{"id":100134,"date":"2024-08-13T11:24:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T15:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=100134"},"modified":"2024-09-18T13:52:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T17:52:05","slug":"mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-37-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-37-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 37 (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction:<\/em><\/strong><em> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series on Mayflower descendants, focusing on Southworth Allen Howland Jr. and his family line. <\/em><em>Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, <a href=\"http:\/\/americana-archives.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">americana-archives.com<\/a><\/em><em>, and a Facebook group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/HistoryGenNEFamilies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today I resume my series \u201cMayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who\u201d featuring Southworth Allen Howland Jr. (1800-1882), a successful publisher as well as the proprietor of the largest bookstore and stationer\u2019s shop in Worcester, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100136\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100136\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/illustration-0813-2024-southworth-howland.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration: Southworth Allen Howland Jr. Artist: Charles Curtis of Worcester, Massachusetts, in March 1825. Credit: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.\" width=\"580\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/illustration-0813-2024-southworth-howland.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/illustration-0813-2024-southworth-howland-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration: Southworth Allen Howland Jr. Artist: Charles Curtis of Worcester, Massachusetts, in March 1825. Credit: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Southworth married Esther Allen (1801-1860), who authored her own recipe book entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/n2t.net\/ark:\/85335\/m56m37616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The American Economical Housekeeper, and Family Receipt Book<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100138\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100138\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/illustration-0813-2024-esther-howland.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration: Esther (Allen) Howland. Artist: Charles Curtis of Worcester, Massachusetts, in March 1825. Credit: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.\" width=\"552\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/illustration-0813-2024-esther-howland.jpg 552w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/illustration-0813-2024-esther-howland-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration: Esther (Allen) Howland. Artist: Charles Curtis of Worcester, Massachusetts, in March 1825. Credit: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Southworth Allen Howland Jr. was a direct descendant of <em>Mayflower<\/em> passengers <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-31-part-2.html\">John<\/a> and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland through both his great grandparents, Job Howland and Hannah Jenkins.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100139\" style=\"width: 656px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100139\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/photo-0813-2024-john-howland-gravestone.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: the replacement John Howland gravestone which includes the correction that Howland \u201cmarried Elizabeth, daughter of John Tilley.\u201d Leon H. Abdalian, photographer. Credit: Boston Public Library, courtesy of Digital Commonwealth.\" width=\"656\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/photo-0813-2024-john-howland-gravestone.jpg 656w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/photo-0813-2024-john-howland-gravestone-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: the replacement John Howland gravestone which includes the correction that Howland \u201cmarried Elizabeth, daughter of John Tilley.\u201d Leon H. Abdalian, photographer. Credit: Boston Public Library, courtesy of Digital Commonwealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lineage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley.<\/li>\n<li>John Howland and Mary Lee, daughter of Robert and Mary (Atwood) Lee.<\/li>\n<li>John Howland and Mary Crocker, daughter of Deacon Job and Hannah (Taylor) Crocker.<\/li>\n<li>Job Howland and Hannah Jenkins, daughter of Benjamin and Mehitable (Blish) Jenkins. Benjamin is the son of Joseph and Lydia (Howland) Jenkins. Lydia is the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Southworth) Howland. Joseph is the son of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley.<\/li>\n<li>Southworth Allen Howland Sr. and Esther Allen, daughter of Captain William and Betsey (Barnes) Allen. William married 2nd Mary \u201cPolly\u201d Ware, daughter of Dr. Samuel and Bethiah (Metcalf) Avery Ware.<\/li>\n<li>Southworth Allen Howland married Esther Allen, daughter of Capt. William and Betsey (Holmes) Allen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is an obituary for Southworth Allen Howland Jr. published in the <em>Worcester Daily Spy<\/em> that details some of his lineage and life achievements.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100140\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A11C12F6287BB7190%40GB3NEWS-11C7FDF11E2D0190%402408728-11C7FDF14E66F748%402-11C7FDF1DA2B4B88\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100140\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/worcester-daily-spy-newspaper-1009-1882-southworth-howland-jr.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Southworth Allen Howland Jr., Worcester Daily Spy newspaper 9 October 1882\" width=\"533\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/worcester-daily-spy-newspaper-1009-1882-southworth-howland-jr.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/worcester-daily-spy-newspaper-1009-1882-southworth-howland-jr-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worcester Daily Spy (Worcester, Massachusetts), 9 October 1882, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This article reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Southworth Allen Howland, one of the few survivors of the businessmen of 60 years ago in Worcester, died Saturday evening at his residence on Summer Street, aged 82 years. He was born in West Brookfield September 11, 1800, son of Southworth Howland, who died in Worcester in 1853. Southworth A. was of the sixth generation in descent from John Howland, one of the Pilgrims who came over in the Mayflower 1620, he being then 28 years of age, and he became one of the most active and useful of the colonists. Some two years after landing he married Elizabeth Tilley, whose parents died soon after landing leaving their only daughter in [the] charge of Gov. [John] Carver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100141\" style=\"width: 1054px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100141\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-0813-2024-pilgrim-maiden-monument.jpg\" alt=\"Photos: the Pilgrim Maiden Monument is in Plymouth, Massachusetts, located in Brewster Gardens. Elizabeth Tilley is among the maidens. Credit: Bill Coughlin; Historic Database.\" width=\"1054\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-0813-2024-pilgrim-maiden-monument.jpg 1054w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-0813-2024-pilgrim-maiden-monument-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-0813-2024-pilgrim-maiden-monument-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-0813-2024-pilgrim-maiden-monument-768x528.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1054px) 100vw, 1054px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos: the Pilgrim Maiden Monument is in Plymouth, Massachusetts, located in Brewster Gardens. Elizabeth Tilley is among the maidens. Credit: Bill Coughlin; Historic Database.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>The first John Howland had ten children, of whom John, Jr., the oldest, married Mary Lee, and was one of the earliest settlers in Barnstable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100142\" style=\"width: 1146px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100142\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-0813-2024-howland-cenotaph.jpg\" alt=\"Photos: a cenotaph was placed at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, erected by the Pilgrim John Howland Society, memorializing the children of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland. Credit: Walter Perro.\" width=\"1146\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-0813-2024-howland-cenotaph.jpg 1146w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-0813-2024-howland-cenotaph-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-0813-2024-howland-cenotaph-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/collage-0813-2024-howland-cenotaph-768x488.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1146px) 100vw, 1146px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos: a cenotaph was placed at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts, erected by the Pilgrim John Howland Society, memorializing the children of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland. Credit: Walter Perro.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>The latter\u2019s youngest son, John, of the third generation, born December 31, 1674, married for his second wife Mary Crocker, and they had two sons, of whom Job, the youngest, born June 17, 1726, married [on] Dec. 6, 1753, Hannah Jenkins, and had 11 children. Their six sons, who grew up in West Barnstable, were all carpenters, and all removed from the cape. The fifth of these sons, Southworth, born March 29, 1775, married Esther Allen of West Brookfield, where he settled about 1798. Their oldest son was Southworth A. Howland, the former well-known bookseller and book publisher in this city, whose decease is mentioned above. He learned the book binder\u2019s trade of Joseph Avery in Plymouth, and came to Worcester in the fall of 1821, when he opened a bookstore and bindery in company with the late Enos Dorr, under the well-remembered firm name of Dorr &amp; Howland, in a store now comprising the north end of the Exchange Hotel building, removing in 1828 to a store in \u201cGoddard\u2019s Row,\u201d where Lewis Barnard\u2019s block of stores now stands.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100143\" style=\"width: 809px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A10C6189F693A7950%40GB3NEWS-12ECE22B8867F270%402388878-12EC84F579357E18%403-13016864A203725B\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100143\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-aegis-newspaper-0604-1828-bookstore-ad.jpg\" alt=\"An article about the Door and Howland bookstore, National Aegis newspaper 4 June 1828\" width=\"809\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-aegis-newspaper-0604-1828-bookstore-ad.jpg 809w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-aegis-newspaper-0604-1828-bookstore-ad-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-aegis-newspaper-0604-1828-bookstore-ad-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Aegis (Worcester, Massachusetts), 4 June 1828, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stay tuned for more on Southworth and his family, including daughter Esther Allen Howland, aka \u201cMother of the American Valentine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Explore over 330 years of newspapers and historical records in GenealogyBank. Discover your family story! <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/sign-up\">Start a 7-Day Free Trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note on the header image:<\/em><\/strong> \u201cMayflower in Plymouth Harbor,\u201d by William Halsall, 1882. 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