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Status summary

Completed as of January 30, 2022:

• Recruiting matrilineal (direct female-line) descendants of Mary LEE Howland for mtDNA testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

Biography

First Generation

Mary Lee, daughter of Robert Lee and Mary Atwood, was born in England abt 1630 and died Barnstable aft 24 Feb 1704/5.^[1] She married Plymouth 28 Oct 1651 John Howland (II) and they had ten children: Mary (1652), Elizabeth (1655), Isaac (1659), Hannah (1661), Mercy (1663), Lydia (1665), Experience (1668), Anne (1670), Shobal (1672) and John (1674).

Second Generation

Mary Howland was born Marshfield abt 1652 and died Killingly, CT aft 3 Aug 1711. She married Barnstable late in 1673 John Allyn and they had ten children: John (1674), Mary (1675-1677), Matthew (1677-1680), Isaac (1679), Mercy (1681-1683), Hannah (1683), Thomas (1684), Matthew (1687), Jabez (1688) and Elizabeth (d. 1693).

Elizabeth Howland was born Marshfield 17 May 1655 and died Shrewsbury, NJ aft 30 Jan 1695. She married Barnstable Dec 1673 John Bursley (III) and they had ten children: Elizabeth (1674-1675), Mercy (1675-1676), John (1677), Mary (1679 m Joseph Smith, no ch.), Jabez (1681), Joanna (1684), Joseph (1686), Abigail (1690 m Nathan Bodfish, no children known), Elizabeth (1692 m Jonathan Crocker, only one son) and Temperance (1695 unm.).

Hannah Howland was born Barnstable 15 May 1661 and died there bef 1 Feb 1710/1. She married Barnstable 20 May 1686 Jonathan Crocker and they had eight children (Barnstable): Lydia (1686), Hannah (1688), Thankful (1690 unm.), Isaac (1692), Reliance (1694), Jonathan (1696), James (1699) and Ephraim (1702-1704).

Mercy Howland was born Barnstable 21 Jan 1663 and died Taunton abt 1706. She possibly married Edward Richmond and they had six children: Mercy (1693 m Edward Walker), Edward (1695), Josiah (1697), Nathaniel (1700), Elizabeth (1702 m Nathaniel Hathaway & John Wadsworth) and Seth (1704).

Lydia Howland was born Barnstable 9 Jan 1665 and died Middleborough 5 Jul 1717. She married Middleborough 25 Feb 1684/5 Jeremiah Thomas and they had eleven children (Middleborough): Nathaniel (1685), Sarah (1687), Jeremiah (1688), Elizabeth (1690), Mary (1692), Lydia (1694), Thankful (1695), Jedidiah (1698), Bethiah (1701), Ebenezer (1703) and Priscilla (1705 m John Watson).

Experience Howland was born Barnstable 28 Jul 1668 and died Halifax aft 16 Oct 1734. She is believed to have married Barnstable abt 1685 James Bearse and they had eight children: Thankful (1685 m Elisha Curtis), Shubael (1687), James (1689), Experience (1692 m Dennie Edgerton), Priscilla (1694 m Josiah Bourn), Mary (1696 m Elisha West), John (1698) and Rebecca (1705 m [Rev] Joseph Chard).

Anne Howland was born Barnstable 9 Sep 1670 and died there 19 Apr 1750. She married Barnstable 18 Sep 1691 Joseph Crocker and they had three children (Barnstable): Deborah (1691 likely d.y.), Prudence (1692 m John Gorham [III]) and Benjamin (1696).

Third Generation

Hannah Allyn was born Middleborough 27 Dec 1683 and died Pomfret, CT 10 Mar 1753. She married Woodstock, CT 17 Apr 1718 James Holmes and they had three children (Pomfret): James (1719), Mary (1720/1) and Joseph (1722/3-1742/3).

Joanna Bursley was born Barnstable 29 Nov 1684 and died aft 17 May 1750 (husband's will). She married Barnstable 10 Mar 1708/9 Nathan Crocker and they had six children (Barnstable): Jabez (1709), Benoni (1711/2), Nathan (1713/4), Isaac (1719), John (1721/2) and Temperance (1724).

Lydia Crocker was born Barnstable 26 Sep 1686 and died there 17 Mar 1780. She married Barnstable 10 Nov 1709 Benjamin Bodfish and they had nine children ([West] Barnstable): Sylvanus (1710), Hannah (1712), Thankful (1714), Solomon (1716), Joseph (1718), Benjamin (1720 d.y.), Lydia (bp 1723 d.y.), Rachel (bp 1725/6 d.y.) and Jonathan (1727).

Hannah Crocker was born Barnstable 26 Mar 1688 and died East Haddam, CT 31 Mar 1751. She married Barnstable 7 Dec 1708 Shubael Fuller and they had nine children (East Haddam): Lydia (1709), Ephraim (1711), Thankful (1713), Zerviah (1716), Hannah (1718), Shubael (1720/1), Jonathan (1724-1726), Rachel (1727) and Leah (bp 1731 d.y.)

Reliance Crocker was born Barnstable 28 Jun 1694 and died there 4 May 1724. She married Barnstable 5 Oct 1713 (as his first wife) Joseph Smith and they had six children ([West] Barnstable): Lydia (1714), Abigail (1716), Joseph (1718), Ephraim (1722), Ann (1722) and Manasseth (1723/4).

Sarah Thomas was born Middleborough 25 Dec 1687 and died there 39 Apr 1756. She married twice, first before 1714 Isaac Howland (II) and second, Middleborough 7 Aug 1730 (as his second wife) Samuel Wood (no ch.) By her first husband she had four children (Middleborough): Isaac (1714), Jeremiah (1715), Joseph (1717) and Charles (1722-1723).

Elizabeth Thomas was born Middleborough 19 Nov 1690 and died probably Halifax in Aug 1776. She married Middleborough 24 Oct 1723 John Tomson and they had three children (Plympton): John (1724/5), Elizabeth (1726) and Lydia (1730).

1. ↑ Signed off her dower rights to a deed of her husband. Original deed in possession of the Pilgrim John Howland Society.

DNA results TBD

To date, we know of no matrilineal (all female line) descendants of Mary LEE Howland, who has taken a mtDNA test (and publicly posted their results). Anyone who believes they are a matrilineal descendant (ie mother's mother's mother's etc.) is encouraged to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com.

External resources and references

• White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, volume 2 (son John Howland), Picton Press, Camden, ME. 1993