Discovering My Ancestors
Desire Howland
1627 - 1683 (56 years)
Generation: 1
1. Desire Howland was born on 22 May 1627 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA (daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley); died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cobb's Hill Cemetery. Desire married John Gorham about 1643 in Massachusetts, USA. John was born on 28 Jan 1620 in Benefield, East Northamptonshire, England; died on 5 Feb 1676 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cobb's Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- James Gorham, Sr. was born on 28 Apr 1650 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 9 Dec 1707 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Lothrop Hill Cemetery.
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John Howland was born about 1599 in Fenstanton, Huntington, England; died on 23 Feb 1672 in Rocky Nook, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Burial Hill Cemetery. Other Events and Attributes:
- Immigration: 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; Mayflower Pilgrim
Notes:
Immigration:
John Howland came on the Mayflower in 1620 as a manservant of Governor John Carver. William Bradford, in his journal, makes this reference to John Howland on the Mayflower voyage: "In a mighty storm John Howland, a passenger, a stout young man, by a keel of ye ship, was thrown into the sea. But pleased God, he caught hold of ye Topsail Halliards we hung overboard, and run out ye length, yet he kept his hold the several fathoms under water, till he was drawn up by ye rope to ye surface, and by a boat hook and other means got into ye ship."John married Elizabeth Tilley in 1623. Elizabeth was born about 1607 in England; died on 21 Dec 1687 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Ancient Little Neck Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth Tilley was born about 1607 in England; died on 21 Dec 1687 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Ancient Little Neck Cemetery. Notes:
Buried:
FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21561583/elizabeth-howlandChildren:
- 1. Desire Howland was born on 22 May 1627 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Cobb's Hill Cemetery.
- Hope Howland was born on 30 Aug 1629 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Jan 1683 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Lothrop Hill Cemetery.