Ancestral Trails 2016 » Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687)

Personal data Elizabeth Tilley 

• She was born in the year 1607 in Henlow, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.Source 2
• She was baptized on August 30, 1607 in St Mary, Henlow, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.Source 3
• She died on December 21, 1687 in Swanzey, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA, she was 80 years old.Sources 1, 2
• She is buried December 1687 in East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA.Source 2
• A child of John Tilley and Joan HURST

Household of Elizabeth Tilley

She is married to John Howland.

They got married on August 4, 1623 at Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA, she was 16 years old.Source 1

Child(ren):

1. Joseph HOWLAND  1637-???? 

Notes about Elizabeth Tilley

Mayflower passenger with her parents and future 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.

The Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth Tilley Howland
In ye Name of God Amen
I Elizabeth Howland of Swanzey in ye County of Bristoll inye Collony of Plymouth in New Engl'd being Seventy nine yeares of Age but of good & perfect memory thanks be to Allmighty God & calling to Remembrance ye uncertain Estate of this transitory Life & that all fflesh must Yeild unto Death when it shall please God to call Doe make constitute & ordaine & Declare This my last Will & Testament, in manner & forme following Revoking and Anulling by these p'rsents all & every Testam't & Testam'tsWill & Wills heretofore by me made & declared either by Word of Writing and this to be taken only for my last Will & Testament & none other. And first being penitent & sorry from ye bottom of my heart for all my sinns past most humbly desiring forgivenesse for ye same I give & Comitt my soule unto Allmighty God my Saviour & Redeemer in whome & by ye meritts of Jesus Christ I trust & believe assuredly to be saved & to have full remission & forgiveness of all my sins & that my Soule w't my Body at the generall Day of Resurrection shall rise againe w't Joy & through ye meritts of Christs Death & passion possesse & inheritt ye Kingdome of heaven prepared for his Elect & Chosen & my Body to be buryed in such place where it shall please my execut'rs hereafter named to appoint And now for ye settling my temporall Estate & such goodes Chattells & Debts as it hath pleased God far above my Deserts to bestow upon me I Do Dispose order & give ye same in manner & forme following (That is to say)
First that after my funerall Expences & Debts paid w'c I owe either of right or in Conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever in Convenient tyme after my Decease by my Exec'rs hereafter named I Give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son John Howland ye sum of five pounds to be paid out of my Estate & my Booke called Mr Tindale's Workes & also one pair of sheetes & one pr of pilowbeeres & one pr of Bedblanketts,
Item I give unto my son Joseph Howland my Stillyards & also one pr of sheetes & one pr of pillobeeres
Item I give unto my son Jabez Howland my ffetherbed & boulster yt is in his custody & also one Rugg & two Blankeets yt belongeth to ye said Bed & also my great Iron pott & potthookes
Item I give unto my son Isaack Howland my Booke called Willson on ye Romanes & one pr of sheetes & one paire of pillowbeeres & also my great Brasse Kettle already in his possession
Item I give unto my Son in Law Mr James Brown my great bible
Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Lidia Browne my best ffeatherbed & Boulster two pillowes & three blanketts & a green Rugg & my small Cupboard one pr of AndyIrons & my lesser brasse Kettle & my small Bible & my booke of mr Robbinsons Workes called Observations Divine & Morrall & allso my finest pr of Sheetes & my holland pillowbeeres,
Item I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Dickenson one pr of Sheetes & one pr of pillowbeeres & one Chest
Item I give unto my Daughter Hannah Bosworth one pr of sheets & one pr of pillowbeeres,
Item I give unto my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Burlsey one paire of sheets and one paire of Pillowbeeres
Item I give & bequeath unto my Grandson Nathanael Howland (the son of Joseph Howland ) and to the heires of his owne Body lawfully begotten for ever all that my Lott of Land with ye Meadow thereunto adjoyning & belonging lying in the Township of Duxbury neare Jones River bridge,
Item I give unto my Grandson James Browne One iron barr and on Iron Trammell now in his possession,
Item I give unto my Grandson Jabez Browne one chest
Item I give unto my Grand Daughter Dorothy Browne my best chest & my Warming pan
Item I give unto my Grand Daughter Desire Cushman four Sheep,
Item I give & bequeath my wearing clothes linnen and Woollen and all the rest of my Estate in mony Debts linen or of what kind or nature or sort soever it may be unto my three Daughters Elisabeth Dickenson, Lidia Browne and Hannah Bosworth to be equally Devided amongst them,
Item I make constitute and ordaine my loving Son in Law James Browne and my loving son Jabez Howland Executors of this my last Will and Testament,
Item it is my Will & Charge to all my Children that they walke in ye Feare of ye Lord, and in Love and peace towards each other and endeavour the true performance of this my last Will & Testament In Witnesse whereof I the said Elisabeth Howland have hereunto sett my hand & seale this seventeenth Day of December anno Dm one thousand six hundred Eighty & six.
The mark of Elisabeth E H Howland (sigittu)
Signed Sealed & Deliv'd
in ye p'rsence of us Witnesses
Hugh Cole
Samuel Vyall
John Brown
Know all men that on ye tenth Day of Jan'ry Anno Dom 1687/8 Before me Nathan'l Byfield esq'r Judge of his Maj'ties Inferiour Court of Plea's for ye County of Bristoll, present Jn'o Walley Esq'r one of ye Members of his Maj'ties Councill in New England & Cap't Benjam Church Justice of Peace

The abovewritten Will of Elizabeth Howland was proved approved & allowed and ye Administra'con of all & singuler ye goodes Rights and Creditts of ye said Dece'd was Committed unto James Browne & Jabez Howland Exec'rs in ye same Will named well & truly to Administer ysame according to the Will of ye Dece'd In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Sett ye Seale of ye Office for Probate of Wills & granting Lett'rs of Admin'con ye yeare & Day by me abovewritten
(Sigittu officij) Nathanael Byfield
Thus Entred & ingrossed this 26: of Jan'ry Anno Dm 1687/8 pr Steph Burton
From : Mayflower Descendant 3:54-47

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