John Howland, Sr.

Married Mary Cook on August 2, 1712 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

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John Howland (1687 - abt. 1749)

John Howland

Born 14 Apr 1687 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

Son of Nathaniel Howland DNA confirmed and Rose (Allen) Howland

Brother of Rebekah (Howland) Russell, James Howland, Sarah (Howland) Akin, George Howland, Mary (Howland) Smith and Content Howland

Husband of Mary (Cook) Howland — married about 2 Aug 1712 [location unknown]

Father of Israel Howland, Hannah (Howland) Gifford, Ruth Howland, John Howland, Nathaniel Howland and Prince Howland

Died about Oct 1749 at about age 62 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Profile last modified 18 Oct 2021 | Created 29 Apr 2013

Biography

John was a Friend (Quaker)

Birth

John Howland was born on 14 April 1687 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony to parents Nathaniel Howland and Rose Allen.[1]

Marriage

John Howland married Mary Cook on 2 August 1712.[2] He mentioned his wife, Mary Howland in his will in 1749.[2]

He was disowned by the Dartmouth monthly meeting on 15d 10m 1712 [15 Dec 1712] for marrying out of society.[3] The condemnation is as follows:[3]

From our monthly meeting held at Dartmouth The 15th of ye 10th month 1712 – This is given forth for the Clearing of Truth and friends ---

Whereas John Howland the Son of Nathaniel Howland hath been a man of a vain Conversation and not as becomes ye Truth and friends have Laboured With him from time to time to bring him to a sight of those vanities which Doth not become our holy profession but he not harkening to friends nor to The teachings of ye Grace of God which would teach him and all men to Live soberly in this present world and he refused to take the Counsel and advice given him by friends but took him a wife out of the order of truth established amongst friends all which hath been greatly to ye trouble and grief of faithful friends therefore this Meeting Doth deny him to be one of us.
Signed in behalf of said meeting by
John Tucker
Stephen Wilcox
William Wood
Abraham Tucker
John Lapham

William Wood juner
Judah Smith
Eleazer Slocum
Peleg Slocum
Increase Allen

Josiah Merrihew
Nicholas Lapham
Jabez Barker
Henry Tucker

Given the birth of their childen were registered by the Dartmouth monthly meeting, John must have acknowledged at a later date.[4]

Issues

John Howland and Mary Cook had the following children:

Israel Howland, born 13d 6m 1713 [13 Aug 1713].[4]
Hannah Howland, born 1d 6m 1715 [1 Aug 1715].[4]
Ruth Howland, born 28d 2m 1717 [28 Apr 1717].[4]
John Howland, born 28d 9m 1719 [28 Nov 1719].[4]
Nathaniel Howland, born 7d 5m 1721 [7 Jul 1721].[4]
Prince Howland, born 25d 4m 1727 [25 Jun 1727].[4]
Cook Howland.[2] However, in 1885, the work of Franklyn Howland recorded this child as Cook Howland, but he was not certain whether or not Cook Howland existed because there was no birth record of this child in Dartmouth Monthly Meeting records. It could be non-existence of this child, Cook Howland. Also, there was no mention of Cook Howland in the will of John Howland in 1749.[2] Perhaps, Franklyn Howland made mistake to place Cook Howland in John Howland's family because he is supposed to place him in James Howland's family, and James Howland's will proved his relationship to Cook Howland.
Life

John Howland was a carpenter. He was a very zealous member of the Apponegansett meeting. About 1730 he was credited as a delegate to the Apponegansett Monthly Meeting from Rochester, from which it appears that he resided in that town at that date.[2] It recorded, “13 Jan. 1711. Voted that John Howland should have forty two pounds out of the tresurery to buy boards, brick and glass, for the town house.”[5] He shingled the old Apponegansett meeting house in 1733.[2]

Deed Records

Nathaniel Howland of Dartmouth to John Howland [of Dartmouth], May 22, 1722. Acknowledged June 27, 1723. Recorded September 10, 1723, Bristol County.

To all People to whome these presents shall come Know Ye that I Nathaniel Howland of the Town of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol in the province of the Massachusets Bay in Newengland for and in Consideration of the Love and Good Will I have unto my son John Howland have Given Granted and Confirmed unto my said son John Howland his heirs and assigns forever all that my Lott of Upland scituate lying and being in the Township of Dartmouth where he now Dwelleth with all the addisens ayineing thereunto and I do give unto my said son John Howland all my lott of solt meadow lying in the meadow called the great meadow in sd Township with all the Rights and priviledges thereuto belonging both to the upland and solt meadow and bounded as may farther appear from the Record of the Lands of the township of Dartmouth : the abovesaid Tract of both Upland and solt meadow with all the Rights and priviledges thereunto belonging I do give unto my sd son John Howland his heirs and assigns forever against me my heirs or assigns or any other person from by or under me or my title or procurement In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22 day of may and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred 22
Nathaniel Howland {S}
Signed Sealed Delivered in ye prescence
Thomas Sherman
Henry Shearman

June ye 27 : 1723
the above named Nathaniel Howland came before me and acknowledged ye above written Instrument to be his act and Deed
Seth Pope Justice of peace

Recd Sepr 10 1723
Recorded by Samuel Howland Regr[6]
(Bristol County, Deed Records, Book 15, p. 110).

Death

Franklyn Howland's book said that John Howland was kicked by a horse in 1749, causing a serious injury, from which he died.[2] However, no record of his death is found. It seems he died around October 1749 because the probate proceedings started on 23 October 1749 and was finalized on 2 May 1753.

Burial

His burial is not found, and no record of his burial is found.

Probate Records

He died intestate. His probate proceedings started on 23 October 1749, and his estate was divided on 2 November 1749. The inventory of John Howland's estate valued £9,582.[2]

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA STR and SNP testing. Anonymous Howland and Frank Howland match on 105 out of 111 markers and share 11 SNPs, as reported by Family Tree DNA. This confirms their direct paternal lines back to their most recent common ancestor, Henry Howland Sr.

The parentage of James Howland and John Howland has been confirmed by SNP testing by Frank Howland and FGC kit #E8PEF which shows that they share two unique SNPs and are therefore all-male lineal descendants of Nathaniel Howland.

Two variants, FGC58203 and FGC58211 are the unique SNPs that occurred between the birth of Henry Howland, Jr. and the birth of Nathaniel Howland and belong to two male descendants of Henry Howland, Jr through his son, Zoeth Howland’s line. Two SNPs identify three generations starting with Henry, Jr., Zoeth, Nathaniel. Two SNPs prove that the relationship between Nathaniel Howland's two sons John Howland and James Howland is genetically related. So far no Y-DNA descendants from Henry's other son, Samuel have done 111 STR or SNP testing so it is possible some of these mutations may be common to all descendants of Henry. However, both Arthur and John Howland's male descendants (FTDNA #861275 and Big Y-500 tester) do not have two SNPs in their Y-DNA results.[7] It is confirmed by SNP testing by Frank Howland and FGC kit #E8PEF.

Sources

↑ Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland (The Author, New Bedford, Mass., 1885) Page 79
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland (The Author, New Bedford, Mass., 1885) Page 87
↑ 3.0 3.1 Monthly meeting records, Men's Minutes 1699 – 1727, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, N.Y.), p 119.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 10.
↑ Dartmouth Town Records.
↑ Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZS-BFTH?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Bristol > Deeds, 1723 - 1725, vol 15, p. 110, image 360 of 647; Bristol County courthouse and office, Massachusetts.
↑ Howland DNA Project. Family TreeDNA. Family TreeDNA.com, 2020, https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/howland/about.