Content Howland (1702)

Born 20 Oct 1702 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Weston Briggs — married 1725 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Wife of Thomas Howland — married before 1734 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

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Biography

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.

Content was a Friend (Quaker)

Content was born on 20 Oct 1702 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1] She was the daughter of Nathaniel Howland and Rose (Allen) Howland.^[1][2]

She married first Weston Briggs in 1725.^[2][3] She was disowned by the Dartmouth monthly meeting on 19d 5m 1725 [19 Jul 1725] for marrying out of society.^[2] The condemnation is as follows:^[2]

Whereas Content Howland Daughter of Nathaniel Howland deceased and Rose Howland his widow of Dartmouth in the county of Bristol in New England: having been Educated amongst friends her parents professing them Selves to be of the people Called Quakers hath of Late proceeded in marriage Contrary to the good order established amongst us on that account we do therefore Give this forth as a publick Testimony against the Said disorderly proceeding and also do deny ye said Content now wife of Weston Briggs to be of us the people Called Quakers Sincerely Desiring that if it be the will of god She may Come to a sight and Sense of this and all other her outgoings and by an unfeigned repentance find mercy with the Lord and his people: Signed at our monthly meeting held in Dartmouth the 19th day of the 5th month 1725.
John Tucker : Benjamin Howland
William Wood : Josiah Merrihew : Peleg Slocum
Joseph Taber : John Lapham : Jabez Barker : Judah Smith
Deliverance Smith : Eliashib Smith : James Barker
Nicholas Davis : Jonathan Wood
Mary Slocum : Hannah Tucker : Rachel Allen : Dinah Smith
Mary Laton  : Hope Merrihew : Mary Lapham : Phebe Tucker
Mary Smith : Hannah Howland : Ruth Tucker : Rebekah Barker

She married second Thomas Howland in 1734 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.^[4][5] Roberts gives her married to her first cousin Thomas Howland and having a son David Howland on 25 Aug 1734 in Dartmouth.^[6]

Content was the mother of Walter Briggs of Dartmouth.^[3]

Children

Children of Content Howland:

• Lydia Briggs.^[7]
• Walter Briggs.^[8]
• David Howland.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-T8QV : 10 November 2020), Content Howland, 20 Oct 1702; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010711.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Monthly meeting records, Men's Minutes 1699 – 1727, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, N.Y.), p 254.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPD-XXF : 5 November 2017), Water Briggs, Brigs, Brigg and Hannah Russell, 10 Mar 1754; citing Marriage, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010711.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCP-1S2C : 19 April 2021), Thomas Howland and Content Briggs, 17 Jan 1734; citing Marriage, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009329.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPD-XXQ : 10 November 2020), Content Briggs, Brigs, Brigg, 17 Jan 1733; citing Marriage, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010711.
6. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#55 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Notable Descendants of Henry and Margaret (----) Howland of . . .", (accessed 10/29/2014), New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVJ-XRW : 15 January 2020), Content in entry for Lidia Briggs, 1725.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVL-94G : 15 January 2020), Content in entry for Walter Briggs, 1727.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZV2-P7C : 15 January 2020), Content in entry for David Howland, 1734.

• Howland, Franklyn. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland (The Author, New Bedford, Mass., 1885) Page 79