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Elizabeth TILLEY 1607 – 1687 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Aug 1607

Birth Location: Henlow, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 21 Dec 1687

Death Location: Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John TILLEY

Mother: Joan HURST

Spouse(s): John HOWLAND

Children(s): John Howland, Desire Howland, Hope Howland, Elizabeth Howland, Lydia Howland, Hannah Howland, Joseph Howland, Lt. Howland, Ruth HOWLAND, Isaac Howland

The story of Elizabeth TILLEY began in 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. Elizabeth TILLEY married John HOWLAND, and had children including John Howland, Desire Howland, Hope Howland, Elizabeth Howland, Lydia Howland, Hannah Howland, Joseph Howland, Lt. Jabez Howland, Ruth HOWLAND, Isaac Howland. Elizabeth TILLEY passed away in 1687 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Elizabeth TILLEY began in 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.
  • Elizabeth TILLEY married John HOWLAND, and had children including John Howland, Desire Howland, Hope Howland, Elizabeth Howland, Lydia Howland, Hannah Howland, Joseph Howland, Lt. Jabez Howland, Ruth HOWLAND, Isaac Howland.
  • Elizabeth TILLEY passed away in 1687 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John TILLEY
1571 – 1621
Birth Location: Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
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Joan HURST
1568 – 1621
Birth Location: Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

John HOWLAND
1592 – 1673
Birth Location: Huntingdonshire, England
JH

Children(s)

John Howland
1627 – 1704
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
JH
Desire Howland
1627 – 1683
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
DH
Hope Howland
1629 – 1683
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
HH
Elizabeth Howland
1632 – 1692
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
EH
Lydia Howland
1633 – 1711
Birth Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
LH
Hannah Howland
1637 – 1705
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
HH
Joseph Howland
1640 – 1704
Birth Location: Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
JH
Lt. Howland
1644 – 1712
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
LH
Ruth HOWLAND
1646 – 1679
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
RH
Isaac Howland
1649 – 1723
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
IH

Elizabeth TILLEY's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth TILLEY
1607 – 1687
Birth Place: Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
John TILLEY
1571 – 1621
Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
Joan HURST
1568 – 1621
Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Robert TILLEY
1540 – 1612
England
Elizabeth _____
England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth TILLEY's Descendants

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Elizabeth TILLEY (30 Aug 1607 – 21 Dec 1687) m. John HOWLAND (1592 – 23 Feb 1673)
  1. 1. John Howland (24 Apr 1627 – 1 Jan 1704) m. Mary Lee (1630 – 6 May 1693)
    1. 1. Mary Howland (1652 – 3 Aug 1711)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Howland (17 May 1655 – )
    3. 3. Isaac Howland (25 Nov 1659 – 9 Mar 1723)
    4. 4. Hannah Howland (15 May 1661 – Feb 1711)
    5. 5. Mercy Howland (21 Jan 1663 – )
    6. 6. Lydia Howland (9 Jan 1665 – 6 Jul 1717)
    7. 7. Experience Howland (28 Jul 1668 – 1734)
    8. 8. Anne Howland (9 Sep 1670 – 27 Apr 1741)
    9. 9. Shubael Howland (30 Sep 1672 – 31 Aug 1737)
    10. 10. John Howland (31 Dec 1674 – 14 Feb 1738)
  2. 2. Desire Howland (22 May 1627 – 13 Oct 1683) m. John Gorham (28 Jan 1620 – 5 Feb 1676)
    1. 1. Desire Gorham (2 Apr 1644 – 30 Jun 1700)
    2. 2. Temperance Gorham (5 May 1646 – 12 Mar 1715)
    3. 3. Elizabeth Gorham (23 Apr 1648 – 5 Mar 1683)
    4. 4. James Gorham (28 Apr 1650 – 18 Nov 1707)
    5. 5. John Gorham (20 Feb 1652 – 11 Nov 1716)
    6. 6. Joseph Gorham (16 Feb 1653 – 9 Jul 1726)
    7. 7. Jabez Gorham (3 Aug 1656 – 16 Mar 1724)
    8. 8. Mercy Gorham (20 Jan 1658 – 24 Sep 1725)
    9. 9. Lydia Gorham (16 Nov 1661 – 2 Aug 1744)
    10. 10. Hannah Gorham (Nov 28 1663 – 16 Aug 1728)
    11. 11. Shubael Gorham (21 Oct 1667 – 23 Sep 1748)
  3. 3. Hope Howland (30 Aug 1629 – 8 Jan 1683) m. John Chipman (1614 – 7 Apr 1708)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Chipman (24 Jan 1648 – 1712)
    2. 2. Hope Chipman (31 Aug 1652 – 26 Jul 1728)
    3. 3. Lydia Chipman (25 Dec 1654 – 2 Mar 1730)
    4. 4. John Chipman (2 Mar 1656 – 29 May 1657)
    5. 5. Hannah Chipman (14 Jan 1658 – 04 Nov 1696)
    6. 6. Samuel Chipman (15 Apr 1661 – 16 Jun 1723)
    7. 7. Ruth Chipman (31 Dec 1663 – 8 Apr 1698)
    8. 8. Bethia Chipman (1 Jul 1666 – 17 Mar 1703)
    9. 9. Mercy Chipman (06 Feb 1668 – 12 Jun 1724) m. Nathaniel Skiffe ( – 24 Apr 1723)
      1. 1. Ruth Skiffe (1690 – 1737)
      2. 2. Mercy Skiffe (05 Jul 1701 – 24 Apr 1781)
      3. 3. Mercy Skiffe (03 Nov 1701 – )
      4. 4. Samuel Skiff (24 Dec 1703 – )
      5. 5. John Skiff (22 Aug 1705 – )
      6. 6. Joseph Skiff (18 Nov 1707 – 07 Nov 1778)
    10. 10. John Chipman (3 Mar 1670 – 4 Jan 1756)
    11. 11. Desire Chipman (26 Feb 1673/74 – 28 Mar 1705)
  4. 4. Elizabeth Howland (2 Feb 1632 – 26 January 1692) m. Ephraim Hicks (Abt. 1629 – 12 Dec 1649) m. Capt. (John Addison) Dickinson (July 27, 1630 – 5 Mar 1683)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Dickinson (11 Oct 1652 – 1695)
    2. 2. Joseph Dickinson (24 Dec 1654 – )
    3. 3. Mercy Dickinson (23 Apr 1657 – )
    4. 4. Jabez Dickinson (29 Sep 1660 – )
    5. 5. Lydia Dickinson (5 Oct 1662 – )
    6. 6. Samuel Dickenson (26 Jan 1665 – 12 Sep 1728)
    7. 7. Mehitable Dickinson (Apr 1667 – )
    8. 8. Hannah Dickinson (6 Mar 1671 – )
  5. 5. Lydia Howland (1633 – 17 Jan 1711) m. James Brown (1623 – 29 Sep 1710)
    1. 1. James Brown (4 May 1655 – 15 Apr 1718)
    2. 2. Dorothy Brown (29 Aug 1666 – 2 Jun 1727)
    3. 3. Jabez Brown (1667 – 7 Jul 1747)
    4. 4. Joseph Brown (9 Jul 1668 – )
  6. 6. Hannah Howland (1637 – 1705) m. Jonathan Bosworth (1636 – Bef. 10 Jun 1717)
    1. 1. Mercy Bosworth (30 May 1662 – )
    2. 2. Hannah Bosworth (5 Nov 1663 – Aft. 31 Jul 1723)
    3. 3. Elizabeth Bosworth (6 Jun 1665 – 31 Jul 1676)
    4. 4. Jonathan Bosworth (24 Dec 1666 – 16 Jul 1676)
    5. 5. David Bosworth (15 Sep 1669 – 12 Jun 1747)
    6. 6. John Bosworth (6 Apr 1671 – )
    7. 7. Jabez Bosworth (14 Feb 1673 – )
    8. 8. Ichabod Bosworth (18 Mar 1676 – )
  7. 7. Joseph Howland (1640 – Jan 1704) m. Elizabeth Southworth (1643 – 1717)
    1. 1. James Howland (29 Dec 1669 – )
    2. 2. Nathaniel Howland (1671 – 29 Dec 1746)
    3. 3. Benjamin Howland ( – 7 Sep 1689)
    4. 4. Mercy Howland ( – 1721)
    5. 5. Elizabeth Howland ( – 15 Feb 1724)
    6. 6. Lydia Howland
    7. 7. Sarah Howland ( – 23 Dec 1703)
    8. 8. Thomas Howland ( – 02 Dec 1739)
    9. 9. Joseph Howland ( – 8 Jul 1689)
  8. 8. Lt. (Jabez) Howland (1644 – 21 Feb 1712) m. Bethia Thacher (1642 – 19 Dec 1725)
    1. 1. Jabez Howland (15 Nov 1669 – 17 Oct 1732)
    2. 2. John Howland (15 Jan 1673 – 16 Jan 1673)
    3. 3. Bethiah Howland (3 Jun 1674 – 1676)
    4. 4. Josiah Howland (6 Aug 1676 – 8 Feb 1717)
    5. 5. John Howland (26 Jul 1679 – 15 May 1748)
    6. 6. Judah Howland (7 May 1683 – Nov 1683)
    7. 7. Seth Howland (5 Jan 1685 – Apr 1685)
    8. 8. Samuel Howland (16 May 1686 – 15 May 1748)
    9. 9. Experience Howland (19 May 1687 – 1708)
    10. 10. Joseph Howland (14 Oct 1692 – 16 Aug 1737)
    11. 11. Elizabeth Howland
  9. 9. Ruth HOWLAND (1646 – 16 Oct 1679) m. Thomas CUSHMAN (16 Sep 1637 – 23 Aug 1726)
    1. 1. Robert Cushman (4 Oct 1665 – 7 Sep 1757)
    2. 2. Desire Cushman (1668 – 8 Feb 1762)
    3. 3. Thomas CUSHMAN (18 May 1670 – 9 Jan 1727) m. Sarah STRONG (24 Sep 1674 – 25 Dec 1726)
      1. 1. Zibiah CUSHMAN (Bet. 1700 - 1708 – 13 Nov 1743) m. Josiah COOKE (14 May 1699 – 18 Sep 1752)
        1. 1. Sarah COOKE (17 Nov 1729 – Feb 1809) m. Samuel HARRIS (24 Mar 1727 – 10 Apr 1802)
  10. 10. Isaac Howland (15 Nov 1649 – 09 Mar 1723) m. Elizabeth Vaughn (08 Apr 1653 – 29 Oct 1727)
    1. 1. Seth Howland (28 Nov 1677 – 26 Oct 1729)
    2. 2. Isaac Howland (06 Mar 1678/79 – 26 Feb 1724)
    3. 3. Priscilla Howland (22 Aug 1681 – 3 Mar 1746)
    4. 4. Elizabeth Howland (02 Dec 1682 – 01 Apr 1685)
    5. 5. Nathan Howland (17 Jan 1687 – )
    6. 6. Jael Howland (13 Oct 1688 – 09 Nov 1754)
    7. 7. Susannah Howland (14 Oct 1690 – 01 Oct 1720)
    8. 8. Hannah Howland (06 Oct 1694 – 25 Mar 1792)

Elizabeth TILLEY's Timeline

5 Records

1607
30 Aug 1607
Birth of Elizabeth TILLEY in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
1607
Aug 1607
Elizabeth TILLEY was baptized in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
1620
1620-1970
Age 13
Elizabeth TILLEY resided here in District of Columbia, USA
District of Columbia, USA
1621
1621-1623
Age 14
Elizabeth TILLEY resided here in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
1687
21 Dec 1687
Age 80
Death of Elizabeth TILLEY in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Aug 1607
    Event Place: Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current
    [3] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [4] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 5502.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JJK
    [5] Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
    [6] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy : Part 1 : Coat-of-Arms

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: Aug 1607
    Event Place: Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [2] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
    [3] Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1620
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1620; Page Number: 7

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1620-1970
    Event Place: District of Columbia, USA
    Record Source: Register of the Society of Mayflower descendants in the District of Columbia, 1970

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1621-1623
    Event Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: The women who came in the Mayflower

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Dec 1687
    Event Place: Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current
    [2] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy : Part 1 : Coat-of-Arms

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current
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