Samuel Howland, of Freetown

Samuel Howland Sr. was born about 1638 to Henry Howland and his wife Mary in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony.[1] He was "near 70 years old" in 8 July 1707 [NGSQ 75:112, citing Bristol County Court of General Sessions 1702-1714:121]. An original document, dated 8 July 1707, was a writ to the men of Freetown, Massachusetts regarding their choice of constable, Samuel Howland, Sr., who was unable to serve due to his age of 70, the town must pick someone else. It was signed by John Cary on the front on 17 July 1707 and was signed on the back by John Hathaway, John Simmons and Benjamin Chase as selectmen on 12 August 1707.[2] His age of 70 in 1707 showed that he was born in 1638.

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Samuel Howland (abt. 1638 - 1716)

Samuel Howland
Born about 1638 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Henry Howland and Mary (Unknown) Howland [uncertain]
Brother of Abigail (Howland) Young, Zoeth Howland, John Howland, Mary (Howland) Cudworth, Sarah (Howland) Dennis, Elizabeth (Howland) Allen and Joseph Howland
Husband of Mary (Sampson) Howland — married 1671 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Samuel Howland, Isaac Howland, Mary (Howland) Rounsevell, Content (Howland) Sanford, Abraham Howland, John Howland, Joshua Howland and Gershom Howland
Died 7 May 1716 at about age 78 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Contents

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1 Biography
1.1 Birth
1.2 Marriage
1.3 Children
1.4 Life
1.5 Trial
1.6 Estate
2 Sources
Biography

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.
Birth

Samuel Howland was born about 1638 to Henry Howland and his wife Mary in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony.[1] He was "near 70 years old" on 8 July 1707 [NGSQ 75:112, citing Bristol County Court of General Sessions 1702-1714:121].
An original document, dated 8 July 1707, was a writ to the men of Freetown, Massachusetts regarding their choice of constable, Samuel Howland, Sr., who was unable to serve due to his age of 70, the town must pick someone else. It was signed by John Cary on the front on 17 July 1707 and was signed on the back by John Hathaway, John Simmons, and Benjamin Chase as selectmen on 12 August 1707.[2] His age of 70 in 1707 showed that he was born in 1638.
Marriage

Some sources provide various identities for Samuel Howland's wife.
In 1883, in the book Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families in the first edition, on page 155, William Thomas Davis wrote, “SAMUEL, Freetown, son of 1st Henry, by wife Mary.”[3]
Again, in 1899, in the book Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Part II. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families in the second edition on page 154, William Thomas Davis wrote, “SAMUEL, Freetown, son of 1st Henry, by wife Mary.”[4] However, he made the correction for Samuel Howland's wife in the appendix on page 336 and wrote, “SAMUEL, 1st in the text, m., 1678, Mary Merihew.”[5]
In 1885, in the book A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland, on page 74, Franklyn Howland wrote, “His wife was named Mary, which is all the records reveal of her.” Also, on page 75, he wrote that Samuel Howland's will was to give “wife Mary, 2 cows, white mare and ye colt, one warming pan, one basin and my chamber pot, and bed I commonly lie upon and the bedding belonging to it; also one sheet and a box and all therein at the time of my decease.”[6]
In 1939, Clarence Almon Torrey published his article “A Nash-Sampson-Delano-Howland Problem,” in The American Genealogist; Vol 15 (Jan 1939) on pages 165 thru 167, and he wrote, "Presumably,... and Mary Sampson, who married Samuel Howland, was born between 1646 and 1655."
In 1985, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 was written by Clarence Almon Torrey, and it was reprinted in 1992, he wrote, “HOWLAND, Samuel (-1716) & Mary [Sampson], dau Abraham, gr-dau Samuel Nash; b 1675; Freetown.[7]
The location of their marriage probably occurred in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony. Duxbury was their hometown where Samuel Howland and Mary Sampson grew up with their parents until Samuel Howland's father, Henry Howland, died in Duxbury on 17 January 1671. Eventually, Samuel and Mary Howland resided in Freetown, Plymouth Colony, where they raised their children there sometime in the 1680s.
Children

Mary Sampson and Samuel Howland had 9 children together:
Content Howland was born in Freetown, Bristol Bristol County, Massachusetts, and died before 9 Oct 1722 in Prob. Little Compton, Newport Bristol County, Rhode Island.
Samuel Howland Jr. was born circa 1671 in Freetown, Bristol Bristol County, Massachusetts. Samuel married either Sarah without a maiden name,[8] or Mary Merihew of Dartmouth on 23 Sep 1708 in Freetown, Massachusetts.[9][10]
Isaac Howland was born circa 1673 in Freetown, Bristol Bristol County, Massachusetts, and died 1 Jan 1705 (New Style) in Portsmouth, Newport Bristol County, Rhode Island at age 32.
Mary Howland was born circa 1673 in Duxbury or Freetown, Massachusetts, and died on 8 May 1744 in prob. Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts at age 71.
Abraham Howland was born in 1675 in Freetown, Bristol Bristol County, Massachusetts, died between 15 Jun 1747 and 3 Aug 1747 in Pembroke, Plymouth Bristol County, Massachusetts, and was buried in Fern Hill Cemetery, Hanson, Massachusetts.
John Howland was born on circa 1680 in Freetown, Bristol Bristol County, Massachusetts. John married Rebecca Unknown.
Joshua Howland.
Gershom Howland was born in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Alice Howland was born in Duxbury or Freetown, Massachusetts. Alice married a Sears.
Life

Samuel Howland is undoubtedly the Samuel Howland who resides in Duxbury in 1662, and was fined 10 shillings or to be whipt for carrying on the Lord's day a grist from the mill; and he was also charged with "discharging a fowling piece on the body of William Howse" of Sandwich, while gunning at the "high pyne on Salthouse beach". A verdict was given by the jury, "not guilty of willful murder, yet we find that the said Howse received his deadly wound by Samuel Howland's gun going off, as it lay on his shoulder."
Samuel Howland received property from his father, Henry Howland's 6th lot in Freetown, when it was divided by his nephew, Nathaniel Howland, on 13 February 1687.
Samuel Howland was granted to administer the estate of his brother, John Howland of Freetown, on 8 August 1687.
Samuel Howland was elected one of the selectmen of Freetown on May 12, 1690, and assessor on 24 November 1697.
On 8 July 1707, a writ was sent to the men of Freetown, Massachusetts regarding their choice of constable, Samuel Howland, Sr., who was unable to serve due to his age of 70, so the town must pick someone else. It was signed by John Cary on the front on 17 July 1707 and was signed on the back by John Hathaway, John Simmons, and Benjamin Chase as selectmen on 12 August 1707.[11] His age of 70 in 1707 showed that he was born in 1638.
In February 1717, Samuel Howland wrote his will in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Trial

In 1662, Samuel was brought before the Court for causing the death of William House "while gunning at the High Pine of Salthouse beach." The jury brought is the following written verdict: "Verbatim: Not guity of wilfull murder; yet we find that the said House receiued his deadly wound by Samuell Howlands gun going of as it lay on his shoulder."
Estate

In 1687, on August 8th, the Letters of Administration were granted to Samuel Howland, upon the estate of his brother John Howland, deceased. [Samuel, John, and Zoeth, were the sons of Henry Howland, of Duxbury, said Henry being one of the 26 original proprietors of Freetown. Henry Howland died in 1670, and Mary his wife died June 16, 1674. Zoeth had a son Nathaniel, who divided his grandfather's lot (the 6th on Freetown) with uncle Samuel, Feb. 13, 1687. In this division, Samuel Howland also received 32 acres of land in Swansea. Nathaniel Howland, of Dartmouth, in consideration of 60 pounds, sold Henry Brightman, of Portsmouth, R.I. half a freeman's share in Freetown, and half a freeman's share in the meadows at Sippacan, Dec. 8, 1691. Zoeth was the ancestor of the New Bedford branch of the Howland family.]"[12]
Samuel Howland made his will on February 1715 (New Style) in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Samuel Howland of Freetown, Yoeman, made his will gave “to wife Mary, 2 cows, white mare and ye colt, one warming pan, one basin and my chamber pot, and bed I commonly lie upon and the bedding belonging to it; also one sheet and a box and all therein at the time of my decease.” “To daughter Mary Rounsevill one cow. To daughter Content Sandford more than she has had one pound. To my sons Samual, John, Abraham, Joshua, and Gershom more than they had in other things one shilling each. To Mary Morton one shilling, and to each of son Isaac's children on pound in money.”[12] In summary, he named his wife Mary, his three daughters Mary Rounsvell, Alce [sic] Howland, and Content Sandford, his five sons Samuel, John, Abraham, Joshua, and Gershom who are said to have received land already, a granddaughter, Mary Martin, and surviving children (not named) of son Isaac. His widow Mary and son John were appointed as his executors.[13]
Will was presented and proved in the court of Probate May 7, 1716.[12]
Besides the above-enumerated gifts, Samuel Howland had conveyed to his sons by deed as follows.
“1711 April 13th, To son Joshua of Taunton, one quarter of the sixth lot, one quarter part in width and upon the north side.”[12]
“1712 Dec. 16th, to son Joshua who is now said to be of Freetown, one quarter part in bredth of the sixth lot from Taunton River to the great ffresh pond.”[12]
“1722 Dec. 16th, to sons Samual and Gershom of Freetown, a part of the northerly half of the sixth lot.”[12]
Sources

↑ Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and Their Descendants, of the United States and Canada: Together with an Account of the Efforts Made in England to Learn of Their English Ancestry, Etc. New Bedford, Mass: Howland, 1885, p. 69, 74. Internet resource. “SAMUEL, b. —; d. 1716.” “SAMUEL, (Henry,) born in Duxbury.”
↑ EBay. “1707, Freetown, Mass; constable Samuel Howland, unable to serve.” Sold for $342 on 24 April 2019. Ebay.com. 2019.
↑ Davis, William T. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Part I. Historical Sketch and Titles of Estates. Part II. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families. First Edition. Boston: A. Williams and Company, 1883, p. 155.
↑ Davis, William T. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Part I. Historical Sketch and Titles of Estates. Part II. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families. Second Edition. Boston: Damrell & Upham, 1899. Copyright, 1883.
↑ Davis, William T. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Part I. Historical Sketch and Titles of Estates. Part II. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families. Second Edition. Boston: Damrell & Upham, 1899, Addendum p. 336. Copyright, 1883.
↑ Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and Their Descendants, of the United States and Canada: Together with an Account of the Efforts Made in England to Learn of Their English Ancestry, Etc. New Bedford, Mass: Howland, 1885, p. 74 - 75. Internet resource.
↑ Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992, p. 395. Print.
↑ Davis, William T. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Part I. Historical Sketch & Titles of Estates, Part II; Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families. Boston: A. William and Co., 1883, p. 155. Text: “SAMUEL, Pembroke, son of above, by wife Sarah, had Zebulon, m. Lydia Cushing; Caleb, m. Deborah Oldham; Ruth; Samuel, m. Sarah Joy; Ichabod, and Abigail.”
↑ Thomas, Helen G. Vital Records of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts, 1686 Through 1899. Bowie: Heritage Books, 1988. Print.
↑ Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and Their Descendants, of the United States and Canada: Together with an Account of the Efforts Made in England to Learn of Their English Ancestry, Etc. New Bedford, Mass: Howland, 1885, p. 81. Internet resource.
↑ EBay. “1707, Freetown, Mass; constable Samuel Howland, unable to serve.” Sold for $342 on 24 April 2019. Ebay.com. 2019.
↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Excerpted and Reprint from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, "Mayflower Source Record", (Genealogical Publicating Co, Inc Baltimore 1986), pg 30 - 31, Extracted from the early probate Records of Bristol County, with note from the Registry of Deeds and Town Records.
↑ 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/rd/48300/13740-co1/1414565024.
Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland: And Their Descendants of the United States and Canada: Together with an Account of the Efforts Made in England to Learn of Their English Ancestry, Etc. New Bedford, MA: F. Howland, 1885, pages 74-75. (Secondary source).
For Further Information:

Robert C. Anderson. The Great Migration Begins. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
Robert C. Anderson. The Pilgrim Migration. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.
Robert S.Wakefield and Robert M. Sherman. "Henry Howland of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1633." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 75 (1987): 105–16, 216–225.

Added by Elwin C. Nickerson about my Ancestor. Family Group of Samuel Howland

'SAMUEL HOWLAND

1 7 ( Henry, Henry, John, John, John ) was born Abt. 1646 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts 2,

and died after Feb 15, 1715 (date of his Will 3)

and before May 07, 1716 (date of Probate 15) in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

He married

(1) MARY SAMPSON 3 21 Bef. June 02, 1681, daughter of ABRAHAM SAMPSON and ESTHER? NASH.

Notes for SAMUEL HOWLAND Chart

Time Line for Samuel Howland ... developed from research data 1638, Abt. b. Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bef. 1673, June 02 m. Mary Sampson 1662 moved to Freetown 1690, May 12 elected one of the Selectmen of Freetown 1694, Nov. 24 chosen assessor of Freetown 1697, Nov. 24 chosen assessor of Freetown 1713/14, February 04 Date of Will 6 1716, May 07 his estate was probated 5 Bef. 1716, May 07 d. Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts

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'Samuel Howland (abt. 1638 - 1716)

Samuel Howland

Born about 1638 in Duxbury, Plymouth, British Colonial America

Son of Henry Howland Jr and Mary (Newland) Howland

Brother of Abigail Howland, John Howland, Zoeth Howland, Mary (Howland) Cudworth,

Sarah Howland, Elizabeth (Howland) Allen, Joseph Howland and Henry Howland [half]

Husband of Mary (Sampson) Howland —

married 1673 (to 4 Feb 1714) in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

Father of

Content (Howland) Sanford, Abraham Howland, John Howland and Joshua Howland

Died 7 May 1716 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Profile manager: Marilyn Sanford [send private message]

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Biography

[1]

In 1662, Samuel was brought before the Court for causing the death of William House "while gunning at the High Pine of Salthouse beach." The jury brought is the following written verdict: "Verbatim: Not guity of wilfull murder; yet we find that the said House receiued his deadly wound by Samuell Howlands gun going of as it lay on his shoulder."

Samuel's Will was dated 15, 2, 1715 and proved 7, 5, 1716. In his Will he mentions wife Mary, and eight of his children: daughters Mary Rounsevill and Content Sanford, sons Samuel, John, Abraham, Joshua and Gershom, granddaughter Mary Winters(?), and sons of son Isaac. Daughter Alice is not mentioned.

Sources

Source S-2090535251 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Repository: #R-213 Source S-82 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: #R-213 Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=21920874&pid... Source: #S-82 .Page: Ancestry Family Trees Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx tid=18828741&pid=725379918 Source: S648 Abbreviation: Our Kingdom Come Title: Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005) Subsequent Source Citation Format: Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come BIBL Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com). Our Kingdom Come. http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com). Our Kingdom Come. http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005. TMPLT FIELD Name: Page Source: S942 Abbreviation: RE: wife of Zoeth Howland & early Howland line, Lisarog@pacbell.net Title: RE: wife of Zoeth Howland & early Howland line, Lisarog@pacbell.net, http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=surnames.howla... Text: The date of the marriage of Abigail to John Young is in dispute. According to Howland's History, this Abigail married Young on 2 9m [November] 1678, a date not found in any records relating to Abigail and one too late to accord with her being called Abigail Young in her mother's will of 1674. Howland's alleged date is the one found in the Friends Records for the marriage of an Abigail Howland to Richard Keerby (see Abigail, widow of No.2, Zoeth Howland). The names of some of the children born to John Young and wife Abigail (e.g., Joseph, Henry, and possibly Robert) are Howland names and re compatible with a presumption that the mother was a daughter of Henry Howland; but if she were, Abigail was married many years earlier. A likely record of the marriage is the previously cited one in 1684. Extensive information is available on the family, both published and unpublished. A quick review of the Youngs in Plymouth Colony, made by the the authors Wakefield and Sherman, suggests that this John is the only Young in the colony likely to be Abigail's husband. CONT Note: This is a decently sourced out report with lots of potential for further study. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE RE: wife of Zoeth Howland & early Howland line, Lisarog@pacbell.net, http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=surnames.howla...

↑ Franklyn Howland. A brief genealogical and biographical history of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and their descendants, of the United States and Canada. New Bedford, Mass: The author, 1885. Open Library Pages 74-75 Samuel Howland (abt. 1638 - 1716)

Samuel Howland's Profile Family Tree & Genealogy Tools Samuel Howland Born about 1638 in Duxbury, Plymouth, British Colonial America Son of Henry Howland Jr and Mary (Newland) Howland Brother of Abigail Howland, John Howland, Zoeth Howland, Mary (Howland) Cudworth, Sarah Howland, Elizabeth (Howland) Allen, Joseph Howland and Henry Howland [half] Husband of Mary (Sampson) Howland — married 1673 (to 4 Feb 1714) in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America Father of Content (Howland) Sanford, Abraham Howland, John Howland and Joshua Howland Died 7 May 1716 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Profile manager: Marilyn Sanford [send private message] Howland-121 created 12 Sep 2010 | Last modified 21 Mar 2017 | Last edit: 21 Mar 2017 05:55: Bob Tonsmeire edited the Biography, Birth Place and Death Place for Samuel Howland. (Post-merge clean up ) [Thank Bob for this | 1 thank-you received] This page has been accessed 866 times.

Biography

[1]

In 1662, Samuel was brought before the Court for causing the death of William House "while gunning at the High Pine of Salthouse beach." The jury brought is the following written verdict: "Verbatim: Not guity of wilfull murder; yet we find that the said House receiued his deadly wound by Samuell Howlands gun going of as it lay on his shoulder."

Samuel's Will was dated 15, 2, 1715 and proved 7, 5, 1716. In his Will he mentions wife Mary, and eight of his children: daughters Mary Rounsevill and Content Sanford, sons Samuel, John, Abraham, Joshua and Gershom, granddaughter Mary Winters(?), and sons of son Isaac. Daughter Alice is not mentioned.

Sources

Source S-2090535251 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Repository: #R-213 Source S-82 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: #R-213 Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=21920874&pid... Source: #S-82 .Page: Ancestry Family Trees Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx tid=18828741&pid=725379918 Source: S648 Abbreviation: Our Kingdom Come Title: Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005) Subsequent Source Citation Format: Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come BIBL Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com). Our Kingdom Come. http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com). Our Kingdom Come. http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005. TMPLT FIELD Name: Page Source: S942 Abbreviation: RE: wife of Zoeth Howland & early Howland line, Lisarog@pacbell.net Title: RE: wife of Zoeth Howland & early Howland line, Lisarog@pacbell.net, http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=surnames.howla... Text: The date of the marriage of Abigail to John Young is in dispute. According to Howland's History, this Abigail married Young on 2 9m [November] 1678, a date not found in any records relating to Abigail and one too late to accord with her being called Abigail Young in her mother's will of 1674. Howland's alleged date is the one found in the Friends Records for the marriage of an Abigail Howland to Richard Keerby (see Abigail, widow of No.2, Zoeth Howland). The names of some of the children born to John Young and wife Abigail (e.g., Joseph, Henry, and possibly Robert) are Howland names and re compatible with a presumption that the mother was a daughter of Henry Howland; but if she were, Abigail was married many years earlier. A likely record of the marriage is the previously cited one in 1684. Extensive information is available on the family, both published and unpublished. A quick review of the Youngs in Plymouth Colony, made by the the authors Wakefield and Sherman, suggests that this John is the only Young in the colony likely to be Abigail's husband. CONT Note: This is a decently sourced out report with lots of potential for further study. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE RE: wife of Zoeth Howland & early Howland line, Lisarog@pacbell.net, http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=surnames.howla...

↑ Franklyn Howland. A brief genealogical and biographical history of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and their descendants, of the United States and Canada. New Bedford, Mass: The author, 1885. Open Library Pages 74-75

Samuel Howland was born in 1638 in Duxberry, Ma.. He died on 18 Apr 1716 in Freetown, Ma.. He married Mary Sampson in 1670 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Ma.. 20

They had the following children: 20

   F i Mary Howland

   M ii Abraham Howland

   F iii Content Howland

   M iv Samuel Howland Jr.

   M v John Howland

   M vi Isaac Howland

   M vii Joshua Howland

   M viii Gershom Howland.

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William Ford first appears in Plymouth records on the 1643 ATBA for Duxbury. Moore Families, pp. 264-75, gives an account of his life and his family. On 3 October 1662, he was fined five shillings for allowing Samuel Howland to breach the Sabbath by carrying grist from the mill. 13

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From "Early Records of Bristol County": 3

Samuel Howland, of Freetown, Yeoman, made Feb 15, 1715, a will referring to his wife Mary, his daughter Mary Rounsevill, his daugter Content Hanford, his sons Samuel, John, Abraham, Joshua, and Gershom, and grand daughter Mary Morton, and each of Isaac's children. The will was probated May 1716.

He was elected one of the Selectmen of Freetown May 12, 1690, and assessor Nov 24, 1697.

bef 1673 Samuel married Mary Sampson, daughter of Abraham Sampson.

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"1687 August 8th - Letters of Administration were granted to Samuel Howland, upon the estate of his brother John Howland, deceased. [Samuel, John and Zoeth, were the sons of Henry Howland, of Duxbury, said Henry being one of the 26 origional proprietors of Freetown. Henry Howland died in 1670, and Mary his wife died June 16, 1674. Zoeth had a son Nathaniel, who divided his grandfather's lot (the 6th on Freetown) with uncle Samuel, Feb. 13, 1687. In this division Samuel Howland also received 32 acres of land in Swansea. Nathaniel Howland, of Dartmouth, in consideratio of 60 pounds, sold Henry Brightman, of Portsmouth, R.I. half a freeman's share in Freetown, and half a freeman's share in the meadows at Sippacan, Dec. 8, 1691. Zoeth was the ancestor of the New Bedford branch of the Howland family.]" 15

Samuel Howland of Freetown, Yoeman, made his will gave "to wife Mary, 2 cows, white mare and ye colt, one warming pan, one basin and my chamber pot, and bed I commonly lie upon and the bedding belonging to it; also one sheet and a box and all therein at the time of my decease." "To daughter Mary Rounsevill one cow. To daughter Content Sandford more than she has had one pound. To my sons Samual, John, Abraham, Joshua, and Gershom more than they had in other things one shilling each. To Mary Morton one shilling, and to each of son Isaac's children on pound in money" 15

Will was presented and proved in the court of Probate May 7, 1716. 15

Besides the above enumerated gifts, Samuel Howland had conveyed to his sons by deed as follows. "1711 April 13th, To son Joshua of Taunton, one quarter of the sixth lot, one quarter part in width and upon the north side." "1712 Dec. 16th, to son Joshua who is now said to be of Freetown, one quarter part in bredth of the sixth lot from Taunton River to the great ffresh pond." "1722 Dec. 16th, to sons Samual and Gershom of Freetown, a part of the northerly half of the sixth lot." 15

Samuel Howland, the parent, was elected one of the Selectmen of Freetown May 12, 1690 and Assessor Nov. 24, 1697. He is undoubtedly the Samuel Howland who resides in Duxbury in 1662, and was fined 10 shillings or to be whipt for carrying on the Lord's day a grist from the mill; and he was also charged with "discharging a fowling piece on the body of William Howse" of Sandwich, while gunning at the "high pyne on Salthouse beach". A verdict was given by the jury, "not guilty of willful murder, yet we find that the said Howse received his deadly wound by Samuel Howland's gun going off, as it lay on his shoulder." Mary the daughter of Samuel Howland, is supposed to be the wife of Phillip Rounsevill and the mother of the entire Rounsevill family in this country. 15

Notes for MARY SAMPSON: Chart

Mary Sampson was born about 1650 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Ma.. She married Samuel Howland in 1670 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Ma.. 20

Children of SAMUEL HOWLAND and MARY SAMPSON :

  1. ABRAHAM HOWLAND 7, b. May 09, 1675, Freetown, Plymouth (now Bristol), Massachusetts; d. June 15, 1747, Hanson, Massachusetts 14; m. Ann (Rouse?) (Colson?) , Abt. 1700; 14

Notes for ABRAHAM HOWLAND:
"HOWLAND, ABRAHAM, Pembroke, son of 1st Samuel, m., about 1700, Ann, d. of Nathaniel Colson of Newport, and had Rouse, 1706; Abraham; Samuel, 1717; Joseph, 1722; Benjamin, 1724, m. Experience Edgarton of Halifax; Sarah, 1707, m. a Dawes; Elizabeth, 1706, m. a Bonney; Mary, 1704, m. Jacob Mitchell, and a d. m. Jedediah Beals." 16
2. SAMUEL HOWLAND 7, b. Abt. 1679.
3. JOSHUA HOWLAND 7, b. Abt. 1670, Bristol County, Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1741; m. (1) ELIZABETH HOLLOWAY 7, May 12, 1709, Taunton, Mass.; m. (2) DORTHY LEE 7, February 17, 1724/25.
4. JOHN HOWLAND 7, b. Freetown, Massachusetts; d. Freetown, Bristol, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
5. CONTENT HOWLAND 7, b. Abt. 1673; m. JOHN SANFORD, Abt. 1698.
6. GERSHOM HOWLAND 19 7, m. PRASSILLA WISWELL, 1716.
7. ISAAC HOWLAND 7
8. MARY HOWLAND 7, b. 1673; d. May 08, 1744; m. PHILLIP ROUNSEVILLE 7, 1705.

'Samuel Howland (abt. 1638 - 1716)

Samuel Howland

Born about 1638 in Duxbury, Plymouth, British Colonial America

Son of Henry Howland Jr and Mary (Newland) Howland

Brother of Abigail Howland, John Howland, Zoeth Howland,

Mary (Howland) Cudworth, Sarah Howland, Elizabeth (Howland) Allen,

Joseph Howland and Henry Howland [half]

Husband of Mary (Sampson) Howland —

married 1673 (to 4 Feb 1714) in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

Father of Content (Howland) Sanford, Abraham Howland, John Howland and Joshua Howland

Died 7 May 1716 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

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Biography

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In 1662, Samuel was brought before the Court for causing the death

of William House "while gunning at the High Pine of Salthouse beach."

The jury brought is the following

written verdict: "Verbatim: Not guity of wilfull murder; yet we find that the said House r

eceived his deadly wound by Samuell Howlands gun going of as it lay on his shoulder."

Samuel's Will was dated 15, 2, 1715 and proved 7, 5, 1716.

In his Will he mentions wife Mary, and eight of his

children: daughters Mary Rounsevill and Content Sanford, sons Samuel,

John, Abraham, Joshua and Gershom, granddaughter Mary Winters(?),

and sons of son Isaac. Daughter Alice is not mentioned.

Sources

Source S-2090535251 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Repository: #R-213 Source S-82 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: #R-213 Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=21920874&pid... Source: #S-82 .Page: Ancestry Family Trees Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx tid=18828741&pid=725379918 Source: S648 Abbreviation: Our Kingdom Come Title: Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005) Subsequent Source Citation Format: Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come BIBL Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com). Our Kingdom Come. http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com), Our Kingdom Come FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Eileen McKinnon-Suggs (suggs1@msn.com). Our Kingdom Come. http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emsuggs&id=I39737 CONT Last updated October 10, 2004 CONT Accessed December 2, 2005. TMPLT FIELD Name: Page Source: S942 Abbreviation: RE: wife of Zoeth Howland & early Howland line, Lisarog@pacbell.net Title: RE: wife of Zoeth Howland & early Howland line, Lisarog@pacbell.net, http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=surnames.howla... Text: The date of the marriage of Abigail to John Young is in dispute. According to Howland's History, this Abigail married Young on 2 9m [November] 1678, a date not found in any records relating to Abigail and one too late to accord with her being called Abigail Young in her mother's will of 1674. Howland's alleged date is the one found in the Friends Records for the marriage of an Abigail Howland to Richard Keerby (see Abigail, widow of No.2, Zoeth Howland). The names of some of the children born to John Young and wife Abigail (e.g., Joseph, Henry, and possibly Robert) are Howland names and re compatible with a presumption that the mother was a daughter of Henry Howland; but if she were, Abigail was married many years earlier. A likely record of the marriage is the previously cited one in 1684. Extensive information is available on the family, both published and unpublished. A quick review of the Youngs in Plymouth Colony, made by the the authors Wakefield and Sherman, suggests that this John is the only Young in the colony likely to be Abigail's husband. CONT Note: This is a decently sourced out report with lots of potential for further study. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE RE: wife of Zoeth Howland & early Howland line, Lisarog@pacbell.net, http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=surnames.howla...

↑ Franklyn Howland. A brief genealogical and biographical history of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and their descendants, of the United States and Canada. New Bedford, Mass: The author, 1885. Open Library Pages 74-75