John Howland Jr. (1627 - aft. 1699)

Born 24 Apr 1627 in Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Lee) Howland — married 26 Oct 1651 in Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died after 18 Jun 1699 after age 72 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.

Birth

John Howland was born April 24, 1627^[1] John was the child of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley. John passed away in 1702.^[2][3]

Marriage

He married Mary Lee at Plymouth Colony on October 26, 1651.^[3][4][5][6]

Residence

The Plymouth County records showed that on August 1643, "John Howland, Jun" was able to bear arms in Plymouth.^[7][8]

Again, the Plymouth County records showed that on the first Tuesday of June 1689, Lieutenant John Howland received and was admitted as a freeman in Barnstable at the General Court held at Plymouth.^[9]

Life

On 6 February 1654/5, John Howland, Jr., and his uncle, Arthur Howland performed public service on a coroner's jury inquiring into the death of a boy named John Walker, age 14, who had been a servant of Robert Latham. The jury decided that he died from cruelty and hard usage.^[10]

On 3 June 1657, John Howland, Jr, and John Phillip were sworn in as the constables for the town of Marshfield.^[11]

On 19 December 1657, Robert Huchin, an itinerant Quaker, held a meeting at Arthur Howland's house. William Collyare saw their practices and went over to tell Capt. Josias Winslow about what he saw. He made a warrant to give to John Phillips of Marshfield who was the constable to arrest Robert Huchin. After that, John Howland, Jr. went to warn his uncle, Arthur Howland that Capt. Josias Winslow sent John Phillips of Marshfield, the constable, on his way to break up the gathering and arrest. Arthur Howland managed to help Huchin's escape. On Sunday, the 20th of December, the constable went to Arthur Howland's house and found no man at his house. The next day, on Monday, the 21st of December, John Phillips returned to his house to tell Arthur Howland to answer him tomorrow about why he entertained with the Quaker, suffered, and invited sundry to hear the Quaker into his house.^[12] He was about to arrest Robert Huchin, but Arthur Howland would not let him and hindered his arrest. He pushed him out of his house and told him that he would have either a sword or a gun in his belly. Joseph Rogers refused to assist him in bringing him away, so he could not bring him away with him. John Phillips went down to the mills to get more assistance, and when he came up again, Robert Huchin was gone. Until Tuesday, 22nd of December, Arthur Howland was given up and taken before Mr. John Alden, the magistrate. He was lodged in jail.^[13][12]

On the same day on 22 December, John Howland, Jr. was summoned to appear at the court for giving intelligence to Arthur Howland and the Quaker with others met on the 19th of December on Lord's day.^[14]

On 1 June 1658, John Howland became a freeman and was sworn in at the court of Plymouth Colony.

Death

The dates of death for either Lieut. John Howland, Jr. or his wife Mary are not known, and no probate records have been found. He died sometime after 18 Jun 1699 when he was admitted to membership in the West Parish Church of Barnstable.^[15][16]

Deed Records

Lieut. John Howland, Mary Howland, both of Barnstable, Jacob Cook, Frances Cook, both of Plymouth to Joseph Finney, of Plymouth, May 6, 1693. Acknowledged May 22, 1693 and May 6, 1697. Recorded May 14, 1705, Plymouth County.

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7. To all People to whome yes prsents shall Come Liet. John Howland & Mary: his wife, of Barnstable in ye County of Barnstable in New England, Jacob Cook & ffrances Cook of Plim.th in ye County of Plim.th in New England afors:d yeoman, Sendeth Greeting &c. Know yee yt wheras ye sd John Howland in ye right of his [sd inserted] wife was by order of Court, lawfully Seized of a Certain parcel of Meadoe containing foure acres be it more or less lying & being in Plim.th aforsd in a branch of the river comonly Called Jones River w.ch was for more then forty [years inserted] Since. granted to mr. Robert Lee late of Plim.th deceased, father of the sd Mary & by ye sd John Howland & Mary for full Satisfaction in hand given them, Sold to ye sd Jacob Cook & by ye sd Jacob Cook sold to his brother ye sd ffrances Cook & by ye sd ffrances Cook for & in Consideration of five pounds to him in hand paid by Joseph Phinny late of sd Barnstable, now resident in sd Plimoth ye receipt wherof he doth acknowledge & himself therw.th fully Satis:fied Contented & paid by these prsents hath given Granted, bargained Sold, Enfeofed, & Confirmed, & by these prsents doe fully clearly & abso:lutely give Grant, Bargaine, Sell, Enfeofe, & Confirme, unto him ye sd Joseph Phinny, his heirs & Assignes forever, all that his sd parcel of Meadoe above mentioned & is bounded according to ye Knowne boundaries therof vizt: by ye Meadoe comonly Called Sturtevants Mea:dow from a great Pine tree Standing on ye north Side of sd pcel of Meadoe, & is marked on foure sides, ranging Southerly to a Small Pine tree Standing near where ye two brooks meet, & thence to a great pine tree Standing on ye upland comonly called Barrows bo:und or markt tree; & Thence runing Westerly, till it Comes to ye up:land, w.ch is ye head bounds therof, and is bounded Northerly by the hills one yt side, and Southerly by ye hills on yt side thereof, till it Come to ye sd head bounds, together with all ye profitts priviledges & appurtenances, to ye sd parcel of Meadoe belonging or any wise ap:pertaining, & all his ye sd ffrances Cook right tittle, Estate & Interest therin, To have & to hold, all ye sd bargained prmises of Meadoe & other ye prmises, w.th all & Singular ye appurtenances therunto belonging, unto him the sd Joseph Phinny his heirs & assigns to ye only proper use & behoofe of him ye sd Joseph Phynny his heirs & Assignes forever; and wheras there hath not been her:tofore any deed of feofinent passed for ye Conveyance of ye sd pcel of Meadoe Either from the sd John Howland & Mary his wife or: he ye sd Jacob Cook or from the sd Jacob Cook to his Brother y sd ffran:ces Cook or from him to sd Joseph Phinny; now for diverse good Cau:ses & Considerations ye parties to these prsents Especially Moving & for ye there Sure Making & Confirmation of all ye sd pcel of Meadoe prmises & Appurtenances unto him ye sd Joseph Phinny his heirs & Assignes forever; further Know yee therfore, that he ye sd John Howland & Mary his wife, & he ye sd Jacob Cook, & ye sd ffrances Cook, have remised Released, & altogeather of & for Eacche of themselves re:Spectively & for Each & every of their respective heirs & Assignes fore:ver, Quitt Claymeth, to him ye sd Joseph Phinny (in his full & peacea:ble possession now being) his heirs & Assignes all their and Each & Eve.ry of their right, Estate, tittle, use, Interest, & Demand wtSoever w.ch they or Either or Any of them every had, now have, or att any time herafter, or any of their heirs, may have into ye sd parcel of Meadow and other of ye premises, with ye Appurtenances, so as neither ye sd John Howland, nor Mary his wife, nor their heirs nor ye sd Jacob Cook, nor his heirs, nor ye sd ffrances Cook nor his heirs, nor any other for them, or any of them, or in their^[17] [turn over] (8) 8th.: Or any of their names shall or may at any time herafter have or Challenge any Estate right, tittle, Interest, or demand, in of or to ye Same meadoe w.th ye appurtenances or any part therof, but therof shall forever, herafter be Excluded, & barried, by these prsents In Wittness wherof they have herunto respectively Sett their hands & Seals, ye Sixth day of May Anno Domini one thousand Six hundred ninty & three, according to their and Eache of their Seve:vall respective concerns, purport, true Intent & meaning of these prsents,

John Howland {seal}

Jacob Cook {seal}

Frances Cook {seal}

Signed Sealed & delivered by John Howland for himself & Mary his wife, in prsence of

Thomas Hinkly:

Thankfull Hinkly;

And Signed Sealed, & delivered,

by Jacob Cook & ffrances Cook in prsence

of Samuel Bradford

Thomas Gray;

The within & above Named Jacob Cook & ffrances Cook appeared both of ym pSonally before me ye 22 : day of May 1693, & did freely Acknowledged this Instrument to be their Act & Deed:

William Bradford Justice of Peace

The within and above named John Howland appeared & Ac:knowledged this Instrument to be his Act & deed this Sixth of May 1697 before Barnabas Lothrop Justice of peace

Entered May ye 14th. 1705

& Recorded per Thomas Little Reg.r#^[18]

(Plymouth County, Deed Records, Vol. 6, 1705 - 1709, p. 7 - 8).

Probates Records

No probate records for either John or his wife Mary have been located.^[19]

DNA

Confirmed DNA results through the Big Y-500 (original Big Y) test, Big Y-700 test, and Y Elite test reveal that his father, Henry Howland of Fenstanton's Haplogroup and SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) is R-A9703. All 11 unique SNPs are identified as A9702, A9703, A9704, A9706, A9707, A9708, FGC58199, FGC58202, FGC58206, FGC58207, and FGC58217 on the R-A9703 block level on the Y haplotree. All 11 SNPs passed through Henry Howland of Fenstanton to his sons; however, there are more unique SNPs that occurred through Arthur, John, and Henry Howland individually.

For example, two variants, A9705 and Z18598 are two unique SNPs that occurred later sometime after the migration to America, and belong to one patrilineal descendant of Pilgrim John Howland's son, Lieut. John Howland, Jr.^[20] However, R-A9705 and R-Z18598 are not yet officially on the Y haplotree because it needs other Howland men from this patrilineal line to take the Big Y-700 test to confirm them. It will create a new subclade under the clade of R-A9703 in the future when one of the Howland patrilineal descendants who is descended from Pilgrim John Howland needs to take the Big Y-700 test.

Pilgrim John Howland's haplotree line is R-M269 >> R-U106 >> R-Z8 > R-Z1 > R-Z344 > R-Z6 > R-A96 > R-S10415 > R-A9701 > R-A9703.^[21]

The more DNA tests can discover other SNPs unique to the patrilineal descendants to trace the Y-DNA to one of three Howland brothers in America. Recruiting additional Howlands for further SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their Y-DNA. See more information at Howland (Y-DNA) under the Mayflower DNA project and Howland DNA project under Family Tree DNA.

Regarding the “ordering” of patrilineal descendant's unnamed SNPs, the only method we have of knowing the chronological order of SNPs is by discovering closer and closer matches. In the future, new Big Y-700 results will share some of the SNPs with seven individuals who already took the Big Y-700. At that point, we can further distinguish which of his patrilineal line's SNPs are older and which are younger.

References

1. ↑ Lainhart
2. ↑ Roser
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Hunter
4. ↑ Anderson
5. ↑ Otis: Page 50.
6. ↑ Torrey
7. ↑ MCC
8. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., ed. "Treasury Accounts", Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England: Printed by Order of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Miscellaneous Records 1633-1689 v8 New York: AMS, 1968 p187; on Internet Archive; Boston Public Library 28 Apr 2008; web 02 July 2016.
9. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., ed. "Treasury Accounts", Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England: Printed by Order of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Miscellaneous Records 1633-1689 v8 New York: AMS, 1968 p207; on Internet Archive; Boston Public Library 28 Apr 2008; web 02 July 2016.
10. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B, and David Pulsifer. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England. "Court Orders: Vol. III. 1651-1661. Boston: Press of W. White, 1855. Print, p. 71, 72 , 73.
11. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B, and David Pulsifer. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England. "Court Orders: Vol. III. 1651-1661. Boston: Press of W. White, 1855. Print, p. 116
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B, and David Pulsifer. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England. "Court Orders: Vol. III. 1651-1661. Boston: Press of W. White, 1855. Print, p. 124, 125.
13. ↑ Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, Vol. II. Gardner - Moses. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996, p. 295.
14. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel B, and David Pulsifer. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England. "Court Orders: Vol. III. 1651-1661. Boston: Press of W. White, 1855. Print, p. 125.
15. ↑ Otis: Page 50.
16. ↑ Barnstable West Parish Church Recs., 44 [Family History Library #22364]
17. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-LW8R?cc=2106411&wc=MCB2-GZ9%3A361612701%2C361637101 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth County, Deed Records, 1705 - 1709 vol. 6, p. 7, image 14 of 504; Plymouth County courthouse and office, Massachusetts.
18. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-LWFQ?cc=2106411&wc=MCB2-GZ9%3A361612701%2C361637101 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth County, Deed Records, 1705 - 1709, Vol. 6, p. 8, image 15 of 504; Plymouth County courthouse and office, Massachusetts.
19. ↑ White 2:20.
20. ↑ Howland (Y-DNA). Mayflower DNA.
21. ↑ General Society of Mayflower Descendants. “Mayflower: Official Project of General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD).” FamilyTreeDNA, FamilyTreeDNA.com, 2019, www.familytreedna.com/groups/mayflowersociety/about. Mayflower DNA Project - Y-DNA Colorized Chart.

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• Lainhart, Ann Smith. Mayflower Families through Five Generations (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 2004) Vol. 23, Part 1, Family of John Howland, p. 2
• Great Migration Begins Vol. II p (346-350) 1020 -24 citing PCR 8:13
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