Lydia HOWLAND

Father: John HOWLAND
Mother: Elizabeth TILLEY

Family 1: James BROWN

(1) Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins via Ancestry.com.

  1. James BROWN
  2. Dorothy BROWN
  3. Jabez BROWN
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                     _Henry HOWLAND _|
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 _John HOWLAND _____|
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|--Lydia HOWLAND
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|                                     _Robert TILLEY _
|                    _John TILLEY ___|
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|_Elizabeth TILLEY _|
                    |                 _William HURST _
                    |_Joan HURST ____|
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Notes

Updated January 12, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins via Ancestry.com

"LYDIA [HOWLAND] b. say 1633; m. by about 1655 James BROWN."

(2) Cutter, William Richard, and Adams, William Frederick. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. Volume II. New York City, New York, United States, Lewis historical Publishing Company, 1910. Page 1326.

"Major James, son of John BROWN... married Lydia HOWLAND, daughter of John HOWLAND, who came over on the 'Mayflower,'... Children: I. James, born at Rehoboth, May 4 or 21, 1655... 2. Dorothy, born at Swansea, August 29, 1666, married --- KENT. 3. Jabez, born July 9, 1688, at Swansea."

(3) The Mayflower Descendant. Volume VII, No. 1. Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower descendents, January 1905. Pages 163-166.

"JAMES BROWN of Swansea, son of John and Dorothy, married Lydia the daughter of John and Elizabeth (TILLEY) HOWLAND. The will of Elizabeth HOWLAND, printed in our third volume, mentions her daughter Lydia BROWN and her son-in-law James BROWN, also her grandchildren James BROWN, Jabez BROWN and Dorothy KENT, and the Swansea records show that Dorothy had married Joseph KENT, Jr., on 12 November 1690."

"... I give and bequeath unto by dear and loving wife Lidia BROWN my dwelling house and barn and remaining part of orchard and all my enclosed lands about my house whether plowing or pasturing, and all my land and meadow at Moscachuck during [her] natural life... I make constitute and ordain and appoint my loving wife Lidia BROWN sole executrix of this my last will and testament..."

(4) Find a Grave

- Name: Lydia HOWLAND BROWN
- Birth: 1633
- Death: 1711 (aged 77–78)
- Burial: Ancient Little Neck Cemetery; East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
- Note: "No surviving grave marker"
- Memorial ID: 54953906

(5) MayflowerHistory.com web page, the complete Internet site for Mayflower history and genealogy.

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Her parents, John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley, were passengers on the Mayflower.