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• Will: 17 Dec 1686, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

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Elizabeth was on Mayflower as a girl of 12-14 years of age.

Will:
In ye Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Howland of Swanzey in ye County of Bristoll in ye Collony of Plymouth in New Engld being Seventy nine yeares of Age but of good & perfect memory thanks be to Allmighty God & calling to Remembrance ye uncertain Estate of this transitory Life & that all fflesh must Yeild unto Death when it shall please God to call Doe make constitute & ordaine & Declare This my last Will & Testament, in manner & forme following Revoking and Anulling by these prsents all & every Testamt & Testamts Will & Wills heretofore by me made & declared either by Word or Writing And this to be taken only for my last Will & Testament & none other. And first being penitent & sorry from ye bottom of my heart for all my sinns past most humbly desiring forgivenesse for ye same I give & Committ my soule unto Allmighty God my Savior & redeemer in whome & by ye meritts of Jesus Christ I trust & believe assuredly to be saved & to have full remission & forgivenesse of all my sins & that my Soule wt my Body at the generall Day of Resurrection shall rise againe wt Joy & through ye meritts of Christs Death & passion possesse & inheritt ye Kingdome of heaven prepared for his Elect & Chosen & my Body to be buryed in such place where it shall please my Executrs hereafter named to appoint And now for ye settling my temporall Estate & such goodes Chattells & Debts as it hath pleased God far above my Deserts to bestow upon me I Do Dispose order & give ye same in manner & forme following (That is to say) First that after my funerall Expences & Debts paid wc I owe either of right or in Conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever in Convenient tyme after my Decease by my Execrs hereafter named I Give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son John Howland ye sum of five pounds to be paid out of my Estate & my Booke called Mr Tindale's Workes & also one pair of sheetes & one pr of pillowbeeres & one pr of Bedblanketts, Item I give unto my son Joseph Howland my Stillyards & also one pr of sheetes & one pr of pillobeeres Item I give unto my son Jabez Howland my ffetherbed & boulster yt is in his Custody & also one Rugg & two Blanketts yt belongeth to ye said Bed & also my great Iron pott & potthookes Item I give unto my son Isaack Howland my Booke called Willson on ye Romanes & one pr of sheetes & one paire of pillowbeeres & also my great Brasse Kettle already in his possession Item I give unto my Son in Law Mr James Browne my great Bible Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Lidia Browne my best ffeatherbed & Boulster two pillowes & three Blanketts & a green Rugg & my small Cupboard one pr of AndyIrons & my lesser brasse Kettle & my small Bible & my booke of mr Robbinsons Workes called Observations Divine & Morrall & allso my finest pr of Sheetes & my holland pillowbeeres, Item I give unto my Daughter Elisabeth Dickenson one pr of Sheetes & one pr of pillowbeeres & one Chest Item I give unto my Daughter Hannah Bosworth one pr of sheets & one pr of pillowbeeres, Item I give unto my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Bursley one paire of sheets and one paire of Pillowbeeres Item I give & bequeath unto my Grandson Nathaniel Howland (the son of Joseph Howland) and to the heires of his owne Body lawfully begotten for ever all that my Lott of Land with ye Meadow thereunto adjoyning & belonging lying in the Township of Duxbury neare Jones River bridge, Item I give unto my Grandson James Browne One Iron barr and on Iron Trammell now in his possession, Item I give unto my Grandson Jabez Browne one Chest Item I give unto my Grand Daughter Dorothy Browne my best Chest & my Warming pan Item I give unto my Grand Daughter Desire Cushman four Sheep, Item I give & bequeath my wearing clothes linnen and Woollen and all the rest of my Estate in mony Debts linnen or of what kind or nature or sort soever it may be unto my three Daughters Elisabeth Dickenson, Lidia Browne and Hannah Bosworth to be equally Devided amongst them, Item I make constitute and ordaine my loving Son in Law James Browne and my loving son Jabez Howland Executors of this my last Will and Testament, Item it is my Will & Charge to all my Children that they walke in ye Feare of ye Lord, and in Love and peace towards each other and endeavour the true performance of this my last Will & Testament In Witnesse whereof I the said Elizabeth Howland have hereunto sett my hand & seale this seventeenth Day of December Anno Dm one thousand six hundred Eighty & six.
The mark of Elisabeth E H Howland
Signed Sealed & Delivd
in ye prsence of us Wittnesses
Hugh Cole
Samuel Vyall
John Browne

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The original township of Swansea was settled in 1667/8. At that time it ran westerly from Naragansett Bay to the Taunton River on the east. The Wannamoisett area was located along the Naragansett Bay shoreline on the easterly side of Bullock's Cove. This was the original settlement of Swansea, later becoming part of Seekonk and when the state line was moved in 1862, it became part of East Providence, RI.

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Elizabeth married John HOWLAND on 25 Mar 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. John (son of Henry HOWLAND and Margaret UNKNOWN) was born about 1599 in Fenstanton, Huntingdon, ENGLAND; was christened in Near, Newport, Essex, ENGLAND; died on 23 Feb 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; was buried on 25 Feb 1672/73 in Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Desire HOWLAND was born about 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
2. John HOWLAND was born on 24 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died in 1702 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
3. Hope HOWLAND was born on 30 Aug 1629 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 8 Jan 1683/84 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; was buried in Jan 1683/84 in Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
4. Elizabeth HOWLAND was born about 1631 in ME; died in 1691 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY.
5. Lydia HOWLAND was born about 1633 in ME; died after 11 Jan 1710/11 in MA.
6. Hannah HOWLAND was born about 1637 in ME; died on 6 Jul 1681 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.
7. Joseph HOWLAND was born about 1640 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died on 1 Jan 1703/04 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
8. Jabez HOWLAND was born in 1644 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died between 1708 and 1712 in Bristol, Bristol, RI.
9. Ruth HOWLAND was born about 1646 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died in Oct 1679.
10. Isaac HOWLAND was born on 15 Nov 1649 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died on 9 Mar 1723/24 in Middleborough, Plymouth, MA.

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• Note: 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

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John Tilley was a passenger in the Mayflower and was one of those that died the first winter. His wife also died at that time, but it is understood that this was Joan Hurst, m. Henlow Eng. 20 Sep 1596, dau. of William and Rose Hurst.

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John married Joan Hurst ROGERS on 20 Sep 1596 in Henlow, Bedford, ENGLAND. Joan (daughter of William HURST and Rose MARSHE) was christened on 13 Mar 1567 in Henlow, Bedford, ENGLAND; died in 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; was buried in Coles Hill Burial Ground, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Note: 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

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John Tilley was a passenger in the Mayflower and was one of those that died the first winter. His wife also died at that time, but it is understood that this was Joan Hurst, m. Henlow Eng. 20 Sep 1596, dau. of William and Rose Hurst.

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Robert married Elizabeth FARR. Elizabeth died on 27 Mar 1614. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Rose MARSHE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Agnes UNKNOWN. Agnes was buried on 7 Jun 1582 in Henlow, ENGLAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Agnes Tilley