Tilley Family

Generation 1

Robert Tille was born c1540 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England and died c21 February 1612/3 at Henlow, Bedforshire, England.  He married Elizabeth c1570 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.  She was born 1544 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England and died c27 March 1614 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.  For further information his Robert's ancestry and the children of Robert and Elizabeth see the Mayflower Web Page by Caleb Johnson, the Mayflower Database by Lori Steadman, and Paul B. McBride's Genealogy Page.  Among other children Robert and Elizabeth Tille had:
  1. John Tilley
  2. Edward Tilley

Generation 2

John Tilley was born c19 December 1571 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England and died between 11 January - 10 April 1621 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA.)  He married Joan Hurst 20 September 1596 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.  He did not marry Elizabeth Comyngs or Bridget van der Velde.  Joan Hurst was born c13 March 1567/8 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England and died between 11 January - 10 April 1621 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA).  For information on her parents see the Mayflower Web Page or Paul B. McBride's Genealogy Page.  She had married first to Thomas Rogers.  John and Joan Tilley were passengers on the Mayflower and John was a signer of the Mayflower Compact.  The only child to accompany them on the Mayflower was their youngest child Elizabeth.

Child of Joan Hurst and Thomas Rogers:

  1. Joan Rogers
Children of Joan Hurst and John Tilley:
  1. Rose Tilley
  2. John Tilley
  3. Rose Tilley
  4. Robert Tilley
  5. Elizabeth Tilley

Generation 3

Elizabeth Tilley was born c30 August 1607 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England and died 21 December 1687 in the part of Swansea, Bristol Co., MA that is now located in East Providence, RI.  She married John Howland c25 March 1623 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA).  He was born 1592 at Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England and died 23 February 1672/3 at Rocky Nook Farm, Plymouth (now Kingston), Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA).  For further information see the Howland Family.  Elizabeth Tilley and John Howland were both passengers aboard the Mayflower.  They had the following children:
  1. Desire Howland
  2. John Howland
  3. Hope Howland
  4. Elizabeth Howland
  5. Lydia Howland
  6. Hannah Howland
  7. Joseph Howland
  8. Jabez Howland
  9. Ruth Howland
  10. Isaac Howland

Sources

New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1985

Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Melinda Lutz Sanborn, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1991

Pedigree chart prepared by Don G. Olmstead

Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England by John Farmer, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1994

The Family of John Howland Mayflower Passenger Five Generations by Mrs. Curtis W. (Mardenna J.) Hunter,  Indianapolis, IN 1970

Families of the Pilgrims:  John Howland by Hubert Kinney Shaw,  Massachusetts Society of Maylfower Descendants, Boston 1955

John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 1:  The First Five Generations Through his first child Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham by Elizabeth Pearson White, Picton Press, Camden, ME 1990

Mayflower Increasings For Three Generations by Susan E. Roser, Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, MD 1989

A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland by Franklyn Howland, New Bedford, MA 1885

Saints and Strangers by George F. Willison, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA 1981 ed.

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10 November 1997