Deacon Joseph HAWES

Joseph married Mary HOWES Abt 1695, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Jeremiah HOWES and Sarah PRENCE) was born Abt 1671; died 10 Jan 1728/29, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

1. Temperance HAWES was born 31 Dec 1705, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died 16 Nov 1776, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was buried , Barnstable Cobb Hill East Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Notes:

Hawes, John. b. 1635, ?Duxbury; d. 1701, Yarmouth. Yarmouth HR 1697, 98; treasurer 1695, 1700; ensign 1682, capt. 1700; M Desire Gorham (1644-1700) in 1661, 11 ch; farmer; will. Two slaves; one Indian boy. Died of the effects of an amputated leg. In the 1698 HR, he refused to take the qualifying oaths.

1914 Hawes g 145-55; 1990 Howland g 1:13-4

John married Desire GORHAM 07 Oct 1661. Desire (daughter of John GORHAM and Desire HOWLAND) was born 02 Apr 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died 30 Jun 1700, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

On or about 5 Apr 1635, he, along with 52 other adventurous men and boys, along with their wives and children, set sail from Southampton on the ship "James" of London. The Master was William Cooper and the ship was of 300 tons. The ship arrived in Boston, MA 3 June 1635 after a journey of 8 weeks.

See NEHGS Register V.65, p.160 for info on "English Ancestors of Edmond Hawes of Yarmouth, Mass."

From: The Great Migration Begins:
(Vol. 12)
ORIGIN: London.

MIGRATION: 1635 on the James of Southampton (on or about 5 April 1635, "Edmund Hawes, cutler, late of London," was included in the passenger list of the James, about to sail from Southampton for New England [Drake's Founders 56]).

FIRST RESIDENCE: Duxbury.

REMOVES: Yarmouth 1643.

OCCUPATION: Cutler (in England) (on 14 February 1626[/7?], "Edmond Hawes, son of Edmond Hawes of Solihull in the County of Warwick, gentleman," was bound as an apprentice in the Company of Cutlers [Edmond Hawes Gen 136, citing Company of Cutlers, "Book of Apprentices' Bindings, 1575-1626, p. 106"]; on 9 December 1634, "Edmund Hawes, the apprentice of Edmund Warnet sworn free cutler" [Edmond Hawes Gen 137, citing Company of Cutlers, "Minute Book of the Court of Assistants, 1602-1667, folio 285a"]).

FREEMAN: In Duxbury section of 1639 Plymouth Colony oath of fidelity list (name crossed out) [PCR 8:182]. Admitted freeman 3 March 1644/5 and then added to the Yarmouth section of the 1639 Plymouth Colony list of freemen [PCR 2:80, 8:176]. In Yarmouth section of 1658, 29 May 1670 and 4 June 1689 Plymouth Colony lists of freemen [PCR 5:276, 8:200, 206].

OFFICES: Deputy for Yarmouth to Plymouth Colony General Court, 28 October 1645, 3 March 1645/6, 7 July 1646, 1 June 1647, 7 June 1648, 8 June 1649, 5 June 1651, 7 June 1653, 7 March 1653/4, 6 June 1654, 1 August 1654, 8 June 1655, 3 June 1656, 3 June 1657, 1 June 1658, 3 October 1659, 6 June 1660 (absent), 2 October 1660, 4 June 1661, 7 June 1665, 3 June 1674, 1 June 1675 [PCR 2:94, 95, 104, 117, 123, 144, 168, 3:32, 44, 49, 63, 79, 99, 115, 135, 170, 187, 198, 214, 4:90, 5:144, 165]. Plymouth Colony auditor of accounts, 10 June 1658, 16 June 1664, 9 June 1665, 7 June 1674 [PCR 8:93, 110, 113, 141]. Committee on excise, 2 June 1646, 7 July 1646, 1 June 1647, 7 June 1648, 8 June 1664, 3 October 1665 [PCR 2:101, 105, 116, 125, 4:67, 105]. Commissioner for the Kennebec trade, 5 March 1655/6, 6 October 1659 [PCR 3:96, 171]. Committee on purchase of Indian lands, 14 May 1658 [PCR 3:146]. Council of War, 2 April 1667, 29 February 1675/6 [PCR 4:146, 5:186]. Petit jury, 7 June 1642, 6 June 1650 [PCR 7:31, 49]. Grand jury, 5 June 1644 [PCR 2:71].

Duxbury constable, 1 March 1641/2, 7 June 1642 [PCR 2:34, 40].

Yarmouth selectman, 6 March 1665/6, 5 June 1666, 5 June 1667, 3 June 1668, 7 June 1670, 5 June 1671, 5 June 1672, 3 June 1673, 3 June 1674, 1 June 1675, 7 June 1676, 5 June 1677, 3 June 1679, 1 June 1680, 7 June 1681, 6 June 1682, 6 June 1683, 2 June 1685 [PCR 4:117, 124, 150, 182, 5:35, 57, 92, 113, 143, 164, 195, 230, 6:10, 35, 59, 84, 108, 168]. Constable, 7 June 1659 [PCR 3:163, 173].

EDUCATION: Signed his will. His inventory included "a Bible and other books" valued at 10s. [BarnPR 1:83-85].

ESTATE: On 2 October 1637, "ten acres of upland are granted to Edmond Hawes, lying cross Greens Harbor Path" [PCR 1:66]. On 10 September 1641, "Edmond Hawes of Duxborrow" sold to "Robert Carver of the same, sawyer, ... all those his ten acres of upland lying cross Green's Harbor path" (annotated "This bargain is reversed by consent of both parties in June the 7th 1648") [PCR 12:75].

On 1 April 1639, "Edmond Howes, for upland & meadow," was in a list of "such as requested lands this Court" [PCR 1:120]. On 2 November 1640, "Edmond Hawes is granted thirty acres next Daniell Cole's lands, beyond the South River, with meadow land to it, if it be there to be had" [PCR 1:165]. On 8 June 1649, "Mr. Edmound Hawes of Yarmouth" sold to "Mr. Thomas Burne of Marshfeild a certain parcel of upland being in Marshfeild aforesaid lying on the north side of the South River estimated at about thirty acres" [PCR 12:174-75].

On 14 May 1648, as part of the resolution of land disputes at Yarmouth, "Mr. Hawes shall enjoy 8 acres of upland or thereabouts, in the West Field, which he bought of Goodman Chase," and "Robert Dennis shall enjoy 12 acres of land which he bought of Peeter Worden, and 10 acres of Mr. Hawes, and 7 acres of Mr. Hallott, and 4 acres there given him by the town" [PCR 2:128].

Granted a portion of "a certain tract of land at Mannamoiett" which had been purchased from the Indians, 7 June 1665 [PCR 4:96, 102].

In his will, dated 5 May 1692 and proved 20 July 1693, "Edmond Hawes of Yarmouth" bequeathed to "my grandson Joseph Hawes six acres of my land ... and also one-half of my island of sedge or creek thatch land which lies in the Lone Tree Creek ..., also one acre of my meadow where his father shall see cause to lay it forth to him"; to "my natural son John Hawes all my uplands & meadows and broken marshes or creek thatch land wheresoever within the township of Yarmouth or elsewhere"; to "my loving daughter Desire Hawes the wife of my said son John Hawes," moveables; to "my granddaughter Desire Hawes," moveables; to "my granddaughter Elizabeth Dogged one cow"; to "my granddaughter Mary Bacon one cow"; to "my grandson Jabez Hawes one cow"; to "my grandson John Hawes ... one two-year old and one young horse if his brother Edmond don't come again, but if Edmond his brother do come again I do give said young horse to him"; to "my grandson Ebenezer Hawes ... one yearling"; to "my two grandchildren Isaac and Benjamin ... to each of them one calf"; to "my grandchild Experience ... one sheep"; "the rest of my sheep my will is that my executor do divide them to my great-grandchildren in such proportions as he shall think fit"; to "John Hathaway of Yarmouth thirty shillings which he oweth to me by a bill I have of his hand"; "my well beloved son John Hawes to be sole executor" [BarnPR 1:83; MD 19:43-44; Edmond Hawes Gen 140-41]. A codicil of 31 March 1693 made an adjustment to the bequest to "my grandson Joseph Hawes" [BarnPR 1:84; MD 19:44; Edmond Hawes Gen 142].

The inventory of the estate of "Mr. Edmond Haws of Yarmouth ... deceased," taken 1 August 1693, totalled ?130 7s., of which ?100 was real estate: "house, lands and meadows," ?100 [BarnPR 1:85; MD 19:44; Edmond Hawes Gen 142-43].

BIRTH: Bp. Solihull, Warwickshire, 15 October 1612, son of Edmond Hawes [Edmond Hawes Gen 63].

DEATH: Yarmouth 9 June 1693, and buried the following day [YarVR 1:129].

MARRIAGE: By about 1636 _____ _____.

CHILD:

i JOHN HAWES, b. say 1636; m. Barnstable 7 October 1661 Desire Gorham [MD 5:72], daughter of John and Desire (Howland) Gorham and granddaughter of JOHN HOWLAND [GMB 2:1022; Howland Gen 1:13-14; MD ].

COMMENTS: Pope states that this immigrant was of "Plymouth, proprietor 2 Oct. 1637" [Pope 221]. The date is that of a grant of land "lying cross Greens Harbor Path" [PCR 1:66]. This piece of land lay on the north side of Duxbury, toward the area that would later become Marshfield. There is no evidence that Edmond Hawes resided in Plymouth, and, although he owned land in Marshfield, there is no evidence that he ever resided there either.

The last record for Edmond Hawes in Duxbury was dated 7 June 1642 [PCR 2:40], and the first record in Yarmouth was dated 3 March 1644/5 [PCR 2:80]. Interestingly, he does not appear in either town in the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms. He may have been absent from Plymouth Colony during this period, or he may have been excused because of some disability. A third possibility is that his date of removal from one town to the other occurred very close to the time that the 1643 list was compiled, which may have led to his omission by both towns. With this in mind, we place his migration from Duxbury to Yarmouth in 1643.

On 7 August 1638, "Edmond Hawes, of Duxborrow, yeoman," posted bond as security for Thomas Boardman of Sandwich [PCR 1:94]. (Some sources have given the name of the wife of Edmond Hawes as Lucy, but this is based on a misreading of the above record, which shows that as the name of the wife of Thomas Boardman.)

On 7 June 1648, "Mr. Edmond Haws presenting a parcel of weights to the Court, to be the standard for the weights of Yarmouth, the Court do allow them so to be" [PCR 2:126].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1914 James Williams Hawes published a genealogy of this immigrant and his descendants, with extensive information on the English origin, including the apprenticeship in London, and with full transcripts of many important documents [Edmond Hawes of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, an Emigrant to America in 1635, His Ancestors ...] (cited above as Edmond Hawes Gen).

Edmund married Lucy. Lucy died 16 Jul 1689, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

John married Desire HOWLAND 06 Nov 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Desire (daughter of John HOWLAND and Elizabeth TILLEY) was born 13 Oct 1623, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Moved to America, 1645.

Notes:

From: The Great Migration Begins:

ORIGIN: Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire
MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
FREEMAN: In the "1633" list of Plymouth freemen John Howland is near the head of the list, among the councillors [ PCR 1:3]. In the 6 March 1636/7 list of Plymouth Colony freemen [ PCR 1:52]. In the Plymouth section of the 1639, 1658 and 29 May 1670 lists of Plymouth Colony freemen [ PCR 5:274, 8:173, 197].
EDUCATION: His inventory included "1 great Bible and Annotations on the 5 Books of Moses" valued at ?1 and "Mr. Tindall's Works, Mr. Wilson's Works, 7 more books" valued at ?1.
OFFICES: Plymouth Colony Assistant, 1 January 1632/3, 1 January 1633/4, 1 January 1634/5 [ PCR 1:5, 21, 32]. Deputy for Plymouth to General Court, 1 June 1641, 28 October 1645, 1 June 1647, 7 June 1648, 8 June 1649, 4 June 1650, 5 June 1651, 3 June 1652, 7 June 1653, 7 March 1653/4, 6 June 1654, 1 August 1654, 8 June 1655, 3 June 1656, 1 June 1658, 4 June 1661, 1 June 1663, 1 June 1666, 5 June 1667 [ PCR 2:16, 94, 117, 123, 144, 154, 167, 3:8, 31, 44, 49, 63, 79, 99, 135, 214, 4:37, 122, 148].
In charge of the fur trading post at Kennebec, 1634 [ MD 2:10-11]. Committe on the fur trade, 3 October 1659 [ PCR 3:170]. In the Plymouth section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms (as "John Howland Sen.") [ PCR 8:187].
ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth division of land John Howland received four acres as a passenger on the Mayflower [ PCR 12:4]. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle John Howland, his wife Elizabeth Howland, John Howland Junior and Desire Howland were the first four persons in the fourth company [ PCR 12:10].
In the Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 John Howland was assessed 18s., and in the list of 27 March 1634 ?1 4s. [ PCR 1:9, 27]. John Howland was a Purchaser [ PCR 2:177].
On 4 December 1637 "forty acres of land are granted to Mr. John Howland, lying at the Island Creeke Pond at the western end thereof, with the marsh ground that he useth to mow there" [ PCR 1:70]. On 5 November 1638 the "island called Spectacle, lying upon Green's Harbor, is granted to Mr. John Howland" [ PCR 1:102, 110, 168]. Granted six acres of meadow "at the North Meadow by Jones River" [ PCR 2:49].
In his will, dated 29 May 1672 and proved 6 March 1672/3, "John Howland Seni[o]r of the town of New Plymouth ... being now grown aged, having many infirmities of body upon me," bequeathed to "John Howland my eldest son besides what lands I have already given him, all my right and interest to that one hundred acres of land granted me by the court lying on the eastern side of Taunton River"; to "my son Jabez Howland all those my upland and meadow that I now possess at Satuckett and Paomett"; to "my son Jabez Howland all that my one piece of land that I have lying on the southside of the mill brook"; to "Isaac Howland my youngest son all those my uplands and meadows ... in the town of Middlebery and in a tract of land called the Major's Purchase near Namassakett Ponds which I have bought and purchased of William White of Marshfield"; to "my said son Isacke Howland the one half of my twelve acre lot of meadow that I now have at Winnatucsett River"; to "my dear and loving wife Elizabeth Howland the use and benefit of my now dwelling house in Rockey Nooke in the township of Plymouth ... with the outhousing lands ... uplands and meadow lands ... in the town of Plymouth ... excepting what meadow and upland I have before given to my sons Jabez and Isacke Howland during her natural life"; to "my son Joseph Howland after the decease of my loving wife Elizabeth Howland my aforesaid dwelling house at Rockey Nooke"; to "my daughter Desire Gorum 20s."; to "my daughter Hope Chipman 20s."; to "my daughter Elizabeth Dickenson 20s."; to "my daughter Lydia Browne 20s."; to "my daughter Hannah Bosworth 20s."; to "my daughter Ruth Cushman 20s."; to "my grandchild Elizabeth Howland the daughter of my son John Howland 20s."; "these legacies given to my daughters [to] be paid by my executrix"; to "my loving wife Elizabeth Howland my debts and legacies being first paid, my whole estate," she to be executrix [ MD 2:70-73, citing PCPR 3:1:49-50].
The inventory of "Mr. John Howland lately deceased" was taken 3 March 1672/3 and totalled ?157 8s. 8d. [ MD 2:73-77, citing PCPR 3:1:51-54]. After the inventory, the appraisers noted that "the testator died possessed of these several parcels of land following:" "his dwelling house with the outhousing, uplands and meadow belonging thereunto lying at Rockey Nooke in the town of New Plymouth," "a parcel of meadow at Jones River meadow," "the one half of a house and a parcel of meadow and upland belonging thereunto lying and being at Colchester in the aforesaid township," "a parcel of meadow and upland belonging thereunto lying near Jones River bridge in the town of Duxburrow," "one house and 2 shares of a tract of land and meadow that lyeth in the town of Middleberry that was purchased by Captain Thomas Southworth of and from the Indian Sachem Josias Wampatucke," and "2 shares of a tract of land called the Major's Purchase lying near Namassakett ponds" [ MD 2:77, citing PCPR 3:1:54]. (See also PCR 5:108, 110, 127.)
In her will, dated 17 December 1686 and proved 10 January 1687/8, "Elizabeth Howland of Swanzey ... being seventy nine years of age" bequeathed to "my eldest son John Howland the sum of ?5 ... and my book called Mr. Tindale's Works and also one pair of sheets & one pair of pillowbeers and one pair of bedblankets"; to "my son Joseph Howland my stilliards and also one pair of sheets and one pair of pillowbeers"; to "my son Jabez Howland my featherbed & bolster that is in his custody & also one rug & two blankets that belongeth to the said bed & also my great iron pot & pothooks"; to "my son Isaack Howland my book called Willson on the Romanes & one pair of sheets & one pair of pillowbeers & also my great brass kettle already in his possession"; to "my son-in-law Mr. James Browne my great Bible"; to "my daughter Lidia Browne my best featherbed & boulster two pillows & three blankets & a green rug & my small cupboard one pair of andirons & my lesser brass kettle & my small Bible & my book of Mr. Robbinson's Works called Observations Divine & Moral & also my finest pair of sheets & my holland pillowbeers"; to "my daughter Elisabeth Dickenson one pair of sheets & one pair of pillowbeers & one chest"; to "my daughter Hannah Bosworth one pair of sheets & one pair of pillowbeers"; to "my granddaughter Elizabeth Bursley one pair of sheets and one pair of pillowbeers"; to "my grandson Nathanael Howland (the son of Joseph Howland) ... my lot of land with the meadow thereto adjoining ... in the township of Duxbury near Jones River Bridge"; to "my grandson James Browne one iron bar and one iron trammell now in his possession"; to "my grandson Jabez Browne one chest"; to "my granddaughter Dorothy Browne my best chest & my warming pan"; to "my granddaughter Desire Cushman four sheep"; "my wearing clothes linen and woollen" and the residue to "my three daughters Elisabeth Dickenson, Lidia Browne and Hannah Bosworth to be equally divided amongst them"; "my loving son-in-law James Browne and my loving son Jabez Howland" executors [ MD 3:54-57, citing BrPR 1:13-14].
BIRTH: Say 1592, son of Henry and Margaret (_____) Howland of Fenstanton.
DEATH: Plymouth 23 February 1672/3 "above eighty years" [ PCR 8:34].
MARRIAGE: Plymouth by about 1624 Elizabeth Tilley, baptized Henlow, Bedfordshire, 30 August 1607, daughter of JOHN TILLEY . She died at Swansea 22 December 1687, aged eighty [ SwVR 27].
CHILDREN:
i DESIRE, b. say 1624; m. by 1644 John Gorham (eldest child b. Plymouth 2 April 1644 [ MD 5:72]).

ii JOHN, b. Plymouth 24 April 1627; m. Plymouth 26 October 1651 Mary Lee [ PCR 8:13].

iii HOPE, b. Plymouth 30 August 1629; m. by about 1646 John Chipman.

iv ELIZABETH, b. say 1631; m. (1) Plymouth 13 September 1649 Ephraim Hicks [ PCR 8:8]; m. (2) Plymouth 10 July 1651 John Dickerson [ PCR 8:13].

v LYDIA, b. say 1633; m. by about 1655 James Brown.

vi HANNAH, b. say 1637; m. Swansea 6 July 1661 Jonathan Bosworth [ SwVR 23].

vii JOSEPH, b. say 1640; m. Plymouth 7 December 1664 Elizabeth Southworth [ PCR 8:25], daughter of THOMAS SOUTHWORTH .

viii JABEZ, b. about 1644 (deposed on 19 July 1680 aged 36 years [ SJC #1915]); m. by 1669 Bethiah Thatcher, daughter of Anthony Thatcher (eldest child b. Plymouth 15 November 1669 [ PVR 668; NYGBR 42:154-57]).

ix RUTH, b. say 1646; m. Plymouth 17 November 1664 Thomas Cushman [ PCR 8:25], son of Thomas Cushman.

x ISAAC, b. Plymouth 15 November 1649; m. by 1677 Elizabeth Vaughn, daughter of George Vaughn [ TAG 23:24-26].

ASSOCIATIONS: Brother of HENRY HOWLAND and Arthur Howland.


COMMENTS: In his list of passengers on the Mayflower Bradford tells us that John Howland was one of the "manservants" of JOHN CARVER [ Bradford 441]. During a particularly bad storm on the crossing John Howland (characterized by Bradford as "a lusty young man") went above deck and was swept overboard, but

it pleased God that he caught hold of the topsail halyards which hung overboard and ran out at length. Yet he held his hold (though he was sundry fathoms under water) till he was hauled up by the same rope to the brim of the water, and then with a boat hook and other means got into the ship again and his life saved. And though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years after and became a profitable member both in church & commonwealth [ Bradford 59].
In his 1651 accounting on the family of John Carver, Bradford reported that "[h]is servant John Howland married the daughter of John Tilley, Elizabeth, and they are both now living, and their eldest daughter hath four children; and their second daughter one, all living, and other of their children marriageable" [ Bradford 444].
In an undated deposition we learn that in April 1634 John Hocking came to Kennebec and challenged the rights of the Plymouth men to their exclusive trade in that place. Mr. John Howland, in charge of the trading post, went out in their bark with several other men and warned Hocking off, but was taunted and defied. Howland "bid three of his men go cut his cable [Hocking's anchor]," but the flow of the stream was too strong and Howland called them back and added Moses Talbot to the crew. Hocking, seeing that their intent was to cut the cable, "presently put his peice almost to Moyses Talbott's head, which Mr. Howland seeing called to him desiring him not to shoot his man but take himself for his mark saying his men did but that which he commanded them and therefore desired him not to hurt any of them, if any wrong was done it was himself that did it and therefore called again to him to take him for his mark saying he stood very fair, but Hocking would not hear nor look towards our bark, but presently shooteth Moyses in the head, and presently took up his pistol in his hand but the Lord stayed him from doing any further hurt by a shot from our bark himself was presently struck dead being shot near the same place in the head where he had murderously shot Moyses" [ MD 2:10-11].
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: Because of the multitude of descendants of John Howland, through all ten of his children, the publication of the first five generations of descent from John Howland will occupy many volumes. Elizabeth Pearson White has prepared the first two volumes in this series: John Howland of the Mayflower: Volume 1, The First Five Generations, Documented Descendants Through his first child Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham (Camden, Maine, 1990) and John Howland of the Mayflower: Volume 2, The First Five Generations, Documented Descendants Through his second child John Howland and his wife Mary Lee (Camden, Maine, 1993).
In her first volume White argued that John Howland lived for several years in Maine, and that three of his children were born there. Robert S. Wakefield has gathered the evidence that this could not have been the case [ MD 42:15-16].


"JOHN, Plymouth, of the ever honored passeng. wh. came in the Mayflower 1620 the latest surviv. exc. John Alden, among the adult males; tho. a minor d. of lsaac Allerton, Mary, wh. m. Elder Thomas Cushman, liv. more than 78 yrs. after the landing. He was a serv. or attend. of Gov. Carver, yet he is in rank the thirteenth signer of the Covenant, 11 Nov. and was reckon. as part of the fam. of Gov. Carver, wh. gave occasion, no doubt, to the vain tradit. prevail. for the last century and a half that his w. Elizabeth was d. of the Gov. who, perhaps, never had a ch. certain. brot. none. Both the Gov. and his w. d. in the first season, and Howland, at the time of their arr. 28 yrs. old, m. Elizabeth d. of John Tilley (wh. with his w. a. soon after landing, leav. only this ch.), we are hardly permit. to doubt, early in 1621, as his ch. John, b. 24 Feb. 1627, and Desire are nam. at the div. of cattle 1627, and he seems to have counted as many heads at the partit. of lds. 1623-4. For correction of the long prevalent error, that he m. a d. of Gov. Carver, we are indebted to Bradford's Hist. formerly part of the N. E. Library of Prince, in the tower of O. s. ch. at Boston, discov. 1855, in the Library of the Bp. of London at Fulham. He was an assist. 3 yrs. so early as 1633-5, and often a rep. and d. 23 Feb. 1673, aged more than 80, and his wid. d. 21 Dec. 1687, aged 80. His will, of 29 Mar 1672, names ten ch. we may hope in the order of b. of each sex, but we are ign. of the exact dates or sequence of any, exc. that John is by it call. eldest, and Isaac, youngest, Jabez, and Joseph; Desire, wh. was [[vol. 2, p. 480]] the first ch. m. 1643, John Gorham and d. 13 Oct. 1683 Hope, w. of John Chipman, as early as 1646; Elizabeth m. 13 Sept. 1649 Ephraim Hicks, and 10 July 1651, John Dickenson; Lydia, w. of James Brown of Swanzey; Hannah, m. a Bosworth, Nathaniel, as by the scrupulous writer of the life of the late John Howland, p. 11, is said and in his will she is nam. Bosworth; and Ruth, m. 7 or 17 Nov. 1664, Thomas Cushman, s. of the Elder. "

John married Elizabeth TILLEY Bef 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John TILLEY and Joan HURST) was born 1607, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; died 21 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Came on Mayflower with parents. Left as a 13-year old orphan when her parents died the first winter.


http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/ElizabethTilley.php

Elizabeth Tilley was born in 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, the daughter of John and Joan (Hurst)(Rogers) Tilley. She came with her parents on the Mayflower in 1620. Both her parents died the first winter at Plymouth, leaving her orphaned at the age of 13 in the New World. She married to Mayflower passenger John Howland around 1625 at Plymouth.