Benjamin HOWLAND

1659 - 1727  (67 years)

• Name	Benjamin HOWLAND  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	He was a prominent member of the Apponegansett Friend's Meeting. A minute in the records of that meeting in which bears date 17, 8, 1715, shows the appointen of Deliverance Smith and Benjamin Howland "to get more ? in the gallerys before the yearly meeting." He was a ? and owned what is called the Rounds Hills farm in Dartmouth. He was a prominent citizen, evidence of which ? in his frequent selecting for responsible positions ? and meeting affairs. he held the offices of selectman and Assessor in 1697, was a surveyer of highways in 1698 and constable in 1709. he was appointed treasurer ? meeting fund 19, 9, 1705. His will was ? he mentions children, Abigail, Desire, Lydia, ? and Barnabas, "living." (Some words are illegible) [1]
  Birth	08 Mar 1659	Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Feb 1727	Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 4]
  Person ID	I29947	Main Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Zoeth HOWLAND,   b. 1631, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 21 Jan 1676, Killed by the Indians at Pocassett in the middle of King Philip's War (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Abigail ?
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Oct 1656  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F10206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Judith SAMPSON,   b. Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Marriage	23 Jun 1684	Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Abigail HOWLAND,   b. 30 Nov 1686, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  [Birth]   2. Benjamin HOWLAND,   b. 30 Nov 1688, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  [Birth]   3. Isaac HOWLAND,   b. 30 Jan 1694, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 22 Sep 1778, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 84 years)  [Birth]   4. Desire HOWLAND,   b. 29 Aug 1696, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  [Birth] + 5. Barnabas HOWLAND,   b. 16 Sep 1699, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 19 Feb 1773 (Age 73 years)  [Birth]   6. Lydia HOWLAND,   b. 11 Oct 1701, Dartmouth, Massachusetts d. Aft 1776, Dutchess County, New York (Age > 76 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F10213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 08 Mar 1659 - Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Marriage - 23 Jun 1684 - Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Death - 12 Feb 1727 - Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [S01952] Certain Comeoverers by Henry Howland Crapo. [S02650] Robert S. Wakefield, FASG and Ralph Van Wood, Jr., Mayflower Families in Progress: Francis Cooke of the Mayflower and his Descendants of Four Generations, (Name: Name: General Society of Mayflower Descendants 2000;;). [S5366] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "Little Compton Families" Vol. I, Little Compton, Rhode Island. [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.