Freelove (Wood) Howland (1703 - 1779)

Born 19 May 1703 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Howland — married 13 May 1725 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 27 May 1779 at age 76 in Gloucester, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Birth

Freelove Wood was born to William Wood and Suzenah [sic] ____________, on May 19th, 1703, in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay.^[1][2] Suzenah is documented as Susannah Beckwith in the will of her father Nathaniel Beckwith of Lynn dated 25 December 1725 and to be found in New London Connecticut.^[3]

Marriage

Freelove Wood married John Howland, on May 13th, 1725, in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay.^[4][5][6]

Children

Children of Freelove Wood and John Howland:^[7]

• Mary Howland - b 23 May 1726
• Freelove b 8 Feb 1730
• Susanna - b 12 Apr 1731
• Huldah - b 6 Nov 1733
• John - b 13 Mar 1735, d as an infant
• Miriam - b 8 Feb 1741/42
• John - b 14 Jan 1743/44
• William - b 1 Jul 1747, Scituate, Rhode Island^[8]

Death

Freelove Howland died on May 27th, 1779 near Wallum Pond, where was in the township of Glocester in Providence County, Rhode Island.

Burial

Freelove Howland was buried in Howland Farm Cemetery with her husband, John Howland. The location of Howland Farm Cemetery remains unknown.

Deeds

John and Freelove Howland of Swansea to Samuel Bowen of Swansea, February 25, 1737/38. Acknowledged March 13, 1737/38. Recorded May 4, 1743, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

To All People to Whom these Presents Shall Come Greeting Know ye y We John Howland of Swansey In ye County of Bristol In ye Province of ye Massachusetts Bay In Newengland yeoman & freelove his wife for & In consideration of ye sum of Eight hundred & three pounds current money of sd Province to us In hand Before ye Ensealing & Delivey hereof Well & truly paid by Samll Bowen of Swansey In ye County & province aforsd yeoman ye Receipt Whereof We do hereby acknowledge our selves therewith fully satisfyed & Contented & of Every part & parcel thereof do Acquit Exonorate & Discharge ye sd Samll Bowen his heirs & Extr admtrs & assigns forever by these presents Have Given Granted Bargained Sold Aliened Conveyed & Confirmed & by these presents do freely fully & absolutely Give Grant Bargain Sell Aliene Convey & Confirm Unto ye sd Samuel Bowen his heirs & assigns forever A Certain Lott on percel of Land containing by Estemation sixty be It more or Less Which Doctr Wm Wood Late of Swansey Decd. by his Last will and testament dated ye twenty sixth day of Decembr 1734 Gave to ye sd freelove his Daughter Scituate Lying & Being^[9] On ye south side of ye Rhoad Leading to Matepoiset Near ye Meeting house in Swansey aforesd & Bounded of Northwest Corner Being A White tree then southerly by A pivid Way to a Red Oak tree In A turn of ye fence then Southeasterly by ye Land of Caleb Luther & Land Belonging to ye Coles to fremen Line then Northeastly by yt Line to a piece of Land Containing a Quarter of one acre of Land Given by ye sd. Doctr Wood for ye Conveniancy of ye meeting house aforsd then Northerly As It Is now Sett of Where ye Stone Wall Is now Began to ye highway then Westerly by that highway on Rhoad to ye first Corner on howsoever otherwise Bounded or Reputed to be Bounded To have & to hold ye sd. Lott on percel of Land Butted & bounded With ye Dwelling house & all ye appurtenances privilidges & Commodaties to ye same Belonging or In any wise appertaining to him ye sd. Samll Bowen his heirs & assigns forever and we ye sd. J. Howland & freelove his Wife for in our heir Extr Admtr do Covenant promise & Grant to & with ye sd. Samll Bowen his heirs & assigns forever yt Before ye Ensealing & Delivery of thse presents We are ye true sole & Lawful owner of All ye above Granted & Bargained premices & are Lawfully Seized & posessed of ye same In our own proper Rigth as a Good perfect & Absolute Estate of Inheritance In fee Simple & have In our Selves Good Right full power & Lawfull authorety to Give Grant Bargain Sell & Convey ye Same In manner As About & yt ye sd. Samll Bowen his heirs & assigns shall & may from time to time & at all times forever hereafter by force & virture of these present Lawfully peacebly & Quietly have hold use occupy possess & Enjoy all ye sd. demised & Bargained premices With hein Appurtenances free & clean & freely & Clearly Acquited & fully Discharged of & from all manner of former On Other Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases mortagages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Judgements Executions Incombrences & Extents & We ye sd John Howland & freelove his Wife do by these presents for us our heirs Extr Admistr do Covenant & Ingage ye demised premices to him ye sd Samll Bowen his heirs & Assigns forever Against all ye Lawfull claimes Or Demands of Any person or Persons Whomsoever forever to Warrant & Defend In Witness Whereof We ye sd. John Howland & freelove his Wife have hereonto sett to our hands & seals this twenty fifth day of february In ye Eleventh year of his majesties Reign Anno Dom 1737/8

John Howland {S}

Freelove Howland {S}

Signed Sealed & Delivd

In ye presence of Us

John Seamans

Seth Luther

Bristol Ss Swanzey March ye 13th 1737/8

Personally Appeared Mr John Howland & freelove Howland his Wife ye Subscribers to ye Within Written Instructment and Acknowledged ye Same to be their own free Act & Deed Before me

Thomas Bowen Justice Peace

Recorded [April crossed out] May ye 4th 1743

Mr Thos Throope Jr Register^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDD-S4S : 10 February 2018), Freelove Wood, 19 Mar 1703; citing Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; Family History Library microfilm 0903395 IT 6.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC37-FRS : 10 February 2018), Freelove Wood, 19 Mar 1703; citing Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, 2:1749WJ4; FHL microfilm 903,395.
3. ↑ Ewers, Dorothy W. Supplement to the Six Volumes of the Descendants of John Wood, a Mariner, Who Died in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1655: Corrections and Additions, and Wood Piles, a Place-Index by States of Individuals in These Volumes Born Wood. Colorado Springs, Colo: D.W. Ewers, 1978. Print.
4. ↑ Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-7TBG : accessed 31 August 2018), John Howland and Freelove Wood, 13 May 1725; citing Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Swansea town hall, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; Family History Library microfilm 30.
5. ↑ Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-7BGP : accessed 31 August 2018), John Howland and Freelove Wood, 13 May 1725; citing Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Swansea town hall, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; Family History Library microfilm 121.
6. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VJ-KXR : accessed 31 August 2018), John Howland and Freelove Wood, 13 May 1725; citing Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States, Swansea town hall, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; Family History Library microfilm 143.
7. ↑ Ladd, Rhode E., The Connecticut Nutmegger, 22:393, citing Swansea Vital Records, pp 57-103
8. ↑ Arnold, History of the state of Rhode Island, 3:iii:44
9. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZS-1SCS?cc=2106411&wc=MCB2-FPD%3A361612901%2C361622301 : 22 May 2014), Bristol County, Deeds 1742-1743, vol 31, p. 245, image 383 of 413; Bristol County courthouse and office, Massachusetts.
10. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZS-1SK1?cc=2106411&wc=MCB2-FPD%3A361612901%2C361622301 : 22 May 2014), Bristol County, Deeds 1742-1743, vol. 31, p. 246, image 384 of 413; Bristol County courthouse and office, Massachusetts.</re> (Bristol County, Deeds Book, Vol. 31, p. 245)

See also:

• Seaman, Lynne C. The Seaman Family Chronicles: Including the Families of Churchill and Jennings. California: publisher not identified, 2006. Print. Page 76

• Ladd, A W, and Rhoda E. Ladd. Notes on the Family of John Howland and Freelove Wood. Oregon, Il: The Author, 2002. Print.

• The Connecticut Nutmegger, Volume 22. "Who Was John Howland Married Freelove Wood by Rhoda E. Ladd." Connecticut Society of Genealogists, 1989. Print. Page 393.

• THE REGISTER, vol. 124, p. 142-143, 1970, entitled The Parentage of Caleb Howland by Roberta L. Hendrix. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011.

• THE REGISTER, vol. 100, p. 288, October 1946, entitled Caleb Howland of Clarendon, Vt., and some of His Descendants, compiled by Howland F. Atwood of Hartford, Vermont. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011.

• Howland, Charles R. A Brief Genealogical and Biographical Record of Charles Roscoe Howland, Brothers, and Forebears. Rutland, Vt: Tuttle Pub. Co, 1946. Print. Pages 39, 54.

• Howland, Franklyn, A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland and Their Descendants, of the United States and Canada: Together with an Account of the Efforts Made in England to Learn of Their English Ancestry, Etc., New Bedford, Mass.: Howland, 1885.