Experience HOWLAND

Female 1668 -


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  • Name Experience HOWLAND  [2, 3
    • The descent of Lucy Bearse (Austin, James, Experience Howland, John, John) from John Howland does not appear in the Elizabeth Pearson White's 'John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 2', as there was a disagreement at the time as to whether Experience Howland was a man or a women. E.P. White wrote that "There is no proof that she married James Bearse of Barnstable, who moved to Halifax, Massachusetts. experience was considered a man until 1930(sic) when the Bearse Genealogy suggested that this Experience might have been a woman who could then have married James Bearse. No proof has been found for such a marriage.

      In recent years, evidence has been found to that shows Experience Howland was indeed the wife of James Bearse. The General Society of Mayflower Descendants now accepts applications through James and Experience (Howland) Bearse and has accepted at least one through their son James Bearse Jr. and his wife Abiah Ford.

      The purpose of this article is to partially fill the gap left by Elizabeth Pearson White's omission of the descendants from Experience Howland by providing the "Mayflower" descent of her great-granddaughter, Lucy (Bearse) Bryant, wife of Ezekiel Bryant of Halifax. The article also identifies Lucy and Ezekiel's three children who were mentioned, but not named, in the will of their grandfather Nathaniel Bryant. [1]
    Birth 28 Jul 1668  [2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I29987  Main Tree
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2023 

    Father John Joseph HOWLAND,   b. 24 Apr 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 18 May 1699, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 72 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary LEE,   b. Abt 1632   d. Aft 06 May 1693 (Age > 61 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 26 Oct 1651  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Family ID F07537  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James BEARSE,   b. 1660 
    Marriage Abt 1683  [3
    Children 
    +1. James BEARSE, Jr.,   b. 1689   d. 1758 (Age 69 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2023 

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] Mayflower Descendant A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy & History Vol. 71, No. 1 Winter 2023.

    2. [S02648] Mayflower Births & Deaths Vol. 2, by Susan E. Roser.

    3. [S9347] New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

    4. [S02658] Mayflower Increasings 2nd Edition by Susan E. Roser.

    5. [S2008] Edwin Martin Stone, The Life and Recollections of John Howland, Late President of the Rhode Island Historical Society.

    6. [S3569] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. II.