During a storm in the north Atlantic, indentured servant John Howland was swept off the Mayflower's deck. Fortunately, he grabbed a line and was hauled back onboard. Howland thrived in the New ...

Bush as well as poets Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... the 17th century who came on the Mayflower. It’s pretty neat,” Arenstam said. Howland descendants have also donated ...