Warren Howland left a will leaving every thing to wife and as she had no heirs then to his brothers and sisters. When Deborah died in 1892 she had heirs and there is a lengthy file. Finally the persons who received distribution from Warren Howland estate were:
Ada C. French, grandniece - (Ada Caroline French wife of Elmer, res. Denver)
Josephine A. Bourne, grandniece - (wife of Edward T., res. Brockton, MA)
Walter H. Howland, grandnephew - (res. S. Braintree, MA)
Hiram F. Howland, grandnephew - (res. Hanson, MA)
John Howland, nephew - (res. Lowell, MA)
James L. Ried or Reed, grandnephew - (James Lewis Reed, res. Whitman, MA)
Alice Holcomb, grandniece - (wife of Norris M., res. Brockton, MA)
Mary R. Keene, niece - (wife of Leonard Keene, res. Weymouth, MA)
C. Payson Reed, husband of a niece - (Pamelia L. Howland deceased)
Sophronia C. Howland, widow of Chas. Howland - (signed receipt as Sophronia Perry)
Julia E. Leach, niece - (res. Brockton, MA)
Charles W. Howland, nephew - (res. Brockton, MA)
Evelyn H. Howland, niece - (res. Brockton, MA)
Son of Ethan Howland a nephew whose whereabouts is unknown - (supposed to have been killed in Mexican War; left son Ethan, whereabouts unknown)
Alice A. Poole widow of Herbert Peterson - (res. Rockland, MA; Peterson was nephew)
Lucy W. Packard, grandniece - (wife of Frank, res. Brockton, MA)
Ina M. McIlvene, grandniece - (wife of John, res. Whitman, MA)
Harry J. Perkins, grandnephew - (res. Ellsworth, ME)
Estelle M. Perkins, grandniece - (res. Whitman, MA)
Warren Howland, nephew - (Harriet B. Peterson, sister to Lydia H. Peterson, married Caleb Howland; Warren res. Ludell, Rowlins, KS)
Children of Isabelle Howland deceased whose names are unknown to your petitioner -- (on another page identified as: Roxey Wilcox, Anna Wilcox, Winnie Wilcox and Varney Wilcox; Albert L. Wilcox guardian, in 1897 of Carney, Lincoln, OK)
