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Elizabeth TILLEY

Elizabeth TILLEY

Female 1607 - 1687  (~ 80 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth TILLEY 
    Baptism 30 Aug 1607  Henlow, Bedford, ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Note
    • Elizabeth was on Mayflower as a girl of 12-14 years of age.
    Will 17 Dec 1686  Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • 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
    Death 21 Dec 1687  Swansea, Bristol, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • 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.
    Burial Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I1653  MM
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2013 

    Father John TILLEY,   c. 19 Dec 1571, Henlow, Bedford, ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Joan Hurst ROGERS,   c. 13 Mar 1567, Henlow, Bedford, ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Family ID F794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1599, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 25 Mar 1623  Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Desire HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     2. John HOWLAND,   b. 24 Apr 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1702, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Hope HOWLAND,   b. 30 Aug 1629, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1683/84, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     4. Elizabeth HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1631, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1691, Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     5. Lydia HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1633, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 11 Jan 1710/11, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 78 years)
     6. Hannah HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1637, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1681, Swansea, Bristol, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     7. Joseph HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1640, Kingston, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1703/04, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     8. Jabez HOWLAND,   b. 1644, Kingston, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1708 and 1712, Bristol, Bristol, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     9. Ruth HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1646, Kingston, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1679 (Age 33 years)
     10. Isaac HOWLAND,   b. 15 Nov 1649, Kingston, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1723/24, Middleborough, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 30 Aug 1607 - Henlow, Bedford, ENGLAND Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Mar 1623 - Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 17 Dec 1686 - Plymouth, Plymouth, MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Dec 1687 - Swansea, Bristol, MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, RI Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S173] Bosworth Genealogy, (Cossitype, San Francisco, CA, 1928), 173.

    2. [S238] Mayflower History, 238.

    3. [S256] Sellew, Clinton W., The Howland Quarterly, 256.