THE GERTRUDE SOPHER PAGE

GERTRUDE SOPHER, her children, grandchildren, etc. are descended from both JOHN HOWLAND and JOHN TILLEY, who came over on the Mayflower in 1620.

John Howland is the son of Henry Howland and Margaret (___) of Fenstanton, Huntingdon, England. Henry died on May 17, 1635 in Fenstanton, and Margaret was buried on July 31, 1629. Besides son John, who came on the Mayflower, their son Henry came to Plymouth sometime before 1633.

John Howland came on the Mayflower as a servant to John Carver. He is best remembered for having fallen off the Mayflower during a mighty storm, as recorded by Wm. Bradford:

"In sundry of these storms the winds were so fierce and the seas so high, as they could not bear a know of sail, but were forced to hull for divers days together. And in one of them, as they thus lay at hull in a mightly storm, a lusty young man called John Howland, coming upon some occasion above the gratings was, with a seele of the ship, thrown into the sea; but it pleased God that he caught hold of the topsail halyards which hung overboard and ran out at length. Yet he held his hold (though he was sundry fathoms under water) till he was hauled up by the same rope to the brim of the water, and then with boat hook and other means got into the ship again and his life saved. And though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years afterwards and became a profitable member both in church and commonwealth"

John Howland's wife was Elizabeth Tilley, the daughter of John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Rodgers, who were also Mayflower passengers.

Descendents of John Howland include President George Bush, and First Lady Edith (Carrow) Roosevelt (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt).

ANCESTOR & --SPOUSE	BIRTH	DEATH
JOHN HOWLAND	Bef. 1593 - Huntingdon, England	February 23, 1672/73 - Rock Nook, Plymouth, MA
-- ELIZABETH TILLEY	August 30, 1607 - England	December 21, 1687 - Swansea, MA
LYDIA HOWLAND	Abt. 1633	Aft. January 11, 1710/11
-- JAMES BROWN	( )	Abt. January 11, 1710/11
JAMES BROWN	May 21, 1655 - Rehoboth, MA	April 15, 1718 - Attleboro, MA
-- MARGARET DENNISON	( )	( )
DOROTHY BROWN	May 7, 1694 - Swansea, MA	Aft. February 6, 1733/34
-- NATHANIEL MEDBURY	September 23, 1691 - Swansea, MA	April 2, 1736 - Smithfield, RI
BENJAMIN MEDBURY (Rev. War)	March 31, 1727 - Warwick, RI	January 10, 1796 - Smithfield, RI
-- ELIZABETH DARLING	April 11, 1729 - Mendon, MA	March 23, 1778
JOSEPH MEDBURY	1768 - Smithfield, RI	September 7, 1844, Hanover, NY
-- _____HARRIS	( )	( )
BENJAMIN MEDBURY/MEDBERRY	March 11, 1795 - NY	Dec. 20, 1865 - Mercer Co., PA
-- LYDIA GEORGE	Aug 7, 1794 - CT	March 12, 1883 - Mercer Co., PA
ORSINA MEDBERRY	Sept. 1, 1837 - NY	Feb. 25, 1896 - Venango Co., PA
-- ISAAC SOPHER	May 12, 1827 - PA	Dec. 30, 1892 - Venango Co., PA
GILBERT SOPHER	April 18, 1870 - Venango Co., PA	August 18, 1934 - Crawford Co., WI
-- SIREPTA MAY WHITEAKER	July 25, 1875 - Crawford Co., WI	May 7, 1970 - Richland Co., WI
GERTRUDE MAY SOPHER	September 28, 1897 - Crawford Co., WI	February 24, 1987 - Boscobel, WI

Note: Documentation for this line is complete and was approved by the Mayflower Society on January 26, 2000.