10th Great Grandparents
Mack-Smith Branches
John Howland
John Howland was born circa 1592 in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England to Henry and Margaret Howland. He immigrated on the Mayflower as a servant to John Carver, first Governor of Plymouth. John Carver died during the first winter at Plymouth.
William Bradford, also a Mayflower passenger, documented that during a tempest on the journey to the new world, John Howland fell overboard. John was able to grab a rope tethered to the ship. Sailors were able to pull him back aboard the vessel.
In 1623, John was allotted forty acres for having been a passenger of the Mayflower.
The religious Puritan pilgrims had originally arranged their passage to colonize an area above Jamestown, Virginia; however, the ship had drifted off course. The passengers believed that they were no longer beholden to stockholders of the charter and designed their own form of government written by William Bradford. This document was known as the Mayflower Compact. John signed his name to this document along with other male passengers before going ashore.
John served in the colony's militia and exploring party, and held many important positions within the community. In 1633 John became a freeman, which means he owns no debt to any man. Only freemen were able to join the Church set up at Plymouth.
John married Elizabeth Tilley about 1624. She was a passenger of the Mayflower with her parents, who--like Samuel Fuller's parents, died that first winter.
John and Elizabeth Howland lived in Rocky Nook, north of Plymouth where a monument still stands.
John died 23 Feb 1672 at Plymouth.
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol 2 G-O. Boston: New England Historic General Society, 1995. Pages 1020-1024.
Howland, Franklyn,. A brief genealogical and biographical history of Auther, Henry, and John Howland and their descendants, of the United States and Canada: together with an account of the efforts made in England to learn of their English ancestry, etc.. New Bedford, Mass.: Howland, 1885. Section Forth. John Howland and his descendants, pages 319-320.
Elizabeth Tilley
Elizabeth Tilley was born circa 1607 and was Christened on 30 Aug 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.
Marble, Annie Russell. The women who came in the Mayflower. Boston: Pilgrim Press, c 1920. Page 85.
Elizabeth died 21 Dec 1687 in Swansea Bristol, MA Bay, British Colonial America.
She is believed to be buried at Ancient Little Cemetery in East Providence Rhode Island.
Children of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley
Desire (1525-1683)
Lieutenant John Howland II (24 Apr 1627-1702) ~ m. Mary Lee
Joseph (1627-1704)
Hope (1629-1683)
Elizabeth (1631-1692)
Lydia (1633-1711)
Hannah (1637-1705)
Jabez (1644-1708)
Ruth (1646-1679)
Isaac (1649-1774)
Descendants of John Howland
John Howland Jr ~ m. Mary Lee
Hannah Howland ~ m. Jonathan Crocker
Hannah Crocker ~ m. Shubael Fuller (grandson of Samuel Fuller, Mayflower passenger)
Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr
Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Soloman Mack
Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr
Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding
Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)
Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman
John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson
- Did not list my parents for privacy reasons
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