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Birth -- about 1593  29  26 Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England |
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| 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 |
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| Event -- 16 January 1602 (Age 9) Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, , England |
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| Christening -- 16 January 1602/03 (26 January 1603) (Age 10) Holy Trinity, Ely, Cambridge, England |
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Birth -- 12 May 1607 35 41 Elizabeth was the youngest child of John & Joan Hurst-Rogers-Tilley. She may have had 3 other siblings. They lived & died in England. They did not go to America on the Mayflower. Her mother, Joan was married & widowed before her marriage to John./Henlow, Bedfordshire, England |
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| Christening -- 30 August 1607 (Age 3 months) Henlow, Bedfordshire, England |
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| Baptism -- 30 August 1607 (Age 3 months) Elizabeth Tilley was baptized unto the Lord on August 30, 1607 at the St. Mary of the Virgin Church, where her parents were also married in 1596 on September 20th./Henlow, Bedfordshire, England |
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| 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 |
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| Religion -- about 1620 (Age 27) ENGLAND/America |
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| 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 ) |
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| Event -- 22 July 1620 (Age 13) The Pilgrims had hired a ship called the "SPEEDWELL" to take them from Delfthaven, to Southampton, ENGLAND, to meet up with the "MAYFLOWER". The 2 ships planned to sail together to America./Delfthaven, HOLLAND ( NETHERLANDS ) |
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| 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 |
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| Event -- 29 July 1620 (Age 13) The "Mayflower" was waiting for "Speedwell" when it arrived, but the"Speedwell" was LEAKING on her voyage from the Netherlands to England. They spent a week patching her up. Elizabeth wants to know when they're really going to get to America ?/Southampton, England |
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| 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 |
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| Event -- 5 August 1620 (Age 13) On August 5th, the 2 ships set sail..."Speedwell" began LEAKING AGAIN, so they stopped at Dartmouth for repairs 1 more time. Everyone is disappointed & frustrated. Elizabeth's parents are trying to be patient & trust in the Lord./Southampton, England |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Event -- 21 August 1620 (Age 13) Well it took longer for the repairs than expected. They have been waiting for 9 days, but they got to set sail today, everyone is excited & hoping the Speedwell is fixed once & for all./Dartmouth, Devon, ENGLAND |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Event -- 1620 (Age 27) Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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| Immigration -- 1620 (Age 12) Mayflower passenger age 13/plymouth ma |
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| Event -- 12 August 1620 (Age 13) It is going to take a week to patch the leaky Speedwell. Elizabeth can't believe how long everything is taking. Her parents and the other passengers are all wondering if they're ever going to get out to sea./Dartmouth, Devon, ENGLAND |
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| Event -- 2 September 1620 (Age 13) 300 miles out to sea & the "Speedwell" was leaking again. The ships turned back, the "Mayflower" would have to take on the load from Speedwell & go to America alone. The passengers have been living on the ships now for almost 6 weeks./Plymouth, Devon, England |
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| Event -- 6 September 1620 (Age 13) Cargo was transferred, some people gave up, the rest loaded on the Mayflower:102 people. 2, 750 miles & 66 days to go. The ship was crowded, they would make do. Unbe-known to Elizabeth, her future husband is one of the passengers, "John Howland"./Plymouth, Devon, England |
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| 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 |
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| Event -- 11 November 1620 (Age 13) Her father, mother and all of the passengers got to land and prayed to God, all thankful for their safety in finally reaching America. How they must have felt, putting their feet on the land of a Dream. ( Old Calendar Date )/Cape Cod, America |
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| Event -- 1620 (Age 12) New England |
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| Event -- 1620 (Age 12) Massachusetts |
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| Event -- 21 January 1621 (Age 13) Her mother was too weak, she died shortly after they arrived in America. Most of the women & young children stayed on the ship, while the men & older boys helped build their homes. The weather was very cold and wet./Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Event -- 5 April 1621 (Age 13) Elizabeth sat on top a hillside, as she watched the Great Mayflower Ship, sail out of sight, headed back to England. She will always remember every moment of her wild trip, t'was sad to see it disappear over the horizon... "Farewell My Friend"./Plymouth Colony, America |
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| Event -- 10 April 1621 (Age 13) She is in disbelief...her father died, like so many of the Pilgrims have. She is glad she has such a kind friend as "Desire". Elizabeth is going to go live with John Carver, his wife & Desire her friend, along with John Howland & their servants./Plymouth Colony, America |
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| Residence -- December 1621 (Age 14) The youngest child of her family & the only one to accompany her parents on the Mayflower. She also was the only member of her family surviving the winter. Living at the Carver household, Carver & his wife died by summer of 1621, also./Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Marriage -- 25 March 1623 (Husband's age 30, Wife's age 15) 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 Capt. John "Pilgrim" Howland Sr. + Elizabeth "Pilgrim" Tilley |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Event -- January 1624 (Age 16) Elizabeth named her daughter, her 1st child after her beloved friend"Desire Minter", the friend that was so comforting to her. Elizabeth's daughter "Desire Howland" will marry in 1643, having 11 children. Her husband will be "John Gorham", from England./Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 ) |
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| 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 ) |
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| Death -- 23 February 1673 (Age 80) Rock Nook, Kingston, near Plymouth, MA |
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| 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 ) |
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| Event -- 23 February 1673 (Age 65) John died in his 70's, Elizabeth was 65. She preferred to remain a widow & not remarry. She spent the rest of her life, as "Grandmother" to all her cherished grandchildren, teaching them the Christain way of life, of love, faith & prayer./Rocky Nook-Kingston, ( Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA ) |
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| Burial -- 25 February 1673 (2 days after death) Burial Hill, Rocky Hook, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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| Residence -- between 1620 and 1918 (Age 27) USA |
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| Residence -- between 1642 and 1840 (Age 49) Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Residence -- after 1673 (Age 65) After John died & their house in Rocky Nook burned, Elizabeth went to live with her son "Jabez". Elizabeth & John use to spend winters here in order to attend church in the winter months./Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Will -- 17 December 1686 (Age 79) "In ye Name of God Amen I ELIZABETH HOWLAND of Swansey in ye County of Bristol in ye Colony of Plymouth in New England being SEVENTY NINE years of age..."l( Swansea, is now a section of East Providence, Rhode Island )/Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Death -- 21 February 1687 (Age 79) "It is my Will & Charge to all my Children that they walk in ye Fear of ye Lord, and in Love and peace towards each other..." She is buried in "Little Neck Cemetery", in what is now the area of East Providence Rhode Island./Swansea, Plymouth Colony, ( now Bristol county), Massachusetts, USA |
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| Burial -- 24 December 1687 (10 months after death) Elizabeth had come to the end of her earthly travels, she died in the Promised Land, coming to America on the Ship "Mayflower". She was married for 50 years & widowed 15, raising 10 children & adored her 88 Grandchildren. Now she's at Home with Jesus./"Little Neck Cemetery", now East Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
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