Person:Daniel Howland (1)

Daniel Howland, son of Zoeth and Abigail Howland, was born in Duxbury, Mass., in May, 1661, and died in Tiverton, R. I., about 1714. He was a man of great intelligence, filled many public offices, and was a member of the Society of Friends. He married Mary Sampson, who survived him and married a second husband.

1.   Bicknell, Thomas Williams. The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. (New York: The American Historical Society, 1920).
2.   Howland, Franklyn. History of Arthur, Henry and John Howland and their descendants of the United States and Canada
   80-81, New Bedford, MA; 1885.

   A Brief Genealogical and Biographical
   History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland
   And their Descendants of the United States and Canada
   Daniel 3, (Zoeth 2, Henry 1) born in Duxbury, 5th mo., 1661; m. Mary Sampson, who died 17, 11, 1736. She was probably sister of his brother Benjamin's wife. Daniel must have died in 1714 or before, as at that date the Probate Court of Bristol co. appointed a guardian for his "Children Benjamin, William, Joseph & Margaret, their father being dead." His widow Mary and son Benjamin were appointed executors. The Tiverton (R.I.) T. R. say that Mary, widow of Daniel married Samuel Goodspeed, of Newport, 26, 2, 1712. She kept her husband's tavern while she was a widow. Daniel was one of the proprietors of Tiverton. He was the proprietor of Howland's ferry at the place where the present Stone Bridge now crossed to Portsmouth,R.I. At the east end of the ferry he kept a tavern in which he lived, and in the same building the town-meetings were held for years. It was the custom then to hold the town-meetings in a room of a dwelling house. He was a man of great intelligence, and filled many offices of public trust. At a meeting in 1696, for the "choyes of Town Ofisers," Daniel was elected selectman, which office he filled a number of times. He was assessor in 1705, and town treasurer in 1714-15. He was a Quaker.

3. ↑ Rounds, H. L. Peter. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987)
   3:53, 3:255.

   Inventory of Estate of Daniel Howland of Tiverton, dated 26 Jan 1711/2, presented by Mary Howland, his widow & Admin. Appraisers: Joseph Wanton & Robert Dennice [3:61/2].
   
   Account of Mary Goodspeed formerly Mary Howland, widow and Daniel Howland, eldest son, Execs. of Estate of Daniel Howland of Tiverton, dated 21 Mar 1714 [sic], recorded 17 Nov 1736. Includes payments by receipt to Thomas Corey, John Howland, Isaac Lawton and William Wanton. [8:422/3].