Eighth Generation

130. Capt. Nathaniel SOUTHWORTH¹⁹⁶ was born on 18 May 1684 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA.⁸ He died on 8 April 1757 at the age of 72 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA.⁸ He was buried in Nemasket Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA.⁸ He was a Captain in the militia. He owned land in Tiverton, RI, and Middleborough, MA. Nathaniel was member #135 of the First Church of Middleborough, m. bef 1710, d. Ap 8, 1757, ae 72, per membership roles of the First Church published in 1854 and again in Weston's History of Middleborough, 1905.

Nathaniel is #113 (or #126) in Chilton Silver Book of Mayflower descendants, 5th generation, names daughters Fear Leonard and Hannah Sprout. Wife is listed as Jael Bennett, not Jael Howland in Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Middleborough. Jael HOWLAND and Capt. Nathaniel SOUTHWORTH were married before 1710.

131. Jael HOWLAND was born on 13 October 1688 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA. She died on 9 November 1745 at the age of 57 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA. There has been controversy over whether Capt. Nathaniel Southworth married Jael Bennet or Jael Howland. The Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Middleborough, 1854, states that Jael Bennet married Nathaniel Southworth. Isaac Howland's will says that it was his daughter, Jael, who married Nathaniel Southworth. The Howland Silver Book lists Jael Howland.

Children were:

65	i.	Fear SOUTHWORTH.
	ii.	Ichabod SOUTHWORTH was born on 12 April 1711 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA.¹⁶ He died on 21 November 1727 at the age of 16.
	iii.	Gideon SOUTHWORTH⁸ was born on 5 September 1718 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA.¹⁶ He died on 25 October 1788 at the age of 70 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA.⁸ He was buried in Nemasket Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA.⁸
	iv.	Samuel SOUTHWORTH⁸ was born on 18 January 1722 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA.¹⁹⁷
	v.	Lt. Nathaniel SOUTHWORTH⁸ was born on 26 January 1729 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA.¹⁹⁷ He died on 31 July 1762 at the age of 33 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA. He was buried in Nemasket Cemetery, Middleborough, MA.
	vi.	Hannah SOUTHWORTH was born on 24 October 1714 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA.¹⁹⁷ She died on 23 May 1778 at the age of 63 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co, MA. See page 87, Mayflower Families through 5 Generations, Vol. 15 (Chilton).