Daniel Howland

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Daniel Howland (1712 - bef. 1796)

Daniel Howland
Born 28 Aug 1712 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Nicholas Howland and Hannah (Woodman) Howland
Brother of Abigail (Howland) Russell, Mary (Howland) Tucker, Rebeckah (Howland) Sanford, Samuel Howland, Nicholas Howland, Hannah (Howland) Wood, Joseph Howland, Benjamin Howland, Job Howland and Edith (Howland) Russell
Husband of Mary (Slocum) Howland — married 2 Apr 1741 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Husband of Edith Potter (Davol) Howland — married 13 Jul 1746 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Mary Howland and Daniel Howland
Died before 2 Feb 1796 before age 83 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Contents

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1 Biography
1.1 Birth
1.2 First Marriage and Children
1.3 Second Marriage and Children
1.4 Death and Last Will
2 Research Notes
3 Sources
Biography

Daniel was a Friend (Quaker)

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.
Daniel Howland, son of Nicholas, was recorded as being born 20 August 1712, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [1]

He married Mary Slocum, daughter of Eleazer and Deborah Slocum, on 2d 2m 1741 [2 Apr 1741].[2]

1790 Daniel Howland Sr., was recorded as residing at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [3]

Birth

Daniel Howland was born August 20, 1712, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of Nicholas Howland and Hannah Woodman Howland.[4](https://archive.org/details/briefgenealogica00howl/page/193/mode/1u...)

First Marriage and Children

He married, first, Mary Slocum, on April 2, 1741, at Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

"At our monthly meeting of women friends held in Dartmouth ye 25th of ye 12th mo 1740 Where Daniel Howland and mary Slocom [Slocum] Laid their intention of marr[i]age They ware to wait for their answer until the next monthly meeting
Rebeckah Russell and Rebeckah Barker were to make inquire [inquiry] Concerning The yo[u]ng woman Clearness and Conversation and make their Return to the Next Monthly meeting: no Collection this meeting – - - - – –– -"

"At our monthly meeting of women friends held in Dartmouth ye 16th of ye 1th mo 1741 Where Daniel Howland and mary Slocome [Slocum] Boath Appeard at this meeting and Signified the Continuation of their intention of marrage and their answer was they might Proceed betwixt this and the next monthly meeting observing Good orders: Collected for the youce of friends: 7S- 8d= This meeting is a iourned [adjourned] until the first Six[th] day in next month Ruth Tucker and Apphia Mott Are appoynted to Draw an Epistle to the Quarte[r]ly meeting Next"
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Whereas Daniel Howland the son of Nicholas Howland and Hannah his wife late of Dartmouth deceased in the County of Bristol in the Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England and Mary Slocum the Daughter of Eleazer Slocum of Dartmouth above said deceased and Deborah his wife Having Declared their intentions of taking each other in marriage before several publick meetings of the People Called Quakers in Dartmouth according to ye good order used among them whose proceedings therein after a deliberate consideration thereof with regard to the righteous Law of God and Example of his people recorded in the Scripture of Truth in that case were permitted by the said meeting they appearing clear of all others and having ye consent of Parents and others concerned: Now they are to Certify :all whoever it may concern that for the full accomplishing of their said intentions this the second day of the second month called April and in the year according to ye English account one thousand seven hundred and forty one they the said Daniel Howland and Mary Slocum appeared in a publick assembly of ye above meeting met together for that purpose in their Publick meeting house in Dartmouth aforesaid.
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Together they had a daughter born March 28, 1742[5].

On June 14, 1742, Mary Slocum Howland, wife of Daniel and mother of Mary, died.[6][7]

Second Marriage and Children

He married, second, Edith Potter Devol, on July 13, 1746, at Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Together, they had the following children:

Luthan, born September 15, 1746
Phebe (Russell), born December 6, 1747
Margaret, born March 10, 1750; alternate birth date March 18, 1750
Caleb, born February 19, 1752
Joshua, born August 4, 1753; alternate birth date August 27, 1754
Daniel (Jr.), born July 3, 1759
Edith (Edith Howland Pickens Tucker), born July 31, 1762
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-997R?i=146&cc...

Death and Last Will

Daniel died after 1790 and before February 2, 1796.[8]

His last Will and Testament was signed, sealed, published, and declared on September 14, 1790, in the presence of Holder Russell, Joseph Estes, and Benjamin Russell. He named his son, Daniel (Jr.), to be executor.

The Will was presented to the Bristol County Probate Court on February 2, 1796.

Heirs, legatees, and devisees named in the will were:

Edith Howland, beloved wife
Mary Howland, daughter
Luthan Howland, son
Caleb Howland, son
Joshua Howland, son
Daniel Howland, son
Phebe Russell, daughter
Edieth Peckings (sic), daughter
Research Notes

The town of Dartmouth, until 1787, comprised what is now the City of New Bedford, and the towns of Dartmouth, Westport, Fairhaven, and Acushnet. The staunch pioneer Howland's contributed toward laying a good social, political, and religious foundation in the area. The family's influence was so large that this locality was called the "Mecca of the Howland's". (https://archive.org/details/briefgenealogica00howl/page/49/mode/1up...)

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Compiled BMD", 1700-1850; Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2018 Publisher Location Lehi, UT, USA. Online db access 6 Oct 2019.
↑ Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 312.
↑ 1790 U.S. Federal Census; Census Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 195; Image: 225; Family History Library Film: 0568144. Reprinted as: 1790 U.S. Federal Census; [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Online access 6 Oct 2019.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-CWCX?cc=2061550&w... : 13 July 2016), Bristol > Dartmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1667-1844 > image 43 of 408; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-CWTN?cc=2061550&w... : 13 July 2016), Bristol > Dartmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1667-1844 > image 44 of 408; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH3D-NYF : 20 May 2022), Mary Howland, 14 Jun 1742; citing Death, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
↑ https://www.dartmouthhas.org/uploads/1/0/0/2/100287044/images__1_.pdf
↑ Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/i/48300/13546-co1/1414561760)
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-CWCX?cc=2061550&w... : 13 July 2016), Bristol > Dartmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1667-1844 > image 43 of 408; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-CWTN?cc=2061550&w... : 13 July 2016), Bristol > Dartmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1667-1844 > image 44 of 408; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-CWTN?cc=2061550&w... : 13 July 2016), Bristol > Dartmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1667-1844 > image 44 of 408; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH3D-NYF : 20 May 2022), Mary Howland, 14 Jun 1742; citing Death, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
https://www.dartmouthhas.org/uploads/1/0/0/2/100287044/images__1_.pdf
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-997R?i=146&cc...
Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/i/48300/13546-co1/1414561760)
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1, pages 184 to 186; compiled under the supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M.; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1913