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A young pilgrim (age 28) on the Mayflower, John Howland (1592-1672) has probably the single largest posterity in all of North America. It includes many famous leaders, celebrities and other noteworthy individuals.

Research Notes[]


John and Elizabeth Howland's direct descendants include notable figures.

U.S. President Richard Nixon, U.S. President Gerald Ford, and British prime minister Winston Churchill are descendants of John Howland's brothers Arthur (Nixon and Ford) and Henry (Churchill).

Family Tree Worksheets[]

  1. Joseph Smith Immigrant Ancestors
  2. William Emerson Immigrant Ancestors
  3. Nathaniel Gorham (1738-1796)/immigrant ancestors

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Auchincloss[]

Adams[]

  1. Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. (1835-1915): ( ABBrooks, AGorham, NGorham6, NGorham5, SGorham4, JGorham3, DHowland, JHowland1) -was a member of the prominent Adams family, and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr.. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was a railroad executive following the war.
  2. Adams, John Quincy II (Brother of Charles F, Jr)- was an American lawyer and politician, the son of Charles Francis Adams and the grandson and namesake of president John Quincy Adams.
  3. Adams, Charles F. III (1866-1954) (Son of John Quincy II) - was the United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover and a well-known yachtsman, participating in the famous America's Cup Race.
  4. Adams, Brooks (1848-1927): (Brother of Charles F, Jr.), was an American historian and a critic of capitalism.
  5. Adams, Henry Brooks (1838-1910): (brother of Charles F, Jr.) - was an American journalist, historian, academic and novelist. He is best known for his autobiographical book, The Education of Henry Adams.
  6. Adams, Catherine Lovering (1902-1988) (daughter of Charles F III) married Henry Stugis Morgan, who was an American banker. He was the son of John Pierpont ("Jack") Morgan Jr. and the grandson of renowned banker John Pierpont Morgan, Sr., founder of J.P. Morgan & Co..
  7. Adams, Charles F. IV (1910-1999) (Son of Charles F III) was a U.S. electronics industrialist. He served as the first president of the Raytheon Company.

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Chase[]

  • Chevy Chase (1943) - (Edward Tinsley "Ned" Chase, Edward Leigh Chase, Charles Dennison Chase, Henry Seymour Chase, Jarvis Brown Chase, Paul Chase m. Betty Kinnicutt, John Kinnicutt m. Hannah Gorham, Jabez Gorham, Jr., Jabez Gorham, Sr., DHowland, JHowland1) - Famous American TV & Movie Actor

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Emerson[]

Everett[]

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Gorham[]

  1. Gorham, Benjamin (1775-1855): (Son of Nathaniel) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
  2. Christopher Gorham (born 1974), American actor
  3. Claire Gorham (born c. 1966), English journalist and television presenter
  4. Eville Gorham (born 1925), Canadian-American scientist
  5. Frederic Poole Gorham (1871-1933): ( SGorham, JGorham, SGorham, JGorham6, BGorham5, JGorham4, JGorham3, DHowland2, JHowland1) - American bacteriologist
  6. Geoffrey de Gorham (fl. 1119–46), Norman English abbot and scholar
  7. George Congdon Gorham (1832-1909): ( GGorham, LGorham6, DGorham5, JGorham4, JGorham3, DHowland2, JHowland1) - American politician and newspaper editor
  8. George Cornelius Gorham (1787–1857), English cleric
  9. the Gorham controversy, a legal dispute involving George Cornelius Gorham
  10. Graeme Gorham (born 1987), Canadian ski jumper
  11. Henry Stephen Gorham (1839–1920) English entomologist
  12. John Gorham (graphic designer) (1937–2001), English graphic designer
  13. John Gorham (military officer) (1709-1751), British military figure, founder of Gorham's Rangers
  14. John Gorham (physician) (1783-1829), Harvard Medical School’s first professor of chemistry and pharmacology
  15. John Gorham Palfrey (1796-1881), American clergyman and historian
  16. Joseph Goreham (1725-1790), British soldier, commander at the Battle of Fort Cumberland
  17. Kathleen Gorham (1928–83), Australian ballerina
  18. Kaye Goreham (fl. 1972), Australian flight attendant aboard hijacked Ansett Airlines Flight 232
  19. Mary Emma Gorham (1898-2008) (daughter of Frederic) - American centenarian - lived to age 109/110.
  20. Maurice Gorham (1902–75), Irish journalist and broadcasting executive
  21. Mel Gorham (born 1959), American actress
  22. Gorham, Nathaniel (1738-1796): ( NGorham5, SGorham4, JGorham3, DHowland, JHowland1) - US Delegate to Continental Congress and signer of the US Constitution.
  23. Sire Richard Gorham, Bermudian soldier, aviator, businessman, and philanthropist
  24. Robert Gorham, aka Rob da Bank (living 2009), British disc jockey
  25. Sarah Gorham (born 1954), American poet
  26. Scott Gorham (born 1951), American guitarist and songwriter

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Hale[]

Huntington[]

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  • Christopher Lloyd → Samuel R. Lloyd → Adele Ferrier Peck → Francis Peck → Sarah Gorham → Isaac Gorham → Isaac Gorham → Isaac Gorham → Jabez Gorham → Desire Howland → JOHN HOWLAND - Hollywood Actor

Longfellow[]

  1. Longfellow, Henry W (1807-1882) ( ZWadswoth, EBartlett, ELathrop, EGorham, JGorham, DHowland, JHowland1) - Famous American Poet, Writer and Harvard Professor
  2. Longfellow, Charles A (1844-1893) - Snuck away to join the Civil War where he was gravely wounded. He inspired Longfellow's poem I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.
  3. Longfellow, Ernest W (1845-1921) - renowned artist and art collector who donated a sizeable collection to the Boston Museum of Art.
  4. Longfellow, Alice M (1850-1928) - noteworth philanthropist and historical preservationist. Never married.
  5. Edith Longfellow (1853-1915) - married Richard Henry Dana III, son of the popular writer Richard Henry Dana, Jr., author of Two Years Before the Mast.

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  1. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945) - ( JRoosevelt, MAspinwall, SHowland, JHowland, NHowland4, NHowland3, JHowland2, JHowland1) - 32nd U.S. President

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Smith[]

Spock[]

  • Benjamin Spock → Louise Stoughton → Ada Hooper →Adeline Ripley → Sarah Denny → Lucretia Sargent → Phineas Sargent → Jonathan Sargent → Jonathan Sargent LChipman, HHowland, JHowland1) -

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Winslow[]

  • Winslow, Edward (1747-1815) - ( HHowland, THowland, JHowland2, JHowland1)- Loyalist militia leader during American revolutionary war, fought at Battle of Lexington for British, and forced to move family to New Brunswick afterwards where he became a judge on their supreme court.

War Veterans[]

King George's War[]

Revolutionary War[]

  1. Sproat, Ebenezer, Col (1752-1805) - ( ESproat2, EHawes, DGorham, DHowland, JHowland1) - an officer in the 13th Massachusetts Regiment in the American Revolutionary War. Served the entire war, the was a settlerr in early Ohio.
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