Elizabeth (Mitchell) Howland (abt. 1722 - aft. 1797)

Born about 27 Apr 1722 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Howland — married 26 Oct 1743 in North Yarmouth, Maine

Descendants

Died after 5 Nov 1797 after about age 75 in Burton, Burton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Elizabeth Mitchell was born to Jacob and Rebekah April 27, 1722 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[1]

Elizabeth married Joseph Howland October 26, 1743 at North Yarmouth, Maine.^[2]

On 01 June 1760, Joseph Howland, yeoman, and his wife Elizabeth signed a deed to sell a lot of land in North Yarmouth, York County, Massachusetts (later Maine), to Barnabas Soul. Elizabeth and her sisters, (widow Susannah Baker, widow Mary Fellows, Sarah and husband Andrew Tuck) had inherited this land from their parents, Jacob and Rebecca (Cushman) Mitchell.^[3]

Elizabeth Howland, relict of Joseph Howland, deceased, was still living 5 Nov 1797, when she conveyed land in Burton to Simeon Porter, , witnessed by Ichabod Howland and his wife Martha.^[3][4]

Elizabeth and Joseph had the following known children:^[2]

1. Grace, bp May 10, 1747
2. Susanna, b April 1, 1745 at Dartmouth
3. Isaac, b Mar 27, 1747; d October 25, 1748
4. Jeremiah, b July 26, 1749
5. Elizabeth, b May 10, 1752
6. Sarah, bp June 9, 1754

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Plymouth Volume 1, page 23
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Corliss, Augustus Old Times: A Magazine Devoted to the Preservation and Publication of Documents Relating to the Early History of North Yarmouth, Maine, Volumes 5-8, published 1881. Reference pages 658, 1127
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Johnson, Roberta H., Ruth B. Walsh, Elizabeth P. White, "Joseph Howland of North Yarmouth, Maine and Burton, New Brunswick (1717-1797)" The Mayflower Quarterly. Vol. 45(1979):71 Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1935-1985. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019). Cites: Cumberland Co., Maine, Deeds 3:220-1.
4. ↑ Mayflower Quarterly 45 cites Sunbury County Deeds A:43

• Mayflower Families Vol. 17 p. 42, 118-119
• Roser, Susan. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2: Name; Elizabeth Mitchell born 27 Apr 1722 to Jacob and Rebecca Cushman Mitchell. Household Members listed: Jacob, Rebecca, Susanna, Rebecca, Seth, Mary, Lydia, Noah, Isaac, Sarah, Elizabeth Mitchell. Online record source access: [www.Ancestry.com].

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV73-4YS : accessed 1 January 2022), entry for Elizabeth Mitchell, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Robert S. Wakefield, FASG; Margaret Harris Stover, CG, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 17) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 199 Source: Ann Smith Lainhart, Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 23 pt. 1) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006s Source: Elizabeth Pearson White, Edwin Wagner Coles, Roberta Gilbert Britti, John Howland of the Mayflower (Vol. 2) - The First Five Generations Through his second child John Howland and his wife, Mary Lee (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1993)