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Desire HOWLAND

Desire HOWLAND

Female Abt 1624 - 1683  (59 years)

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  • Name Desire HOWLAND 
    Birth Abt 1624  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 13 Oct 1683  [1, 2
    Cause: Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States 
    Person ID I771  Stanwood Family
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2021 

    Father John HOWLAND   d. Feb 1672/3, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth TILLEY,   b. Abt 1607   d. 22 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1624  [1
    Family ID F521  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John GORHAM   d. 5 Feb 1676, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Bef 1644  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Desire GORHAM,   b. 2 Apr 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Temperance GORHAM,   b. 5 May 1646, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elizabeth GORHAM,   b. 2 Apr 1648, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. James GORHAM,   b. 28 Apr 1650, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. John GORHAM,   b. 20 Feb 1651/2, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Joseph GORHAM,   b. 16 Feb 1653/4, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Jabez GORHAM,   b. 3 Aug 1656
     8. Mercy GORHAM,   b. 20 Jan 1658
     9. Lydia GORHAM,   b. 11 Nov 1661
     10. Hannah GORHAM,   b. 28 Nov 1663
     11. Shubal GORHAM,   b. 21 Oct 1667
    Family ID F272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1733] DB: Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: John Howland, 1 December 2013; John Howland.

    2. [S1584] DB: Barnstable, MA: Vital Records 1625-1903, 7 December 2013; children of John Gorham and Desire Howland, pgs 28 & 29 (citing 1:414).
      Citing Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM



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