Family Group of Zebulon Howland

ZEBULON HOWLAND 5 21   ( Samuel, Abraham, Samuel, Henry, Henry, John, John, John ) was baptized August 12, 1739 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 1, and died February 19, 1824 in Avon, Franklin County, Maine 16. He married (1) LYDIA CUSHING, January 26, 1758 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 2 5, daughter of MOSES CUSHING and LYDIA BLACKWELL. He married (2) MARGARET CROCKET, December 9, 1772 23, daughter of JONATHAN CROCKET

Notes for ZEBULON HOWLAND (aka. Zebuland, Zeblen)   Chart

Time Line for Zebulon Howland ... developed from research data

1739, Aug. 12 baptized; Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts 1
1758, Jan. 26 married; Lydia Cushing; Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1771, Nov. 9 The Maine Historical Magazine, Volume IX; "Zebulon Howland of Fox Island"
1771, Abt. death - Lydia Cushing; Harmony, Somerset, Maine
1772, Aug. 16 Baptisms of daughter Elizabeth Cushing Howland; Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts 12
1772, Dec. 9 Married; Margaret Crockett, Lincoln County, Maine. 23
1779, Jan. 6 Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760 to I800;
"John Crocket, late of Fox Islands.
Zebulon Howland, of Fox Islands, Adm'r, 16 Dec., 1772. "
1785, June 20 Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine;
"Zebulon Howland, ... of Bristol"
1790 Census; Bristol, Lincoln, Maine
1824, Feb. 19 d.; buried Sprague-Howland Cemetery, Avon, Franklin, Maine; died in 86th year 16

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SPRAGUE-HOWLAND CEMETERY Avon, Franklin County, Maine
directions; Leave Phillips On Route #149 South Toward Strong, Maine. Go 2.6 Miles, Cemetery Down Over the Banking On Right. In the Pasture of "Old Voter Farm"

HOWLAND, Capt. Zebulon
d. 02-19-1824 in the 86th year of his age. formerly of Bristol   (flag)
(the editors(flag) denotes a military affiliation) 19

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Maine Federal Census has the following Howlands in Maine at that time period:
1790- Abraham in Topsham and Joseph in Sandy River (which is up by Rangley I think).
1800- Abraham, still in Topsham, Briggs and his father Zebulon in Franklin County and Michael in Topsham.
1810-Abraham, Topsham, Briggs in Edgecomb and Joseph in Bowdoin (don't know if that's the same one from Sandy River).

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He was a Second and First Lieutenant in Captain John Boyd's Company of Matrosses in the War of the Revolution. He was chosen by the legal voters of Bristol, Maine. 20

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Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois; 1889.

George W. Howland

(These documents were commonplace during that era -- usually biographies that their subjects paid to have included in the books. This was published while he was still alive, and supposedly authorized the information. I should note that it is not totally accurate, but he should know who his ancestors were.)

States that GWH was born November 26, 1818 in Phillips Township, Somerset County, not far from Moosehead Lake, the son of John and Lydia (Hardy).Howland. The text says that John was the grandson of Jebland Howland who died at Wiscasset, Maine in 1824, at which time he was more than 90 years old. (My information has him 87 when he died.) The story says that Zebulon (Jebland) was the father of a numerous family -- one of his sons, Briggs Howland, being the father of John, and grandfather of our subject. Briggs Howland was born in Wiscasset, but for several years of his earlier life had been a sea-faring man. Later he became a farmer... 21

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August 12, 1739, Christened; Pembroke, Plymouth County, Mass 22

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SAMUEL, Pembroke, son of above , by wife Sarah, had Zebulon, m. Lydia Cushing 7

Notes for LYDIA CUSHING:

b. March 9, 1739/40
d. November 1771

Notes for MARGARET CROCKET:

possibly his second wife was Margaret Chase Pease / per Gladys Howland Dripps info

[1772,] Dec. 9, Zebulon Howland and Margaret Crocket, both of a place called the Fox Islands. 23

Children of ZEBULON HOWLAND and LYDIA CUSHING:

  1. BRIGGS HOWLAND 3, b. bef. October 30, 1768, Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 3 4 ; d. July 18, 1855; m. ABIGAIL MERROW, April 13, 1790, Edgecomb, Maine.
     
  2. ELIJAH CUSHING HOWLAND 6 3, b. bef. October 30, 1768, Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 3 ; m. MARY KILSO, September 04, 1785.

    Notes for ELIJAH CUSHING HOWLAND:

    Subject: Howland, Elijah and others
    Link: 6654
    Description: Report on the Petition of Elijah Howland and others for the division of the towns of Phillips, Avon and Freeman and that a part of the same may be set off into a new town and remonstrance of the Selectmen of Phillips and Avon Year: 1846 18
    Type: GY
    Access #: 181-2

  3. ZEBULON HOWLAND, b. May 06, 1759, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts 7 8.
     
  4. BARKER HOWLAND, b. February 27, 1761, Pembroke County, Plymouth, Massachusetts 9 10; d. February 27, 1761, Pembrooke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 11.
     
  5. ELIZABETH CUSHING HOWLAND, baptized, August 16, 1772, Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 12 13; m. JEREMIAH RUSSELL.
     
  6. HANNAH BARKER HOWLAND, b. Bef. April 25, 1762 14 15; m. SAMUEL BOYD, August 01, 1790.
     
  7. LYDIA CUSHING HOWLAND, b. Bef. April 25, 1762 14; d. August 06, 1837; m. JAMES LAUGHTON, December 30, 1780.

    Notes for JAMES LAUGHTON:

    Additional military information: Sergeant, Capt. Thomas Brackett's co., Col. James Cargill's regt.; from May 1775 for 6 months; also, Sergeant, Capt Thomas Brackett's co., Col. Joseph North's Lincoln Co. regt.; from 1 Jan 1777 for 3 months; served in Rhode Island; also, Sergeant, Capt. Benjamin Plummer's co., Col. Samuel McCobb's Lincoln Co. regt.; from May to 18 (or 19) Nov 1779; served at Camden and Bagaduce; also, Sergeant, Capt. Thomas Brackett's Co., Col. Mason Wheeton's Lincoln Co. regt.; from Jun 1780 for one month; detached with 17 men to do guard duty on the West side of Penobscot Bay ME.
    Family history: he was born 30 Nov 1741, in Concord MA, the son of John and Esther Davis Laughton, died 20 Jun 1833 in Bristol ME; married Lydia Cushing Howland 4 Jan 1781 in Bristol ME; she was born 24 Apr 1762, daughter of Zebulonand Lydia Cushing Howland, died 6 Aug 1837. Their children, all born in Bristol ME, were Hannah, born 23 Jan 1782; Lydia, born 9 Dec 1783; James, born 17 May 1785; Eliza, born 13 May 1787; John, born 22 Dec 1789; Samuel, born 10 Mar 1791; Sarah, born 17 Dec 1792; Thomas, born 22 Dec 1794; Isaac, born 13 Oct 1795; Jane B., born 22 Jan 1798 and Nancy born 8 Nov 1806. Ref. NA01
    Ref.NA01 - National Archives; compiled service records and pension records. (Washington, DC)

    8. Surname Lists:
    ? - D     E - G     H - Howland, G     Howland, H - Howland, P     Howland, Q - Hz     I - M     N - R     S - Z
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    Endnotes

    1. Bailey, Frederick W.; Vital Records of Pembrooke, Mass: to the year of 1850; pg 114; Page heading "Pembroke Births" "HOWLAND, Zebulon, s. Samuel, bp. Aug. 12, 1739. C.R.1."
    2. Bailey, Frederick W.; Vital Records of Pembrooke, Mass: to the year of 1850; pg 295; Page Caption: "Pembroke Marriages" "HOWLAND, Zebulon and Lydia Cushing, Jan. 26, 1758."
    3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - 1895, (By the Society - 1895 / Volume XLIX), Taken from the "Letters of Eldridge Gerry" Baptisms at Pembroke, Mass, pg. 428, Baptism date "Oct. 30, 1768 Elijah Cushing and Briggs, sons of Zebulon Howland."
    4. Bailey, Frederick W.; Vital Records of Pembrooke, Mass: to the year of 1850, pg. 110, Page heading "Pembroke Births"; "Briggs, s. Zebulon, pb. Oct 30, 1768. C.R.2."
    5. Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Part I. Historical Sketch & Titles of Estates, Part II. Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, Appendix (2nd Edition; Boston: William T. Davis, 1899)
    "SAMUEL, Pembroke, son of above, by wife Sarah, had Zebulon, m. Lydia Cushing"
    6. Bailey, Frederick W.; Vital Records of Pembrooke, Mass: to the year of 1850, pg. 111, Page heading "Pembroke Births" - "Elijah Cushing, s. Zebulon, pb. Oct 30, 1768. C.R.2."
    7. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - 1895, (By the Society - 1895 / Volume XLIX), (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - 1895, (By the Society - 1895 / Volume XLIX : Taken from the "Letters of Eldridge Gerry" ; Baptisms at Pembroke, Mass); pg. 290.
    8. Bailey, Frederick W.; Vital Records of Pembrooke, Mass: to the year of 1850, pg 114, Page heading "Pembroke Births""HOWLAND, Zebulon, s. Zebulon, bp. May 6, 1759. C.R.2.."
    9. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - 1895, (By the Society - 1895 / Volume XLIX), (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - 1895, (By the Society - 1895 / Volume XLIX : Taken from the "Letters of Eldridge Gerry" ; Baptisms at Pembroke, Mass), 291, Baptism date.
    10. Bailey, Frederick W.; Vital Records of Pembrooke, Mass: to the year of 1850, pg. 110, Page heading "Pembroke Births" "Barker, s. Zebulon, bp. Feb. 27, 1761. C.R.2."
    11. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - Volume CXXXVI: January 1982, pg 34, "Origional Church Records of Gad Hitchcock", D.D., 1748 to 1803; Deaths, "February 27, 1761 Barker, Child of Zebulon Howland."
    12. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - 1895, (By the Society - 1895 / Volume XLIX), (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - 1895, (By the Society - 1895 / Volume XLIX : Taken from the "Letters of Eldridge Gerry" ; Baptisms at Pembroke, Mass), pg. 430, Page Caption: " Baptisms"; "Aug. 16, 1772 Elizabeth, Cushing, duaghter of Zebulon Howland."
    13. Bailey, Frederick W.; Vital Records of Pembrooke, Mass: to the year of 1850, pg. 111, Page heading "Pembroke Births" "Elizabeth Cushing, d. Zebulon, pb. Aug. 16, 1772. C.R.2."
    14. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - 1895, (By the Society - 1895 / Volume XLIX), (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register - 1895, (By the Society - 1895 / Volume XLIX : Taken from the "Letters of Eldridge Gerry" ; Baptisms at Pembroke, Mass), pg. 291, "Oct. 30, 1768 Hannah Barker and Lydia Cushing, daughters of Zebulon Howland."
    15. Bailey, Frederick W.; Vital Records of Pembrooke, Mass: to the year of 1850, pg. 111, Page heading "Pembroke Births""Hannah Barker, d. Zebulon, pb. Apr. 25, 1762 C.R.2."
    16. Tombstone inscription, SPRAGUE-HOWLAND CEMETERY Avon, Franklin, Maine; HOWLAND Capt. Zebuland, d. 02-19-1824 in the 86th year
    17. "Early Families of Sabattus, Androscoggin Co, Maine: formerly part of Greene, Lewiston, Lisbon, Bowdoin & West Bowdionham"; 1st draft by David C. Young
    18. Maine Legislative Indexes 1846-1850; Subjects Beginning with "H"; Courtesy of the Maine State Archives
    19. source; http://www.rootsweb.com/~mefrankl/spragcem.htm
    20. "Archives of Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution"; Volume 8; pg. 410
    21. Author Unknown; Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois; Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1889; p. 809.
    22. Bailey, Frederick W.; Vital Records of Pembrooke, Mass: to the year of 1850; pg 114, Page heading "Pembroke Births".
    23. The Maine Historical Magazine, Volume IX; January, 1894, -- January, 1895.; Joseph W. Porter, Editor and Publisher.; Bangor, Chas. H. Glass & Co. Printers, 1895
    Pg. 140; married by Aaron Hinkley, Justice pacis.
    "1772, Dec. 9; Zebulon Howland and Margaret Crocket, both of a place called the Fox Islands."
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