Gershom Howland, Sr.

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Gershon Howland
(1686 - 1745)

Born in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States on 1686 to Samuel HOWLAND and Mary Howland nee Sampson. Gershom Howland married Martha Bell and had 2 children.

He passed away on 1745 in Carteret, North Carolina, United States.

Gershom Howland family tree

Parents

Samuel Howland
1638 - 1716

Mary Howland Nee Sampson

1650 - 1714

Spouse(s)

Martha Bell
1690 - 1740
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1690 ...

Children

Samuel Howland
1728 - 179

Jean Howland
1705 - 1763

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Gershom Howland (abt. 1685 - abt. 1745)

Gershom Howland

Born about 1685 in Freetown, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

Son of Samuel Howland and Mary (Sampson) Howland

Brother of Samuel Howland, Isaac Howland, Mary (Howland) Rounsevell, Content (Howland) Sanford, Abraham Howland, John Howland and Joshua Howland

[spouse%28s%29 unknown]

Father of Samuel Howland

Died about 1745 in Carteret, North Carolina

Howland-3393 created 19 Apr 2020 | Last modified 27 Jul 2020

Biography

Gershom Howland was born about 1685 and was the son of Samuel and Mary Howland.

Parentage

His father, Samuel Howland mentioned Gershom Howland in his will on February 1715 (New Style) in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay.[1] It proved that Gershom Howland was the son of Samuel Howland.

The last record found for him in Bristol County is a deed of 5 March 1718/19, acknowledged 9 March, wherein Gershom "of Freetown" sold for fifty pounds his share of the land left by his father.[2]

Migration to North Carolina

Gershom Howland appeared in Carteret County, North Carolina bought land on 11 July 1727 from Jonathan Tubb for fifty pounds.[2]

In 1741, Gershom Howland was enumerated on the census schedule in Carteret County, North Carolina.[3]

Of Onslow County, North County, Deed Book 1 on page 32 recorded that on 25 January 1772, Samuel Howland of Carteret County, North Carolina, sold to Nathan Bryan of Onslow County, North Carolina, for 30 pounds 450 acres in Onslow County which formerly belonged to his father, Gershon Howland deceased, on the east fork of New River and was granted to Gershom Howland on 4 April 1745. Testators were Nathan Bryan and Nancy Morten.[4]

Gershom Howland would be about 60 years old when he was granted 450 acres in Onslow County, North Carolina on 4 April 1745.

The date of his migration was not known but it would occur before 1727.

Marriage

Gershom Howland married Martha. His widow died in 1752 in Carteret County, North Carolina.[5]

Descendants

The descendants from North Carolina claimed that they are descended from Gershom Howland who migrated south to Carteret County, North Carolina.

One Howland man has his Y-DNA 12 STR markers results online from the Howland DNA project, and he is descended from Gershom Howland through his son Samuel Howland. His FTDNA kit #28938 showed the match with FTDNA kit #28646's Y-DNA STR results.[6] However, his kit #28938 has not been yet upgraded to Y-DNA 111 STR markers or Big Y-700 tests. It matches with the STR results of all other Howland men who are descended from Henry Howland of Fenstanton.

The STR results are very clear that Howland families of Carteret and Onslow Counties in North Carolina are descended from Henry Howland, Jr except for Gershom Howland's great-grandson, Benjamin Tucker Howland's line because Benjamin Tucker Howland's two male descendants (FTDNA kit #28588 and #26020) have unique SNP marker namely: R-BY32636 which is not found in the results of all other Howland men who have unique SNP marker namely: R-A9703.[6]

In Benjamin Tucker Howland's case, the Non-Paternal Event (NPE) occurred somewhere down from his line. According to Ytree.net, R-BY32636 matches two men whose surname is Johnson.[7][8]

Sources

↑ Round, p. 70. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NGSQ, Vol. 75, p. 113.
↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
↑ Gwynn, p. 201.
↑ Johnson, p. 2808.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Howland DNA Project - Y-DNA Colorized Chart. Family TreeDNA.
↑ Williamson, Alex. The Big Tree: R-BY32636, Ytree.net, 2020.
↑ Johnson/Johnston/Johnstone DNA Test Results - Y-DNA Colorized Chart. "Hap'Group R1b - Family ZZZS" (Kit #494508 and Kit #544985.) Family TreeDNA.
Howland DNA project. Family TreeDNA.
Davis, William T. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, (2nd Edition; Boston: William T. Davis, 1899), p. 154-155.
Rounds, H. L. P. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1987. Print.
National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Volume 75. Washington, D.C: National Genealogical Society, 1987. Print.
Gwynn, Zae H. Abstracts of the Records of Onslow County, North Carolina, 1734-1850. n. p, 1961. Print.
Johnson, W.P. Journal of North Carolina Genealogy. Raleigh, North Carolina, 1972. Print.
North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890. Name: Gershom Howland. State: NC. County: Carteret County. Year: 1741. Database: NC Early Census Index. Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Guide to the Howland - Mcintosh Family Papers, 1713-1997 (bulk 1830-1989). Duke University. (The Howland - McIntosh Family Papers were donated to Duke University in 1997.)