Arthur Howland

- Bef 1675

• Name	Arthur Howland  [1]
  Birth	of Fenstanton, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 30 Oct 1675  [2, 3]
  Burial	30 Oct 1675	Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I9924	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Henry Howland,   b. Abt 1570   d. 17 May 1635, Fenstanton, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Margaret,   b. Bef 1575   d. Bef 31 Jul 1629 (Age < 54 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1591  [4]
  Family ID	F2010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(Unknown first wife of Arthur Howland)
  Children	+ 1. Mary Howland,   b. Bef 4 Dec 1635   d. 26 Sep 1690, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age > 54 years)
  Family ID	F15564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret   d. Bef 22 Jan 1683, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Bef 6 Jun 1643  [2]
  Children	1. Arthur Howland   d. Aft 1711, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2019

  
  

• Photos

  John Howland A poster popular among Mormons.

  
  

• Notes

  He was a glover and leatherworker. In Duxbury by 6 Aug 1640. Like his brother Henry, and entirely unlike their more famous brother John, Arthur was a firm Quaker, and endured the lifetime of legal penalties this brought upon him. "Arthur Howland was a strong Quaker, as were many of his descendants. He was in court on October 7, 1651, for not frequenting the public assemblies on the Lord's day. In December, 1657, Robert Huchin, an itinerant Quaker, held a meeting at Howland's house. Warned that the constable was on his way to break up the gathering and arrest Huchin, Howland managed to effect Huchin's escape. He, himself, was arrested and taken before Mr. John Alden, the magistrate, the next day, having again by stratagem enabled Huchin to escape, and was lodged in jail. On March 2, 1657/8, he was fined £9 and bound for good behavior. While in jail he had composed 'a writing' which he presented to the court and which the magistrates said was full of factious, seditious and slanderous passages. Refusing to pay the fines he was again committed to prison, but on June 1, 1658, he admitted that he had 'done evil' and was released. However, he continued his adherence to the new faith." [The Ancestry of Annis Spear, citation details below] Substantial notes on Arthur Howland's appearances in the historical record, compiled by Janet Wolfe, are here. Arthur Howland = Margaret Deborah Howland = Lt. John Smith Hasadiah Smith = Jonathan Russel Deborah Russell = Benjamin Allen Dorothy Allen = William Willcox William Wilcox = Sarah Smith David Wilcox = Anna Baker Clarissa Wilcox = Ambrose Hall Clarissa Hall = Leonard W. Jerome Jennie Jerome = Randolph Churchill Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1515] Grace Williamson Edes, "Timothy Williamson of Marshfield, Mass., and His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 81:72, January 1927. [S940] The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine by Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945. [S5881] Ancestral Lines, Fourth Edition: 232 Families in England, Wales, the Netherlands, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2015. [S212] The Slovak Yankee, by Martin Hollick.