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Name Hope Howland
Birth 30 Aug 1629, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA 208,452,453,245,256,249,454
Death 8 Jan 1683/1684, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA245,256,455,456,248,249,457,250,454,458,260,260
Burial Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, MA454
Father John Howland (ca1592-1672)
Mother Elizabeth Tilley (<1607-1687)
Spouses
1 Elder John Chipman217
Birth 2 Jun 1621, Dorchester, Dorsetshire, England459
Death 7 Apr 1708, Sandwich, MA420,460,245,71,249,250,458,260
Burial Original Cemetery, Sandwich, MA460
Father Thomas Chipman (1580-1634)
Mother ? Derby (ca1594-ca1638)
Marriage ca 1647, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA256,250,454,260
Children Elizabeth (1648->1711)
Notes for Hope Howland
"The Howland's first home was on Summer Street where presumably Hope was born August 30, 1629. The family removed to the finer house which John Howland had built at Rocky Nook and first occupied in 1638."461

She "joined the Barnstable church Aug. 7, 1650." 457

She "died at the age of fifty four and was interred in the first cemetery laid out on Lothrop Hill. The headstone marking her grave is incised
'Here Lyeth
Interred ye Body of
MRS HOPE CHIPMAN
wife of Elder John
Chipman aged 54
years who changed
this life for a better
ye 8th of January
1683'."461

Photo of her tombstone on file.461, 462

Photo of tombstone taken by Barbara Fleming August, 1997 on file.234

"His [John Chipman] wife Hope Dyed ye 8 of January 1683." 455

"Most of the fine old stones [at Lothrop Hill Burying Ground] are in the front (north) portion of he yard, in the first twelve rows. The very oldest ones are several rows in, near the lowest part of the gorund. Hope Chipman's stone (5) tells us she died in 1683. . . The Chipman stone is in a very early styles, attractively lettered but lacking any decoration, somthing like a transitional form between the lettered fieldstone and the conventional slate." 462

"Hope Howland, who was born in 1629, married when she was about 17. Her husband was John Chipman who came in 1630 from Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. (Note that the English spelled Barnstaple with a P while the Americans spelled it with a B.)"283

"John married first, at Plymouth, Massachusetts, about 1647, Hope Howland, daughter of Pilgrim John Howland of the Mayflower and his wife Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland. Hope was born, probably in Plymouth, on 30 August 1629 and died on 8 or 18 January 1683. She is buried in the first cemetery laid out on Lothrop Hill, Barnstable. The headstone markin gher grave is inscribed, 'Here Lyeth Interred ye Body of Mrs Hope Chipman wife of Elder John Chipman Aged 54 ears who change this life for a better ye 8th of January 1683.' " 454

Photo of memorial taken by Barbara Fleming August, 1997 on file:
"In memory of
The children of John and
Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland
Pilgrims of the Mayflower
Lieutenant John Howland
Captain Joseph Howland
Lieutenant Jabez Howland
Ensign Isaac Howland
Desire (Howland) Gorham
Hope (Howland) Chipman
Elizabeth (Howland) (Hicks) Dickenson
Lydia (Howland) Brown
Hannah (Howland) Bosworth
Ruth (Howland) Cushman" 234

On the back of the memorial it states
"Erected by
The Pilgrim John Howland Society
1958".
Last Modified 27 Dec 2007 Created 18 Jan 2009 using Reunion for Macintosh

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