Elizabeth TILLEY^[1]

1607 - 1687  (80 years)

• Name	Elizabeth TILLEY
  Birth	30 Aug 1607	Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Dec 1687	Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
  Burial	1 Jan 1688	Buried In Brown Lot, Little Neck Cemetery, Riverside, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I14137	kirkpatrick
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Family	John HOWLAND,   b. 16 Jan 1592, Fen Stanton, Cambridgeshire, England d. 23 Feb 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1623	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [2]
  Family ID	F506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2007

  
  

• Notes

  Parents died the first winter. Brothers and sisters remained in England.After her Husband John's death, she went to live with her Daughter LydiaBrowne. She is not buried with her husband, but in the Brown FamilyCemetery in Rhode Island. "In 1847 it was believed that Elizabeth was the Carvers' daughter. In1855 William Bradford's long-lost journal was discovered, and atranscript was published in 1856. Entitled "Of Plimoth Plantation", itis about the only written record of Plymouth Colony. It contained, amongmuch other information, the fact that the Carvers were childless, andthey had taken Elizabeth Tilley, then a young teenager, into their homewhen her parents and her uncle and aunt all died during the first winterat Plymouth. Her father was John Tilley, her mother usually accepted tobe Joan Hurst Rogers, though some writers have said she was ElizabethComyngs. John Howland was the "servant" of the Carvers. At that time,the term "employee" had not been created; employees were called"servants". When Both Carvers died in the spring of the first year atPlymouth, John Howland inherited the Carvers' estate.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower Volume 1, (Picton Press -1990). [S117] Vital Records Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Page: 23 (Reliability: 3).