"John Tilley came to America on the Mayflower with his wife Joan and daughter Elizabeth. John's brother, Edward Tilley, and his wife also came on the Mayflower. (MAYFLOWER of London, two hundred tons, Christopher Jones, Master. Left Southampton August 5, and arrived at Cape Cod December I I, 1620 with one hundred and one passengers. The ship was detained at Dartmouth and Plymouth, England, about two weeks for repairs to her consort, the Speedwell. The entire company settled at Plymouth.)"
John and his wife left children in England who could conceivably have left descendants, though none living today is yet known. A list of the children, born in England, is below:
1597 Rose
1599 John
1604 Robert
1607 Elizabeth, our ancestor
In England, John was a silk worker, of London. John and Joan died the first winter in Plymouth, but Elizabeth lived and married John Howland, another passenger on the Mayflower.
JOHN TILLEY
BORN: 19 Dec 1571 in Shipdon, Shropshire, England
MARRIED: 20 Sep 1596
DIED: 11 Jan 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts
BURIED: Cole's Hill Burial Ground in Plymouth
JOAN HURST
BAPTIZED: 13 Mar 1568 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
DIED: 1621 in Plymouth
SOURCES: Find a Grave #16539601; Register of the Society of Mayflower descendants in the District of Columbia, 1970 : in commemoration of the 350th anniversary, Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Register of the Society of Mayflower descendants in the District of Columbia, 1970 http://www.Ancestry.com; Source text: birth-name: John Tilley "Edited by Frederick Ira Ordway, Jr."--T.p. verso.|||Includes bibliographical references (p. 554) and index. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genealogy-glh49042049&h=39
