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Male  Capt. John "Pilgrim" Howland Sr.
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Birth -- about 1593 29 26 Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England
Event -- 1601 ‎(Age 8)‎ Located about 9 miles northeast of Cambridge, England. John, born to Henry & Alice Margaret Howland in 1601 in England./Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England
Event -- 16 January 1602 ‎(Age 9)‎ Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, , England
Christening -- 16 January 1602/03 (26 January 1603) ‎(Age 10)‎ Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambridge, England
Occupation -- June 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ John Howland was a SERVANT to John Carver. Other servants of JohnCarver were :" Desire Minter" in her eary teens, "William Latham" 11 years old," Roger Wilder" under 21, "Dorothy" a maid servant & a teenager./England
Religion -- about 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ ENGLAND/America
Event -- 22 July 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ The pilgrims had a plan: they would hire out a smaller ship "The Speedwell" to take them to Southampton, England to meet up with the "Mayflower", which was a much larger ship & they would sail together to the new world, "AMERICA"./Delfshaven, HOLLAND ‎( NETHERLANDS )‎
Event -- 29 July 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ The Speedwell met up with the Mayflower, in Southampton, but she had problems with leaking. They would have to spend about a week on patching it up. John helped with a lot of things, he wanted to be right there to see what there was he could do./Southampton, Hampshire, England
Event -- 5 August 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ Another try out to sea...but the Speedwell wasn't doing well, sure enough it was leaking again..they were going to have to make it as far as Dartmouth and work on the patching again...how frustrating. Everyone thinks they are never going to get to leave./Southampton, England
Event -- 12 August 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ It looks like another week, that's gonna hold them up even more. John helps and try's to keep the passengers calm. Some people want to give up. They work on the ship desperately, hoping this time the patches hold./Dartmouth, Devon, ENGLAND
Event -- 21 August 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ 9 days after setting anchor in Dartmouth, they are ready to leave and try to sail again. People are losing hope in the Speedwell to be seaworthy. It will leak again much to everyone's disappointment, they will have to turn back again.../Dartmouth, Devon, ENGLAND
Event -- 2 September 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ 300 miles out...this is awful, it's leaking. John believes this all for a good reason...evidently, the Speedwell was NEVER intended to sail to America, it is better to turn back now than to be in the middle of the ocean, stranded, only to die at sea./Plymouth, Devon, England
Event -- 6 September 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ John, busy helping, transfered everything they could to the Mayflower.The Speedwell wasn't going to America. Alot of people gave up & went back home, the others boarded the Mayflower, 102 passengers. It was very crowded...they set sail away from England./Plymouth, Devon, England
Event -- October 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ NEAR DEATH experience came during a storm while on the ship"MAYFLOWER". He fell overboard: Desperately thinking of his survival, he managed to grab ahold of the top sail halyard ‎( rope )‎, giving the crew enough time to rescue him with a boathook./Atlantic Ocean
Event -- 9 November 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ Having traveled 65 days against the force of the Gulf Stream andWesterly winds, at an average speed of 2 miles an hour since leaving England, the crew spotted land on November 9, 1620. They were 220 miles north of the Hudson, off the coast of Cape Cod./220 Miles North of the Hudson, off the coast of Cape Cod
Event -- 11 November 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ His heart pounded, they made it to America. John had been recruited inEngland by John Carver, ‎( Deacon of the Separatist Church )‎ to join his household & be his assistant in moving the "Leiden, Netherlands" congregation to America. He thanked God.../Cape Cod, America
Event -- 11 November 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ ‎( Old Style Calendar)‎ John was the 13th signer of 41 of the principal men of the 1st band of pilgrims, a platform of government known as the "Compact" which gave claim of being first signers of this important instrument.‎( Before setting foot on land )‎/The Ship "Mayflower", Cape Cod, America
Event -- 1620 ‎(Age 27)‎ Plymouth, Massachusetts
Marriage -- 25 March 1623 ‎(Age 30)‎ This man Elizabeth married was "Man Overboard John" on the Mayflower, who easily could have lost his life in that accidental fall, but God had his Hand on the situation./Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Elizabeth "Pilgrim" Tilley
Event -- 22 May 1624 ‎(Age 31)‎ "Desire" was the first born child of John & Elizabeth Howland"s 10children. John and Elizabeth came to America in 1620 from England, both on the Mayflower. His daughter, Desire will marry John Gorham in 1643, they will have 11 children./Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Residence -- about 1624 ‎(Age 31)‎ John & Elizabeth have a 1 child, she was named after Desire Minten, who was a kind friend of her mother's orphaned girlhood. John & Elizabeth have been married about a year, they will have 9 more children by 1649./Plymouth Colony, America
Event -- 22 May 1627 ‎(Age 34)‎ ‎( New Style: 1 Jun 1627 )‎ At home with Elizabeth & children: Desire &John Jr. He had acquired 20 acres for each member of his household. Colonists organized into companies, 13 members each, dividing the livestock equally among the companies./Plymouth Colony, America
Event -- 30 July 1629 ‎(Age 36)‎ His mother passed away in England, his wife Elizabeth holds him close as they walked along the ocean shores. He hadn't seen his mother since he left in 1620, 9 years ago & never able to see his children. He will always keep her in his heart./England
Residence -- 1632 ‎(Age 39)‎ John & Elizabeth have 5 children, Desire, 8, John Jr, 6, Joseph, 5, Hope, 3 and Elizabeth who is about a year. He & Elizabeth have been married for 9 years now
Event -- 17 May 1635 ‎(Age 42)‎ John's heart sank when he got the letter about his fathers death. Hewas a good man, he had been a good father...now he is with his Lord in heaven, his work on earth finished./England
Will -- 29 May 1672 ‎(Age 79)‎ The Last Will and Testament of Mr John Howland...‎(http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/PrimarySources/WillsAndProbates/JohnHowland.php )‎/New Plymouth, New Plymouth, New England ‎( Massachusetts )‎
Residence -- 1672 ‎(Age 79)‎ In 1639 John had purchased this land and a house, where he has spentthe last portion of his life. He lived here through the time of his death./Rocky Nook-Kingston, ‎( Plymouth‎, Massachusetts, USA )
Death -- 23 February 1673 ‎(Age 80)‎ Rock Nook, Kingston, near Plymouth, MA
Event -- 23 February 1673 ‎(on the date of death)‎ Buried on "Burial Hill Cemetery" Quote from John Cotton : "He was a good old disciple & had bin sometime a magistrate here, a plaine-hearted christian". When John died, he & Elizabeth had raised 10 children and had 88 GRANDCHILDREN./Rocky Nook-Kingston, ‎( Plymouth‎, Massachusetts, USA )
Burial -- 25 February 1673 ‎(2 days after death)‎ Burial Hill, Rocky Hook, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Residence -- between 1620 and 1918 ‎(Age 27)‎ USA
Residence -- between 1642 and 1840 ‎(Age 49)‎ Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA