Zoeth HOWLAND

                   A Quaker.
There is other information which says married Dec 1656, I used Karen's.
I have other death information of 21 Mar 1676/1677.


Zoeth Howland (son of Henry Howland and Mary Newland was born Abt. 1636 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, and died Mar 13, 1676 in Tiverton, Massachusetts. He married Abigail  on Oct 1656 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.Notes for Zoeth Howland:An Inventory of the estate that Zoeth Howland of the Towne of Dartmouth who was slain by the Indians on  28 March 1676 died posessed of; exhibited to the Court held at Plymouth 7 Iune 1677 on the oath of Abigaill Howland widdowL s dImpr: 1 quarter share of land prised att 15 [MS smudged]Item 1 yoak of oxen 07 00 00Item 3 Cowes 06 10 00Item 1 mare 01 10 00Item 1 brasse kettle 02 06 00Item 1 Chest 00 06 00Item 2 kettles 00 08 00Item 1 brad axe 00 05 00Item old tooles 00 06 00Item 1 Gun 00 10 00Item plow tackling 00 13 00Item in pewter 00 13 00Item 1 brasse skillett 00 03 06Item 1 frying pan 00 04 00Item 1 Iron pott 00 10 00Item 2 paire of pothangers and hookes 00 05 00Item 1 old Iron pot 00 [00] 00--------------36 14 06*Iohn RussellIohn Smith Plymouth Colony Wills,Vol. III, part 2, f. 84.The Pilgrim John Howland Society Detroit, MI: 1939 "ZOETH, born in Duxbury; married to Abigail October, 1656. They moved to Dartmouth about 1662 for more congenial society. Zoeth was killed by the Indians during thefamous King Philip's war. The English had a skirmish with the Indians in Tiverton, south of Howland's ferry, and from that time they greatly annoyed the settlers. At the time of Zoeth's death the war was going on in southwestern Rhode Island only, the savages in this section were doubtless full of revenge, and Zoeth was one of their victims." "Certain Comeoverers" Crapo, Henry Howland New Bedford, Mass.: E. Anthony & Sons, 1912; p146 "Zoeth Howland, the second son of Henry Howland and Mary Newland, was born in Duxbury about 1636. In October, 1656, he was married to his wife, Abigail, as appears by the Friends' record at Newport, R.I. In 1657 he took the oath of Fidelitie at Duxbury. In the same year he, with his father, was fined for holding Quaker meetings at his house." "New England Marriages Prior To 1700" Clarence A. Torrey, (as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001) "HOWLAND, Zoeth (-1676) & Abigail _____, m/2 Richard KIRBY; Dec 1656" i. ZOETH HOWLAND 20, b. January 31, 1635/36, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusettes; d. January 01, 1675/76, Puncatest, Newport, Rhode Island; m. ABIGAIL, October 10, 1656, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusettes 21. Notes for ZOETH HOWLAND: The History ofthe State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biographical, by the American Historical Society, Inc., 1920. For an unknown reason there are several copies of the book with the same title page, but with different contents. From pages 118-20 of one edition. Zoeth Howland, son of Henry Howland, was born in Duxbury, Mass. He moved, with his wife Abigail, to Dartmouth, and there embraced the Quaker religion, his father and wife also being members of that church. Zoeth andAbigail Howland were tried and fined for their religious faith, it being proventhat meetings were held at their home. Zoeth Howland was killed by Indians at Pocasset, R. I., January 21, 1676, the place of his death now known as Tiverton. New England Families : "Zoeth, son of Henry Howland, was born in Duxbury, and married Abigail _____, October, 1656. He was killed by Indians, January 21, 1676 (during the King Phillip's War), at Pocaset (modern Tiverton, R.I.) while on his way to a Quaker meeting on Aquidneck Island. Abigail married (second), February 12, 1678, John Kirby Jr. He [Zoeth] took the oath of 'fidelitie' at Duxbury in 1657, and became a convert to the Friends' [Quakers] sect about the same time, and meetings were held at his house, for which for which he was fined in December,1657. In March, 1657-58, he was sentenced to 'sitt in the stockes for the spaceof an hour' for 'speaking opprobiously of the minnesters of Gods Word.' In March, 1659, his wife was fined ten shillings for not attending the meetings of the Puritans. He moved to Dartmouth, probably as early as 1662, for more congenial society. The New
port [RI] Friends' records and the inventory of his estate, dated June, 1677, refer to him as Zoeth of Dartmouth, and his mother owned a house there. Just wherehe was killed and how he came to be there is unknown. His sons, with the exception of Samuel, were active members of the old Apponegansett meeting. The first eight children are recorded in the Newport Friends' records..." More About Zoeth Howland:Fact 3: Mar 06, 2001339 

Zoeth Howland

Zoeth Howland was born about 1626 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA as the sixth child of Henry Howland and Mary Newland. He had seven siblings, namely: Mary, Samuel, John, Sarah, Elizabeth, Abigail, and Joseph. He died on 21 Jan 1675/76 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. When he was 30, He married AbigailHowland on 10 Oct 1656 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

Zoeth Howland and Abigail Howland had the following children:

1.	Abigail Howland was born on 30 Jun 1672 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts,USA.
2.	Sarah Howland was born on 02 Apr 1668 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
3.	Lydia Howland was born on 23 Sep 1663 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
4.	Nicholas Howland was born on 13 Jul 1670 in Massachusetts, USA. He died on 01Apr 1722 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He married Hannah Woodman on 26 Oct 1697 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
5.	Nathaniel Howland was born on 05 Aug 1657 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 03 Mar 1723/24 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He married Rose Allen in 1684 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
6.	Daniel Howland was born on Mar 1660/61 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He died before 1712 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
7.	Mary Howland was born on 23 Dec 1665 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 19 Jan 1742/43 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. She married Nathaniel Freeman in 1691 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. She married Henry Goddard on 12 Aug 1693 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
8.	Henry Howland was born on 30 Jun 1672 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He died in Sep 1729 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He married Deborah Briggs on 03 Jun 1698 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He married Elizabeth Northup on 12 Feb 1713/14 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
9.	Benjamin Howland was born on 08 Mar 1658/59 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 12 Feb 1726/27 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
In the list of names of those who took the oath of "Fidelite" at Duxbury in 1657is Zoeth. He became a convert to the faith of his father and meetings were heldat his house and he was fined in December 1657. Zoeth proably moved to Dartmouth as early as 1662, for a more congengial society. His sons were all members of the old Apponegansett Meeting, except Samuel.  Zoeth was killed by Indians at Pocaset (Tiverton, R.I.) 1/21/1676 and his body was dumped in the Sin & Flesh Brook (named such after his death). He was likely enroute to his son Daniel's ferry that would take him from Tiverton to Portsmouth and from there Zoeth could attend a Friends meeting in Newport, R.I. He was likely following the river to his destination.