Here ended the Pilgrimage of John Howland who died February 23, 1673 aged above 80 years. He married Elizabeth daughter of John Tilley who came with him in the Mayflower December 1620 From them are descended numerous posterity.
"He was a godly man and an ancient professor in the ways of Christ. He was one of the first comers into this land and was the last man that was left of those that came over in the ship called the Mayflower that lived in Plymouth." , Here ended the Pilgrimage of... "Hee was a godly man and an ancient professor in the wayes of Christ. Hee was one of the first comers into this land and was the last man that was left of those that came over in the Shipp called the Mayflower that lived in Plymouth." Plymouth Records
His wife and children, although with a memorial in the cemetery, are buried elsewhere.