John Howland, (Mayflower Passenger)

Abt 1591 - 1672  (81 years)

• Name	John Howland  [1, 2]
  Suffix	(Mayflower Passenger)
  Born	Abt 1591	Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Feb 1672	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Buried	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  	Burial Hill - Find A Grave Memorial ID 6613808
  		1672 Headstone John Howland
  Person ID	I412	BriggsFamily
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2022

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Tilley, (Mayflower Passenger),   b. 30 Aug 1607, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England ,   d. 21 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. Lt. John Howland,   b. 24 Feb 1626, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America ,   d. 6 May 1693  (Age 67 years)  [natural]   2. Desire Howland,   b. 22 May 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America ,   d. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts  (Age 56 years)  [natural] + 3. Hope Howland,   b. 30 Aug 1629, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 8 Jan 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 53 years)  [natural]   4. Elizabeth Howland,   b. 1631, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1683, Oyster Bay, New York  (Age 52 years)  [natural]   5. Lydia Howland,   b. 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America ,   d. 11 Jan 1711, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States of America  (Age 78 years)  [natural]   6. Hannah Howland,   b. 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1705, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 68 years)  [natural] + 7. Capt. Joseph Howland,   b. 1640, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1 Jan 1704, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 64 years)  [natural]   8. Lt. Jabez Howland,   b. 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1712, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   9. Ruth Howland,   b. 1646, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1679, Massachusetts, United States of America  (Age 33 years)  [natural]   10. Ensign Isaac Howland,   b. 1649, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 9 Mar 1734, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2022
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1591 - Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire, England Died - 23 Feb 1672 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Buried - - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Howland Tilley Memorial
  		Mayflower Passemger
  		1672 Headstone John Howland
  		Children of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Children of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley. Name: John Howland Gender: Male Spouse's name: Elizabeth Tilley Spouse Gender: Female Household Members: Name Relation Elizabeth Tilley Self (Head) John Howland Desire Howland b. 22 May 1627; d. 13 Oct 1683 John Howland b. 24 Feb 1626; d. 6 May 1693 Jabez Howland b. 1644; d. 1712 Joseph Howland d. Jan 1704 Isaac Howland b. 1649; d. 9 Mar 1734 Hope Howland d. 8 Jan 1683 Elizabeth Howland d. 1683 Lydia Howland d. 11 Jan 1711 Hannah Howland Ruth Howland d. 16 Oct 1679 [S46] Find A Grave, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), 1672 Find A Grave John Howland. John Howland Birth 1591 Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Death 23 Feb 1672 (aged 80–81) Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Burial Burial Hill Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map Memorial ID 6613808 American history legend from the voyage of the Mayflower and founding of Plymouth Rock in 1620. American children discover John Howland when they learn of the Pilgrims, Plymouth Rock, and the first Thanksgiving. The Pilgrims' leader Governor William Bradford wrote a first hand account of the Pilgrim history from 1620 to 1647. This account was first published in 1952, and is considered one of the best first hand accounts of any kind on American history. In Bradford's account of the voyage over on the Mayflower, he tells of how John Howland washed overboard in violent storm. Howland was 29 years of age at the time. Howland was able to grab some ropes from the sails and gradually pull himself back on board the ship. This event and Bradford's account of it made John Howland a legend. Howland's name and account has been published in hundreds of publications and in school history books. As myths can grow, the story had changed that he had died and was the first pilgrim to die, thus the oldest burial in the Plymouth cemetery, Burial Hill. In fact, he survived, married and had a number of children with Elizabeth Tilley Howland, and lived to 80 plus, according to his grave stone. His grave stone also states from Plymouth records that he was the last male to die from the original pilgrims of the Mayflower. Bio by: Bruce Family Members Parents Henry Howland 1566–1635 Margaret Howland 1567–1629 Spouse Elizabeth Tilley Howland 1607–1687 Siblings Arthur Howland 1591–1675 Henry Howland 1603–1674 Children Desire Howland Gorham 1624–1683 John Howland 1627–1702 Hope Howland Chipman 1629–1683 Elizabeth Howland Dickinson 1631–1692 Lydia Howland Brown 1633–1711 Hannah Howland Bosworth 1637–1705 Joseph Howland 1640–1704 Jabez Howland 1644–1712 Ruth Howland Cushman 1646–1679 Isaac Howland 1649–1723 Inscription Here ended the Pilgrimage of JOHN HOWLAND who died February 23, 1672/3 aged above 80 years. He married Elizabeth daughter of JOHN TILLEY who came with him in the Mayflower Dec. 1620. From them are descended a numerous posterity. "Here was a godly man and an ancient professor in the ways of Christ. Hee was one of the first comers into this land and was the last man that was left of those that came over in the Shipp called the Mayflower that lived in Plymouth."