Jabez Howland's burial place is unknown. This is a cenotaph. A cenotaph was placed at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts and was erected by the Pilgrim John Howland Society memorializing the children of John Howland and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland.
JABEZ, 8th known child of John & Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, was born about 1644 (deposed on 19 July 1680 aged 36 years). He married by 1669 Bethiah Thatcher, daughter of Anthony Thatcher (eldest child b. Plymouth 15 November 1669).
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
Jabez and his wife, Bethiah (Thatcher) Howland, died in Bristol, Massachusetts not in Rhode Island. Bristol was a town of Massachusetts until the Crown transferred it to the Rhode Island Colony in 1747, which is after their dates of death.
Rounds, H. L Peter, Compl., Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records 1687-1745. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Publishing Co., Inc., 1987
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Will of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., Blacksmith, dtd. 14 May 1708, prob. 21 Feb. 1711/2. Wife Bethiah. Son Jabez is Exec. with his mother. Mentions "my four sons" [not named[. Witns: Dan Throop, William Martin & John Cary [3:82[.
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Inv. of Est. of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., dtd. 6 Feb. 1711/2, pres. by Mrs. Bethiah Howland, his widow, & by Jabez Howland, son, Execs. Aprs: Simon Davis, Samuel Gallap & John Cary [3:154/5].
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Acct. of Bethia Howland & Jabez Howland of Bristl., Esecs. of Est. of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., dtd. 24 July 1713 -[3:157/8[.
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Agrmt. btwn. Jabez, Josiah, Samuel & Joseph (youngest) Howland, all of Brist., sons of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., abt. div. of Est., excepting for what their mother Methiah Howland keeps in her own hands. Nathan Townsend, only son of our only sister Elizabeth Townsend dcd., late wife of Nathan Townsend of Newport. Dtd. 26 Nov. 1714. Witns: William Munro & Joseph Wardall [3:238/9/40].
JABEZ, 8th known child of John & Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, was born about 1644 (deposed on 19 July 1680 aged 36 years). He married by 1669 Bethiah Thatcher, daughter of Anthony Thatcher (eldest child b. Plymouth 15 November 1669).
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
Jabez and his wife, Bethiah (Thatcher) Howland, died in Bristol, Massachusetts not in Rhode Island. Bristol was a town of Massachusetts until the Crown transferred it to the Rhode Island Colony in 1747, which is after their dates of death.
Rounds, H. L Peter, Compl., Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records 1687-1745. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Publishing Co., Inc., 1987
p. 55:
Will of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., Blacksmith, dtd. 14 May 1708, prob. 21 Feb. 1711/2. Wife Bethiah. Son Jabez is Exec. with his mother. Mentions "my four sons" [not named[. Witns: Dan Throop, William Martin & John Cary [3:82[.
p. 60
Inv. of Est. of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., dtd. 6 Feb. 1711/2, pres. by Mrs. Bethiah Howland, his widow, & by Jabez Howland, son, Execs. Aprs: Simon Davis, Samuel Gallap & John Cary [3:154/5].
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Acct. of Bethia Howland & Jabez Howland of Bristl., Esecs. of Est. of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., dtd. 24 July 1713 -[3:157/8[.
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Agrmt. btwn. Jabez, Josiah, Samuel & Joseph (youngest) Howland, all of Brist., sons of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., abt. div. of Est., excepting for what their mother Methiah Howland keeps in her own hands. Nathan Townsend, only son of our only sister Elizabeth Townsend dcd., late wife of Nathan Townsend of Newport. Dtd. 26 Nov. 1714. Witns: William Munro & Joseph Wardall [3:238/9/40].
Jabez Howland's burial place is unknown. This is a cenotaph. A cenotaph was placed at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts and was erected by the Pilgrim John Howland Society memorializing the children of John Howland and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland.
JABEZ, 8th known child of John & Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, was born about 1644 (deposed on 19 July 1680 aged 36 years). He married by 1669 Bethiah Thatcher, daughter of Anthony Thatcher (eldest child b. Plymouth 15 November 1669).
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
Jabez and his wife, Bethiah (Thatcher) Howland, died in Bristol, Massachusetts not in Rhode Island. Bristol was a town of Massachusetts until the Crown transferred it to the Rhode Island Colony in 1747, which is after their dates of death.
Rounds, H. L Peter, Compl., Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records 1687-1745. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Publishing Co., Inc., 1987
p. 55:
Will of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., Blacksmith, dtd. 14 May 1708, prob. 21 Feb. 1711/2. Wife Bethiah. Son Jabez is Exec. with his mother. Mentions "my four sons" [not named[. Witns: Dan Throop, William Martin & John Cary [3:82[.
p. 60
Inv. of Est. of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., dtd. 6 Feb. 1711/2, pres. by Mrs. Bethiah Howland, his widow, & by Jabez Howland, son, Execs. Aprs: Simon Davis, Samuel Gallap & John Cary [3:154/5].
p. 61
Acct. of Bethia Howland & Jabez Howland of Bristl., Esecs. of Est. of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., dtd. 24 July 1713 -[3:157/8[.
p. 68
Agrmt. btwn. Jabez, Josiah, Samuel & Joseph (youngest) Howland, all of Brist., sons of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., abt. div. of Est., excepting for what their mother Methiah Howland keeps in her own hands. Nathan Townsend, only son of our only sister Elizabeth Townsend dcd., late wife of Nathan Townsend of Newport. Dtd. 26 Nov. 1714. Witns: William Munro & Joseph Wardall [3:238/9/40].
JABEZ, 8th known child of John & Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, was born about 1644 (deposed on 19 July 1680 aged 36 years). He married by 1669 Bethiah Thatcher, daughter of Anthony Thatcher (eldest child b. Plymouth 15 November 1669).
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
Jabez and his wife, Bethiah (Thatcher) Howland, died in Bristol, Massachusetts not in Rhode Island. Bristol was a town of Massachusetts until the Crown transferred it to the Rhode Island Colony in 1747, which is after their dates of death.
Rounds, H. L Peter, Compl., Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records 1687-1745. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Publishing Co., Inc., 1987
p. 55:
Will of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., Blacksmith, dtd. 14 May 1708, prob. 21 Feb. 1711/2. Wife Bethiah. Son Jabez is Exec. with his mother. Mentions "my four sons" [not named[. Witns: Dan Throop, William Martin & John Cary [3:82[.
p. 60
Inv. of Est. of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., dtd. 6 Feb. 1711/2, pres. by Mrs. Bethiah Howland, his widow, & by Jabez Howland, son, Execs. Aprs: Simon Davis, Samuel Gallap & John Cary [3:154/5].
p. 61
Acct. of Bethia Howland & Jabez Howland of Bristl., Esecs. of Est. of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., dtd. 24 July 1713 -[3:157/8[.
p. 68
Agrmt. btwn. Jabez, Josiah, Samuel & Joseph (youngest) Howland, all of Brist., sons of JABEZ HOWLAND of Brist., abt. div. of Est., excepting for what their mother Methiah Howland keeps in her own hands. Nathan Townsend, only son of our only sister Elizabeth Townsend dcd., late wife of Nathan Townsend of Newport. Dtd. 26 Nov. 1714. Witns: William Munro & Joseph Wardall [3:238/9/40].
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This is a cenotaphs and is not the place of burial for Jabez. He may be buried with his wife, Bethiah, in the East Burial Ground, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island which at the time of her death was in Massachusetts.
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