Any Mayflower descends here?

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7. There’s a portrait of our ancestor

John Howland in this interesting article about him:

http://spyhollywood.com/2-million-americans-trace-roots-to-pilgram-john-howland/

Oh, and look at what else I found – a children’s book about him.

http://www.amazon.com/Fell-Mayflower-John-Howlands-Fortune/dp/0763665843



From what I’ve gathered on the internets:

Pilgrim John Howland arrived on the Mayflower as an indentured servant but in later years became executive assistant and personal secretary to Governor John Carver. John Howland’s true age in 1620 is unknown, but because he signed the Mayflower Compact and helped found Plymouth Colony, he is thought to have been at least 18 years old. Most historians put his age at between 18 and 21 in 1620 – so he probably was a young man when he fell overboard, not a boy as the book title says.



EDIT: A cousin who's a genealogist said the photo isn't of our ancestor who fell overboard but of his grandson or great-grandson named John Howland.