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Elizabeth Tilley

Female Abt 1607 - 1687  (~ 80 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Tilley  [1, 2
    Born Abt 1607  Henlow, Bradfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Elizabeth Howland  [1
    Biography
    • From the Wikipedia entry for her husband:
      Until Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation was discovered in 1856, it was presumed that John Howland's wife, formerly Elizabeth Tilley, was the adopted daughter of the Carvers. (Her parents, uncle and aunt who came to the New World died of sickness during the first winter.) This mistake was even recorded on a gravestone that was erected for Howland on Burial Hill, in 1836. However, the Bradford journal revealed that she was, in fact, the daughter of John Tilley and his wife, Joan (Hurst). Elizabeth Tilley Howland was born in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England where she was baptized in August, 1607. She and her parents were passengers on the Mayflower. John Tilley and his wife Joan both died the first winter as did his brother Edward Tilley and wife Ann. This left Elizabeth an orphan and so she was taken in by the Carver family. The Carvers died about a year later, and part of their estate was inherited by their servant, John Howland, and Elizabeth became his ward. In 1623/24, she married John Howland.
      Elizabeth Tilley outlived her husband by 15 years. She died December 21 or 22, 1687, in the home of her daughter, Lydia Brown, in Swansea, Massachusetts, and is buried in a section of that town which is now in East Providence, Rhode Island.
    Died Dec 1687  Swansea, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I3885  Our Family
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2016 

    Father John Tilley,   b. Abt 1571,   d. Feb 1620/21, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Joan Hurst,   b. 1567, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Feb 1620/21, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 20 Sep 1596  Henlow, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F1409  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Howland,   b. Abt 1591, Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1672/73, Rocky Nook, now Kingston, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Married Abt 1623  [1
    Children 
     1. Desire Howland,   b. Abt 1625, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
     2. John Howland,   b. 24 Feb 1626/27, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 18 Jun 1699, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 72 years)
     3. Hope Howland,   b. 30 Aug 1629, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1683, Barstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     4. Elizabeth Howland,   b. Abt 1631, Maine? Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1691  (Age ~ 60 years)
     5. Lydia Howland,   b. Abt 1633, Maine? Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1710/11, Swansea, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     6. Hannah Howland,   b. Abt 1637, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1708  (Age ~ 71 years)
     7. Joseph Howland,   b. Abt 1640, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1703/04, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)
     8. Jabez Howland,   b. Abt 1644, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 21 Feb 1711/12  (Age ~ 68 years)
     9. Ruth Howland,   b. Abt 1646, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Oct 1679  (Age ~ 33 years)
     10. Isaac Howland,   b. 15 Nov 1649, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1723/24, Middleboro, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2016 
    Family ID F1396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S466] Howland, John Vol 3.

    2. [S249] Wikipedia.
      John Howland

    3. [S324] Great Migration Begins.
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