An interesting fact about John Howland is that he fell off the Mayflower in the middle of the Atlantic during a storm, and was saved when he grabbed a rope. He later married Elizabeth Tilley of the Mayflower who had sailed with her parents John Tilley and Joan Hurst Tilley. There is a painting of John overboard the Mayflower on his biography on www.mayflowerhistory.com. John and Elizabeth are the 10th great-grandparents of my grandkids through their other grandmother.
I have the book Vol.1 of 2 "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 23, Part One: John Howland" for his children Lydia, Hannah, Joseph, Jabez, Ruth and Isaac.
Here is a list of all the children of @JOHN HOWLAND and @ELIZABETH TILLEY directly from the book:
@DESIRE HOWLAND b. 1624 or 1625. She m. @JOHN GORHAM .
@JOHN HOWLAND b. 24 April 1627. He m. Plymouth 26 Oct. 1651 @MARY LEE.
(see HOWLAND Vol.II)
@HOPE HOWLAND b. 30 Aug 1629. She m. @JOHN CHIPMAN. (A primary source for the birthdate of Hope has not been found.
@ELIZABTH HOWLAND. She m. (1) Plymough 13 Sept. 1649 @EPHRAIM HICKS (no children). She m. (2) Plymouth 10 July 1651 @JOHN DICKINSON.
@LYDIA HOWLAND d. after 11 Jan 1711. She m. @JAMES BROWN c.1654..
@HANNAH HOWLAND b.at Plymouth.Died at Swansea in 1705. She m. @JONATHAN BOSWORTH at Swansea 6 July 1661.
@JOSEPH HOWLAND b. ca 1640 b. Plymouth d. there Jan 1703/4. He m. @ELIZABETH SOUTHWORTH in Plymouth 7 Dec 1664.
@JABEZ HOWLAND b. ca 1644 (deposition) at Plymouth d, at Bristol before 6 Feb 1711/2. He m. @BETHIA THATCHER by 1669.
@RUTH HOWLAND b. ca. 1646 b. Plymouth c.1646, d, before 16 Oct 1675. She m. at Plymouth 17 Nov. 1664 @THOMAS CUSHMAN.
@ISAAC HOWLAND b. ca. 1649 at Plymouth d. 9 March 1723/4. He m. c.1676 @ELIZABETH VAUGHN.
I will be glad to do lookups for any information on the descendents found in this book.
I also have John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley in my family's tree. I am tracing the Howland line back as far as I can and with the help of FamilySearch.com and Googling info I have been able to go back to 1118 with Vcke de Longworth Holland which the Howland name changes to in the 1420's with Sir Richard Howland Sr and his Father Sir Thurston Holland V if FamilySearch.com info is correct. I welcome corrections in my tree if they are needed.
Julie Norris