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Elizabeth TILLEY

Female 1607 - 1687  (80 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth TILLEY 
    Born 1607  Henlow, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 21 Dec 1687  Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I465  Sturgis
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2004 

    Father John TILLEY,   b. Bef 29 Dec 1571, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1620/21, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 49 years) 
    Mother Joan HURST,   b. 23 Mar 1568, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1596  Henlow, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • "She had married (1) Thomas Rogers."
    Family ID F54  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1592, Fen Stanton, Huntingtonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married Bef 1624  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Desire HOWLAND,   b. 13 Oct 1623, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2018 
    Family ID F52  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Came on Mayflower with parents. Left as a 13-year old orphan when her parents died the first winter.


      http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/ElizabethTilley.php

      Elizabeth Tilley was born in 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, the daughter of John and Joan (Hurst)(Rogers) Tilley. She came with her parents on the Mayflower in 1620. Both her parents died the first winter at Plymouth, leaving her orphaned at the age of 13 in the New World. She married to Mayflower passenger John Howland around 1625 at Plymouth.

  • Sources 
    1. [S45] Great Migration Begins, Anderson, Robert C., (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).