Additional Notes of Arthur Howland
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ARTHUR HOWLAND A brother of 1620 Mayflower passenger John Howland,q.v., Arthur Howland arrived in Plymouth much later. The first mention of him in New England records is in Lechford's Notebook, p. 297-99, where heis described in 1640 as a Duxbury planter. Robert S. Wakefield and Robert M. Sherman, "Arthur Howland of Plymouth, Mass. 1640, and his Wife Margaret (_____) Walker, and Their Children," NGSQ 71:84, give a comprehensive presentation of his family, including his children Deborah, Mary, Martha, Elizabeth, and Arthur, together with what is known about the grandchildren. It was son Arthur who married Elizabeth Prence and acquired a somewhat reluctant father-in-law, Gov. Thomas Prence (see text). Arthur, Sr. is mentioned in Plymouth records as a Quaker. He was buried at Marshfield 30 October 1675. See also George E. McCracken, "TheWill of Arthur Howland, Senior, of Marshfield," NEHGR 104:221. Source: Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-169, Part Three:Biographical Sketches Arthur Howland, progenitor of the family here described, lived a few years in the Plymouth Colony, then became a settler and landholder at Marshfield, Massachusetts. In 1647 he purchased three hundred acres of the land formerly belonging to John Alden and Myles Standish, for which he paid twenty-one pounds sterling, thirteen pounds in money and the remainder in "Corne and Cattle." the ordinary pay of the colony at that time. This land lay on the north side of South river, bounded on the east by Beaver pond, and on the west by a brook. Arthur lived and died on his Marshfield estate, and five generations after him lived and were buried there. He was greatly respected and loved for his good qualities and sterling worth. His house was the headquarters of the persecuted Friends, of which society he was an earnest member. He married Margaret Reed, a widow, and their children were : Arthur, Deborah, Mary, Martha and Elizabeth. Source: Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume 3, Page 1537 Rootweb Notes of Arthur Howland |