Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
John Howland
1600 - 1673 (~ 81 years)
Person ID: I25328
1567 - 1629 (62 years)
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Name John Howland [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Relationship 
with Jeffrey Scott Vitter Born Between 1592 and 1600 Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England 
[1, 5] Gender Male Died 23 Feb 1672/73 Rocky Nook Farm, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [1, 5] Buried 25 Feb 1672/73 Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [1] Notes - American history legend from the voyage of the Mayflower and founding of Plymouth Rock in 1620.
When American children discover John Holland, 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 about 14 years of age at the time. [Correction added by Jeff Vitter: He was actually about 28 years old. His gravestone documents that he was over 80 years old when he died in 1672.] 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.
Siblings 1. Arthur Howland (ID:I25338) 2. Henry Howland (ID:I25337) Parents
Father Henry Howland (ID:I25335), b. 1564, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England , d. 17 May 1635, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 71 years) Mother Anne Margaret Ayres (ID:I25336), b. 1567, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England , d. 30 Jul 1629, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 62 years) Married Abt 1590 Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England Family
Wife Elizabeth Rogers Tilley (ID:I25339), b. 30 Aug 1607, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England , d. 21 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years) Married 25 Mar 1623 Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Children 1. Desire Howland (ID:I25340), b. 22 May 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 59 years)2. John Howland (ID:I25329), b. 24 Apr 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1 Jan 1703/04, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 76 years)3. Hope Howland (ID:I25330), b. 30 Aug 1629, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 8 Jan 1683/84, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 54 years)4. Lydia Howland (ID:I25331), b. 1 Feb 1632/33, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 11 Jan 1710/11, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 77 years)5. Elizabeth Howland (ID:I25332), b. Feb 1632/33, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 26 Jan 1682/83, Oyster Bay, North Shore of Long Island, Nassau, New York, USA (Age ~ 49 years)6. Hannah Howland (ID:I25342), b. 31 Jan 1636/37, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 17 Dec 1686, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 49 years)7. Jabez Howland (ID:I25341), b. 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 7 Apr 1708, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA (Age 64 years)8. Joseph Howland (ID:I25333), b. Feb 1644/45, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1 Jan 1703/04, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 58 years)9. Ruth Howland (ID:I25343), b. 1646, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. Oct 1679, Massachusetts, USA (Age 33 years)10. Isaac Howland (ID:I25334), b. 15 Nov 1649, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 9 Mar 1722/23, Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)Other Personal Events
Baptism 16 Jan 1602/03 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England Arrival 18 Dec 1620 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [5] Arrived with the original group of Pilgrims, saved from falling overboard during trip - American history legend from the voyage of the Mayflower and founding of Plymouth Rock in 1620.
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Event Map
Baptism - 16 Jan 1602/03 - Ely, Cambridgeshire, England 
Arrival - 18 Dec 1620 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
Married - 25 Mar 1623 - Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 
Buried - 25 Feb 1672/73 - Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA = Link to Google Earth -
Photos 
Documents 
Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 Document 
Great Migration Begins: Immigration to N.E. 1620–1633, Vols. I–III, pages 1820–1824 Document
These pages are an excerpt from a volume published as part of the American Ancestors series by the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Document
Book Title: Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy : Part 1 : Coat-of-ArmsHeadstones 
Howland John Headstone
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Source Citations
- [S1251] Find A Grave.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6613808Howland John Headstone - [S525] Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Document - [S979] Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation, 1606-1646, William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, (Name: Massachusetts; Date: 1952;), Summary of account written by Governor William Bradford.
American history legend from the voyage of the Mayflower and founding of Plymouth Rock in 1620.
When American children discover John Holland, 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 about 14 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. - [S651] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), North America, Family Histories, 1500–2000 for Lydia Howland, pages 110–113.
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Document
Book Title: Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy : Part 1 : Coat-of-Arms - [S1391] Family Database of the Fleming Family, John Howland.
Extensive documentation and testimony (with over 2,000 sources!) about Pilgrim John Howland.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~barbpretz/ps01/ps01_377.htm
- [S1251] Find A Grave.