Joseph married Elizabeth SLEEPER on 24 Dec 1705. Elizabeth (daughter of Aaron SLEEPER and Elizabeth SHAW) was born in 1683 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Aaron YOUNG, Deacon was born on 27 Oct 1714 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 1 Apr 1789.

Joseph married Sarah DAVIS on 23 Oct 1679 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Robert DAVIS and Anne KINGMAN) was born on 25 Oct 1656 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Abigail HOWLAND on 13 Dec 1648 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Henry HOWLAND and Mary NEWLAND) was born in 1629 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 7 Apr 1692 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Anne KINGMAN in 1637 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Anne was born in 1610 in Weymouth, Norfolk, England; died in 1701 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rev. John was believed to have been educated at Oxford. He wrote andtaught the Calvinistic System. Because the English ruler was Catholic heand many of the Parish were persecuted until conditions becameintolerable. His brother Christopher and wife sailed with brother Joseph,Master of the ship "Love" for New England. Two years later Rev. John madeapplication to sail and was refused (from the records of Westminister,was written in the margin "This man was forbyden passage by thecommissners. and went not from Yarmouth".

One report places him at New Haven 1638-40. Woods, in his history of LongIsland, where he makes Young a Minister at Hingham, England and came toNew Haven with part of his church in 1640 and to begin the settlement ofSouthold, in Oct of that year.

(Farmers Register) says he died 1672 in his 74th year.

John married Joan HERRINGTON on 25 Jul 1622 in England. Joan was born about 1600; died about 1630 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arthur and Henry Howland came to Plymouth several years after John. Theysettled at Marshfield in 1647, and Henry later moved to Duxbury where hewas a constable. Both Arthur and Henry were Quakers, which sectoriginated in 1647 in England. The Quakers would never pay tithes andnever yielded to any human law which traversed their conscience. Arthurparticulary did more - he resisted tyranny with all the moral energy ofenthusiam, bearing witness against blind obedience. Plymouth colonistswere very bitter toward the Quakers and stringent laws were madepunishing their refusal to contribute towards the support of the ministryof the colonial church, holding meetings in their faith and entertainingtheir traveling brethren. This led to the severest persecution andimprisonment, which made Plymouth a very undesirable place for the Quakerto reside. It is odd that the Pilgrims who left England and Holland insearch of religious freedom were so unsympathetic to other sects. Thisdifference in beliefs must have led to harsh family feelings between thebrothers, particularly between Arthur and John as Arthur was a broughtbefore the General Court many times, and John was a member of that Court.

Arthur's house at Marshfield was the headquarters of the persecutedFriends. He was arrested in 1657 and, refusing to pay bond, was sent toprison. While in prison, he wrote a letter to the General Court held inPlymouth, March 2 ,1658 which was found to be "full of factious,seditious, slanderous passages to be of dangerous consequences." He wasfined, refused to pay the fines and went back to prison. In one instance,John Howland, Jr. was called before the General Court because he hadwarned his Uncle Arthur and other Quakers that the constables were ontheir way to arrest them.

Henry married Mary NEWLAND in 1629 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mary was born about 1609 in England; died on 16 Jun 1674 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]