A GG-Grandparent was one of Pilgrim John Howland's brothers who
arrived in Massachusetts later. "Arthur Howland, who came over with his brother Henry, settled in Marshfield.
Three hundred acres of upland in Marshfield were granted July 2, 1638, to Capt. Myles Standish and Mr. John
Alden, "lying on the north side of South River, bounded on the east by Beaver Pond, and on
the west by a brook," which later for a consideration of £21 sterling was conveyed to Arthur Howland.
In 1640, fifty acres additional was granted to him. On this farm he lived and died, as did five generations
of his descendants...Arthur Howland had married the "widow Margaret Reed," who outlived him. Arthur
died and was buried on his farm at Marshfield, October 30, 1675. His second child was Deborah, who
married John Smith, Jr.
