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HowLAND — Jenkins — Holbrook. 

I.  John  Rowland,  a  "  Mayflower  "  pilgrim,  came  to 
New  England  in  1620.  He  was  then  in  his  minority, 
and  was  an  apprentice  to  Gov,  Carver,  and  a  member 
of  his  family.  He  was  married  in  Plymouth,  to  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  John  Tilley,  both  of  whom  were  fel- 
low-passengers with  him  in  the  "  Mayflower."  He  lived 
for  awhile  in  Plymouth,  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Duxbury,  remaining  there  a  few  years,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Plymouth,  and  settled  in  a  locality  called 
Rockynook,  in  what  is  now  Kingston,  where  he  died. 
I  copy  the  following,  relating  to  his  death,  from  the 
Old  Colony  Records:  "The  23d  of  fVbruary,  1672, 
Mr.  John  Rowland,  senior,  of  the  towne  of  Plymouth, 
deceased.  Ree  was  a  godly  man,  and  an  ancient  pro- 
fessor in  the  wayes  of  Christ.  Ree  lived  untill  hee  at- 
tained abouve  eighty  yeares  in  the  world.  Ree  was 
one  of  the  first  comers  into  this  land,  and  proved  a  use- 
ful instrument  of  good  in  his  place,  and  was  the  last 
man  that  was  left  of  those  that  came  ower  in  the  shipp 
called  the  May  Flower,  that  liued  in  Plymouth.  Ree 
was  with  honor  interred  att  the  towne  of  Plymouth,  on 


the  25th  of  February,  1672."  His  widow,  Elizabeth, 
died  December  21st,  1687,  aged  eighty  years.  Their 
children  were  Johg,  Jabez,  Isaac,  Joseph,  Desire,  Hope, 
Elizabeth,  Lydia,  Ruth,  Hannah. 

2.  John  Howland,  junior,  the  first  child  of  John, 
senior,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  was  born  in  Plymouth, 
Feb.  24,  1627.  He  died  in  West  IJarnstable,  Mass. 
He  was  married  in  Plymouth,  Oct.  26,  165 1,  to  Mary 
Lee.  She  was  daughter  of  Mistress  Mary  Lee,  who 
died  in  Barnstable,  October,  1681,  having  lived  with 
her  son-in-law,   Howland,  eight   years.      I    think    her 

,  father  was  Robert  Lee.      Their  children  were   i\Liry, 

Elizabeth,  Isaac,  Hannah,  Mercy,  Lydia,  Experience, 
Anne,  Shubal,  John. 

3.  Isaac  Howland,  the  third  child  of  John,  junior, 
was  born  in  West  Barnstable,  Nov.  25,  1659.     He  died 

i  in  West  Barnstable.     He  married  Ann  Taylor,  of  Barn- 

stable, daughter  of  Edward  and  Mary  (Menks)  Taylor. 
Their  children  were  Ebenezer,  Isaac,  Hannah,  Mary, 
Anne,  John,  Noah,  and  Joseph. 

4.  Joseph  Howland,  the  eighth  child  of  Isaac  and 
Ann   (Taylor)   Howland,  was  born  in  Barnstable,  July 

''*~"        30,  1702,  where  he  died.     He  was  married  to  his  first 
'.  wife,  Rachell  Crocker,  Jan.  10,  1739.     He  married,  for 

his  second  wife,  on  May  16,  1746,  Maria  Fuller.     His 
,   "  children  were  Hannah,  Mary,  Rachell ;  and  Ann  by  his 

}  second  wife. 

[v  5.     Mary  Howland,  the  second  child  of  Joseph  and 

1  Rachell  (Crocker)  Howland,  was   born   in  Barnstable, 

Aug.  9,  1 740,  where  she    died.     She  was   married,  by 
i    »  Rev.  Oakes  Shaw,  Oct.  22,  i  761,  to  Lot  Jenkins,  son 


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of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Hinckley)  Jenkins.  He  was 
born  March  13,  1737.  Their  children  were  Chloe,  Lot, 
Philemon,  Achsah,  and  Mary. 

6.  Mary  Jenkins,  the  fifth  child  of  Lot  and  Mary 
(Howland)  Jenkins,  was  born  at  Barnstable,  Aug.  15, 
1773,  and  died  at  Wellfleet,  Feb.  9,  1827.  She  was 
married  at  Barnstable,  Nov.  23,  1793,  to  Joseph  Hol- 
brook,  son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Hardhi^    Hoi-  , 

brook.     (See  Holbrook.)  2021461 

Crocker — Howland — Jenkins — Holbrook. 

1.  Deacon  William  Crocker  came  with  Rev.  Mr. 
Lothrop  and  his  church,  Oct.  21,  1639,  to  Barnstable, 
Mass.,  and  his  brother  John,  the  following  spring. 
John  left  no  family,  but  William's  posterity  are  very 
numerous.      He   married,  for   his   first  wife,  in   1636,    ' 

Alice ,  who  was  the  mother  of  all  of  his  children, 

seven  in  all. 

2.  Dea.  Job  Crocker,  fourth  child  of  Dea.  William^ 
born  in  Barnstable,  Mass.,  March  9,  1644-45,  married, 
for  his  first  wife,  November,  1668,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Thomas  Walley,  the  then  pastor  of  the  Barn- 
stable church.  She  was  born  in  London,  England, 
and  there  baptized,  April  18,  1644.  She  came  over 
with  her  father,  in  the  ship  "  Society,"  Captain  John 
Pierce,  and  arrived  in  Boston  May  24,  1662.  She 
died  about  the  year  1676,  leaving  two  children.  He 
married,  for  his  second  wife,  July  19,  1680,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Richard  Taylor  of  Yarmouth,  Mass.  He 
had,  by  both  wives,  eleven  children. 

3.  Samuel  Crocker  was  the  second  child  of  Deacon 


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Barnstable,  Mass.,  May  15,  167 1.  He  was  married, 
Dec.  10,  1696,  to  his  tirst  wife,  Sarah,  daugliter  of 
Robert  Parker ;  and  for  his  second,  he  was  married, 
April  12,  1719,10  Judith  Leavet,  of  Rochester.  By 
his  first  wife  he  had  thirteen  children ;  by  the  second 
wife  he  had  two  children. 

4.  Rachell  Crocker,  the  twelfth  child  of  Samuel 
Crocker  and  his  first  wife,  Sarah  Parker,  was  born  in 
Barnstable,  Mass.  She  was  married,  Jan.  18,  1738-39, 
to  Joseph  Rowland,  son  of  Isaac  and  Ann  (Taylor) 
Rowland. 

5.  Mary  Rowland,  second  child  of  Joseph  and 
Rachell  (Crocker)  Rowland,  married  Lot  Jenkins. 
(See  Jenkins.) 

6.  Mary  Jenkins,  daughter  of  Lot  and  Mary  (Row- 
land) Jenkins,  married  Joseph  Rolbrook.  (See  Rol- 
brook.) 

Jenkins — Rolbrook. 

1.  John  Jenkins  came  from  London,  in  the  "  De- 
fence of  London,"  in  July,  1635.  Ris  first  wife  came 
in  the  "  True  Love,"  in  September,  the  same  year. 
For  his  second  wife,  he  married  widow  Mary  lOwer,  at 
Barnstable,  Feb.  2,  1652. 

2.  Thomas  Jenkins,  the  sixth  child  of  the  above, 
married  I^xperience  Runblin,  daughter  of  James,  jun- 
ior, and  granddaughter  of  James  Ramblin,  the  emi- 
grant, who  was  the  ancestor  of  Vice-president  Hamlin. 
You  will  see  that  this  branch  have  droppetl  the  "  b  "  in 
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3-  Samuel  Jenkins,  the  fifth  child  of  Tliomas  above, 
lived  first  at  "  Skonkonot,"  the  Indian  name  of  a  place 
now  called  "Hamblin's  Plains."  When  Ichahod  Hinck- 
ley moved  to  Tolland,  Conn.,  about  1730,  he  soKl  his 
farm  to  Samuel  Jenkins,  and  it  is  now  (1S85)  owned  by 
Braley  Jenkins,  a  descendant,  who  lives  in  the  identi- 
cal house  that  Ichabod  Hinckley  built  in  1 700.  The 
deed  of  Ichabod  to  Samuel  has  always  remained  in  the 
;  house.       Samuel    Jenkins    married    Mary    Hinckley, 

1  daughter  of  Benjamin  and   Sarah   (Cobb)    Hinckley, 

:,   .  .      and  she  was  the  third  generation  of  the  Gov.  Hinck- 
r     :      ley. 

'  4.     Lot   Jenkins,  the  sixth   child  of  Samuel  above, 

was  married,  Oct.  22,  1761,  by  Rev.  Oakes  Shaw,  to 

Mary    Howland,  daughter    of    Joseph    and    Rachell 

(Crocker)    Howland.      Mary    Howland   was    the    fifth 

,    generation    from    John    Howland,    who    came    in    the 

v  ■    :.  ^'    •' Mayflower,"  in    1620,  with   the  family  of  Gov.  Jolm 

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f'  ;.    ■'        5.     Mary  Jenkins,  the  fifth  child  of  the  above  Lot 
I  Jenkins,  married,  at  Barnstable,  Nov.  23,  1793,  Josejjh 

Holbrook,  of  \Vellfleet.     He  was  son  of  Thomas  and 
I     .         Hannah  (Harding)  Holbrook.      (See  Holbrook.) 

HOLHROOK — JfNKIN'S. 

I.     Thomas  Holbrook  (  aine,  says  Savage,  fruin  Wey- 
mouth, England,  to  Weymouth,  Mass.,  before  164  i,  with        t 
his  wife.  Experience,  daugliter  of  Hopestill  Leland,  and       .' 
brought  with  him  a  son  John,  born  in  161  7.     He  filled 
many  offices  of  trust ;  and  I  think  he  married"  a  second    '" 
wife,  for  it  is  recorded  of  him  that  he  died  at  an  advanced 


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age,  about  1674  to  1676,  leaving  a  widow,  Joanna,  who 
died  before  April  24,  1677. 

2.  Captain  John  Holbrook,  son  of  the  above,  was 
born  in  1617,  and  died  in  1G99,  aged  eighty-two  years. 
He  married  three  wives  :  first,  Sarah  ;  second,  Elizabeth  ; 

,  third,  Mary.  Captain  John  was  a  man  of  great  courage, 
and  quite  wealthy  for  those  days,  and  held  many  offices 
of  trust. 

3.  John  Holbrook,  the  first  child  of  Captain  John, 
married  Abigail  Pierce,  and  settled  in  Scituate,  IVIass. 
His  wife  was  daughter  of  Captain  Michael  Pierce,  who 
was  slain  at  Attleboro. 

4.  John  Holbrook,  the  eighth  child  of  John  and 
Abigail  (Pierce)  Holbrook,  married  Sarah  Chrittendon, 
May  3,  1709,  and  lived  at  Scituate. 

/  5.  Thomas  Holbrook,  third  ciiild  of  above,  settled 
in  Eastham,  now  Welllleet,  and  married,  Jan.  2,  1  734-35, 
Margaret  Doane,  who  lived  to  the  age  of  ninety-five 
years,  and  died  about  1808. 

6.  Thomas  Holbrook,  the  third  child  of  the  above, 
married,  for  his  first  wife,  Hannah  Harding  j  for  his 
second  wife,  Jerusha  Sweet.  There  are  no  children 
recorded  as  of  the  secund  wife,  so  I  should  say  that 
Hannah  (Harding)  Holbrook  was  the  grandmother  of 
Jesse  Holbrook.  • 

Holbrook — Jenkins.  ,  ,    ' 

Joseph  Holbrook  7  (  Thomas  6,  Thomas  5, 
John  4,  John  3,  John  2,  Thomas  i),  son  of  Thomas  6 
and  Hannah  (Harding)  Holbrook,  was  born  in  Well- 
fleet,  Mass.,  Aug.  6,  1 77 1,  at  5  a.  m.     He  died  in  1852, 


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aged  eighty-one  years.  He  was  married  at  Barnstable, 
Nov.  23,  1793,  to  Mary  (sometimes  called  Polly) 
Jenkins,  daughter  of  Lot  4  and  Mary  (Rowland) 
Jenkins.  She  was  born  in  Barnstable,  Mass,  Aug.  15, 
1773.  She  died  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.,  Feb.  9,  1827,  aged 
fifty-four  years,  six  months.  Their  children  were  : — 
[  I  ]    Thomas  Holbrook,  born  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.  Dec. 

8,  1794,  at  7  A.  M.  He  died  Nov.  30,  1880,  in  Well- 
fleet.  He  married  Mary  Smith,  daughter  of  James 
Smith,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.  They  had  eleven  chil- 
dren. 

[2]  Hannah  Holbrook,  born  in  Wellfleet,  Mass., 
July  19,  1797,  at  7  A.  M.  She  died  in  East  Boston, 
Jan.  20,  1869,  aged  seventy-one  years,  six  months.  She 
married,  in  Wellfleet,  Masr,.,  Oct.  23,  1819,  David  Young 
Dyer,  son  of  Micah  and  Bethiah  ^Gross)  Dyer.  He 
was  born  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.,  July  30,  1794.  He  died 
in  East  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  5,  1870,  aged  76  years,  4 
months,  5  days.     They  had  eleven  children. 

[3]     Joseph  Holbrook,  born  in  WeUfleet,  Mass.,  Sept. 

9,  1799,  at  2  A,  M.  He  died  May  23,  1866.  He  mar- 
ried Temperance  Holbrook,  who  died  at  Melrose, 
Mass.,  June  27,  1877.     They  had  six  children. 

[4]  Sally  Holbrook,  born  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.,  Feb. 
12,  1802,  at  3  A.  M.  She  died  in  Boston,  Dec.  19, 
1883,.  aged  80  years,  10  months,  7  days.  She  was 
married  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.,  April  2,  1820,  to  Micah 
Dyer,  junior,  son  of  Micah  and  Bethiah  (Gross)  Dyer. 
His  father  was  of  the  fourth  generation  of  the  celebrated 
Dr.  William  Dyer,  of  Barnstable,  1653,  and  one  of  thi 


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first  settlers  of  Truro,  about  1686.  The  mother  of  Mi- 
cah  Dyer,  junior,  was  one  of  the  celebrated  ten  sisters, 
daughters  of  Deacon  Thomas  and  Abigail  (Young) 
Gross,  and  a  direct  descendant  of  Isaac  Gross  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  1630,  and  of  John  Hinckes,  who  came  from 
England  in  1670.  John  Hinckes  was  Chief  Justice  and 
Councillor  of  the  Province  of  New  Hampshire,  by  ap- 
pointment of  King  James  H.  He  was  also  named  in 
the  Commission  of  William  HI,  a  Councillor  for  New 
Hampshire.  Micah  Dyer,  junior,  was  born  in  Wellfleet, 
Mass.,  July  6,  1797.  He  died  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Jan. 
12,  1885,  aged  87  years,  6  months,  6  days.  They 
lived  happily  together  for  63  years,  8  months,  and  1 7 
days ;  had  eleven  children,  and  lived  to  bury  all  but 
three  of  them. 

[5]  Mary  J.  Holbrook,  born  in  Wellfleet,  Nov.  8, 
1804,  at  7  A.  M.  She  died  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.,  June  17, 
1828.  She  was  married  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.,  April, 
1825,  to  Collins  S.  Cold. 

[6]  Jerusha  Holbrook,  born  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.,  Nov. 
25,  1807,  at  8  p.  Ri.  She  married  R.  Arey,  Dec, 
1825. 

[7]  Samuel  Waterman  Holbrook, born  in  Wellfleet, 
Feb.  26,  18 10,  at  3  A.  m.  He  died  at  Boston  High- 
lands, Mass.,  Oct.  17,  1884.  He  married,  first,  Dec, 
1830,  Sally  Lothrop,  of  Barnstable.  He  married,  sec- 
ond, Betsey  Robinson,  of  Falmouth,  in  1837.  He 
married,  third,  Hannah  A.  Hill.  For  his  fourth  wife  he 
married  Harriet  E.  Hill.  By  the  different  wives  he 
had  seven  children. 


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[8]  Jesse  Holbrook,  born  in  Wellfleet,  Mass.,  April 
12,  1813,  at  7  A.  M.  He  married  Mary  Witherell,  by 
whom  he  had  seven  children.  As  this  is  the  only  living 
member  of  this  very  respectable  family,  we  shall  con- 
tinue this  under  No.  8,  giving  a  full  history  of  his 
branch  of  the  family. 

[9]  Chloe  Holbrook,  bom  in  Wellfleet,  May  28, 
181 5,  at  II  A.  M.     Died  young. 

[10]  William  A.  Holbrook,  born  in  Wellfleet,  April 
15,  18 1 8,  at  4  A.  M.     Died  young. 

Holbrook — Wiiherell. 

Jesse  Holbrook,  the  eighth  child  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  (Jenkins)  Holbrook,  was  born  in  Wellfleet,  Mass., 
April  12,  181 3,  at  7  a.  m.  He  was  married  to  Mary 
Witherell,  Nov.  20,  1831.  They  had  seven  children; 
viz.,  Benjamin  R.,  Catherine  S.,  Mary  Y.,  Sarah  D., 
Flora  A.,  Charles  B.,  Francis  H. ;  Benjamin  R.  died 
in  infancy. 

Mary  Witherell  was  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  R. 
Witherell,  Esq.,  of  Wellfleet,  and  was  born  Oct.  22, 
18 13.  They  celebrated  the  fit"tieth  anniversary  of 
their  marriage  Nov.  20,  1881.  Benjamin  R.  Witherell 
was  born  in  Wellfleet,  Barnstable  County,  He  was  the 
son  of  William  and  Ruth  Witherell,  and  was  born  Nov. 
6,  1783,  and  died  Nov.,  1849.  His  first  wife,  Mary 
Bickford  Young,  a  daughter  of  Moses  and  Thankful 
Young,  was  born  Feb.  23,  1787,  and  died  June  9,  1816. 
His  second  wife  was  Martha  Higgins,  and  was  daughter 
of  Payne  and  Elizabeth  Higgins  ;  born  Dec.  15,  1782  ; 
died  June  17,  1863. 


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I  am  indebted  to  James  M.  Burgess,  Esq.,  who  has 
so  kindly  looked  up  the  genealogy  of  my  ancestors. 

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