Henry Howland (I44365)
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| Birth | 25 November 1604  40 29 Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England |
| Marriage | Duxbury, Plymouth, MA Mary Newland - [View Family (F19251)]
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| Marriage of father | 1628 (Age 24) John Henry Howland (I42494) (Age 64) - [Relationship Chart] Ann (I42477) - [Relationship Chart] [View Family (F18405)] |
| Death of mother | 31 July 1629 (Age 24) Alice (Margaret) Aires (I42495) (Age 54) - [Relationship Chart] |
| Death of father | 1635 (Age 31) John Henry Howland (I42494) (Age 71) - [Relationship Chart] |
| Death | 17 January 1671 (Age 66) Duxbury, Plymouth, MA |
| Last Change | 12 December 2006 - 20:47:38 Last changed by: dcoplien |
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Quaker missionaries arrived in Plymouth between 1655 and 1662 and attracted a considerable number of converts. Quakers opposed Puritan authority and religious beliefs and practices. They refused to attend church services, would not recognize ministers and magistrates or fidelity oaths, and would not support the church financially. They criticized Puritan beliefs and practices publicly and in such scathing terms as to anger the General Court. Governor Bradford had died in 1657 and was succeeded by Thomas Prence (1600-73), who would not tolerate Quaker criticism and took unusually strong measures to suppress Quaker activities, through fines, whipping, excommunication and expulsion from the colony. In the Bay Colony punishment was more severe, and included hangings. Quakers wished to separate themselves from the prevailing religious beliefs and practices, just as the Pilgrims had done some fifty years earlier in England. Thus, the Quakers were to Plymouth what the Separatists were to England, except that now the Pilgrims were on the receiving end. Governor Prence and the General Court punished Plymouth residents who attended Quaker services or gave them support and protection. The families of John Howland's brothers, Arthur and Henry, were two Plymouth families most identified as practicing Quakers. The families ceased attending Plymouth religious services and allowed their homes for the conduct of Quaker meetings. Arthur, Henry and Henry's son Zoeth were called before the General Court in 1657 and fined for using their homes for Quaker meetings. In 1660 Henry was again fined. In 1659 Arthur Jr.'s freeman status was revoked and in 1684 he was imprisoned in Plymouth. Throughout his life, John Howland remained faithful to Separatist belief and practice, but his compassion for Quakers is not known. |
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