1798. John TILLEY
(907)(908)
(723) (photo)
was baptised on 19 Dec 1571 in Henlow, Bedford, England. He died between 11
Jan 1621 and 10 Apr 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. "MAYFLOWER PASSENGER"
-- Signed Mayflower Compact. "A 1620 Mayflower passenger, John Tilley
arrived at Plymouth with his wife Joan (Hurst), his daughter Elizabeth Tilley,
and his brother Edward Tilley.... John and his wife left children in Bedfordshire
who could conceivably have left descendants, though none living today is yet
known." (Ply. Col., p. 362)
"--- silk worker, of London" (Saints..., p. 439)
John and his wife Joan died the first winter at Plymouth. (Gen. Sum.)
He was married to Joan HURST on 20 Sep 1596 in Henlow, Bedford, England.
1799. Joan HURST
(909)(723)
(910) (photo) was born before 13 Mar 1567/68
in Henlow, Bedford, England. She was baptised on 13 Mar 1567/68 in Henlow, Bedford,
England. She died about 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. "MAYFLOWER
PASSENGER" -- "The wife of John Tilley, Joan accompanied him on the
1620 Mayflower, and they died soon after arrival at Plymouth. ... She had earlier
been widowed from a Thomas Rogers, but this was not the Mayflower Thomas Rogers."
(Ply. Col., p. 312) "Joan had a daughter, Joan, bp. 26 May 1594, Henlow,
Bedford, England by her first husband." (Gen. Sum.) Children were:
i. Rose
TILLEY(723) was baptised on 23 Oct
1597 in Henlow, Bedford, England. She died "young". She was "unmarried"
ii.
John TILLEY(723)
(911) was born in 1599 in England. He was baptised on 26 Aug 1599
in Henlow, Bedford, England. He died in Oct 1636 in Windsor or Saybrook, CT.
"m. poss. Edith (---) who m2 Nicholas Camp, 1646. May have had a child,
but very circumstantial." Mayflower Increasings book has marriage information
as "c1634, poss. Dorchester."
iii.
Rose TILLEY(723) was baptised on
28 Feb 1601/2 in Henlow, Bedford, England.
iv.
Robert TILLEY(723) was baptised on
25 Nov 1604 in Henlow, Bedford, England.
899 v.
Elizabeth TILLEY.