Henry HOWLAND
1604 - 1671 (66 years)-
Name Henry HOWLAND Birth 25 Nov 1604 Fernstanton, England 
Gender Male Death 17 Jan 1671 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Person ID I25251 kirkpatrick Last Modified 4 Jul 2006
Father Henry HOWLAND, b. 1564, Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire, England d. 17 May 1635, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England (Age 71 years) Mother Margaret AIRES, b. 1567 d. 31 Jul 1629, Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 62 years) Marriage Between 1584 and 1621 Family ID F4754 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary NEWLAND, b. Abt 1609, England d. 16 Jun 1674, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age ~ 65 years) Marriage 1629 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Children 1. Abigail HOWLAND, b. 1629, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 7 Apr 1692, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 63 years)Family ID F8414 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Apr 2007
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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.
- 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.