Sylvia HOWLAND

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To her lovely character and steady discharge of duty her children were in no small degree indebted for the success and honors at which they arrived. She was residing with hr aunt, Mrs. Judith Russell, when Captain Grinnell first saw her at the spinning wheel, and was charmed with her graceful figure and movements. Her children all bore the impress of her features.

Sylvia married Capt Cornelius GRINNELL in May 1785. Cornelius (son of Daniel GRINNELL and Grace PALMER) was born on 11 Feb 1758 in Little Compton, Rhode Island; died on 19 Apr 1850 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]