James Howland (1689 - bef. 1748)

Born 18 Feb 1689 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Son of Nathaniel Howland and Rose (Allen) Howland

Husband of Deborah (Cook) Howland — married 25 Jul 1717 in Tiverton, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before Dec 1748 before age 59 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey

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Biography

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.

James was a Friend (Quaker)

Marriage

James Howland married Deborah Cook on 25 July 1717 in Tiverton, Massachusetts Bay.^[1] He was disowned by the Dartmouth monthly meeting on 18d 9m 1717 [18 Sep 1717] for marrying out of society.^[2] The condemnation is as follows:^[2]

Whereas James Howland the son of Nathaniel Howland and Rose his wife of Dartmouth in the county of Bristol in ye province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England hath from his childhood been Educated amongst friends his father and mother being both of ye people called quakers yet hath in slight of friends and the good advice and counsel by them given him and in contempt of the good Order established among friends proceeded to take a wife in the common way of other people we are therefore concerned to give this forth a publick testimony against said Disorderly action and do deny the said James Howland to be one of us ye people called Quakers truly desiring that he may return and find mercy with God and tenderly all friends Children to beware of giving way to the inducements of Satan Least they be led forth to scorn friends and ye testimony of ye Blessed Truth as it has been delivered through great tribulations even to the sealing of it with the blood of many faithful witnesses surely who will be the portion of these that can Slightly trample upon thereon and by whom the testimony of the Blessed truth may fall in the Street in any particular unless by true and unfeigned repentance they return to God which that every disorderly and disobedient one may do is our sincere desire given forth at our monthly meeting of friends held at our meeting house in Dartmouth ye 18th day of ye 9th month 1717.

John Tucker Abraham Tucker Peleg Slocum Stephen Wilcox William Wood

Benjamin Howland Josiah Merrihew Elisha Wing Thomas Hathaway Joseph Russell

Thos Smith William Soule Thomas Taber Junr Henry Tucker Jabez Barker

Death

James Howland died in either November or December 1748 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey.^[1]

Probate Records

The will of James Howland, of Shrewsbury, was signed on 13 November 1748 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. He named his wife Deborah as his sole executrix and his son Thomas Howland in his will. He bequeathed his son Thomas Howland the lands where he now lived on in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay and £120. He bequeathed his son, James Howland the lands where he lived on in Dartmouth and £120. He bequeathed his daughter, Elizabeth and three younger sons, Cook, George and Charles the lands in Shrewsbury. Also, he bequeathed his daughter, Ruth a certain building referring to "new house" when completed. His witnesses were William Osborn, James Osborn, and Jon. Herring. HIs will was proved on 13 December 1748. On February 4, 1748-9, Cook Howland, a Quaker, affirmed it. His will was located at Lib. E, p. 257.

On 27 December 1748, the inventory of his estate showed a list: a turning lathe, turning tools, part of a box of Lockers Pills, some "Jaxuits Bark," gun, pillion, 3 powder horns, and 3 shot bags, part of cask of powder, bonds from Britten White, William Brand, Jacob Taylor, Francis Hance, James Parker and Peter White, 10 gal. rum, 45 gals, molasses, silver tankard (£14), silver porringer (£4). It was made by Gisbert Longstreet, Gershom Bills, and William Osbourn.

On 4 February 1748-9, the bond of Cook Howland, of Shrewsbury, as his administrator, with will annexed. Daniel Cornell, of Shrewsbury, and Richard Fitz Randolph, of Perth Amboy, fellow bondsmen paid for him. The witnesses were John Royce and Thomas Bartow.^[3]

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA STR and SNP testing. Frank Howland and FTDNA kit #37929/FGC kit #E8PEF match on 106 out of 111 markers and share two recent SNPs, R-FGC58203 and R-FGC58211, as reported by Family TreeDNA and Full Genome Corp. This confirms their direct paternal lines back to their most recent common ancestor, Henry Howland Sr.

The parentage of James Howland and John Howland has been confirmed by SNP testing by Frank Howland and FTDNA kit #37929/FGC kit #E8PEF which shows that they share two unique SNPs and are therefore all-male lineal descendants of Nathaniel Howland.

The paternal relationship to Nathaniel Howland has been confirmed by Y-chromosome SNP testing by Frank Howland and FGC kit #E8PEF which shows that they share one unique SNP, R-A9708, as reported by Family Tree DNA and are therefore all male lineal descendants of Henry Howland Sr.

Two variants, FGC58203 and FGC58211 are the unique SNPs that occurred between the birth of Henry Howland, Jr. and the birth of Nathaniel Howland and belong to two male descendants of Henry Howland, Jr through his son, Zoeth Howland’s line. Two SNPs identify three generations starting with Henry, Jr., Zoeth, Nathaniel. Two SNPs prove that the relationship between Nathaniel Howland's two sons John Howland and James Howland is genetically related. So far no Y-DNA descendants from Henry's other son, Samuel have done 111 STR or SNP testing so it is possible some of these mutations may be common to all descendants of Henry. However, both Arthur and John Howland's male descendants (FTDNA #861275 and Big Y-500 tester) do not have two SNPs in their Y-DNA results.^[4] It is confirmed by SNP testing by Frank Howland and FGC kit #E8PEF.

Sources

• Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland (The Author, New Bedford, Mass., 1885) Page 88
• Fiske, Jane Fletcher. Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island (J.F. Fiske, Boxford, Mass., 1987) Page 103

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Fiske: Page 103
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Monthly meeting records, Men's Minutes 1699 – 1727, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, N.Y.), p 172-3.
3. ↑ Calendar of Wills -- 1730-1750, page 249.
4. ↑ Howland DNA Project. Family TreeDNA. Family TreeDNA.com, 2020, https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/howland/about.

• The patrilineality to Henry Howland, Jr. has been confirmed by Y-chromosome SNP testing by Frank Howland and FGC kit #E8PEF which shows that they share 11 unique SNPs, as reported by Family Tree DNA and are therefore all male lineal descendants of Henry Howland Sr.