“The Howland’s first home was on Summer Street where presumably Hope was born August 30, 1629. The family removed to the finer house which John Howland had built at Rocky Nook and first occupied in 1638.”548

She “joined the Barnstable church Aug. 7, 1650.” 543

“Born 30 August 1629, in Plymouth, the daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, Hope died, 8 January 1682/3, in Barnstable. The tombstone of Hope Chipman in the Lothrop Cemetery in Barnstable, on Cape Cod fear the following inscription” [quoted below] 287

She “died at the age of fifty four and was interred in the first cemetery laid out on Lothrop Hill. The headstone marking her grave is incised
‘Here Lyeth
Interred ye Body of
MRS HOPE CHIPMAN
wife of Elder John
Chipman aged 54
years who changed
this life for a better
ye 8th of January
1683’.”548

Photo of her tombstone on file.548, 549

Photo of tombstone taken by Barbara Fleming August, 1997 on file.260

“His [John Chipman] wife Hope Dyed ye 8 of January 1683.” 541

“Most of the fine old stones [at Lothrop Hill Burying Ground] are in the front (north) portion of he yard, in the first twelve rows. The very oldest ones are several rows in, near the lowest part of the gorund. Hope Chipman’s stone (5) tells us she died in 1683. . . The Chipman stone is in a very early styles, attractively lettered but lacking any decoration, somthing like a transitional form between the lettered fieldstone and the conventional slate.” 549

“Hope Howland, who was born in 1629, married when she was about 17. Her husband was John Chipman who came in 1630 from Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. (Note that the English spelled Barnstaple with a P while the Americans spelled it with a B.)”318

“John married first, at Plymouth, Massachusetts, about 1647, Hope Howland, daughter of Pilgrim John Howland of the Mayflower and his wife Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland. Hope was born, probably in Plymouth, on 30 August 1629 and died on 8 or 18 January 1683. She is buried in the first cemetery laid out on Lothrop Hill, Barnstable. The headstone markin gher grave is inscribed, ‘Here Lyeth Interred ye Body of Mrs Hope Chipman wife of Elder John Chipman Aged 54 ears who change this life for a better ye 8th of January 1683.’ ” 540

Full text of his [her father, John Howland’s] will and inventory to be entered.
“The Last Will and Testament of mr John howland of Plymouth Late deceased, exhibited tot he Court held att Plymouth the fift Day of March Anno Dom 1672 on the oathes of mr Samuell ffuller and mr William Crow as followth . . .
Item I Will and bequeath unto my Deare and loveing wife Elizabeth howland athe use and benifitt of my now Dwelling house in Rockey nooke in the Township of Plymouth aforsaid, with the outhousing lands, That is uplands uplands and meddow lands and all appurtenances adn privilidges threunto belonging in the Towne of Plymouth and all other Lands houseing and meddowes that I have in the said Towne of Plymouth excepting what meddow and upland I have before given To my sonnes Jabez and Isacke howland During her naturall life to Injoy make use of ad Improve for her benifitt and Comfort. . . .
Item I giue and bequeath unto my Daughter Desire Gorum twenty shillings
Item I giue and bequeath to my Daugher hope Chipman twenty shillings . . .
Item my will is That these legacyes Given to my Daughters be payed by my exeequitrix in such species as shee thinketh meet;
Item I will and bequeath unto my loveing wife Elizabeth howland, my Debts and legacyes being first payed, my whole estate: viz: lands houses goods Chattles; or any thingeelse that belongeth or apperaineth unto mee, undisposed of be it either in Plymouth Duxburrow or Middlbery or any other place whatsoever; I Doe freely and absolutely give and bequeath it all to my Deare and loveing wife Elizabeth howland whome I Doe by these prsents, make ordaine and Constitue to be the sole exequitrix of this my Las will and Testament ot see the same truely and faithfully prfrmed according to the tenour theror; In witness wherof I the said John howland senir have heerunto sett my hand and seale the aforsaid twenty ninth Day of May, one thousand six hundred seaventy and two 1672 . . . “ 287

“Hope Howland. Born, 30 August 1629, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, she married, Elder John Chipman, son of Thomas Chipman, before 1648 (?) in Barnstable, Massachusetts.” 287

“In 1646 John Chipman married Hope, second daughter of John and Elizabeth (Tillie) Howland, born in Plymouth, Mass., 1629; died 1683. There stands, or lately stood, in the ancient burial ground on Lothrop Hill in Barnstable, Mass., a headstone denoting where was ‘interred ye body of Mrs. Hope Chipman, wife of Elder John Chipman.’ “547

Photo of memorial taken by Barbara Fleming August, 1997 on file:
“In memory of
The children of John and
Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland
Pilgrims of the Mayflower
Lieutenant John Howland
Captain Joseph Howland
Lieutenant Jabez Howland
Ensign Isaac Howland
Desire (Howland) Gorham
Hope (Howland) Chipman
Elizabeth (Howland) (Hicks) Dickenson
Lydia (Howland) Brown
Hannah (Howland) Bosworth
Ruth (Howland) Cushman” 260

On the back of the memorial it states
“Erected by
The Pilgrim John Howland Society
1958”.

Check The Bradford History, p. 92-3, Comm. of Mass. ed. Wright & Potter, state printers, Boston, 1898.