Person talk:Henry Howland (14)

Death Date of Henry Howland [22 January 2009]

Death date of 17 Jan, incorrect according to this; citing NGSQ, Jun 1987, vol. 75, no 2, p. 105-116, article: Henry Howland of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1633, His Children and His Grandchildren by Robert S. Wakefield, F.A.S.G., and the late Robert M. Sherman, F.A.S.G. p. 113, Notes and References (p. 113)

3. Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine (Portland, Me: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945), 103-04. Clarence Almon Torrey, The Howland Ancestry, TAG 14 (Apr 1938) 214-15. Published Duxbury vital records, taken from Pembroke Friends Monthly Meeting 1676-1776, Latter Day Saints [LDS] MIcrofilm No. LH 2173-74 Rhode Island Historical Society Library, Providence [hereinafter Pembroke Friends], 325:72. As indicated by the date of Henry's will, his death actually took place in 1670/71. The date 17 January 1671, published in two standard sources on this subject, is impossible because Henry's inventory was taken 14 January 1670/71; see Howland, Howland History: 69 and Little Compton Families...From Records Compiled by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour (Providence, Little Compton Historical Society, 1967), 353.

--Beth 18:05, 22 January 2009 (EST)