NameJohn Howland
Birthabt 1599, Fenstanton, Huntingdon,England
Death23/4 Feb 1672/3, Rocky Nook, Kingston, Ma.
Misc. Notes
John Howland is an ancestor to President Bush and t Edith (Carrow) Roosevelt. ( Mts Theodore Roosevelt. President Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford are descendants of John Holland's brother Henry. Winston Churchill is descendant from John Holland's brother, Arthur.
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John Holland came on the Mayflower and is best known for having fallen overboard during a high sea and luckily grabbed a rope trailing in the sea and was rescued.
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John Howland was a manservant to John Carver He was listed as a manservant on Bradford's passenger list. Servants were contracted out till he age of 25 so he must have been under 25 in 1620. He signed the Mayflower Compact so he must have been born before 1600 to have been of legal age to vote.. Bradford wrote of him as a lusty young man.
Spouses
Birth1607
Death21 Dec 1687, Swansea, Mass.