Fourth Generation

12. Joseph HOWLAND Jr.¹⁴ was born on 9 March 1793 in Poultney, Rutland Co., VT.¹⁵ He died on 9 March 1864 at the age of 71 in New Lenox, MA.¹⁶ He was buried in New Lenox Cemetery, North Lenox, MA. He sold his land near the furnace in Lenox in 1804 and moved to Pittsfield. Doublecheck birthdate: September 22 or March 9?

In an article in the Berkshire Whig of 10-12-1843, the oxen team of Joseph Howland won the first premium of $7 in a contest of ploughmen.

In the 1850 Census, he was listed as 57, Jerusha also 57, with a farm worth $3500 and a child, George L., 17, and Harriet, 46, living with them.

He died suddenly at age 70, according to the Berkshire Courier.

For more about the Howlands, see John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol 2, by Elizabeth Pearson White, Picton Press, Camden, ME, April 1993, for more about Joseph and James (pp. 333-337).

Paul Bumpus at the Mayflower Society listed Joseph as #40,480. Jerusha DEWEY and Joseph HOWLAND Jr. were married on 14 December 1814 in Richmond, Berkshire Co. MA.¹⁷

13. Jerusha DEWEY¹⁸ was born on 30 August 1788 in Richmond, Berkshire Co. MA. She died on 11 December 1863 at the age of 75 in New Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA.¹⁹ She was buried in New Lenox Cemetery, North Lenox, MA. See Dewey Genealogy, p. 770. Or was she born December 4, 1793? The Corwin Collection, Vol. 3, CD (NEHGS) says she was born in 1793.

Children were:

6	i.	George Lawrence HOWLAND.
	ii.	Jerusha Emily HOWLAND was born on 2 June 1817 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA.
	iii.	Laura Amanda HOWLAND was born on 18 October 1818 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA.
	iv.	Jane Elvira HOWLAND was born on 30 July 1821 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA.
	v.	William Franklin HOWLAND was born on 13 April 1822 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA. He died on 15 November 1838 at the age of 16.²⁰ He was buried in New Lenox Cemetery, North Lenox, MA.
	vi.	Asaph Dewey HOWLAND was born on 10 May 1826 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA. He died on 13 August 1898 at the age of 72.
	vii.	Charles Mortimer HOWLAND was born on 31 July 1831 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA. He died on 18 September 1852 at the age of 21 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA.²¹ He was buried in New Lenox Cemetery, North Lenox, MA.