John Howland, of the Mayflower

Abt 1591 - 1673  (~ 82 years)

• Name	John Howland
  Suffix	of the Mayflower
  Born	Abt 1591	Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Group	Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
  	Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
  Group	Immigrant Ancestors
  	Immigrant Ancestors of New England Halls
  Group	Mayflower - John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley
  	Descendant of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley of the Mayflower
  Group	Mayflower Passenger
  	Passenger on the 1620 sailing of the Mayflower - Founder of the Plymouth Colony
  Alt. Birth	16 Jan 1602/03	Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England
  FamilySearch ID	LZK8-1X7
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZK8-1X7
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	6613808
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6613808
  Died	23 Feb 1672/73	Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Buried	Aft 23 Feb 1672/73	Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I9023	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Henry Howland,   b. 1564, Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England ,   d. 17 May 1635, Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Anne Margaret Aires,   b. 1567, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England ,   d. 30 Jul 1629, Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England  (Age 62 years)
  Married	26 Apr 1600	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Family ID	F5634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Tilley, wife of John Howland,   b. 30 Aug 1607, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England ,   d. 21 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years)
  Married	25 Mar 1623	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Children	1. Desire Howland,   b. 13 Oct 1623, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years)   2. Lieut. John Howland, Jr.,   b. 24 Apr 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 1 Jan 1704/05, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)   3. Captain Joseph Howland,   b. 24 Apr 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 1 Jan 1704/05, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)   4. Hope Howland,   b. 30 Aug 1629, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 8 Jan 1683/84, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  (Age 54 years)   5. Ruth Howland,   b. 1646, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Oct 1679, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony  (Age 33 years)   6. Ensign Isaac Howland,   b. 15 Nov 1649, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 9 Mar 1723/24, Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F3474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1591 - Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England Alt. Birth - 16 Jan 1602/03 - Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England Married - 25 Mar 1623 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Died - 23 Feb 1672/73 - Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Buried - Aft 23 Feb 1672/73 - Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Badges		Immigrant Ancestor of Halls of New England
  		Mayflower Passenger

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: American history legend from the voyage of the Mayflower and founding of Plymouth Rock in 1620. American children discover John Howland when they learn of the Pilgrims, Plymouth Rock, and the first Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims' leader Governor William Bradford wrote a first hand account of the Pilgrim history from 1620 to 1647. This account was first published in 1952, and is considered one of the best first hand accounts of any kind on American history. In Bradford's account of the voyage over on the Mayflower, he tells of how John Howland washed overboard in violent storm. Howland was 29 years of age at the time. Howland was able to grab some ropes from the sails and gradually pull himself back on board the ship. This event and Bradford's account of it made John Howland a legend. Howland's name and account has been published in hundreds of publications and in school history books. As myths can grow, the story had changed that he had died and was the first pilgrim to die, thus the oldest burial in the Plymouth cemetery, Burial Hill. In fact, he survived, married and had a number of children with Elizabeth Tilley Howland, and lived to 80 plus, according to his grave stone. His grave stone also states from Plymouth records that he was the last male to die from the original pilgrims of the Mayflower. Bio by: Bruce