Nicholas Howland (1725 - abt. 1784)

Born 1 Jan 1725 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Sisson) Howland — married 4 Jan 1750 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

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Biography

Nicholas was a Friend (Quaker)

Nicholas was the eldest son of Samuel and Sarah Howland. He married Mary Sesson, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Sesson of Dartmouth, on 4d 11m 1750/1 [4 Jan 1751].^[1] Nicholas, Mary, and their 8 children lived in Westport on the family farm located on the east side of the Westport River, 2.5 miles from the village center.

He died about 1784.

Children

Children of Nicholas Howland:

• Joseph Howland.
• Reuben Howland.

Sources

1. ↑ Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 380.

• New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1, pages 184 to 186; compiled under the supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M.; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1913.
• Genealogy And History of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1902), p.81 of 868.