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FINISH The Howland House Opening on June 19th, 2020, hours 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

• The Howland House was built in 1667 by a house carpenter named Jacob Mitchell.

• It was owned by the 8th son of John and Elizabeth, Jabez Howland from 1669-1680.

• Jabez Howland was a blacksmith in the Plimoth colony.

• They had 5 children while living in the house in Plimoth.

• The house was privately owned until the Pilgrim John Howland Society bought the house in 1912 for $2,000.

• The house represents three distinct time periods 1667, 1710, and 1750 Can you color the Howland House?

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Hat Coif Shift/ Chemise LEARN VOCABULARY! Shirt Waistcoat/ Bodice

Doublet

Petticoat/ Breeches Shift Wetu - House, Mishoon - Canoe Stockings made from either made from a tree bark or grass hollowed out, mats covering a burned log

Latchet Shoes wood frame Latchet Shoes Patuxet - One of the 69 villages that made up the Wampanoag nation didn’t the pilgrims only wear black? Quahog - A thick-shelled, edible clam NO! Pilgrims wore many colors, like violet, blue, green, Kietan - The name of the Creator in yellow, brown, gray and red-orange. Black fabric was actually Wampanoag tradition too expensive for the Pilgrims, so they would not have worn it! Can you color these outfits to be historically accurate? Sachem - The chief of a village

Facts about John Howland and : • John Howland fell off the in a storm during • Elizabeth Tilley came to America with her parents and the crossing of 1620 and had to be rescued. her aunt and uncle, all whom died in the first winer.

• Elizabeth Tilley was 13 years old when she made the • John Howland married Elizabeth Tilley in 1623. crossing on the Mayflower. Together they had 10 children and 88 grandchildren!

• Elizabeth Tilley lived with her family in Leyden, Netherlands, before she came to America.

• Elizabeth Tilley is about the same age as the famous artist, Rembrandt who was also from Leyden.

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