John Tilley, "Mayflower" Passenger

The Tilley Genealogy
By Jared L. Olar

January 2019

Among our New England ancestors, we have a descent from the Mayflower passenger John Tilley (1571-1621), who was accompanied on the voyage to Plymouth, Massachusetts, by his wife Joan and daughter Elizabeth, along with his younger brother Edward and his wife Ann and two other Tilley relatives. John, Joan, Edward, and Ann were among the half of the colonists who died in Plymouth's first winter in early 1621. John Tilley and his ancestors were from the English village of Henlow in Bedfordshire, where these Tilleys are known to have lived at least since the 1400s. The surname of Tilley has two possible origins. Some Tilleys are so called because their ancestors lived at the village of Tilley in Shropshire, a placename that derived its name from the Anglo-Saxon Telgaleah ("Bough Wood" or "Bough Clearing"). But most Tilleys probably acquired the name because their ancestors were farmers who tilled the soil -- from the Anglo-Saxon verb tilian, "to till or cultivate," came the Middle English occupational title "tilie," a husbandman or farmer. For as long as our Tilleys appear on the historical record, they were farmers

John Tilley (Pilgrim)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tilley_%28Pilgrim%29

John Tilley (1571 – 1620 or 1621) was one of the settlers who traveled from England to North America on the Mayflower but died shortly after arrival.

• BAPTISM: 19 December 1571 at Henlow, co. Bedford, England, son of Robert and Elizabeth Tilley.
• MARRIAGE: Joan (Hurst) Rogers, on 20 September 1596 at Henlow, co. Bedford, England, the daughter of William and Rose Hurst and widow of Thomas Rogers (no relation to Thomas Rogers, the Mayflower passenger).
• CHILDREN: Rose (died young), John, Rose, Robert, and Elizabeth.
• DEATH: Sometime the first winter at Plymouth, likely between January and March 1621.

Surprisingly little is known about John Tilley. He was born in 1571 at Henlow, co. Bedford, England, and his brother Edward Tilley and wife Agnes (along with their neice and nephew Humility Cooper and Henry Samson) also came on the Mayflower. Brother Edward is known to have lived in Leiden, but there is no record of John Tilley there (though it is certainly possible he was present there and just didn't get named in any record). John and Joan Tilley came on the Mayflower with their youngest child, Elizabeth, then about thirteen years old. Both John Tilley and wife Joan died the first winter at Plymouth, but their daughter Elizabeth survived and later married fellow Mayflower passenger John Howland.

Overview

Tilley was christened in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England on 19 December 1571. He was the eldest child of Robert and Elizabeth Tilley. He had four sisters (Rose, Agnes, Elizabeth, and Alice) and three brothers (George, William, and Edward or Edmund). Research done by Robert Ward Leigh, using probate records, show that Tilley's paternal grandparents were William and Agnes Tylle, his great-grandparents were Thomas and Margaret Tylle, and great-great-grandparents were Henry and Johann[a]? Tilly, all of Henlow.

On 20 September 1596 in Henlow, John married Joan Hurst Rogers, the daughter of William and Rose Hurst and the widow of Thomas Rogers of Henlow. Joan had had one daughter from her previous marriage. John and Joan had five children between 1597 and 1607. At least one child died young. Research by George Ernest Bowman shows that John was not the Jan Tellij that married Prijntgen Van den Velde in Leyden.

In September 1620, John and Joan embarked on the Mayflower along with their teenage daughter Elizabeth and John's brother Edward Tilley and his wife Ann or Agnes (Cooper) Tilley. Edward and Ann brought along Ann's relatives Henry Sampson and Humility Cooper. They left behind their older children, who were married by this time. They arrived at what would become Plymouth in November. John and brother Edward were amongst the men who signed the Mayflower Compact.

Unfortunately, the first winter after their arrival was extremely difficult and a number of the settlers died. Amongst these were John, wife Joan, brother Edward, and sister-in-law Ann. William Bradford reported, "...Edward Tillie, and his wife both dyed soon after their arrivall; and the girle Humility their cousen, was sent for unto Ento England, and dyed ther But the youth Henery Sampson, is still liveing, and is maried, & hath .7. children. John Tilley and his wife both dyed, a litle after they came ashore..." This left daughter Elizabeth the only surviving member of the Tilley family in America. The orphan was taken in by John Carver but he and his wife both died that spring. Elizabeth later married John Howland, Carver's former servant, and left a numerous posterity.

Children

   * Rose Tilley, baptized 23 October 1597 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, died young

* John Tilley, baptized 26 August 1599 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
* Rose Tilley, baptized 28 February 1602 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
* Robert Tilley, baptized 25 November 1604 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, served as an apprentice to a tailor, married Mary Hawkins on 1 November 1632 at St Paul’s Church, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.
* Elizabeth Tilley, baptized 30 August 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, sailed on the Mayflower in 1621, married John Howland presumably in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, died 21/31 December 1687 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, will written 17 December 1686 and proved 10 January 1687/8.
In addition, Joan Hurst Rogers Tilley had a daughter, Joan Rogers, from her first marriage. She was christened on 26 May 1594 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England and married Edward Hawkins on 27 June 1620 at St. Paul’s Church, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.

'Ancestors of the Mayflower Tilley:'

1 Henry TILLY c.1465 Henlow, Bedford Co., will proved 4 Dec 1520 – 1 Sep 1520 + Johana?

      2 Thomas TILLY c.1490 Henlow, will proved 6 Oct 1556 Henlow + Margaret, d.>1556

3 William TILLEY c.1515, bur.21 Jan 1578 in Henlow England, will dated 1 Jan 1578/9 + Agnes, buried 7 Jun 1582 Henlow
4 Robert TILLEY 1540, bur.21 Feb 1612/1613 Henlow England, will dated 31 Dec 1612 + Elizabeth ELLBORNE? c.1545 Henlow; m.1570 Henlow
5 Edward 27 May 1588 Henlow – winter 1620/21 Plymouth MA + Agnes/Ann Cooper, d.winter 1620/21 Plymouth MA; m.20 Jun 1614 (both were Mayflower passengers)
5 John TILLEY 15 Dec 1571 - 1621 Plymouth, MA, silk weaver + Joan HURST bapt.13 Mar 1567/8 Henlow, d.<11 Jan 1621 Plymouth MA (dau of William HURST c.1530 – 17 Dec 1569 + Rose c.1545 d.23 Jul 1601 Henlow; widow of Mr. Rogers); m.20 Sep 1596 Henlow England (Mayflower passengers)
'George W. Bush descent from John Tilley'

• 1. John TILLEY (1571-1620) m. Joan HURST (1567-1620)

• 2. Elizabeth TILLEY (1607-1687) m. John HOWLAND (1593-1672)

• 3. Hope HOWLAND (1629-1683) m. John CHIPMAN (1613-1708)

• 4. Hope CHIPMAN m. John HUCKINS

• 5. Hope HUCKINS m. Thomas NELSON

• 6. Hannah NELSON m. Jabez WOOD

• 7. Jabez WOOD (1718-) m. Joanna SHORT

• 8. Joanna WOOD (1750-1813) m. Comfort HORTON (1743-1805)

• 9. Sarah HORTON (1777-1856) m. Jarvis WHEELER (1774-1852)

• 10. Betsey S. WHEELER (1800-1881) m. Levi PIERCE (1797-1838)

• 11. Elizabeth Slade PIERCE (1822-1901) m. Courtland Philip Livingston BUTLER (1813-1891)

• 12. Mary Elizabeth BUTLER (1850-1897) m. Robert Emmet SHELDON (1845-1917)

• 13. Flora SHELDON (1872-1920) m. Samuel Prescott BUSH (1863-1948)

• 14. Prescott Sheldon BUSH (1895-1972) m. Dorothy WALKER (1901-)

• 15. George Herbert Walker BUSH President (1924-) m. Barbara PIERCE

• 16. George Walker BUSH President (1946-) m. Laura Lane WELCH (1946-)

Notable descendants

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt → James Roosevelt → Mary Aspinwall → Susan Howland → Joseph Howland → Nathanial Howland Jr. → Nathanial Howland Sr. → Joseph Howland → John Howland → Elizabeth Tilley → JOHN TILLEY

Presidents George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush.

George W. Bush → George H. W. Bush → Prescott Bush → Flora Sheldon → Mary Butler → Elizabeth Pierce → Betsy Wheeler → Sarah Horton → Joanna Wood → Jabez Wood → Hannah Nelson → Hope Huckins → Hope Chipman → Hope Howland → John Howland → Elizabeth Tilley → JOHN TILLEY

Ralph Waldo Emerson. Famous poet.

Ralph Waldo Emerson → Ruth Haskins → Hannah Upham → Hannah Waite → Lydia Sargent → Lydia Chipman → Hope Howland → ELIZABETH TILLEY (an entirely female line, meaning Ralph Waldo Emerson carried the mitochondrial DNA of Mayflower passenger Elizabeth Tilley → JOHN TILLEY

References

   * Marriage and christening records found on the International Genealogical Index (extracted from original source records by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).

* Bradford, William, Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647.
* Bowman, George Ernest, “Jan Tellij of Leyden was Not John Tilley of the Mayflower”, Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 10, No2, April 1908. pgs. 65-67.
* Ward, Robert Leigh, “English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Sampson, and Cooper”, The American Genealogist, Vol. 52, pgs. 198-208.
* Bowman, George Ernest, “Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland’s Will”, Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan 1901, pgs. 54-57.
* Forster, Joy, “The Lost Children of Bedfordshire's Pilgrim Fathers: The Tilley family of the Mayflower”, The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 4, Nov 1999.
* Bowman, George Ernest, “Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland’s Will”, Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan 1901, pgs. 54-57.
* Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 (entry on John Howland).

John Tilley, his wife Joan (Hurst) Rogers, and daughter Elizabeth came on the Mayflower. John and Joan died the first winter, but Elizabeth lived, married John Howland, and had eleven children. John's brother Edward Tilley came with wife Ann Cooper on the Mayflower as well.

John Tilley did not marry Prijntgen (Elizabeth) van der Velde in Holland. That was easily disproved in Mayflower Descendant 10:66-67, and by the subsequent identification of Joan (Hurst) Rogers. Also note that the article in the Mayflower Quarterly 49:16+ entitled "John Tilley Jr, 1599-1636" presents a theory as to what happened to John Tilley's son John, but the article has been criticized as presenting no proof but just speculations (Wakefield in MD 43:76; Stratton p. 362).

John's wife Joan is the daughter of William Hurst and Rose (---). William was born c1530, and died before 1571. He lived in Henlow, Bedford, England. Joan Hurst was baptized in Henlow, Bedford, England on 13 March 1567/8. She married first Thomas Rogers (no known relation to Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower), and second John Tilley.

1620- Mayflower passenger at age 49. He was a signer of the "Mayflower Compact."

1621- Died the first winter (Between 11 January and 10 April 1621)at Plymouth, MA with many others.

John & Joan Tilley were Pilgrims on the Mayflower

John was the 16th man to sign Mayflower Compact.

William Bradford reported, "...Edward Tillie, and his wife both dyed soon after their arrivall; and the girle Humility their cousen, was sent for unto Ento England, and dyed ther But the youth Henery Sampson, is still liveing, and is married, & hath .7. children. John Tilley and his wife both dyed, a litle after they came ashore..." This left daughter Elizabeth the only surviving member of the Tilley family in America. The orphan was taken in by John Carver but he and his wife both died that spring. Elizabeth later married John Howland, Carver's former servant, and left a numerous posterity.

Birth: Dec. 19, 1571

Shropshire, England

Death: Jan. 11, 1621

Plymouth

Plymouth County

Massachusetts, USA

John died from exposure shortly after arriving on the Mayflower. He was the son of Robert Tilley and Elizabeth Tilley. He married Elizabeth Lancaster on September 6, 1606 in Shipton,Shropshire,England. His daughter Elizabeth Tilley married John Howland.

(bio by: Ryan Curtis) 

Family links:

Children:

Elizabeth Tilley Howland (1607 - 1687)*
Spouse:
Joan Hurst Rogers Tilley (1568 - 1621)
*Point here for explanation

Burial:

Coles Hill Burial Ground

Plymouth

Plymouth County

Massachusetts, USA

Created by: LF

Record added: Nov 07, 2006

Find A Grave Memorial# 16539001

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16539001

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Arrived on Mayflower.

http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/mayflower/mayflower_passenger_list...

Tilley, John, brother to Edward was  bp. Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, 19 Dec 1571.  He m. in Henlow 20 Sept 1596 Joan (Hurst) Rogers.  She had married 1st Thomas Rogers.  Of five children: Rose, John, Rose again, Robert and Elizabeth,  only Elizabeth who is known to have descendants. Of the others there is no further record.

Signer of Mayflower Compact? 11/11/1620

He was under Miles Standish in the first encounter with the Indians at Great Meadow Creek, December 8, 1620, three days before the landing of the Pilgrims.

The known ancestry of John Tilley is as follows (from The American Genealogist 52:198-208):

Henry Tilley, b. c1465, d. 1520 === Johan (---)

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Thomas Tilley, b. c1490, d. 1556 === Margaret (---)

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William Tilley, b. c1515, d. Jan. 1578/9 === Agnes (---)

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Robert Tilley, b. c1540, d. Feb. 1612/3 === Elizabeth (---)

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John Tilley, Mayflower passenger

John Tilley came on the Mayflower with his wife Joan and daughter Elizabeth. John's brother Edward Tilley also came on the Mayflower.

SOURCES:

Caroline Lewis Kardell, "An English Line from John Tilley", Mayflower Quarterly, 65(August 1999):208-209.

Robert Leigh Ward, "English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Sampson, and Cooper," The American Genealogist 52:198-208.

Robert Leigh Ward, "The Baronial Ancestry of Henry Sampson, Humility Cooper, and Ann (Cooper) Tilley," The Genealogist 6:166-186.

Robert Leigh Ward, "Further Traces of John Tilley of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist 60(1984):171-173.

George E. Bowman, "Jan Tellij of Leyden was Not John Tilley of the Mayflower," Mayflower Descendant 10:66-67.

Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower through Desire Howland for Five Generations, vol. 1 (Camden: Picton Press, 1990).

Caleb Johnson © 1998

John Tilley (b. 19 Dec 1571, d. 10 Apr 1621) John Tilley was born 19 Dec 1571 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, and died 10 Apr 1621 in Plymouth Colony. He married Joan Hurst on 20 Sep 1596 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.

Includes NotesNotes for John Tilley: Signer #16 on The Mayflower Compact according to Morton. ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower (Notes made by Gov. William Bradford listed them as " John Tillie and his wife; and Eelizabeth, their doughter." FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth BIRTH: Baptized Henlow, Bedfordshire, 19 December 1571, son of Robert and Elizabeth (_____) Tilley [TAG 52:203]. DEATH: Plymouth 1620 in the first general sickness [Bradford 446]. MARRIAGE: Henlow 20 September 1596 Joan (Hurst) Rogers. She had married (1) Thomas Rogers. CHILDREN: i ROSE, bp. Henlow 23 October 1597; no further record.

ii JOHN, bp. Henlow 26 August 1599; no further record.

iii ROSE, bp. Henlow 28 February 1601/2; no further record.

iv ROBERT, bp. Henlow 25 November 1604; no further record.

v ELIZABETH, bp. Henlow 30 August 1607; m. about 1625 JOHN HOWLAND.

ASSOCIATIONS: John Tilley was the elder brother of EDWARD TILLEY, who also died in the first sickness.

"John Tilley - A 1620 Mayflower passanger, John Tilley arrived at Plymouth with his wife Joan (Hurst), his daughter Elizabeth Tilley, and his brother Edward Tilley, q.v. A most valuable discovery by Robert Leigh Ward, "English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers," TAG 52:198, gives the Tilley origin in Henlow, Bedfordshire, and shows that John and Edward were sons of Robert and Elizabeth (____) Tilley. John and his wife were left children in Bedfordshire who could conceivably have left descendants, though none living today is yet known. " --according to Plym. Col. page 362:

                      London vs. Leyden contingents

Many people are aware that the passengers of the Mayflower were fleeing religious persecution. What most people don't realize is that the majority of the passengers were strangers picked up from London, whose passage to America on the Mayflower helped the religious seperatists pay the excessive expenses involved with sending a ship to the New World.

The following is a list, as best as known, of the members of both contingents (by head of the household--wives and children are assumed to belong to the same contingent). The Leyden contingent are the "religious seperatists", and the London contingent are the "strangers" whose passage helped pay the expenses of the Mayflower.

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Leyden contingent:

Isaac Allerton; William Bradford; William Brewster; John Carver; James Chilton; Francis Cooke; John Crackstone; Moses Fletcher; Edward Fuller; Samuel Fuller; John Goodman; William Holbeck; Degory Priest; Thomas Rogers; Thomas Tinker; John Turner; Thomas Williams; Edward Winslow; Gilbert Winslow

London contingent:

John Billington; Richard Britteridge; William Butten; Robert Carter; Humility Cooper; Edward Doty; John Hooke; Steven Hopkins; John Howland; John Langmore; William Latham, Edward Leister; Christopher Martin; Desire Minter; Richard More (and three siblings); William Mullins; Solomon Prower; John Rigdale; Henry Samson; George Soule; Elias Story; Edward Tilley; John Tilley; Richard Warren.

John Tilley, his wife Joan (Hurst) Rogers, and daughter Elizabeth came on the Mayflower. John and Joan died the first winter, but Elizabeth lived, married John Howland, and had eleven children.

(Mayflower Passenger List By Family Groupings) John Tilley; Joan (Hurst) Rogers, wife; Elizabeth Tilley, daughter

Surprisingly little is known about John Tilley.  He was born in 1571 at Henlow, co. Bedford, England, and his brother Edward Tilley and wife Agnes (along with their neice and nephew Humility Cooper and Henry Samson) also came on the Mayflower.  Brother Edward is known to have lived in Leiden, but there is no record of John Tilley there (though it is certainly possible he was present there and just didn't get named in any record).  John and Joan Tilley came on the Mayflower with their youngest child, Elizabeth, then about thirteen years old.  Both John Tilley and wife Joan died the first winter at Plymouth, but their daughter Elizabeth survived and later married fellow Mayflower passenger John Howland.

Birth 15 Dec 1571 Bedfordshire, England Death 11 Jan 1621 (aged 49) Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Burial Coles Hill Burial Ground Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map Memorial ID 16539001 ·https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16539001/john-tilley

John Tilley was a passenger on the Mayflower. He died in the first winter.

John Tilley married Joan Hurst Sept 20, 1596 in England. Joan Hurst was the daughter of William and Rose Hurst. Joan had been married firstly to a Mr. Curtis and had a daughter, Joan, who was a step-daughter of John Tilley. John and Joan Tilley had four children: John, Rose, Robert, and Elizabeth. John's children, John, Rose, Robert, and his step-daughter, Joan, stayed in England; the girls being married and the boys engaged in apprenticeships. It was not until a descendant of one of the children left in England applied for membership in Society of Mayflower Descendants based on his ancestor, John Tilley, that the information that Elizabeth was not an only child was known on this side of the Atlantic.

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Category:Mayflower Passengers Category:Mayflower Family Member

Question: What is the relationship of these two Tilley families:* Tilley-562|Robert Tilley, father of Edmund. Born 1540, Henlow, Bedfordshire.*Tilley-84|John Tilley, father of Rose, John, Robert and Elizabeth. Born 1571, Henlow, Bedfordshire.Answer: Robert is the father of both Edmund and John, who are siblings. Edmund (baptized Edward) died at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620, as did his brother John Tilley.<ref>Robert Leigh Ward, "English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers", The American Genealogist, Vol 52 Page203</ref>Dellinger-332|Dellinger-332 Editing Note: No "primary source" documentation provided to show that the marriage of John Tilley and Elizabeth Comyings is the same John Tilley who was a Mayflower Passenger.See * Source: Robert S. Wakefield, "Additions and Corrections to Torrey", The American Genealogist, Vol 67: Page 31. This source states thatthis John Tilley did not marry Elizabeth Comyings.

1571 Baptism ===19 DEC 1571 Henlow, County Bedford, England. Henlow Parish Register& Bishop's Transcripts; Baptisms:1574, Dec. 19; John, s. Robert Tillye<ref name="TAG 52"/>

1596 Marriage ===20 SEP 1596 Henlow, Co. Bedford, England. Henlow Parish Register & Bishop's Transcripts; Marriages: Tilley; 1596, Sep. 20; John Tyly & JoanRogers<ref name="TAG 52"/>

Children of John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Rogers ===# Tilley-124|Rose Tilley, baptized 23 Oct 1597 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; <ref>Rose Tilly, daughter of John Tilly : England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GY-8JB : 11 February 2018, Rose Tilly, 23 Oct 1597); citing HENLOW,BEDFORD,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm Q942.565 B4E V. 26.</ref> buried 28 Feb 1601 at Henlow.<ref>Rose Tilley, buried 28 Feb 1601 at Henlow, Bedford : Maine, Nathan Hale CemeteryCollection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-MXF8 : 16 March 2018), Rose Tilley, ; citing Henlow, , Bedford, England, Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,315.</ref># Tilley-125|John Tilley, baptized 26 Aug 1599 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England # Rose Tilley, baptized 28 Feb 1602 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England<ref>Rose Tyllye, daughter of John Tyllye : "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GY-8VM : 11 February 2018, Rose Tyllye, 28 Feb 1602); citing HENLOW,BEDFORD,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm Q942.565 B4E V. 26.</ref># Tilley-127|Robert Tilley, baptized 25 Nov 1604 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; served as an apprentice to a tailor; married Mary Hawkins 1 Nov 1632 at St Paul’s Church, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England# Tilley-73|Elizabeth Tilley, baptized 30 Aug 1607 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; sailed on the Mayflower in 1620; married Howland-21|John Howland 14 Aug 1623 at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died 21 Dec 1687 at Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; will written 17 Dec 1686 and proved 10 Jan 1687/8

Emigration 1620 on the Mayflower ===Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The list of passengers on the Mayflower given by Governor William Bradford (2nd Governor of Massachusetts), in "Of Plimoth Plantation", page 449, includes the following:::: 'John Tilley and his wife, and Elizabeth their daughter.'<ref name="TAG 52">The American Genealogist v. 52; #4; p. 198</ref><ref>History of Plymouth Plantation, by William Bradford, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts, database online at Google Books. (pub.1856). A Primary Source: records and diarykept by Gov Bradford in Plymouth; first hand account of their persecutions in England, fleeing to Holland in 1607/08, and leaving Holland for the New World in July 1620.</ref>

1621 Death and Burial

11 JAN 1621 Plymouth, Massachusetts #S41 Genealogical Dictionary under Tilley states::: John, Plymouth, perhaps brother of Edward, came with wife and one child Elizabeth in the Mayflower, 1620, and all (it was believed by Shurtleff in Geneal. Reg. I. 52) died next winter. But his daughter Elizabeth who married John Howland outlived all her fellow passengers. except three who were younger.

Buried 10 Apr 1621 Coles Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass :::::: According to "Saints and Strangers", by George F. Willison, Reynal& Hitchcock, New York, 1945, pg.439, under "Saints" is a "silk worker, of London. On third discovery, probably on First and Second as well." He died shortly after arrival in America.

Sources

<references />* Robert Leigh Ward, "English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers", The American Genealogist, Vol 52 Pages 198-205 * Wikipedia article on John Tilley* Caleb H Johnson, "Manorial Records - New Information," The MayflowerQuarterly, Vol 76, No. 2 (June 2010), 125-134.* James Savage, <i>Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England</i> (Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore 1981.)* Edward Norris Wentworth, Jr. The Genealogy of Edward Norris Wentworth Junior. Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Date: June 1928. Special Project Submitted in Courses in Community Life and Advance Biology at the University High School, University of Chicago* "The Mayflower Passenger List", by Caleb Johnson at MayflowerHistory.com, databaseonline, c.1994-2016 * Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Published 1995 by The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume 3, Page 1822.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21561583/elizabeth-howland

Additional Reading ==* List of the Mayflower Passengers, database online hosted by RootsWeb at Ancestry.com, Author: Duane A. Cline, c.2006

• Sail 1620 - Biographies of John and Edward Tilley

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John Tilley joined the expedition of 6 December 1620 along the coast with nine others, under the leadership of Miles Standish.

Check th following references:

SOURCES:

Caroline Lewis Kardell, "An English Line from John Tilley", Mayflower Quarterly, 65(August 1999):208-209.

Robert Leigh Ward, "English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Sampson, and Cooper," The American Genealogist 52:198-208.

Robert Leigh Ward, "The Baronial Ancestry of Henry Sampson, Humility Cooper, and Ann (Cooper) Tilley," The Genealogist 6:166-186.

Robert Leigh Ward, "Further Traces of John Tilley of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist 60(1984):171-173.

Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower through Desire Howland for Five Generations, vol. 1 (Camden: Picton Press, 1990).
The above references were found on http: members.aol.com/calebj/jtilley.html

Tilley, John (     -1621)--silk worker, of London On Third Discovery, probably on First and Second as well.

From AmericanAncesters.com

JOHN TILLEY ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland MIGRATION: 1620 on the Mayflower FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth BIRTH: Baptized Henlow, Bedfordshire, 19 December 1571, son of Robert and Elizabeth (_) Tilley [TAG 52:203]. DEATH: Late 1620 or early 1621 [Bradford 446]. MARRIAGE: Henlow 20 September 1596 Joan (Hurst) Rogers. She had married (1) Thomas Rogers. She died in late 1620 or early 1621 [Bradford 446]. CHILDREN: i ROSE, bp. Henlow 23 October 1597; no further record. ii JOHN, bp. Henlow 26 August 1599; no further record. iii ROSE, bp. Henlow 28 February 1601/2; no further record. iv ROBERT, bp. Henlow 25 November 1604; no further record. v ELIZABETH, bp. Henlow 30 August 1607; m. about 1625 JOHN HOWLAND [PM 279]. ASSOCIATIONS: John Tilley was the elder brother of EDWARD TILLEY [PM 461], who also died in the first sickness. COMMENTS: 'John Tilley and his wife, and Elizabeth their daughter" were passengers on the Mayflower [Bradford 442]. "John Tilley and his wife both died a little after they came 1 ashore. And their daughter Elizabeth married with John Howland and hath issue as is before noted" [Bradford 446]. John Tilley joined the expedition of 6 December 1620 along the coast with nine others, under the leadership of Miles Standish [Young's Pilgrim Fathers 149]. John Tilley joined the expedition of 6 December 1620 along the coast with nine others, under the leadership of Miles Standish [Young's Pilgrim Fathers 149]. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In addition to the items noted in the sketch of EDWARD TILLEY, Robert Leigh Ward in 1985 published some additional biographical information on John Tilley [TAG 60:171-73]. Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175876099829label=@S523@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175875792831label=@S418@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175875792845label=@S296@