Henry Howland

Most of the Cromarties in the United States are descended from William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane. Ruhamah Doane was descended from Henry Howland (born in England 1565 and died 1635 in England). They had three sons who came to the colonies: Arthur, John and Henry. According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they had a number of prominent descendants.
Henry Howland was born 25 Nov 1604 in Huntingdonshire, England and died 17 Jan 1671 in Plymouth, Mass. He sailed to Massachusetts in 1624. His descendants include Ruhamah Doane, Richard Milhouse Nixon (37th President of the United States), and Leslie Lynch King Jr. who changed his name to Gerald Ford (38th President of the United States.
Author Howland was born about 1610 in Cambridge, England and died 30 Oct 1675 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during WWII) was his descendant.
John Howland was born in 1592 in England and died about 23 Feb 1671 in Plymouth Massachusetts. He came to Massachusetts on the Mayflower in 1620. He is ancestor to Joseph Smith Jr (founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd President of the United States).

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