Caleb Howland (1758 - 1838)

Born 4 May 1758 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Son of Samuel Howland and Freelove (Seamans) Howland

Husband of Mary (Seamans) Howland — married 23 May 1779 in Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1838 at age 80 in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, United States

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DNA CONFIRMATION:

• Caleb Howland was the son of Samuel Howland⁴ (Thomas³, Arthur², Arthur¹) and Freelove Howland.

• Caleb Howland was genetically descended from Arthur Howland.

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Biography

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.

Private Caleb Howland served with Lippitt's Regiment, Rhode Island State Troops during the American Revolution.

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When Caleb Howland was born on May 4th, 1758, in Glocester, Rhode Island, his father, Samuel Howland, was 47, and his mother, Freelove (Seamans) Howland, was 33. He married Mary Seamans on May 23, 1779, in Clarendon, Vermont. They had nine children in 21 years. He died on September 12, 1838, in Brandon, Vermont, having lived a long life of 80 years.

Marriage

Caleb Howland married Mary Simonds on May 23rd, 1779, in Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont.

Land Records

The proof of Caleb Howland's parentage is found in the following deed in Glocester Land Records of Rhode Island:

"We, John Howland of Scituate, County of Providence, State of Rhode Island, Thomas Howland of Douglas, County of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, Caleb Howland of Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont, Samuel Howland of sd Scituate, Rhobe Place and Samuel Luther, children of Samuel Luther late of Scituate deceased; Stephen Kimball, son of John Kimball of Glocester in sd County of Providence; Susanna Yates and Martha Aldrich both of sd Douglas, and being children and heirs at law to Samuel Howland late of sd Scituate deceased for and in consideration of twelve silver dollars to us in hand &c paid by William Hawkings of Glocester, aforesaid, gentleman, the receipt whereof &c forever quitclaim &c unto him the sd William Hawkins one certain small tract or lot of land in Glocester aforesaid, being all that same land which our ancestor, the sd Samuel Howland died seized of.

Signed September 4, 1797 and acknowledged at Glocester September 23, 1797 by John Howland alone before Zebee Hopkins, Justice of Peace." (Glocester Land Records, Book 16, page 16).

Parentage

According to Franklyn Howland's work on page 101, Caleb Howland was the son of Samuel Howland and Freelove Seamans. A pair of distinct SNPs establish his genetic descent from Arthur Howland via Samuel Howland, and the results of Y-DNA STR and SNP analysis are consistent with this.

Recently I ran across an article printed in THE REGISTER, vol. 100, p. 288, October 1946, entitled "Caleb Howland of Clarendon, Vt., and some of His Descendants", compiled by Howland F. Atwood of Hartford, Vt. My interest was aroused immediately because my ancestor, William Howland, born in Scituate, R.I., in 1747, had a brother Caleb. Their father was John Howland who married Freelove Wood 13 May 1725 according to the Records of Swansea, Mass. As far as is now known that is the first recorded fact about John Howland. His parentage has long been the subject of research by his descendants.

Mr. Atwood states that Caleb Howland of Clarendon, Vt., was the son of Samuel and Freelove (Seamons) Howland, born in Gloucester, R.I., 4 May 1758, that he died after 5 September 1838, the date on which he certified that he had resided in Brandon for twenty-five years. Furthermore he says that "He married in Clarendon, 23 May 1779, Mary Simonds, daughter of John and Sarah (Westcott) Simonds of Clarendon." This is contrary to a record on file at the State House in Montpelier, Vt., and in the Town Clerk's office in Clarendon, a certified copy of which reads:

Clarendon May 23 1779 These may certfy that Caleb Howland of Clarendon, son of John Howland of Situate, Rhode Island, was married to Mary Simonds of Clarendon, daughter of Mr. John Seamonds of said Clarendon. By me- Nedibiah Angell, Justice of Peace. Recorded July 19, 1779. Recorded in the First Book Page 50, now posted here. Attest: Steph Arnold Town Clerk. A true copy of marriage certifcate of Caleb Howland and Mary Simonds. Recorded Town of Clarendon, Vt., Land Records Book 2, page 3. Attest: Mary H. Pratt, Town Clerk, Clarendon, Vt., July 27, 1968.

I suggest, therefore, in the light of this record that the progeny of Caleb and Mary (Simonds) Howland descend from John and Freelove (Wood) Howland, not Samuel and Freelove (Seamonds) Howland.

No record of the birth of Caleb, son of John, has been found as yet. The first seven children of John and Freelove were recorded in Swansea, Mass. William's birth, 1 July 1747, is found in the Scituate, R.I., Vital Records (Arnold, vol.3. pt . iii, p. 44.). If the family record is correct, Caleb was born 6 Jan. 1746, possibly while the family was in the process of moving from Swansea to Scituate. Franklyn Howland in his A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland, and Their Descendants (1885), p. 86 under #89, states that Caleb, son of John and Freelove (Wood) Howland (mar. in Swansea, 13 day 5th month [July] 17-) was born in Scituate, R.I., 6 day 1st month [March] 1746. On page 100-101 he states that Samuel and Freelove (Seamonds) had a son Caleb born in Gloucester, R.I., but no date is given.

William Howland served in the Revolution from Rhode Island, but in keeping with the restless spirit of the years following, he soon removed from his native state. After living in the vicinity of Rutland, Vt., for a few years, he removed to the Black River country of northern New York, settling in the town of Rutland, Jefferson County, where he lived the remainder of his life. He is buried in the Cotes Family Cemetery near his home.

It seems evident that the brothers William and Caleb settled near each other in Vermont, Caleb remaining in Clarendon when William migrated to New York State.

Samuel Howland, father of Caleb Howland as alleged in THE REGISTER [cited above], married 17 April 1740 Freelove Seamons, niece to Freelove Wood [John Julian Lawton, The Seamons Family in America (1933), p. 12 #41]. This record is found in Swansea Records, Book B. The marriages of children of William Wood and his wife Susannah, including Freelove to John Howland, and Priscilla and Tabitha to John and James Seamons, respectively, are found in Swansea Records, Books B and D.

Howland. A thirty-one-page report details the forty years of research involved in establishing the following line of descent: Pilgrim John¹ Howland, Jabez², Josiah³, Samuel⁴, Caleb⁵, Charles⁶. The controversy centers over a statement in the marriage record of Caleb Howland, which claims he is the son of John Howland of Scituate, R.I. No evidence has ever been found in support of this statement, but a deposition in the Land Records of Glocester, R.I., Book 16, Dated 4 Sept. 1797, states that among the heirs of Samuel⁴ Howland were Caleb Howland of Clarendon, Vt. and John Howland of Scituate. There were three John Howlands living in the Scituate in the 1750s: the first was a cousin of Samuel⁴; the second one was the cousin's son; and the third was Caleb Howland's older BROTHER. The Revolutionary War pension papers (noting Caleb's birth date of 4 May 1758 at Glocester, R.I.) and the "Vermont Telegraph" (Brandon), giving his date of death and age of death were also helpful. -Howland Atwood, R. R. 1, Box 82, Windsor, Vt. 05089

Caleb Howland's Parentage Reaffirmed. Contributed by Howland F. Atwood, Brunswick, Maine.

Caleb⁵ Howland of Clarendon, Vt., was born at Glocester, R.I., 4 May 1758, according to his own deposition in his Revolutionary War service pension application, now on file in the National Archives. Caleb's parents were Samuel and Freelove (Seamans) Howland as correctly stated in Howland F. Atwood, Caleb⁵ Howland of Clarendon, Vermont, and Some of his Descendants, REGISTER 100 (1946): 288. Caleb Howland moved to Brandon, Vt., about 1812 and died there, 12 Sept. 1838, in his 81st year. His death notice appeared in the 19 Sept. 1838 issue of "The Vermont Telegraph," a Baptist newspaper, which confirms the year of his birth.

The question of Caleb's parentage (Roberta L. Hendrix, Parentage of Caleb Howland of Clarendon, Vt., Register 124 [1970]: 142-143) all came about through a confusing page in A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry and John Howland, and Their Descendants (New Bradford, Mass., 1885) by Franklyn Howland. On page 86, records of three different Howland men were combined- John Howland, who died in 1744, and who had a wife Rebecca but no son Caleb; John Howland who married Freelove Wood, but never had a son named Caleb; and Samuel Howland, who married Freelove Seamans and was the father of the last two children named. One of these last two children was listed on this page 86 and ONLY there, as Caleb, born 6 Jan. 1746 (1747 New Style), but this "Caleb" was actually a copyist's error for Tabitha and never existed as Caleb. Mrs. Hendrix having been familiar with this page 86, assumed that her ancestor William, who was not listed on this page, had a brother Caleb. However, the only brother of William Howland was John Howland who was born in Swansea, grew up in Sciutate and lived over thirty years in Glocester before moving to Tioga County, Pa., in 1803. This John of Scituate was fourteen years old when Caleb Howland was born at Glocester. It should also be pointed out that Freelove (Wood) Howland could not have had son Caleb born 6 Jan. 1746/7, as her proven son William was born at Scituate, R.I., 1 July 1747, less than six months later.

This controversy stems from an error in the records of the town of Clarendon, Vt. The marriage record of Caleb Howland to Mary Seamans (often spelled phonetically Simmons or Simonds) says that Caleb was the son of JOHN (rather than Samuel) Howland of Scituate. This marriage was not recorded until over eight weeks after the fact and years later was re-copied from the First Book, page 5, to Land Records Book 2, page 3, so there was plenty of chance for transcriptional error. John and Freelove (Wood) Howland were living not at Scituate but at Glocester, R.I., on 27 May 1779 at the time of Caleb's marriage when they both signed a deed of land (Glocester Land Records, Book 9, page 514). The final conclusive proof of Caleb Howland's parentage is found in the following deed:

We, John Howland of Scituate, County of Providence, State of Rhode Island, Thomas Howland of Douglas, County of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, Caleb Howland of Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont, Samuel Howland of sd Scituate, Rhode Place and Sameul Luther, children of Samuel Luther late of Scituate deceased; Stephen Kimball, son of John Kimball of Glocester in sd County of Providence; Susanna Yates and Martha Aldrich both of sd Douglas, and being children and heirs at law to Samuel Howland late of sd Scituate deceased for and in consideration of twelve silver dollars to us in &c paid by William Hawkings of Glocester, aforesaid, gentleman, the receipt whereof &c forever quitclaim &c unto him the sd William Hawkins one certain small tract or lot of land in Glocester aforesaid, being all that same land which our ancestor, the sd Samuel Howland died seized of.

Signed September 4, 1797 and acknowledged at Glocester September 23, 1797 by John Howland alone before Zebee Hopkins, Justice of Peace (ibid., 16;16).

John, Thomas, Samuel, and Caleb were the surviving sons of Samuel Howland. The three daughters- Mary, Tabitha and Freelove- and the youngest son Asahel were all deceased. The remaining five heirs were grandchildren of Samuel Howland- Rhode Place, Samuel Luther and Stephen Kimball were the surviving children of Mary (Howland) (Luther) Kimball. Susanna Yates and Martha Aldrich were the married daughters of Tabitha⁵ (Howland) and Laban Hopkins. Asahel⁵ Howland and Freelove⁵ (Howland) Eldridge left no children.

Descendants

CALEB⁵ HOWLAND, of Clarendon, Vt., born in Glocester, R. I., 4 May 1758, died after 5 Sept. 1838, on which date he certified that he had resided in Brandon for 25 years, son of Samuel⁴ and Freelove (Seamans) Howland. He married in Clarendon, 23 May 1779, MARY SIMONDS, daughter of John and Sarah (Westcott) Simonds of Clarendon. The dates of her birth and death are unknown, but she was one of 12 children. Her mother was a direct descendant of Stukeley Westcott of Warwick, R. I.

Caleb⁵ Howland was a pensioner, being a veteran of the Revolutionary War, and the last payment of his pension was paid 8 Sept. 1838 at the Bank of Burlington to L. L. Blake, an attorney for the pensioner, covering the period from 4 March 1838 to 4 Sept. 1838. He served in the Revolutionary War from both Rhode Island and Vermont, enlisting first in February 1776 while living in Glocester, R. I. He fought in the battle of White Plains, in the first battle of Trenton (having crossed the Delaware River with General Washington the night before), and in the battle of Princeton. He saw some other service before moving to Clarendon in April 1779. During the next two or three years after coming to Vermont, he was frequently out on alarms and scouted along Lake Champlain. Since He lived in the same area as the Green Mountain Boys there is little doubt of his being one of them and his Vermont military record favors this supposition. He is listed as a head of a family in Clarendon in the Census of 1790 and 1800. He transferred lands in Clarendon 29 Dec. 1807 and moved from Clarendon to Hubbardton before 1810. About 1812 he moved to Brandon. At various dates he deeded tracts of land in Brandon to his son Samuel. On 14 April 1828 Samuel Howland deeded to Caleb Howland 15 acres to have "during his or his wife Mary Howlands natural life or during the natural life of either of them." He was allowed pension on his application executed 7 July 1832 at the rate of $80 per annum.

Children, born in Clarendon:

1. Samuel Howland, b. 8 May 1780. [Proven] [Confirmed from Howland DNA project at Family TreeDNA.] His yDNA haplogroup is R-A9703 → R-FT62874.
2. John Howland, b. 18 May 1782; living in Clarendon as late as 4 June 1816, for on that date he was assigned a "cattle earmark" to be used as an identification of his cattle; d. probably unm. There is a later entry, undated, stating that "William Potter has taken his mark", indicating either that John Howland had left town or had died.
3. Asaph Howland, b. 27 May 1784. [Proven] [Confirmed from Howland DNA project at Family TreeDNA.] His yDNA haplogroup is R-A9703 → R-FT62874.
4. Hannah Howland, b. 23 Sept. 1787.
5. Thomas Howland, b. 30 Nov. 1790. [Proven] [Confirmed from Howland DNA project at Family TreeDNA.] His yDNA haplogroup is R-A9703 → R-FT62874.
6. Charles Howland, b. 16 Aug. 1793.
7. Asahel Howland, b. 12 Sept. 1795; d. 26 Aug. 1796.
8. Caleb Howland, b. 25 Nov. 1798; d. 14 Dec. 1859.
9. James S. Howland, of Sudbury and Jericho, b. 29 Aug. 1801; d. in Essex 7 May 1881; m. (1) Julia Ann McDonough; m. (2) Mrs. Elizabeth C. (Reynolds) Bates. He had no children by either wife, but brought up his nephew Silas C. Howland, son of his older brother, Charles Howland.

He was a blacksmith and a Methodist Preacher. He frequently preached in the neighboring towns at churches and schoolhouses. After moving to northern Vermont he preached in Jericho, Underhill, and Essex. He spent the last years of his life in Essex.

1. SAMUEL⁶ HOWLAND (Caleb,⁵ Samuel ⁴), a farmer, of Brandon, born in Clarendon 8 May 1780, died in Brandon 22 July 1862. He married, about 1800, his first cousin, BERNICE HOWLAND, born in Douglas, Mass., 1 Jan. 1775, died in Brandon 14 Dec. 1863, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Kimball) Howland.

Samuel Howland lived most of his life in Brandon. He and his wife and other members of the family are buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon.

Children:

i. POLLY,⁷ b. 5 Feb. 1801; m. in Sudbury, 6 Jan. 1819, OLIVER WESTCOTT, first cousin of her father.

ii. DORCAS, b. 26 Aug. 1802; m. LEWIS PETERS.

iii. HANNAH, b. 11 March 1804; m. in Brandon, 13 March 1828, LEARNED ATWOOD.

iv. SARAH, b. in Brandon 24 Oct. 1807; m. JOHNSON WESTCOTT, JR., first cousin of her father.

v. THOMAS, b. 20 Dec. 1808.

vi. REBECCA, b. in Brandon 7 April 1813; d. unm. 24 Dec. 1873.

vii. CALEB, b. 27 June 1817.

viii. PAMELIA, b. 29 April 1820; m. OLIVER B. HOWLAND, her first cousin.

ix. STEPHEN, b. 13 April 1825; m. SARAH HOWLAND, his first cousin.

3. ASAPH⁶ HOWLAND (Caleb,⁵ Samuel ⁴), shoemaker, born in Clarendon 27 May 1784, died in Wayne County, N.Y., when about 75 years old. He married in Vermont _______.

Asaph Howland was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a very industrious and highly respected man. He was listed in Hubbardton in the Census of 1810, also resided in Brandon and in 1825 he moved to Wayne County.

Children:

i. PHILINDA.⁷

ii. POLLY.

iii. MIRANDA, d. in early womanhood.

iv. ASAHEL.

v. WARNER.

vi. STEPHEN, b. Brandon 8 Aug. 1806.

vii. LORENZO.

5. THOMAS HOWLAND (Caleb,⁵ Samuel ⁴), farmer, born in Clarendon 30 Nov. 1790, died in Hubbardton 20 Aug. 1874. He married ABIGAIL RUSSELL, who was born in Massachusetts in 1784.

In 1840 he resided in Pittsford and in 1850 he lived in the neighboring town of Brandon, according to the census records of those years.

He had a large family, but a complete list of their names is not available. The following are all that are known.

Children:

i. THOMAS.⁷

ii. PHYLANDA.

iii. OLIVE.

iv. OLIVER m. PAMELIA⁷ HOWLAND, daughter of his uncle Samuel⁶ Howland, q.v.

v. LANSON. (Note: IHis name could have been Alonson Howland (1826-1894), who married Anna and lived in Victory, Cayuga County, New York, from 1850 to 1880. According to the 1850 census schedule, Alonson Howland, age 24, was enumerated in the household of Asa Howland, age 45, who was born in Rhode Island, but it appears that the census taker did not place Alonson with Asa's two children, as if Asa was not his father. The evidence comes from the fact that in 1860 he had 72-year-old Vermont-born Thomas Howland living with him, and in 1880 he stated that his father was also born in Vermont. Consequently, it was Thomas, Alonson's father, and not Asa, also known as Asahel H. Howland (1804–1899), as some genealogists had believed.)

vi. CALEB.

6. CHARLES⁶ HOWLAND (Caleb,⁵ Samuel ⁴), farmer, of Pittsford, born in Clarendon 16 Aug. 1793, died about 1836. He married, about 1818, HARRIET PECK. She married secondly, Pittsford, 10 Jan. 1838, Charles Fay.

According to the Census of 1820 Charles Howland was living in Pittsford and had a family consisting of his wife and five daughters.

Children:

i. ALIZNA,⁷ b. in Pittsford 20 Dec. 1818; d. in Brandon 15 April 1872; m. (1) WALTER SANDERS; m. (2) in Brandon, 25 Sept. 1860, as his third wife, SILAS WESTCOTT, son of her first cousin Polly (Howland) Westcott, q.v.

Child by first husband (surname Sanders):

1. Lucy Ann, b. in 1849; m. Henry E. Howland, her second cousin.

ii. LOUISA, m. _______. Several daughters.

iii. JANE, b. in 1822; d. in March 1853; m. 29 May 1845 SILAS WESTCOTT.

Children (Surname WESTCOTT):

1. Nancy L., b. 1846.

2. Alice Emmogene, b. 2 Feb. 1848.

3. Angerona, b. in 19 Sept. 1849.

4. Eliza Jane, b. in December 1851.

iv. SARAH (or SALLY), b. in Pittsfield 19 June 1825; m. in Brandon, 15 April 1847, STEPHEN HOWLAND, her first cousin.

Children:

1. Edward Hartwell, b. in 1852.

2. Sarah Jane, b. in 1854; m. Rodney E. Howland, her first cousin paternally and her second cousin maternally.

v. MARY ANN, b. in Pittsfield 16 Oct. 1827; m. in Sudbury, 24 Dec. 1845, SAMUEL C. MILLINGTON.

Children (Surname Millington):

1. William Cullen Bryant, b. 24 July 1848; d. 10 May 1849.

2. William Cullen Bryant, b. 29 Nov. 1851.

3. James B., b. 23 March 1854.

4. Charles Fremont, b. 16 Aug 1856.

5. Mary Eveline, b. 21 Nov. 1858.

6. Ella, b. 1 Oct. 1861.

7. Franklin, b. 24 July 1864.

vi. SILAS CHARLES, b. in Pittsford 10 April 1833; d. in Jericho 11 Nov. 1883. He married in Jericho, 23 Dec. 1859, MINERVA WHITMARSH BEAN, b. in Jericho 12 April 1839, d. there 7 May 1877, daughter of Eliphalet and Minerva (Whitmarsh) Bean.

Children, b. in Jericho:

1. Oliver Charles, b. 10 Dec. 1864; d. 3. Feb. 1866.

2. Orvis Silas, b. 6 Sept. 1866; living (1946) in Reading. He is the grandfather of the author of this genealogy.

3. Harriet Minerva (Hattie), b. 9 Sept 1870; d. 12 Nov. 1895; m. Roscoe George Olney.

4. Valorous, b. 6 July 1872; d. 15 Oct. 1899.

5. Walter James, b. 23 March 1874; d. in 1942.

6. A son, stillborn 6 May 1877.

vii. NANCY ANN, b. 10 Oct. 1834; d. 2 May 1870; m. RICHARD FLOYD BURDITT.

One child died infancy.

8. CALEB⁶ HOWLAND (Caleb,⁵ Samuel ⁴), farmer of Sudbury, born in Clarendon 25 Nov. 1798, died in Sudbury 14 Dec. 1859. He married ELIZABETH LINDSLEY, born in Massachusetts 9 May 1787, died in Brandon 26 Aug. 1870. Her first husband was James Walker. She married thirdly, in Hubbardton, 1 Jan. 1861, Barlow Gorham.

Caleb Howland resided also for varying periods of time in Pittsford, Hubbardton, and Brandon.

Children:

i. JULIANA, b. 24 Aug. 1819; d. 28 Sept. 1844; m. SEYMOUR BUSH.

ii. SYLINA, b. 7 May 1821; d. 21 Oct. 1899; m. JOHN REED.

iii. LURA, b. 26 April 1823; d. 25 March 1859; m. as his second wife SILAS WESCOTT.

iv. ALONZO, b. in Brandon 4 Oct. 1824; d. 13 May 1915.

v. JAMES WALKER, b. in Pittsford 17 April 1826; d. 20 Aug. 1902.

vi. JOSEPH FLAVIUS, b. in Hubbardton 27 Aug. 1829; d. 12 Nov. 1905.

vii. ANGELINE, b. 21 May 1835; d. 6 May 1853.

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing on Family Tree DNA. Howard Howland, FTDNA kit # 944338, and his 6th cousin 1x removed, Anonymous Howland, FTDNA kit # 861275, match at a Genetic Distance of 4 on 111 markers, and and share two SNP mutations, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Samuel Howland, the 5x great grandfather of Howard Howland and 6x great grandfather of Anonymous Howland.

This confirms their direct paternal lines back to their earliest known ancestor, Henry Howland Sr.

The Family TreeDNA has confirmed that a male descendant (FTDNA #934533) of Caleb Howland (1758 - 1838) and a male descendant (FTDNA #861275) of Thomas Howland (1743 - 1816) share the Y-DNA haplogroup of R-FT62874 which has two unique SNP mutations (FT62874 and FT62411); however, none of the other Howland testers (who descend from either John or Henry Howland) share either of these two SNPs, so the results indicate two testers must be descended from Arthur Howland.

The DNA results show that Caleb Howland was genetically the son of Samuel Howland; therefore, he was genetically descended from Arthur Howland. Also, he was genetically related to his brother, Thomas Howland, so they were genetically descended from Henry Howland of Fenstanton.

R-FT62874 is the subclade of the haplogroup of R-A9708 which has one unique SNP. The results confirm that two male descendants share one unique SNP with other Howland male descendants.

Sources

• Howland, Franklyn, A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and Their Descendants, of the United States and Canada: Together with an Account of the Efforts Made in England to Learn of Their English Ancestry, Etc., New Bedford, Mass.: Howland, 1885, page 101.
• THE REGISTER, vol. 100, p. 288, October 1946, entitled Caleb Howland of Clarendon, Vt., and some of His Descendants, compiled by Howland F. Atwood of Hartford, Vermont. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011.
• THE REGISTER, vol. 124, p. 142-143, 1970, entitled The Parentage of Caleb Howland by Roberta L. Hendrix. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011.
• Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org). Caleb Howland and Mary Simonds, 23 May 1779, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; Family History Library microfilm: 27,590.
• Murray, Orson S. “Died.” Vermont Telegraph, 19 Sept. 1838, p. 3. Chronicling America, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025661/1838-09-19/ed-1/seq-3/. Image provided by: University of Vermont.
• Service Record of Caleb Howland
• Pension Application S.22316