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Elizabeth Tilley (c. August 1607 – December 21, 1687) was one of the passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the Mayflower and a participant in the first Thanksgiving in the New World.
Learn about the life and legacy of Elizabeth Tilley, the thirteen-year-old orphan who came on the Mayflower with her parents and married John Howland, a fellow passenger. Find out her mtDNA haplogroup, her children, and her descendants from famous people to common folk.
Feb 15, 2024 · For 15 years—or almost 20 percent of her life—Elizabeth Tilley Howland was a widow. She never remarried after her husband and fellow Mayflower passenger died on Feb. 23, 1672/3 and instead played the useful role of grandma while living with her daughter Lydia Brown in Swansea.
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Aug 28, 2020 · Learn about the life and legacy of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, the estimated 400th anniversary of their arrival on the Mayflower in 1620. Find out if they are your ancestors and how to discover their descendants.
Elizabeth Tilley, baptized 30 August 1607; married at Plymouth, John Howland, a fellow Mayflower passenger; died at Swansea, 21 December 1687. See John Howland for their children. Sources: “English Ancestry Of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Sampson And Cooper,” by Robert L. Ward, The American Genealogist [TAG] 52 [1976]:198-208.
Learn about Elizabeth Tilley, the orphaned passenger who sailed on Mayflower in 1620 and married John Howland, a fellow passenger. Find resources for her genealogy research, such as databases, books, journals, and online courses from NEHGS and other sources.
Aug 24, 2017 · My American origin story is unoriginal. I came to America in 1620 on the Mayflower with Elizabeth Tilley, mother of ten, grandmother to 88, and ancestor to more Americans than any other immigrant in our history.
