John HOWLAND
Birth:
Abt 1591
Fenstanton, Huntingdon, England
Death:
23 Feb 1673
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Journal of History, Vol. 12-13
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1. John Howland was a passenger on the Mayflower. He was an indentured servant and the executive assistant and personal secretary to Governor John Carver. He signed the Mayflower Compact and helped found Plymouth Colony.
2. John became a representative and in 1634 assistant governor of the colony.
Elizabeth TILLEY
Birth:
Chr:
Aug 1607
Henlow, Bedford, England
Death:
21 Dec 1687
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
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Elizabeth and her parents were passengers on the Mayflower. Her parents both died the first winter, leaving Elizabeth an orphan. She was taken in by the Carver family. The Carvers died about a year later, and part of their estate was inherited by their servant, John Howland, and Elizabeth became his ward. In 1623/4, she married John Howland. At that time she was about 16 years of age while he was about 30.
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
30 Aug 1629
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death:
8 Jan 1683
Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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John Howland - Elizabeth Tilley
John Howland
was born at Fenstanton, Huntingdon, England Abt 1591.
He married Elizabeth Tilley . Elizabeth Tilley was christened at Henlow, Bedford, England Aug 1607 .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Hope Howland
born 30 Aug 1629.
John Howland died 23 Feb 1673 .
Elizabeth Tilley died 21 Dec 1687 at Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts .