About Jabez Howland House
The Jabez Howland House is a 17th-century timber-frame home in Plymouth with a direct connection to the Howland family of the Mayflower. Built about 1667 by Jacob Mitchell and acquired by Jabez Howland in 1669, the house is identified by the Pilgrim John Howland Society as the only surviving building in Plymouth where people who arrived on the Mayflower are known to have spent time. Jabez was the son of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, and the house remained his family home until 1680.
The Pilgrim John Howland Society operates the property as a guided historic-house museum. Rooms contain period furnishings, family documents, and artifacts recovered from archaeological investigations at Howland family sites, including the Rocky Nook homestead. The restored house and its gardens, which include plants associated with 17th-century Plymouth, give visitors a focused look at domestic life in the colony and make the site particularly meaningful for anyone interested in the Mayflower, early Plymouth families, or genealogy.
