Family Migration VIII

The three families I'm working on today tied together by faith and narrow-mindedness: Howland, Prence and Collier.

Collier: William Clark was one of the "Merchant Adventurers" who financed the Pilgrims venture to America. He was a resident of Surrey, England when he decided to sail for America. Collier was admitted as a freeman in Plymouth in 1633/4 and settled in Duxbury. His daughter, Mary, was the 2nd wife of Thomas Prence. England, Plymouth (Mass.)

Prence: Thomas Prence, of Gloucester, England, arrived in Plymouth in 1621. Prence was a three-time governor of Plymouth Colony. He was a resident of Duxbury. He was staunchly anti-Quaker. His daughter, Elizabeth married Arthur Howland, Jr. England, Plymouth (Mass.)

Howland: Arthur Howland, Sr. was the brother of the Mayflower passenger John Howland. Unlike John, Arthur and their other brother, Henry, were Quakers. Arthur left Huntingdon, England for Plymouth during the early 1630s. He settled in Duxbury and Marshfield. Arthur Jr. remained in Marshfield and married Elizabeth Prence. [The couple frequently ran afoul of her father, the colonial governor.] Their daughter, Mary, married Henry Goddard in Rhode Island. Mary died in Massachusetts. England, Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts