Capt Gilbert HOWLAND

1772 - 1857  (84 years)

• Name	Gilbert HOWLAND  [1, 2]
  	Captain Gilbert Howland was the last survivor of his father's children, and reached the greatest age of any of the brothers or sisters. he outlived his sister Desire nearly seven years. Forty-three years of his life, from 1784 to 1827, were spent on the water, in the merchant and coasting service, and he subsequenly settled on a farm in Darmouth, where he passed the remainder of his days. Captain Howland wrote out an interesting account of his twenty-six voyages in the merchant trade, and a summary of his coasting trips, which is in the possession of his granddaughter Miss Sarah M. Howland of New Bedford. This valuable contribution to local history will be found below. "I began to go to sea before I was twelve years old," writes Captain Howland. "My wages were from three dollars to six dollars per month. My father had one half of my wages until I was twenty years old, I finding myself with the balance." Between 1784 and 1805 he made six voyages as boy and before the mast, five voyages as mate, and fifteen voyages as master. Captain Howland briefly and modestly recounts a number of exciting experiences, which included capture and subsequent release by four Spanish privateers, and the ultimate seizure of his vessel by a French privateer and confiscation by the French consul at Malaga. He was owner of many of the vessels he commanded. Two of his sons were masters of ships, and others of his descendants followed the sea. [1]
  Prefix	Capt
  Birth	13 Jun 1772	Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 May 1857  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I92657	Main Tree
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Gideon HOWLAND,   b. 29 Mar 1734, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 2 May 1823 (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah HICKS,   b. 15 Mar 1736   d. 16 Sep 1824 (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	25 Mar 1753  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F38677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah HORTON,   b. 29 Jan 1773   d. 16 Apr 1818 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1794  [1]
  Family ID	F38721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca WILBOR,   b. 16 Nov 1773, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 27 Dec 1856 (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F38720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Jun 1772 - Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10118] William M. Emery and William W. Crapo, The Howland Heirs being the Story of a Family and a fortune and the Inheritance of a Trust. [S03490] John Reid Wilbor, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "The Wildbores In America" A Family Tree , ( 1933). [S5459] Franklyn Howland, "A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland, and their Descendants, of the United States and Canada", (Franklyn Howard - New Bedford, Mass, - 1885).