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 | John Howland Abt 1599 - 1672 (73 years) |
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Name John Howland 
Great Migration Begins 1620-1635, The (Howland, John) Source: Ancestry.com
John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol.1 (1st Generation: John Howland)
The First Five Generations Through his First Child, Desire Howland and her Husband Capt. John GorhamBirth Abt 1599 Fenstanton, Huntington, England 
Immigration 1620 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 21 years) Mayflower Pilgrim - John Howland came on the Mayflower in 1620 as a manservant of Governor John Carver. William Bradford, in his journal, makes this reference to John Howland on the Mayflower voyage: "In a mighty storm John Howland, a passenger, a stout young man, by a keel of ye ship, was thrown into the sea. But pleased God, he caught hold of ye Topsail Halliards we hung overboard, and run out ye length, yet he kept his hold the several fathoms under water, till he was drawn up by ye rope to ye surface, and by a boat hook and other means got into ye ship."
Death 23 Feb 1672 Rocky Nook, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Burial Burial Hill Cemetery 
Headstone - Howland, John Person ID I538 Discovering the Perry/Doane Family Tree Last Modified 17 Sep 2017
Spouse Elizabeth Tilley
b. Abt 1607, England
d. 21 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years) Marriage 1623 Age at Marriage He was ~ 24 years old - She was ~ 16 years old. (Were Married ~ 49 years). 
Children2 children Last Modified 16 Feb 2023 Family ID F198 Group Sheet | Family Chart
