23 February 1672

Death Location: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Sir Sr

Mother: Anne Aires

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Pilgrim"

Children(s): Elizabeth Pilgrim, Lt Howland, Lt Howland, Hope Howland, Lt Pilgrims, Desire Howland, Abigail Howland, Isaac Howland, Hannah Howland

In 1601, John Howland Sr, Mayflower Compact 13th Signer, Esq. entered the world in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, born to Sir Henry Howland Sr And Anne Margaret Alice Aires. John Howland Sr, Mayflower Compact 13th Signer, Esq. married Elizabeth Tilley Mayflower Pilgrim, and had children including Abigail Howland, Desire Howland, Elizabeth Howland Pilgrim, Hannah Howland, Hope Howland, Isaac Howland, Lt Jabez Howland Sr Pilgrims, Lt John Howland, Lt Joseph Howland. John Howland Sr, Mayflower Compact 13th Signer, Esq. passed away in 1672 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1601, John Howland Sr, Mayflower Compact 13th Signer, Esq. entered the world in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, born to Sir Henry Howland Sr And Anne Margaret Alice Aires.
  • John Howland Sr, Mayflower Compact 13th Signer, Esq. married Elizabeth Tilley Mayflower Pilgrim, and had children including Abigail Howland, Desire Howland, Elizabeth Howland Pilgrim, Hannah Howland, Hope Howland, Isaac Howland, Lt Jabez Howland Sr Pilgrims, Lt John Howland, Lt Joseph Howland.
  • John Howland Sr, Mayflower Compact 13th Signer, Esq. passed away in 1672 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Sr
1564–1635
Birth Location: Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England
SS
Anne Aires
1567–1629
Birth Location: Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England
AA

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Pilgrim"
1607–1687
Birth Location: Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
EP

Children(s)

Elizabeth Pilgrim
1633–1692
Birth Location: Leydon Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
EP
Lt Howland
1627–1704
Birth Location: Rocky Nook, Kingston Plymouth, MA
LH
Lt Howland
1627–1704
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
LH
Hope Howland
1629–1683
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
HH
Lt Pilgrims
1644–1712
Birth Location: Rocky Nook, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
LP
Desire Howland
1623–1683
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
DH
Abigail Howland
1629–1692
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
AH
Isaac Howland
1649–1724
Birth Location: Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
IH
Hannah Howland
1640–1681
Birth Location: Hingham, Norfolk, Maine, USA
HH

John Esq.'s Ancestors

Self
John Esq.
1601–1672
Birth Place: Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Sir Henry Howland Sr
1564–1635
Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England
Anne (Margaret Alice) Aires
1567–1629
Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England
Grandparents
1541–1612
Newport Pond, Essexshire, Eng
Lady (Emma) Revell
1542–1614
Essexshire, Eng
John (Aires) Ayres
1560–
England
Great-Grandparents
1511–1568
Anne Greenway
1515–1586
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John I
1481–1550
Lady Agnette
1481–1550

John Esq.'s Descendants

1.
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John (Howland Sr, Mayflower Compact 13th Signer,) Esq. (16 Jan 1601–23 February 1672) m. Elizabeth (Tilley, "Mayflower) Pilgrim" (30 Aug 1607–21 Dec 1687)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Howland,) Pilgrim 1633–1692 m. Capt (John Dickenson, ship 'Desire', Quaker, with) Pilgrims 1602–1683 m. Ephraim Hicks 1625–1649
    1. 1. Charles Dickinson 1666–1740 m. Phillipa Greene 1658–1690
      1. 1. Samuel Dickinson 1702–1750 m. Mary Cole 1705–1753
        1. 1. Christopher Dickinson 1729–1790 m. Mary 1733–
        2. 2. Charles Dickinson 1732–1733
        3. 3. Ichabod Dickinson 1734–1776
        4. 4. Gideon Dickinson 1736–1790 m. Mercy (Barber or) Baker 1736–1836
        5. 5. George Dickinson 1738–1758
        6. 6. William Dickinson 1740–1741
        7. 7. Mary Dickinson 1742–1743
      2. 2. Phillippa Case 1706–1798
      3. 3. Richard Dickinson 1695–1749 m. Mary Goldsmith 1695–1763
        1. 1. Phillippa ("Libbie") Dickerson 1725–1802
        2. 2. Charles Dickinson 1721–1747
        3. 3. Jane Dickinson 1715–
        4. 4. John Dickinson 1717–1768
        5. 5. Mary Dickinson 1719–
        6. 6. Capt (Richard) Dickinson 1731–1820 m. Mary Tully 1742–1793
        7. 7. Sarah Dickinson 1727–
      4. 4. Charles Dickenson 1693–1713
      5. 5. John Dickinson 1699–1736
    2. 2. Lydia (Dickinson) (Carpenter) 1662–1703
    3. 3. Elizabeth Dickinson 1652–1695
    4. 4. Jabez Dickinson 1660–1720 m. Bethia Thatcher 1645–1725
      1. 1. Joseph (Howland) Dickerson 1692–1737
    5. 5. Mercy Dickinson 1657–1723
    6. 6. Joseph Dickinson 1654–1721 m. Rose Townsend 1648–1724
      1. 1. Hannah (Dickinson) (Burgess) 1680–1752
      2. 2. Joseph (Dickinson,) II 1676–1736 m. Hannah Carpenter 1694–1793
        1. 1. Zebulon (Dickinson,) Quaker 1711–1790 m. Joyce Hance 1710–1775
        2. 2. Rosannah (Monica) Dickinson 1724–1793
        3. 3. Elizabeth Dickinson 1710–
        4. 4. Arnell Dickinson 1721–1791
      3. 3. Henry Dickinson 1682–1733
    7. 7. Sarah Dickinson 1657–1732
    8. 8. Hannah Dickinson 1671–1742
    9. 9. Samuel Dickenson 1665–1728 m. Lydia Powell 1669–1704
      1. 1. Rhody Dickenson 1678–1702
      2. 2. Mary (Freelove) Dickenson 1674–1726
      3. 3. PHOEBE Dickenson 1699–1777
      4. 4. John Dickinson 1689–1748
    10. 10. James Dickenson 1675–1737
  2. 2. Lt (Joseph) Howland 1627–1704 m. Elizabeth Southworth 1645–1717
    1. 1. Thomas Howland 1665–1739
    2. 2. James Howland 1669–1713
    3. 3. Elizabeth Howland –1724
    4. 4. Mercy Howland 1669–1721
    5. 5. Nathaniel Howland 1671–1746 m. Martha Cole 1672–1718 m. Abigail Churchill 1678–1726
      1. 1. Southworth Howland 1726–
      2. 2. Capt (Nathaniel) Howland 1705–1766 m. Abigail Burt 1718–1766
        1. 1. Joseph (Howland) Sr 1749–1836 m. Lydia Bill 1753–1838 m. Lydia Bill 1753–1838
      3. 3. Mary Howland 1702–1729
      4. 4. Joseph Howland 1699–1766
      5. 5. John Howland 1712–
    6. 6. Benjamin Howland –1689
    7. 7. Joseph Howland 1689–1689
  3. 3. Lt (John) Howland 1627–1704 m. Mary Lee 1632–1693
    1. 1. Hannah Crocker 1661–1710
    2. 2. Elizabeth Bursley 1655–1695
    3. 3. Mary Allyn 1652–1711
    4. 4. Experience Bearse 1668–1734
    5. 5. Isaac Howland 1659–1724
    6. 6. Mercy Howland 1663–
    7. 7. Lydia Howland 1665–1717
  4. 4. Hope Howland 1629–1683
  5. 5. Lt (Jabez Howland Sr,) Pilgrims 1644–1712 m. Bethiah Thatcher 1645–1725
    1. 1. Jabez (Howland) Jr 1669–1732 m. Patience Stafford 1669–1721 m. Mary Carder 1677–1761
      1. 1. Bethiah ((Howland)) Bragg 1702–1742
      2. 2. Sarah (Howland, Lawton Brown) Watson 1711–1798
      3. 3. Patience Howland 1716–1802
      4. 4. Mercy ((Howland) Tillinghast Pearce) Martindale 1704–1734
      5. 5. Elizabeth Howland 1700–1709
    2. 2. Bethiah Howland 1674–1676
    3. 3. Josiah Howland 1676–1717 m. Yetmercy Shove 1682–1760
      1. 1. Elizabeth Howland 1710–
      2. 2. Yetmercy Howland 1712–1737
      3. 3. John Howland 1711–1790
      4. 4. Josiah Howland 1717–1747
      5. 5. Joseph Howland 1717–1790
    4. 4. Lt (John) Howland 1679–1708 m. Martha (Hannah Wardell) (Wardwell) 1682–1714
      1. 1. John Howland 1702–1779
    5. 5. Judah Howland 1683–1708
    6. 6. Samuel (Howland, Pilgrim) offspring 1686–1748 m. Rachel Howland 1680–1744 m. Abigail Cary 1684–
      1. 1. John Howland 1713–1786
      2. 2. Abigail (Howland) Smith 1710–1751
      3. 3. Mehitable Howland 1725–1764
    7. 7. Joseph Howland 1692–1737 m. Bathsheba Cary 1693–1775
      1. 1. Joseph Howland 1717–1775 m. Sarah Barker 1725–1779
        1. 1. Henry Howland 1751–1843 m. Susan Howland 1768–1850
        2. 2. Penelope Howland 1755–1814
        3. 3. John (Howland, Esq., Rhode Island Minute) Man 1757–1854 m. Mary Carlile 1761–1845
        4. 4. Major (Benjamin) Howland 1768–1818 m. Susannah ("Sukey") Andrews 1776–1824
        5. 5. Joseph Howland 1749–1772
      2. 2. Lydia Howland 1715–
      3. 3. Elizabeth Howland 1720–
  6. 6. Desire Howland 1623–1683
  7. 7. Abigail Howland 1629–1692 m. Col. (John) Young 1624–1691
    1. 1. George Young 1640–1673
    2. 2. Joseph Young 1651–1652
    3. 3. John Young 1649–1697
    4. 4. Sarah Young 1642–1674
    5. 5. David Young 1662–1745
  8. 8. Isaac Howland 1649–1724 m. Elisabeth Howland 1653–1727
    1. 1. Seth Howland 1677–1729
    2. 2. Isaac Howland 1678–1723 m. Sarah Wood 1687–1756
      1. 1. Priscilla Howland 1681–1746
      2. 2. Isaac Howland 1714–1787
      3. 3. Charles Howland 1722–1723
      4. 4. Jeremiah (Howland,) Pilgrims 1715–1789 m. Betty Howland 1726–1788
        1. 1. Hope Howland 1757–1778
        2. 2. Joseph Howland 1764–1783
        3. 3. Thankful Howland 1748–1826 m. George Simmons 1746–1825
    3. 3. Priscilla Bennet 1681–1746
  9. 9. Hannah Howland 1640–1681

John Esq.'s Timeline

2 Records

1601
16 Jan 1601
Birth of John Howland Sr, Mayflower Compact 13th Signer, Esq. in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
1672
23 February 1672
Age 71
Death of John Howland Sr, Mayflower Compact 13th Signer, Esq. in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Jan 1601
    Event Place: Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 February 1672
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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