Howland Home Page
   
Welcome to the PJHS Web site. The Society consists of descendants of the Pilgrim John Howland, one of the 102 English passengers who came to New England from Holland and England aboard the ship Mayflower in 1620.

John Howland is believed to have been born near Fenstanton, England, about 1592/3. He came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620 as a servant to John Carver. During the Atlantic voyage, he was swept overboard and rescued. He also served as a member of the party that explored Cape Cod before the landing in Plymouth.

Come inside for a educational adventure of John Howland and this fellow Pilgrim forefathers.

New Howland Book is Published!
The Five Generations Project has just published the genealogies of the last six children of John and Elizabeth Howland for four generations. This is Volume 23-1 and costs $30. The children are Lydia, Hannah, Joseph, Jabez, Ruth, and Isaac. Plans to finish the fifth generation are in the works. Volume 23-1 can be ordered online from the Mayflower Society book store.

 

* * AVAILABLE EARLY 2008 * *
HOWLAND, JOHN OF THE MAYFLOWER: Volume 3, The First Five Generations: Documented descendants through his third child Hope2 Howland. By Elizabeth Pearson White, CG, FASG, FNGS. Estimated 700±pp, Every Name Index, hard cover. 2008. #1592 (Picton Press) Price not set
Will be available online from the Mayflower Society book store.
* * AVAILABLE EARLY 2008 * *
HOWLAND, JOHN OF THE MAYFLOWER: Volume 4, The First Five Generations: Documented descendants through his fourth child Elizabeth2 Howland. By Elizabeth Pearson White, CG, FASG, FNGS. Estimated 256pp., Every Name #7024 (Picton Press) $35.00
Will be available online from the Mayflower Society book store.

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