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Henry Howland, Jr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

Male Abt 1603 - 1671  (~ 68 years)


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  • Name Henry Howland 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth Abt 1603  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 14
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 1632  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Plimoth
    Freeman 1633  Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 16, 17


    • "You shall be truly loyall to our soverign Lord King Charles his heires and successors (the state and government of England as it now stands.) You shall not speake or doe, devise or advise any thing or things act or acts directly or indirectly by land or water that doth shall or may tend to the destruction or overthrow of this present plantacons Colonies or Corporacon of New Plymouth. Neither shall you suffer the same to be spoken or done but shall hinder oppose and discover the same to the Governor and Assistants of the said Colony for the time being or some one of them. You shall faithfully submit unto such good and wholesome laws and ordnances as either are or shall be made for the ordering and government of the same and shall endeavor to advance the growth and good of the several plantations within the limits of the Corporacon by all due means and courses. All which you promise and sweare by the name of the great God of heaven and earth simply truly and faithfully to pforme as you hope for help from God who is the God of truth and punisher of falsehood."

    Removed to 1636  Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    From: Plimoth
    Property 27 Jul 1640  Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    five acres of upland in Duxbury and one acre of marsh meadow lying in the east end thereof, with all rights
    Member Aug 1643  Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    the List of Those Able to Bear Arms 
    • Role: Member
    Property 6 Jun 1650  Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    access to a spring on the border of his property
    Will 28 Nov 1670  [3, 11, 12, 19


    • Hennery Howland being week of body, yet a good and perfect memory makes and ordains this to be his last will and Testament as followeth:

      Imprimis. I give and bequeath all my housing, both dwelling house barne with all my lands both vpland and meddow land now lying and being within the Township of Duxburrow unto my sonne Joseph Howland only during my wife's life she shall have and injoy the new Room to herself for her owne self

      2 I give and bequeath to my son John Howland five oxen and two heifers and one horse with all the trappings belonging there to as also a bed with things belonging there to as also my fowling piece.

      3 My will is that my son Joseph Howland out of the fore mentioned houses & lands & cattle shall pay or cause to be paid unto my son Zoeth Howland 20 pounds that is to say 5 pounds by the year till the 20 pounds be paid; as alsoe twelve pence apiece to all his brothers and sisters and their children sviving.

      4 Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah two heifers and two sheep and one mare now running at Apponogansett; as alsoe one bed and bedding there unto belonging

      5 Item I give unto my son John one muskett

      6 Item I give unto my Elizabeth one cow

      7 Item I give my old mare now running at Apponogansett unto my son Samuel Howland.(*)

      8 Item I give unto my son Joseph Howland ten acres of meadow land now lying and being at a place commonly known by the name of the Garnetts Nose Marsh

      9 I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary, 10 shillings to be paid out of my estate as yet undisposed of

      10 Item I give unto my daughter Abigail 10 shillings to be paid by my son Joseph who is to sell a barrel of syder and to pay it out of that

      11 I give unto my two sons John and Samuel both of them a barrel of syder

      12 Lastly I give and bequeath unto my loving wife all the rest of my estate both movables and chattels

      that this is my last Will and Testament I here unto sett my hand and seale this 28th day of Nov 1670

      Signed and sealed in the
      presence of SAMUEL NASH HENERY HOWLAND and
      JOHN SPRAGUE A [Seal]
    Death 1 Jan 1670/1  Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22
    • Anderson and Find-a-grave say 1 Jan 1670/1, the others have 17 Jan 1670/1.
    Inventory 14 Jan 1670/1  [3, 12
    Probate 8 Mar 1670/1  [12
    Religion Quaker  [11, 16]
    Burial Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17154  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2022 

    Father Henry Howland, Sr.,   b. 1566, Fenny Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1635, Fenny Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Margaret ________ 
    Marriage Y  [5, 23, 24
    Family ID F5853  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Newland,   b. 1609, Fenny Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1674, Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [12, 14, 25, 26
    Marriage 16 Jun 1624  Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 9, 11, 12, 16, 27
    • Some modern sources say her maiden name was not Newland.
    Children 
    +1. Abigail Howland,   b. Abt 1628/9, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1692, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years)
    +2. Zoeth Howland,   b. 31 Jan 1636, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1675/6, Pocasset, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     3. Samuel Howland,   b. Abt 1638, Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1716, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
     4. John Howland,   b. Abt 1641, Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 8 Aug 1687, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 46 years)
     5. Mary Howland,   b. Abt 1643, Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1699, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years)
     6. Sarah Howland,   b. Abt 1645, Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1712, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years)
    +7. Elizabeth Howland,   b. Abt 1647, Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1686, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years)
     8. Joseph Howland,   b. Abt 1649, Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1692, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 43 years)
    Family ID F5852  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1603 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Jun 1624 - Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmigration - Plimoth - 1632 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 1633 - Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Plimoth - 1636 - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - five acres of upland in Duxbury and one acre of marsh meadow lying in the east end thereof, with all rights - 27 Jul 1640 - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMember - the List of Those Able to Bear Arms  - Aug 1643 - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - access to a spring on the border of his property - 6 Jun 1650 - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Jan 1670/1 - Duxbury, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S325] New England Families: Vol. 3 (pdf), 1619, 00393.

    2.  2.  [S515] The Dolman Compendium, 40, 00509.

    3.  3.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 7:235, 00390.

    4.  4.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 34:194, 00390.

    5.  5.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 104:221, 00390.

    6.  6.  [S168] Hamlin Family, 395, 00249.

    7.  7.  [S529] Howland, 61, 00287.

    8.  8.  [S661] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, 184, 00661.

    9.  9.  [S661] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, 1117, 00661.

    10.  10.  [S681] Little Compton Families, 353, 00681.

    11.  11.  [S144] Mass & Maine Families, Vol. 2, 294, 00368.

    12.  12.  [S576] TGMSP, Henry Howland, 00516.

    13.  13.  [S1151] Ancestors of American Presidents, 447, 01001.

    14.  14.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 34785083, 00974.

    15.  15.  [S867] TAG, 14:214, 00863.

    16.  16.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 88:399, 00390.

    17.  17.  [S529] Howland, 62, 00287.

    18.  18.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 4:256, 00390.

    19.  19.  [S529] Howland, 67, 00287.

    20.  20.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 89:59, 00390.

    21.  21.  [S529] Howland, 69, 00287.

    22.  22.  [S1151] Ancestors of American Presidents, 446, 01001.

    23.  23.  [S576] TGMSP, John Howland, 00516.

    24.  24.  [S1277] Mayflower Families, Vol. 23, Pt 1., 1, 01119.

    25.  25.  [S480] TMD, 54:97, 00371.

    26.  26.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 51533778, 00974.

    27.  27.  [S529] Howland, 68, 00287.