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Notes for John Howland and Mary Lee

1643 "John Howland Jun." was listed as a male able to bear arms (age 16-60) [1] in Plymouth Township, Plymouth Colony.

1651 On 26 October, Mary Lee married John Howland at Plymouth Colony, Massachussetts. [2]

1657 On 3 June, John Howland, perhaps this one, and John Phillips were sworn as constables for the town of Marshfield. [3]

1658 On 1 June, John Howland, perhaps this one, was listed as a freeman admitted to the court. [4]

1671 On 29 October, John Howland Junior was one of several men on the jury at the trial of John Bucke to pay child support to Mary Atkinson for "the child begotten in the said act of uncleanes" at the Court at Plymouth. [5]


Footnotes:

[1] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, Vol. 8, Miscellaneous Records. 1633-1689 (Boston: William White, 1857), 187, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[2] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, Vol. 8, Miscellaneous Records. 1633-1689 (Boston: William White, 1857), 13, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[3] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, Vol. 3, Court Orders. 1651-1661 (Boston: William White, 1855), 116, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[4] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, Vol. 3, Court Orders. 1651-1661 (Boston: William White, 1855), 137, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[5] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, Vol. 5, Court Orders. 1668-1678 (Boston: William White, 1856), 82, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].