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John TILLEY

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John TILLEY was born Bef 29 Dec 1571, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; died 1620/21, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Came on Mayflower with wife Joan and daughter Elizabeth.


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

    John Tilley was born in 1571 in Henlow, Bedford, England, and married the widowed Joan (Hurst) Rogers on 20 September 1596 in Henlow. He, his wife Joan, and his youngest daughter Elizabeth all came on the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620.

    John and his wife both died the first winter at Plymouth, orphaning the 13-year old Elizabeth Tilley in the New World. Elizabeth would later marry to Mayflower passenger John Howland.

    From: The Great Migration Begins:
    ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland
    MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower
    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.


    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 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].
    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].

    " JOHN, Plymouth, [[vol. 4, p. 303]] perhaps br. of Edward, came with w. and one ch. Elizabeth in the Mayflower, 1620, and all (it was believ. by Shurtleff in Geneal. Reg. I. 52) d. next winter. But his d. Elizabeth wh. m. John Howland outliv. all her fellow passeng. exc. three wh. were younger. "

    John married Joan HURST 20 Sep 1596, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. Joan was born 23 Mar 1568, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; died 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Elizabeth TILLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1607, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; died 21 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Elizabeth TILLEY Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born 1607, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; died 21 Dec 1687, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

    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.

    Elizabeth married John HOWLAND Bef 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. John (son of Henry HOWLAND and Ann Margaret AIRES) was born Abt 1592, Fen Stanton, Huntingtonshire, England; died 23 Feb 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Desire HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Oct 1623, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Desire HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born 13 Oct 1623, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

    Desire married John GORHAM 06 Nov 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. John (son of Ralph GORHAM) was born Bef 28 Jan 1621, Benefield, Northamptonshire, England; died Aft 05 Feb 1676, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried 05 Feb 1676, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Desire GORHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born 02 Apr 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died 30 Jun 1700, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
    2. 5. James GORHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Apr 1650, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died 1707, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Desire GORHAM Descendancy chart to this point (3.Desire3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born 02 Apr 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died 30 Jun 1700, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

    Desire married John HAWES 07 Oct 1661. John (son of Edmund HAWES and Lucy) was born Bef 1640, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died 11 Nov 1701, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. Joseph HAWES  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Jul 1673, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died 16 Nov 1752, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was buried , Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

  2. 5.  James GORHAM Descendancy chart to this point (3.Desire3, 2.Elizabeth2, 1.John1) was born 28 Apr 1650, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died 1707, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

    James married Hannah HUCKENS 24 Feb 1673/74, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Thomas HUCKINS and Rose HYLLIER) was born 14 Oct 1653, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died 13 Feb 1727/28, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Ebenezer GORHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Feb 1695/96, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died 16 Nov 1776, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; was buried , Barnstable Cobb Hill East Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.