M, #1790, b. 19 December 1571, d. 1621
Father*Robert Tilley1
Mother*Elizabeth Ellenbourne1
Charts
Mayflower Passengers John Tilley, Joan Hurst Rogers Tilley, Elizabeth Tilley, and John Howland
Reference=008950
Last Edited=4 Sep 2017
     John Tilley was baptized on 19 December 1571 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.1 He was the son of Robert Tilley and Elizabeth Ellenbourne.1 He married Joan Hurst Rogers, daughter of Williams Hurst and Rose Marshe Rushe, on 20 September 1596 in Henlow.2 He and Joan Hurst Rogers immigrated aboard the Mayflower in 1620 to Plymouth Colony. In 1620 John Tilley was the sixteenth signer of the Mayflower Compact and a member of the exploring expedition of the Cape Cod area. He was also a member of the expedition later to be known as the "First Encounter."1,3 He died during the first winter in 1621 in Plymouth Colony. He was buried in 1621 in Coles Hill Burial Ground, Plymouth.4,5

Family: Joan Hurst Rogers b. 13 Mar 1567, d. 1621

Citations

  1. [S429] Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and Her Passengers (Indiana: Xlibris Corp., 2006). Hereinafter cited as Mayflower and Her Passengers.
  2. [S406] Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 1: The First Five Generations: Documented Descendants Through his First Child Desire Howland and her Husaband Captain John Gorham (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1990). Hereinafter cited as John Howland of the Mayflower.
  3. [S433] Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A story of Courage, Community and War (New York: Viking, 2006), pp. 70-73. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower: A story of Courage, Community and War.
  4. [S290] Find A Grave Website, online http://www.findagrave.com/, John and Joan (Hurst) memorial marker. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  5. [S432] William Bradford, History of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, the second Governor of Plymouth (Boston: n.pub., 1856), pg. 453. Hereinafter cited as History of Plymouth Plantation.