Martha (Howland) Bacon
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Martha (Howland) Bacon (1638 - 1732)

Martha Bacon formerly Howland aka Damon
Born in Windsor, Connecticut Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of [half], , , and
Wife of — married 15 Jan 1659 in Scituate, Plymouth Colonymap
Wife of — married 19 Feb 1679 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , and
Died at age 93 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.

No birth or baptism record was found for Martha Howland either in England or Plymouth Colony, but she was born about 1645 to Arthur Howland.[1] However, Martha is said to have been born about 1639,[2] on December 19, 1632, or December 29, 1638. The place is given as either Plymouth, Massachusetts,[2] or Windsor, Connecticut.

On January 15, 1659/60, Martha Howland married John Damon at Scituate as his second wife: "Martha and John Damen, Jan. 15, 1659.[3]

In her father, Arthur Howland's will, dated March 14, 1675, Martha is referred to as "my daughter Martha Damon."[4][5] He wrote, “Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Damon, the sum of ten pounds to be payed her by the heires executors administrators or assigns of my said wife immediately after her decease.”

Widow Martha (Howland) Damon married secondly, as his second wife, Peter Bacon, son of George Bacon and his wife Margaret, at Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay on February 19, 1679/80.[2] The marriage was recorded at Hingham as "Peter Bacon & Martha Dammin,"[6] (Hobart records the marriage of Peter Bacon, but he does not name Peter's wife.)[7]

Children of John and Martha (Howland) Damon:[2]:

  1. Experience Damon, b. 17 April 1662.[2][8]
  2. Silence Damon b. 2 January 1663/4.[2][8]
  3. Ebenezer Damon b. 11 January 1665/6.[2][8]
  4. Icabod Damon b. 8 April 1668.[2][8]
  5. Margrett Damon b. 20 July 1670.[2][8]
  6. Hannah Damon b. 2 December 1672.[2][8]
  7. Martha Damon was listed in her father's will.[2][9]

Child of Peter and Martha (Howland) (Damon) Bacon:[2]:

  1. Susanna Bacon b. Hingham 4 November 1682; d. 6 July 1718.[2]

Her husband, Peter Bacon died on 9 August 1694 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay.

Widow Martha (Howland) Bacon died at Hingham on December 19, 1732, at the age of 94.[2] Hingham Vital Records state death at Hingham in December 1732.[10]

Sources

  1. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, Vol. I A-B, (NEHGS:Boston) pg.128-9.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 American Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol 71, pg 89-90.
  3. ↑ Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Vol. 2. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909, p. 154, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsc02newe.
  4. ↑ Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and Their Descendants, of the United States and Canada. Bedford: Author, 1885, p. 36.
  5. ↑ McCracken, George C. The Will of Arthur Howland Senior New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 104, Page 221-225.
  6. ↑ Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006. Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844. Hersey, Reuben. Mss 901. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society.) V. 1, Page 22.
  7. ↑ "The Hobart Journal," C. Edward Egan, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) NEHGR 121 (July 1967):205.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Volume 1, pgs 123-134
  9. ↑ Damon Family of Scituate, Mass Genealogy, 2000, by Richard A. Damon, Jr, Private Printing
  10. ↑ Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006. Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844. Hersey, Reuben. Mss 901. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society.) Vol. 1, Page 22
  • National Genealogical Society Quarterly 71:89-90.




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Anderson-35092 Robin Anderson
Dammen-4 and Howland-301 appear to represent the same person because: My mistake - was confused about her LNAB. Should be Howland. Same spouse, same parents, same references. Sorry for the messup.
posted by Robin Anderson
Bob Tonsmeire
Woodworth-1325 and Howland-301 appear to represent the same person because: Reinitiated merge to eliminate bogus profile after syncing dates
posted by Bob Tonsmeire
Allen-1006 Kathy (Allen) Heriford
Woodworth-1325 and Howland-301 do not represent the same person because: Birth and death dates are not near each other.
posted by Kathy (Allen) Heriford
Bob Tonsmeire
Woodworth-1325 and Howland-301 appear to represent the same person because: The profile of Woodworth-1325 has no credibility. The only relevant contention is that this individual was the second wife of John Damon hence she is a misnamed under-researched version of Holland-301 and these two profiles should be merged.
posted by Bob Tonsmeire
Bob Tonsmeire
Please check your facts. There was no Joseph Woodworth on the Mayflower; Elizabeth Rogers was not married to a Woodworth; the second wife of John Damon was Martha Howland (not Martha Woodworth). The items annotated in this "Biography"did not come from Philbrick's "Mayflower."
posted by Bob Tonsmeire
Watt-266 Vic Watt
I have been able to document Martha's marriages and death, but I can't find source for her birth. Does anyone have a source?
posted by Vic Watt

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