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HOWLAND, Desire[1]

Female 1625 - 1683  (58 years)Deceased   Has 6 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name HOWLAND, Desire 
    Birth 1625  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Burial Oct 1683  Cobb's Hill Cemetery East and West, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 13 Oct 1683  Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Age 58 years 
    Person ID P14835  Dutton Ancestry
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2021 

    Father HOWLAND, John
              b. 16 Jan 1592, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Feb 1672, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother TILLEY, Elizabeth
              b. 30 Aug 1607, Henlow, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1664  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age at Marriage He : 72 years and 10 months old - She : 57 years and 3 months old. 
    Siblings 5 brothers and 5 sisters 
    Children 11 children 
    +1. HOUSTON, Joseph
              b. 1776
    +2. HOWLAND, Desire
              b. 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     3. HOWLAND, Lieut John II
              b. 24 Feb 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1702  (Age 74 years)
     4. HOWLAND, Hope
              b. 30 Aug 1629, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 08 Jan 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     5. HOWLAND, Elizabeth
              b. 1631, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 26 Jan 1692, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     6. HOWLAND, Lydia
              b. 1633, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1711, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     7. HOWLAND, Hannah
              b. 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1705, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     8. HOWLAND, Capt Joseph
              b. 1640, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 01 Jan 1704, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     9. HOWLAND, Lieut Jabez
              b. 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Feb 1711, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     10. HOWLAND, Ruth
              b. 1646, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Oct 1679, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     11. HOWLAND, Isaac
              b. 15 Nov 1649, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Mar 1723, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     
    Family ID F4707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family GORHAM, Capt John
              b. 28 Jan 1619, Benefield, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 05 Feb 1675, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [1] 
    Marriage 1643  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 18 years old - He : ~ 23 years and 11 months old. 
    Children 
    +1. GORHAM, Desire
              b. 02 Apr 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 30 Jul 1700, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +2. GORHAM, Temperance
              b. 05 May 1646, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Mar 1715, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     3. GORHAM, Elizabeth
              b. 2 Apr 1648, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Mar 1684, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +4. GORHAM, James
              b. 28 Apr 1650, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Dec 1707 (Age 57 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     5. GORHAM, John
              b. 20 Feb 1651, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Nov 1716, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     6. GORHAM, Joseph
              b. 16 Feb 1653, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Jul 1726, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     7. GORHAM, Jabez
              b. 3 Aug 1656, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Apr 1725, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +8. GORHAM, Mercy Mary
              b. 20 Jan 1658/9, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Sep 1725, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     9. GORHAM, Lydia
              b. 11 Nov 1661, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 2 Aug 1744, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     10. GORHAM, Hannah
              b. 28 Nov 1663, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1728, Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
     11. GORHAM, Shubael
              b. 21 Oct 1667, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Aug 1750, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    Family ID F4687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Mar 2021 

  • Event Map Click to display
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1625 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1643 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Oct 1683 - Cobb's Hill Cemetery East and West, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Oct 1683 - Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend Address Cemetery Farm Town Parish City County/Shire State/Province Country Region Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Daughter of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilly, and grand daughter of Mayflower passengers John Tilly and Joan Rogers, she married John Gorham, son of Ralph Gorham and Margaret Stephenson, about 1643. Between them they had 11 children;
      Desire Gorham 1644–1700
      Temperance Gorham 1646–1715
      Elizabeth Gorham 1648–1684
      James Gorham 1650–1707
      Lieut. Col. John Gorham 1651-1716
      Joseph Gorham 1653–1726
      Jabez Gorham 1656–1725
      Mercy Gorham 1658–
      Lydia Gorham 1661–1744
      Hannah Gorham 1663–
      Shubael Gorham

      Also had a daughter:
      Hannah Gorham Whillden or Whilldin
      Born: 11/28/1663
      Died: 1728
      Hannah and her husband, Joseph Whillden or Whilldin, settled in Cape May, New Jersey. [5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S141] Familysearch.org.

    2. [S50] Findagrave.com.
      Created by: CMWJR
      Added: 26 Sep 2019
      Find a Grave Memorial# 203326362

    3. [S466] Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.

    4. [S465] New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635.

    5. [S454] Lori Lane.



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