Henry HOWLAND

                   Deborah Briggs

Deborah Briggs was born on 16 Oct 1674 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA as the fourth child of Thomas Briggs and Mary Fisher. She had five siblings, namely: Mary, Hannah, Susanna, Thomas, and John. She died on 25 Jan 1711/12 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. When she was 23, She married Henry Howland,son of Zoeth Howland and Abigail Howland, on 03 Jun 1698 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

Henry Howland and Deborah Briggs had the following children:

1.	Mary Howland was born on 27 May 1706 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. She married James Russell on 19 Oct 1728.
2.	Hannah Howland was born on 17 Nov 1711 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
3.	Abigail Howland was born on 09 May 1708 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. She died in Jul 1708 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
4.	Henry Howland was born on 03 Apr 1703 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 17 Nov 1756 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He married Elizabeth Briggs on 27 Dec 1722. He married Hannah Smith on 24 Feb 1727/28 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
5.	Zoeth Howland was born on 02 Nov 1701 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He died in 1756 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
6.	Edward Howland was born on 10 Aug 1698 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 09 Feb 1700/01 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
7.	Thomas Howland was born on 06 Jun 1709 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He married Content Howland on 17 Dec 1733 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    Likely a descendant of Clement Briggs who came over on the Fortune in 1621 and married in Dorchester, MA.in 1631 and settled in Weymouth, MA.