Mary (Kimball) Howland (1743 - bef. 1816)

Born 20 Jan 1743 in Scituate, Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Howland — married about 1765 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 7 May 1816 before age 73 in Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

When Mary Kimball was born on January 20, 1743, in Scituate, Rhode Island, her father, Joseph Kimball, was 40 and her mother, Mary (Graves) Kimball, was 41. She had three sons and six daughters with Thomas Howland.

Birth

Mary Kimball was born on January 20, 1743, in Scituate Township, Providence County, Rhode Island.^[1][2]

Marriage

Mary Kimball married Thomas Howland sometime before their first child was born about 1766.

Children

Children of Thomas Howland and Mary Kimball:

1. Joseph Howland (abt. 1766 - 1839) married first, Lusinah Yates (abt. 1770 - 1801) on 15 Dec 1791 in Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts and married second, Lydia Aldrich (1775 - 1839) on 22 Apr 1802 in Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
2. Rebekah Howland (abt. 1767 - 1849) married Jesse Aldrich (1768 - 1826) on 22 Oct 1789 in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
3. James Howland (1768 - 1846) married Renew Eddy (1772 - 1855) sometime before 1791 possibly in Glocester, Providence County, Rhode Island.
4. Sarah Howland (abt. 1770 - 1855) married James Alger (1769 - 1832) sometime before 1793.
5. Patience Howland (abt. 1772 - 1852) married first, Henry Tyler (abt. 1770 - abt, 1817) abt. 1795 and married second, Stephen Thayer (abt. 1760 - bef. 1840) on 8 Apr 1817 Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
6. Bernice Howland (1775 - 1863) married Samuel Howland (1780 - 1862) abt. 1800.
7. Stephen Howland (1777) married first, Mary ( - 1796) and married second, Molly Aldrich ( - bef. 1809) on 2 May 1798 in Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
8. Mary Howland (1782 - 1866) married Calvin Aldrich (1772 - 1844) on 12 Feb 1799 in Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
9. Dorcas Howland (abt. 1783 - aft. 1883) married Jacob Jenne (1783 - abt. 1816) on 1 Jan 1807 in Burrillville Township, Providence County, Rhode Island.

Death

On September 3rd, 1816, the inventory of Thomas Howland's estate mentioned that she was being deceased, and "the widows w[e]aring apparel" was itemized and valued $49.09.^[3] It proved that Thomas Howland's widow, Mary died sometime before her wearing apparel was itemized on “the 8th day of 6th Month 1816,” and it was acknowledged on 3 September 1816 in the court of probate.

Prior to acknowledging the inventory, a citation was signed by Nathaniel Paine, the judge of probate on 7 May 1816, and it was given only to their son, James Howland. The judge crossed out “widow” on the printed citation, so he wanted him to notify his heirs that he is cited to appear at the court of probate in Worcester next June. The judge showed the cause why “the instrument, which prompts to the last will and testament of said decease, should not be approved.”^[4] Before this citation was given to James Howland, Thomas Howland intended to appoint both his wife and son to be his executors to administer his estate on 24 April 1816.

It proves that she died shortly after her husband died on 5 May 1816 and before the citation was given on 7 May 1816, so she did not have an opportunity to administer it with her son.

She died between 5 May 1816 and 7 May 1816.

She apparently died in Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts, where her husband died before her death. He mentioned her name in his will when he reported his residence in Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts on April 24, 1816.

DNA

The mtDNA results of Winifred Jean Johnson, Mary Kimball's direct maternal descendent, indicate that her mtDNA haplogroup is I2, as confirmed by 23andMe.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1650-1850. First Series. Births, Marriages, Dearhs. A Family Register for the People, by James N. Arnold, Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register, Volume 3, Scituate, Part III. Providence, Rhode Island: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1892, page 44.
2. ↑ Morrison, Leonard Allison, 1843-1902. History of the Kimball family in America, from 1634 to 1897 : and of its ancestors the Kemballs or Kemboldes of England; with an account of the Kembles of Boston, Massachusetts by Leonard Allison Morrison and Stephen Paschall Sharples. Boston : Damrell & Upham, 1897, page 81.
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files, 1731-1925, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9GZ-SGH?cc=2102083&wc=9BXK-SP8%3A1055512501%2C1292500701 : 11 August 2014), Worcester County, Massachusetts, Case no. 32061, Howland, Thomas, 1816, image 895 of 1122; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston.
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files, 1731-1925, images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9GZ-SQ5?i=898&cc=2102083 : 11 August 2014), Worcester County, Massachusetts, Case no. 32061, Howland, Thomas, 1816, image 895 of 1122; Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston.
5. ↑ 23andMe.

Biography:

• Howland, Charles Roscoe. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical Record of Charles Roscoe Howland, Brothers and Forebears. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing Co, Inc., 1946, p. 62.

• 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 127.