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Briggs Howland

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wiscasset, ME, United States
Death: July 18, 1855 (89)
Maine, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Zebulon Zebulon Howland, Capt; Lydia Howland and Lydia Cushing
Husband of Abigail Howland
Father of John Howland; Abigail Worthly; Mahala Howard; Johan Howland; Mary Carlton and 3 others
Brother of Lydia Cushing Howland; Elizabeth Cushing Howland; Elijah Cushing Howland; Zebulon Howland; Barker Howland and 1 other

Occupation: Farmer
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About Briggs Howland

Briggs Howland was born in Wiscasset, but for several years in his earlier life had been a sea-faring man. Later he became a farmer, and was engaged in that avocation up to the time of his death, which occurred when he was about 65 years old. "

Briggs went to New York to work on the Erie Canal, and that coincides with the time that John Howland left Maine for New York. The book also has a copy of a letter from Evelyn Howland, Phillips, Maine, to a genealogical researcher, dated Dec. 65, 1921, which says Zebulon Howland came to the area in 1808 and Isaac Howland came in 1809.

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Briggs Howland's Timeline

1766
February 16, 1766
Wiscasset, ME, United States
1768
October 30, 1768
Age 2
1794
August 31, 1794
Wiscasset, Lincoln County, ME, United States
1807
1807
Rangeley, Franklin County, Maine, United States
1810
1810
1855
July 18, 1855
Age 89
Maine, USA
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