Elizabeth TILLEY

Female 1607 - 1687  (~ 80 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth TILLEY was christened on 30 Aug 1607 in Henlow, Bedford, ENGLAND; died on 21 Dec 1687 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; was buried in Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, RI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Will: 17 Dec 1686, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

    Notes:

    Note:
    Elizabeth was on Mayflower as a girl of 12-14 years of age.

    Will:
    In ye Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Howland of Swanzey in ye County of Bristoll in ye Collony of Plymouth in New Engld 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 prsents all & every Testamt & Testamts Will & Wills heretofore by me made & declared either by Word or 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 & Committ my soule unto Allmighty God my Savior & redeemer in whome & by ye meritts of Jesus Christ I trust & believe assuredly to be saved & to have full remission & forgivenesse of all my sins & that my Soule wt my Body at the generall Day of Resurrection shall rise againe wt 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 Executrs 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 wc I owe either of right or in Conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever in Convenient tyme after my Decease by my Execrs 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 pillowbeeres & 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 Blanketts 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 Browne 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 Elisabeth 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 Bursley one paire of sheets and one paire of Pillowbeeres Item I give & bequeath unto my Grandson Nathaniel 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 linnen 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 Elizabeth 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
    Signed Sealed & Delivd
    in ye prsence of us Wittnesses
    Hugh Cole
    Samuel Vyall
    John Browne

    Died:
    The original township of Swansea was settled in 1667/8. At that time it ran westerly from Naragansett Bay to the Taunton River on the east. The Wannamoisett area was located along the Naragansett Bay shoreline on the easterly side of Bullock's Cove. This was the original settlement of Swansea, later becoming part of Seekonk and when the state line was moved in 1862, it became part of East Providence, RI.

    Buried:
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    Elizabeth married John HOWLAND on 25 Mar 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. John (son of Henry HOWLAND and Margaret UNKNOWN) was born about 1599 in Fenstanton, Huntingdon, ENGLAND; was christened in Near, Newport, Essex, ENGLAND; died on 23 Feb 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; was buried on 25 Feb 1672/73 in Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Desire HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
    2. 3. John HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died in 1702 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
    3. 4. Hope HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Aug 1629 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 8 Jan 1683/84 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; was buried in Jan 1683/84 in Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
    4. 5. Elizabeth HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1631 in ME; died in 1691 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY.
    5. 6. Lydia HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1633 in ME; died after 11 Jan 1710/11 in MA.
    6. 7. Hannah HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1637 in ME; died on 6 Jul 1681 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.
    7. 8. Joseph HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1640 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died on 1 Jan 1703/04 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
    8. 9. Jabez HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1644 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died between 1708 and 1712 in Bristol, Bristol, RI.
    9. 10. Ruth HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1646 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died in Oct 1679.
    10. 11. Isaac HOWLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Nov 1649 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died on 9 Mar 1723/24 in Middleborough, Plymouth, MA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Desire HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.

    Desire married John GORHAM in 1643 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. John was born on 28 Jan 1620 in Northhamptonshire, ENGLAND; was christened in Benefield, Northhamptonshire, ENGLAND; died on 5 Feb 1676 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; was buried on 7 Mar 1675 in Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  John HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born on 24 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died in 1702 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.

    John married Mary LEE on 26 Oct 1651 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. Mary was born between 1630 and 1632 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 6 May 1693 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Hope HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born on 30 Aug 1629 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 8 Jan 1683/84 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; was buried in Jan 1683/84 in Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.

    Hope married John CHIPMAN about 1647. John was born on 30 Aug 1629 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 7 Apr 1708 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA; was buried in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Elizabeth HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1631 in ME; died in 1691 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Possibly

    Note:
    Ephraim, apparently b. 1624-7 in Plymouth, as Robert and Margaret Hicks apparently had three children with them in 1623-4 when the division of land was made, yet had four children when the division of cattle was made in 1627 (Samuel, Ephraim, Lidia and Phoebe.) Ephraim m. 13 Sep 1649, Elizabeth Howland and died 3 months later, 12 Dec 1649. It is this widow, Elizabeth (Howland) Hicks, who marries John Dickenson, 10 July 1651, and not the fictional eldest daughter often credited to Robert Hicks.

    Elizabeth married Ephraim HICKS on 13 Sep 1649 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. Ephraim (son of Robert HICKS and Margaret UNKNOWN) was born about 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 12 Dec 1649. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Lydia HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1633 in ME; died after 11 Jan 1710/11 in MA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Possibly

    Lydia married James BROWN about 1654. James was born in 1623; died on 29 Oct 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Hannah HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1637 in ME; died on 6 Jul 1681 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Possibly

    DNA:
    MKM

    Died:
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    Hannah married Jonathon BOSWORTH on 6 Jul 1661 in Swansea, Bristol, MA. Jonathon (son of Jonathon BOSWORTH and Elizabeth UNKNOWN) was born about 1635 in MA; died between 1708 and 1717 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Mercy BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 May 1662 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.
    2. 13. Hannah BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Nov 1663 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died in 1720 in Providence, Providence, RI.
    3. 14. Elizabeth BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jun 1665 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died on 31 Jul 1676 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.
    4. 15. Jonathon BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Dec 1666 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; was buried on 16 Jul 1676 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.
    5. 16. David BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Sep 1669 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died on 12 Jun 1747 in Halifax, Plymouth, MA; was buried in Sturtevant Cemetery, Halifax, Plymouth, MA.
    6. 17. John BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Apr 1671 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died on 20 Sep 1719.
    7. 18. Jabez BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Feb 1673 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died on 21 Sep 1747.
    8. 19. Ichabod BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Mar 1676 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.
    9. 20. Son BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1678 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died on 22 Jun 1678 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.
    10. 21. Jonathon BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Sep 1680 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died in 1759.

  7. 8.  Joseph HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1640 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died on 1 Jan 1703/04 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.

    Joseph married Elizabeth SOUTHWORTH on 7 Dec 1664 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. Elizabeth was born about 1645; died in Mar 1717 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 9.  Jabez HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1644 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died between 1708 and 1712 in Bristol, Bristol, RI.

    Jabez married Bethia THACHER about 1668. Bethia died in 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 10.  Ruth HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born about 1646 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died in Oct 1679.

    Notes:

    Died:
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    Ruth married Thomas CUSHMAN on 17 Nov 1664 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. Thomas was born on 16 Sep 1637; died on 23 Aug 1726; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 11.  Isaac HOWLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born on 15 Nov 1649 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA; died on 9 Mar 1723/24 in Middleborough, Plymouth, MA.

    Isaac married Elizabeth VAUGHAN about 1676 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA. Elizabeth was born on 8 Apr 1653 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; died on 29 Oct 1717 in Middleborough, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 12.  Mercy BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 30 May 1662 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died young


  2. 13.  Hannah BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 5 Nov 1663 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died in 1720 in Providence, Providence, RI.

    Hannah married Major Major Nathaniel JENCKS on 4 Nov 1686 in Swansea, Bristol, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 14.  Elizabeth BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 6 Jun 1665 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died on 31 Jul 1676 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.

  4. 15.  Jonathon BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 24 Dec 1666 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; was buried on 16 Jul 1676 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.

  5. 16.  David BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 15 Sep 1669 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died on 12 Jun 1747 in Halifax, Plymouth, MA; was buried in Sturtevant Cemetery, Halifax, Plymouth, MA.

    Notes:

    Buried:
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    David married Mercy STURTEVANT on 18 Aug 1698 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. Mercy (daughter of Samuel STURTEVANT and Mercy CORNISH) was born in 1676 in Plympton, Plymouth, MA; was christened on 3 Mar 1689 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 23 Apr 1707 in Halifax, Plymouth, MA; was buried in Plympton Burial Ground, Plympton, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. David BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1699 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died after 1746.
    2. 23. Jonathon BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Feb 1700/01 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 24 Jan 1741/42 in Halifax, Plymouth, MA.
    3. 24. Nehemiah BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Mar 1702; died on 22 Dec 1762.
    4. 25. Hannah BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jun 1705 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 5 Nov 1781 in Plympton, Plymouth, MA.

    David married Patience UNKNOWN in (by 1731). Patience was born in 1668; died on 10 Sep 1758; was buried in Sturtevant Cemetery, Halifax, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 17.  John BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 7 Apr 1671 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died on 20 Sep 1719.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth TOOGOOD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 18.  Jabez BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 14 Feb 1673 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died on 21 Sep 1747.

    Family/Spouse: Susanna UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 19.  Ichabod BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 18 Mar 1676 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Family/Spouse: Sarah STACY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Mary UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 20.  Son BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 22 Jun 1678 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died on 22 Jun 1678 in Swansea, Bristol, MA.

  10. 21.  Jonathon BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 22 Sep 1680 in Swansea, Bristol, MA; died in 1759.

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Jonathon married Sarah ROUNDS on 26 Nov 1703. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 22.  David BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 21 May 1699 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died after 1746.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Note: 29 Mar 1724/25, Plympton, Plymouth, MA

    Notes:

    Note:
    David Bosworth was chosen 'Tythingman' of the town of Plympton, 29Mar1724/5.

    David married Priscilla SHAW on 22 Dec 1720 in Plympton, Plymouth, MA. Priscilla (daughter of Jonathon SHAW and Mehitable PRATT) was born on 18 Aug 1702 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Elizabeth BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Apr 1722 in Plympton, Plymouth, MA.
    2. 27. Amaziah BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1726 in Plympton, Plymouth, MA; died on 20 Feb 1805 in Franklin, New London, CT; was buried in Pautipaug Cemetery, Franklin, New London, CT.
    3. 28. Isaac BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 11 Jan 1730 in Killingly, Windham, CT.
    4. 29. Priscilla BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 May 1731 in Killingly, Windham, CT.
    5. 30. Lydia BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Oct 1733 in Lebanon, New London, CT.
    6. 31. Zadock BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1735 in Lebanon, New London, CT; died on 5 Jul 1810 in Montgomery, Hampden, MA.
    7. 32. David BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 8 Jan 1738 in Lebanon, New London, CT.
    8. 33. Hannah BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Mar 1739/40 in Norwich, New London, CT.
    9. 34. Rebeckah BOSWORTH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Mar 1743 in Norwich, New London, CT.

  2. 23.  Jonathon BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 16 Feb 1700/01 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 24 Jan 1741/42 in Halifax, Plymouth, MA.

    Jonathon married Alice CUSHMAN on 19 Dec 1723 in Plympton, Plymouth, MA. Alice (daughter of Isaac CUSHMAN and Sarah Warner GIBBS) was born on 26 Jun 1705 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 13 Aug 1724 in Plympton, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Jonathon married Ruth TILSON on 30 Sep 1725 in Plympton, Plymouth, MA. Ruth (daughter of Edmund TILSON and Elizabeth WATERMAN) died on 3 Feb 1789 in Halifax, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 24.  Nehemiah BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 15 Mar 1702; died on 22 Dec 1762.

    Nehemiah married Sarah TOMSON on 22 Dec 1762. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Susanna RING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 25.  Hannah BOSWORTH Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 7.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 24 Jun 1705 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; died on 5 Nov 1781 in Plympton, Plymouth, MA.

    Hannah married William RIPLEY on 24 Feb 1725 in Plymouth Co., MA. William was born on 10 Mar 1702 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. William RIPLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1726 in Plymouth Co., MA.
    2. 36. Patience RIPLEY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Nov 1742 in Kingston, Plymouth, MA.