Samuel Howland (1780 - 1862)

Born 8 May 1780 in Clarendon, Rutland, Republic of Vermont

Ancestors

Son of Caleb Howland and Mary (Seamans) Howland

Descendants

Died 22 Jul 1862 at age 82 in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.

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.^[1]

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.

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA STR and SNP testing. Anonymous Howland and FTDNA #934533 match on 107 out of 111 markers and share 13 SNPs, as reported by Family Tree DNA. This confirms their direct paternal lines back to their most recent common ancestor, Henry Howland Sr.

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 two unique SNP mutations; however, none of the other Howland men (who descend from either John or Henry Howland) share either of these two SNPs that prove they must be descended from Arthur Howland as well.

The DNA results show that Samuel Howland was genetically the son of Caleb Howland; therefore, he was genetically descended from Arthur Howland.

The haplogroup and SNP are R-A9703 which has 11 unique SNPs. The results confirm that they share 11 unique SNPs with other Howland male descendants; therefore, they are genetically descended from Henry Howland of Fenstanton.

Sources

1. ↑ 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. 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.