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John Howland

Male Abt 1599 - 1673  (74 years)


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  • Name John Howland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30] 
    Suffix Sr. of Fenstanton 
    Birth Abt 1599  Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 16, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31] 
    Gender Male 
    Special Mayflower 
    FSID LZK8-1X7  [16] 
    _DNA yDNA HAPLOGROUP: R-M269 (R-A9703) 
    Death 23 Feb 1673  Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 16, 20, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30] 
    Burial 25 Feb 1673  Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 16, 28, 30, 32] 
    Person ID I22370  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Henry Howland of Fenstanton,   b. 1564, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1635, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anne Margaret Aires,   b. 1567, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1629, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1589  Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Tilley,   b. Bef 30 Aug 1607, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1687, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 80 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1623  Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Desire Howland,   b. Abt 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6999  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • yDNA HAPLOGROUP: R-M269 (R-A9703)

      John Howland was born about 1599, probably in Fenstanton, Huntington. He came on the Mayflower in 1620 as a manservant of Governor John Carver. During the Mayflower's voyage, Howland fell overboard during a storm, and was almost lost at sea--but luckily for his millions of descendants living today (including Presidents George Bush and George W. Bush, and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt) he managed to grab hold of the topsail halyards, giving the crew enough time to rescue him with a boat-hook.

      It has been traditionally reported that John Howland was born about 1592, based on his reported age at death in the Plymouth Church Records. However, ages at death were often overstated, and that is clearly the case here. John Howland came as a servant for John Carver, which means he was under 25 years old at the time (i.e. he was born after 1595). William Bradford, in the falling-overboard incident, refers to Howland as a "lusty young man," a term that would not likely have applied to a 28-year old given that Bradford himself was only 30. Bradford did call 21-year old John Alden a "young man" though. Howland's wife Elizabeth was born in 1607: a 32-year old marrying a 17-year old is a relatively unlikely circumstance. Howland's last child was born in 1649: a 57-year old Howland would be an unlikely father. All these taken together demonstrate that Howland's age was likely overstated by at least 5 years. Since he signed the "Mayflower Compact", we can assume he was probably at least 18 to 21 years old in 1620.

      John Howland had several brothers who also came to New England, namely Henry Howland (an ancestor to both Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford) and Arthur Howland (an ancestor to Winston Churchill).

      13th signer of the Mayflower Compact - Signed on the Mayflower. John Howland as one of the 10 principal men set out in the shallop to explore a settlement site.

      Please keep "of Fenstanton" in the suffix
      It does not affect searching in any way and helps keep completely different families separated. By removing it you are the one causing all the problems to start up again

      Plymouth Colony Its History and People,1620-1691, by Eugene Abrey Stratton P311-312

      John Howland of the Mayflower, V.1 Came on Mayflower as servant to John Carver. On 1633 freeman list. Will dated 29 May 1672, inventory 3 Mar 1672/3, mentions wife Elizabeth; oldest son John Howland; sons Jabez and Joseph; youngest son Isaac; daughters Desire Gorham, Hope Chipman, Elizabeth Dickenson, Lydai Browne, Hannah Bosworth, and Ruth Cushman; and granddaughter Elizabeth Howland, daughter of his son John. "Signed Mayflower Compact; took an active part in the early explorations. A partner in the Trading Company of the Colony; Asst. or deputy almost continually. Prominent in the church, so that he "assisted in the imposition of hands" upon Rev. John Cotton, Jr. when he was ordained pastor 30 Jun 1669. He died "a profitable instrument of good; the last man that was left of those that came over in the ship called the May Flower that arrived at Plymouth." (Plym. Col. Rec. VII, 34)

      Mayflower
      See Mayflowerhistory.com for list of passengers and biographies of each passenger.

      Fell overboard from the Mayflower and managed to grab hold of a trailing rope, giving the crew just enough time to rescue him with a boat-hook.

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      Volume 2. The first five generations : documented descendants through his second child John Howland and his wife, Mary Lee.

      Volume 3. The first five generations : documented descendants through his third child Hope Howland, wife of John Chipman.

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      ORIGIN: Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire
      MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower
      FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
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      EDUCATION: His inventory included "1 great Bible and Annotations on the 5 Books of Moses" valued at £1 and "Mr. Tindall's Works, Mr. Wilson's Works, 7 more books" valued at £1.
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      ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth division of land John Howland received four acres as a passenger on the Mayflower [PCR 12:4]. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle John Howland, his wife Elizabeth Howland, John Howland Junior and Desire Howland were the first four persons in the fourth company [PCR 12:10].
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      In his will, dated 29 May 1672 and proved 6 March 1672/3, 'John Howland Seni[o]r of the town of New Plymouth ... being now grown aged, having many infirmities of body upon me," bequeathed to “John Howland my eldest son besides what lands I have already given him, all my right and interest to that one hundred acres of land granted me by the court lying on the eastern side of Taunton River"; to "my son Jabez Howland all those my upland and meadow that I now possess at Satuckett and Paomett"; to "my son Jabez Howland all that my one piece of land that I have lying on the southside of the mill brook"; to "Isaac Howland my youngest son all those my uplands and meadows ... in the town of Middlebery and in a tract of land called the Major's Purchase near Namassakett Ponds which I have bought and purchased of William White of Marshfield"; to "my said son Isacke Howland the one half of my twelve acre lot of meadow that I now have at Winnatucsett River"; to "my dear and loving wife Elizabeth Howland the use and benefit of my now dwelling house in Rockey Nooke in the township of Plymouth ... with the outhousing lands ... uplands and meadow lands ... in the town of Plymouth ... excepting what meadow and upland I have before given to my sons Jabez and Isacke Howland during her natural life"; to "my son Joseph Howland after the decease of my loving wife Elizabeth Howland my aforesaid dwelling house at Rockey Nooke"; to "my daughter Desire Gorum 20s."; to "my daughter Hope Chipman 20s."; to "my daughter Elizabeth Dickenson 20s."; to "my daughter Lydia Browne 20s."; to "my daughter Hannah Bosworth 20s."; to "my daughter Ruth Cushman 20s."; to "my grandchild Elizabeth Howland the daughter of my son John Howland 20s."; "these legacies given to my daughters [to] be paid by my executrix"; to "my loving wife Elizabeth Howland my debts and legacies being first paid, my whole estate," she to be executrix [MD 2:70-73, citing PCPR 3:1:49-50].
      The inventory of "Mr. John Howland lately deceased" was taken 3 March 1672/3 and totalled £157 8s. 8d. [MD 2:73-77, citing PCPR 3:1 :51-54]. After the inventory, the appraisers noted that "the testator died possessed of these several parcels of land following:" "his dwelling house with the outhousing, uplands and meadow belonging thereunto lying at Rockey Nooke in the town of New Plymouth," "a parcel of meadow at Jones River meadow," "the one half of a house and a parcel of meadow and upland belonging thereunto lying and being at Colchester in the aforesaid township," "a parcel of meadow and upland belonging thereunto lying near Jones River bridge in the town of Duxburrow," "one house and 2 shares of a tract of land and meadow that lyeth in the town of Middle berry that w ...

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      p. 187: "August, 1643. The Names of all the Males that are able to beare Armes from xvi. Yeares old to 60 Yeares, w'thin the seu'rall Towneships. Plymouth:
      -- John Howland, Sen
      -- John Howland, Jun


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