Ancestry of
Joseph Howland

(1749–1836)

Joseph Howland

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Howland Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Burt   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Sep 1749 
  • Birth Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 1 Oct 1749 
  • Christening Location:
  • New North Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 11 Mar 1836 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York 
  • Notes: 
  • Some sources incorrectly state Joseph's baptism date as 30 OCT 1749.

• Marriages for Joseph Howland

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  • Spouse:
  • Lydia Bill
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 May 1772
  • Marriage Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut

• Sources for Joseph Howland

  • ¹ Boston, MA: Church Records, 1630-1895, New North Church, p. 165, Baptism for Joseph Howland.
  • ² Connecticut, Marriages, 1729-1867, Marriage record for Lydia Bill and Joseph Howland.
  • ³ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A010115.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/05/2011).
  • ⁵ New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988, Death record for Joseph Howland.
  • ⁶ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1942, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 159-166 and accompanying chart.
  • ⁷ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #10305, Member application for Roswell Parish, Jr..
  • ⁸ Aspinwall, Algernon Aikin, comp., The Aspinwall Genealogy, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company (1901), 75.
  • ⁹ Bill, Ledyard, History of the Bill Family, New York: Alvord Printer(1867), 150, 175-178.
  • ¹⁰ Huntington Family Association, The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir of the Known Descendants of Simon Huntington from 1633 to 1915, Hartford, Connecticut: The Hartford Printing Co. (1915), 532.
  • ¹¹ Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 83, 91.
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 6, 185, 261.
  • ¹³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 308.
  • ¹⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 921.
  • ¹⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 35.
  • ¹⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 446, 450, 455.
  • ¹⁷ Wakefield, Robert S. and Ann Smith Lainhart, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 23, Part 1, John Howland, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2006), 164.
  • ¹⁸ Whittelsey, Charles Barney, The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902, Hartford, Connecticut: J. B. Burr and Company (1902), 45, 57.