Mary Lee (mtDNA)
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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
For more information see: White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, volume 2 (son John Howland), Picton Press, Camden, ME. 1993
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, no ch.), 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) 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).
Elizabeth Richmond was born 1702. She married twice, first Nathaniel Hathaway and second, John Wadsworth. By her first husband, she had one child: Lydia (1721-1722).
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).
Mary Thomas was born Middleborough 5 Jun 1692 and died probably Barnstable after 1756 (will of husband). She married twice, first Barnstable 25 Oct 1733 (as his second wife) Reuben Blish and second, Barnstable 5 Mar 1744 (as his second wife) John Annable. No children by either husband.
Lydia Thomas was born Middleborough 26 Mar 1694 and died aft Mar 1756.[2] She married twice, first Middleborough 13 Jan 1723/4 George Thomas and second, Middleborough 26 Aug 1736 (as his second wife) Jonathan Cobb (no children). By her first husband Lydia had three children (Middleborough): Sarah (1725), Gideon (1726/7) and Lydia (1730).
Thankful Thomas was born Middleborough 39 Jun 1695 and died there 17 Apr 1743. She married Middleborough 6 Mar 1717/8 James Cobb and they had nine children (Middleborough): Lydia (1718), Rachel (1719), Thankful (1722), Patience (c1724), James (1726/7), Sarah (1729), Priscilla (1730/1) and Elizabeth (1734-1814 unm.)
Bethiah Thomas was born Middleborough 27 Mar 1701 and died aft Nov 1741 (husband's will probated). She married (as his second wife) Barnstable (int. 27 Jul 1725) Jacob Chipman and they had nine children (Halifax): Lucretia (1727), Lydia (1728), Anna (1730), Bethiah (1732), Jacob (twin, 1733), Priscilla (twin, 1733), Hannah (1735), Mary (twin, 1738) and infant twin daughter (1738-1738).
Thankful Bearse was born Barnstable about 1685 and died Plymouth 29 May 1728. She married Plympton 19 Dec 1718 Elisha Curtis and they had two children: Thankful Bearse (1719), and Experience (1723).
Experience Bearse was born Barnstable about 1692 and died in 1735. She married 12 Mar 1718/9 Dennis Egerton and they had eight children (Halifax): Hannah (1719), John (1721), Rebecca (1723), Experience (1725), James (1727), Hezekiah (1729), Miriam (1731) and Dennis (1733).
Priscilla Bearse was born Barnstable about 1694 and died Pembroke 29 May 1728. She married Plympton 12 Feb 1718 Josiah Bourn and they are said to have had six children (birth dates conflict): Josiah (1720), Abigail (1721), Priscilla (1721), Sarah (1722), Elizabeth (1723) and Ebenezer (1724).
Mary Bearse was born Barnstable about 1696 and died Kingston 29 May 1728. She married Plympton 10 Dec 1718 Elisha West and they had at least three children: Peleg (1719), Peter (1721) and Elisha (1723).
Rebecca Bearse was born Plymouth (now Plympton) about 1705. She married Plympton 30 Nov 1727 (Rev.) Joseph Chard and they had seven children: Mary (1723), Lydia (1728), Samuel (1730), Experience (1736), Mary (1738), Joseph G. (1740), Abiah (dau. 1742) and Rebecca (1742).
Prudence Crocker was born Barnstable 26 Jul 1692 and died there 25 Jan 1779. She married Barnstable 2 Oct 1712 John Gorham (Esq.)(III) and they had fourteen children: Joseph (1713), Benjamin (1715), Anne (1716), Deborah (1718), John (1720), Thankful (1721), Mary (1723), Nathaniel (1726), Experience (1728-1728), Mercy (1730), Abigail (1731), Naomi (1731-1731), Prudence (1734) and Rachel (1736).
Fourth Generation
Mary Holmes was born Pomfret, CT 7 Mar 1720/1 and died there 7 Dec 1747. She married Pomfret, CT 2 May 1740 John Fling and they had three children (Pomfret): Hannah (1740/1), David (1744) and Joseph (1745/6).
Temperance Crocker was born Barnstable 3 Oct 1724 and died Middlefield 12 Aug 1820. She married Barnstable 31 Dec 1744 Joseph Annable and they had five children (all but youngest East Haddam, CT): Martha (1748), Mary (1751/2), Sarah (1754), Asenath (1756) and Anna (1762).
Hannah Bodfish was born Barnstable 12 Feb 1712 and died Hardwick 7 Mar 1779. He married Barnstable 28 Oct 1731 Caleb Nye and they had twelve children ([West] Barnstable): Silas (1732 d.y.), Joseph (twin, 1735), Benjamin (twin, 1735), Jemima (1737 d.y.), Ebenezer (1739/40), Caleb (twin, 1742), Joshua (twin, 1742, d.y.), Silas (1744), Simeon (bp 1747), Hannah (bp 1750), Prince (1753) and Azubah (bp 1756).
Thankful Bodfish was born Barnstable 19 Feb 1714 and died Raynham 13 Mar 1790. She married Barnstable 23 Feb 1730 Joseph Shell(e)y and they had five children (Raynham): Jonathan (1738), Joseph (c1740), Lydia (c1741 m George Wilbor), poss. Patience (1745 m John Eaton), and child (d. 1752).
Lydia Fuller was born East Haddam, CT 1 Sep 1709 and died there 14 Aug 1778. She married abt 1730 Daniel Gates and they had six children (East Haddam): Lydia (1732), Jesse (1734), Nathan (1736), Daniel (1738), Hannah (1744) and Joseph (bp 1748).
Thankful Fuller was born East Haddam, CT 10 Jul 1713 and died Haddam, CT 28 Apr 1806. She married about 1738 (as his second wife) Abijah Brainerd and they had eleven children (Haddam): Abijah (1738/9), Leah (1740 m ___ Freeman), Jeptha (bp 1742/3 d.y.), Rachel (1743/3 m ___ Brooks), Dorcas (1745/6 m ___ Higgins), Uriah (1747/8), Asaph (1749/50 d.y.), Shubael (1751/2), Thankful (bp 1755 m ___ Hubbard), Cornelius (1756) and Mercy (bp 1759 m ___ Bowers).
Zerviah/Zeruiah Fuller was born East Haddam, CT 29 Mar 1716 and died Cornwallis, NS aft Mar 1780. She married abt 1732 Edward Bill and they had eight children: Jonathan (1733), Joshua (1735), Mary (bp 1739), Benajah (bp 1743), Sybil (bp 1746), Elisha (bp 1748), Zerviah (bp 1750) and Joanna (bp 1752).
Hannah Fuller was born East Haddam, CT 29 Apr 1718 and died Middletown, CT 19 Nov 1753. She married East Haddam 10 Sep 1739 (as his first wife) Lemuel Daniels and they had five children (Haddam Neck, CT): Lemuel (1739), Hannah (c1741 d.y.), Asa (1745), Amasa (1748) and Hannah (1750).
Rachel Fuller was born East Haddam, CT 24 Feb 1727 and died Chesterfield, NH in 1815. She married Killingworth, CT 20 May 1746 Jonathan Hurd and they had ten children: Elizabeth (1747), Shubael (1748/9), Uriah (1751), Huldah (1753), Ebenezer (1756), Rachel (1758), Zadock (1761), Robert Lane (1764), Asenath (son, 1766) and Justus (1770).
Lydia Smith was born Barnstable 17 Aug 1714 and died Rochester 8 Mar 1770. She married Sandwich 1 Dec 1734 William Bassett and they had eleven children (Sandwich): William (1734/5 d.y.), Joseph (1737), Nathan (1739), William (1741/2), Stephen (1743), Heman (1746), Silas (1749), Lydia (1751-1752), Peres (1753), Lydia (1755) and Rufus (1757).
Abigail Smith was born Barnstable 21 Jul 1716. She married Barnstable 28 Jun 1739 Joseph Goodspeed and they had six children (Barnstable): Benjamin (1739/40), William (1741), Josiah (1744), Abigail (1746), Timothy (174(0 and Joseph (1756).
Ann Smith was born Barnstable 15 May 1722. She married Barnstable 12 Sep 1747 Timothy Goodspeed but it is currently unknown if they had any children.
Elizabeth Tomson was born Plympton 7 Aug 1726 and died probably Halifax 29 Aug 1771. She married Halifax 30 Sep 1743 Samuel Fuller and they hadnine children (Halifax): Zadock (1744), Elizabeth (1745), John (1748), Huldah (1750 d.y.), Huldah (1752), Martha (1754), Lydia (1760), Samuel (1763) and Lemuel (bp 1768).
Lydia Tomson was born Plympton 13 Aug 1730 and died Middleborough 29 Aug 1771. She married Halifax 20 Dec 1764 (as his first wife) Isaac Soule and they had three children (Middleborough): Mary (1766-1772), Lucy (1768-1852 unm.) and Lydia (1770-1819 unm.)
Sarah Hackett was born Middleborough 19 May 1725 and died aft Jan 1808. She married Taunton 19 Nov 1747 Eliakim Richmond and they had: Judah/Judith (1753), George and poss. Howland.
Lydia Hackett was born Middleborough 22 Nov 1730 and died there before 12 Aug 1763. She married Middleborough 13 Dec 1745 John Hall, but no children found for this couple.
Lydia Cobb was born Middleborough 17 Oct 1718. She married Middleborough 25 Jan 1738/9 Seth Howland and they had four children (Middleborough): Drusilla (1739), Nathan (1741/2), Deborah (1747/8) and Betty (1754).
Rachel Cobb was born Middleborough 17 Oct 1719 and died there 2 Mar 1767. She married Middleborough 23 Dec 1738 (as his third wife) Samuel Smith and they had seven children (Middleborough): William (1740), Samuel (1746), Cornelius (1748), Susannah (1751/2), Hannah (1754-1768 unm.), Ebenezer (1756) and Lucy (1759-1779 unm.)
Thankful Cobb was born Middleborough 4 Jun 1722 and died there 4 Jan 1776. She married Middleborough 16 Feb 1743/4 (as his first wife) Ichabod Wood and they had twelve children (Middleborough): Israel (1744), Anna (1745 d.y.), Samuel (1747-1778), Joshua (1749), Ichabod (1751), Thomas (1753), Elizabeth (1755-1774 unm.), Jacob (1756), Silvanus (1758), Joseph (twin, 1761), Benjamin (twin, 1761) and Andrew (1765).
Patience Cobb was born Middleborough abt 1725 and died Wareham 15 Jan 1792, She married Middleborough 26 Nov 1746 (as his second wife) William Winslow and they had seven children (Wareham): John (1748-1754), William (1750-1754), James (1751-1754), Nathaniel (1753-1753), John (1754), Patience (1757) and Mary (1758).
Sarah Cobb was born Middleborough 9 Apr 1729 and died there 22 Nov 1781. She married Middleborough 23 Jul 1753 Ebenezer Morton and they had six children (Middleborough): Mercy (1754-1755), Ebenezer (1756), Phebe (1758), Livy (son, 1760), Priscilla (1762) and Sarah (1765).
Priscilla Cobb was born Middleborough 15 Mar 1730/1 and died there 19 Aug 1788. She married Middleborough 24 Nov 1752 Silas Wood and they had eight children (Middleborough): Sarah (1753), Silas (1755), Priscilla (1757), Mary (1759), Lydia (1762), Levi (1764), Timothy (1766) and Abiel (1771-1790).
Lucretia Chipman was born Halifax 3 Oct 1727 and died Chebogue, NS 12 Feb 1795. She married Kingston 14 Apr 1747 George Ring and they had eleven children (Kingston): Louisa (1748), Samuel (1750-1771), Lucy (1751), Hannah (c 1755), ____ (bp 1759), ____ (bp 1759), George (bp 1759), Marcus (1760), Sherah (1762), Jacob and Luther.
Lydia Chipman was born Halifax 19 Dec 1728 and died there 22 Aug 1766. She married Halifax 6 Jan 1746 (as his first wife) Ebenezer Fuller and they had seven children (Halifax): Ruth (bp 1748), Lydia (bp 1749/50 d.y.), Lydia (bp 1753), Chipman (bp 1755), Priscilla (bp 1758), Eunice (bp 1760) and Ichabod (bp 1766 d.y.)
Anna Chipman was born Halifax 31 Mar 1736 and died Plympton 4 Jan 1778. She married (int. Halifax 8 Sep 1751) Thomas Cushman and they had thirteen children (Plympton): Abigail (bp 1752), Job (1753), Jerusha (1755), Samuel (1756-1777), Thomas (1759), Zachariah (twin, 1761, d.y.), Elizabeth (twin, 1761-1777), Zebedee (1763), Sarah (1765-1779), Lydia (1767), Chipman (1769-1789), Polly/Molly (1771) and Bartholomew (1776).
Bethiah Chipman was born Halifax 19 Mar 1752 and died Middleborough 9 Dec 1777. She married Halifax 28 Nov 1764 John Smith "Jr." and they had seven children (Halifax): Hannah (1761), Content (1763), Lucy (1764), Lydia (1767), Jacob (1769), Joseph (1771) and George (1776).
Priscilla Chipman was born Halifax 30 May 1733 and died Kingston 22 Dec 1800. She married Kingston 16 Dec 1755 Ezekiel Washburn and they had eight children (Kingston): Sylvia (1756), Priscilla (1759), Olive (1760), Lois (1772-1773), Ezekiel (1775-1775), Ichabod (1775-1775), Jacob (1775-1775) and Saba (bp 1776).
Mary Chipman was born Halifax 17 Jul 1738 and died there 6 Sep 1784. She married Halifax 16 Feb 1764 Jonathan Porter, but it is unknown whether they had any children.
- ↑ Signed off her dower rights to a deed of her husband. Original deed in possession of the Pilgrim John Howland Society.
- ↑ Her dower rights mentioned in deed of son Gideon.
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
