Person:Jabez Howland (1)
Lieutenant Jabez Howland
b.Abt 1644 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 6 Feb 1711/12 Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bet 1624 and 1625
  1. Desire HowlandBet 1623 & 1625 - 1683
  2. John Howland1627 - Aft 1699
  3. Hope Howland1629 - 1683/84
  4. Elizabeth HowlandAbt 1630 - Aft 1691
  5. Lydia HowlandEst 1633 - Aft 1710/11
  6. Hannah HowlandEst 1637 - 1705
  7. Captain Joseph HowlandEst 1640 - Bet 1703 & 1703/04
  8. Lieutenant Jabez HowlandAbt 1644 - Bef 1711/12
  9. Ruth HowlandAbt 1646 - Bet 1672 & 1679
  10. Isaac Howland1649 - 1723/24
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Lieutenant Jabez HowlandAbt 1644 - Bef 1711/12
  • W.  Bethia ThacherCal 1645 - 1725
m. Bef 1669
  1. Jabez Howland1669 - 1732
  2. John HowlandAbt 1672/73 - 1672/73
  3. Bethiah Howland1674 - 1676
  4. Josiah Howland1676 - 1717/18
  5. John Howland1679 - Bef 1708
  6. Judah Howland1683 - 1683
  7. Seth Howland1684/85 - 1685
  8. Samuel Howland1686 - 1748
  9. Experience Howland1687 -
  10. Joseph Howland1692 - 1737
  11. Elizabeth HowlandAbt 1694 - Bef 1714
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Lieutenant Jabez Howland
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Abt 1644 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1669 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Jabez).
to Bethia Thacher
Other[2] 29 May 1670 Admitted freeman of Plymouth Colony.
Will[3][4] 14 May 1708 Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States
Occupation[2][3] Blacksmith
Death[2][3] Bef 6 Feb 1711/12 Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United StatesBefore date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[2][3] 6 Feb 1711/12
Probate[2][3][4] 21 Feb 1711/12 Will proved.
Estate Settlement[2][3] 26 Nov 1714
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The Jabez Howland House is a historic house at 33 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of this two-story wood frame house was built by Jacob Mitchell (son of Pilgrim Experience Mitchell) in 1667, and purchased by Jabez Howland, son of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley Howland, two of the original Pilgrims.
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The Jabez Howland House is a historic house at 33 Sandwich Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of this two-story wood frame house was built by Jacob Mitchell (son of Pilgrim Experience Mitchell) in 1667, and purchased by Jabez Howland, son of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley Howland, two of the original Pilgrims.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Howland, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004)
    282.

    "Jabez (Howland), b. about 1644 (deposed on 19 July 1680 aged 36 years [SJC #1915]; m. by 1669 Bethiah Thatcher, daughter of Anthony Thatcher (eldest child b. Plymouth 15 November 1669 [PVR 668; NYGBR 42:154-57])."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Jabez2 Howland, in General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. (New England - United States: General Society of Mayflower Descendants., Various)
    23:1:10-12.

    "Jabez2 Howland was born at Plymouth about 1644 and died at Bristol, before 6 February 1711/2. … Jabez Howland was made a freeman on 29 May 1670 and was chosen Constable for the town of Plymouth 1 June 1675. … Jabez Howland was on the 1 September 1681 list of the first inhabitants of Bristol. He was on the 20 February 1684 list of land owners. … On 6 June 1682, 2 June 1685, and 3 June 1690 Jabez was chosen as a Selectman of Bristol, and in June 1689 and on 3 June 1690 Jabez Howland was chosen as Deputy for Bristol.

    The will of Jabez Howland of Bristol, blacksmith, dated 14 May 1708, proved 21 February 1711/2, names wife Bethiah, son Jabez, and 'My four sons.' The division of 26 November 1714 among Jabez, Josiah, Samuel and Joseph Howland mentions their mother Bethiah and Nathan Townsend, only son of their sister Elizabeth Townsend, deceased, late wife of Nathan Townsend of Newport."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Jabez Howland's Will, in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    7:198.

    Will of "Jabez Howland of Bristol … Blacksmith", dated 14 May 1708, inventory 6 Feb 1711/12, proved 21 Feb 1711/12, mentions by name only "my beloved wife Bethiah Howland & my Loveing son Jabez Howland Joynt Executors", refers to "my four sons". Agreement of heirs dated 26 Nov 1714 names the sons Jabez, Josiah, Samuel and Joseph "all of Bristol", mentions "Nathan Townsend the onely son of our sister Elizabeth dec'd" ["late wife of Nathan Townsend of Newport"].

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Abstracts of Bristol County, R. I. Wills Before 1747, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (Princeton, Massachusetts: A. G. Beaman)
    88.

    Jabez Howland of Bristol, blacksmith. Will dated 14 May 1708, proved 21 Feb 1711/12, Division of Estate 26 Nov 1714, pps. 364-369.
    Wife Bethiah.
    Sons: Jabez, eldest, Josiah, Samuel and Joseph.
    Only daughter Elizabeth Townsend (deceased bef. 26 Nov 1714) wife of Nathan Townsend of Newport.
    Nathan Townsend the only son of late & only daughter Elizabeth Townsend late wife of Nathan Townsend of Newport.

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