Selected Families and Individuals
Notes
Zoeth Howland
1 NOTE Killed by Indians during the famous King Philips War. English had a skirmish with Indians in Tiverton, Newport, RI, south of Howland's Ferry. "Howland was passing through Pocasset, as he was wont to travel, for the purpose of attending themeetings of his sect at Newport. He was waylaid by 6 savages, one of whom went by the name Manasses. Without any provocation, the peaceful Friend was slain in cold blood and the assassins satisfied their passion by mutilating the dead body.Then they carried the mangled corpse to the stream which flows into Nanaquaket Pond at the foot of Highland Road and threw him in the water. His horrified friends, when they discovered the outrage, called the brook 'Sinning Flesh River' the nameby which it has been known to the present day"
Henry Howland
1 NOTE Twin of Abigail
Abigail Howland
1 NOTE Twin of Henry
Henry J. Howland
1 NOTE Henry left Fen Stanton with his brother Arthur c.1623, probably as passengers on the ship "Anne". They followed their brother John Howland who came over on the Mayflower in 1620. Two U.S. Presidents, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, descend fromohim.
Henry Howland
1 NOTE Fen Stanton is about 1-2 miles south of St. Ives, near Huntingdon, in the area northwest of Cambridge, Huntingdonshire county no longer exists. The Howland coat-of-arms, granted 1584, has two black bars below three black rampant lions on a silvershield.
John Sr. Howland
1 NOTE MAYFLOWER JOHN...The Howland that fell off the Mayflower and was saved by catching ropes and being hauled back in. His family came to England with Wm. the Conqueror.
John IV Howland
1 NOTE The Howlands were members of the Essex family.
John III Howland
1 NOTE Born during the reign of Henry VII, John and Anne had 11 sons and 1 daughter and it is felt that all desc. in England came from this pair. Name has only been found in Essex, England and originally Wicken, England.
Lord John Howland
1 NOTE Born during the reign of Henry VII John and Anne had 11 sons and 1 daughter and historians agree that all Howlands in England desc. from this pair. The name Howland is found only in Essex, Eng. and was originally found only in Wicken, Essex,Eng.
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