John Tilley came on the
Mayflower with his wife Joan and daughter Elizabeth. John's
brother Edward Tilley
also came on the Mayflower.
BAPTIZED: 19 December 1571, Henlow, Bedford, England, son of Robert and Elizabeth (---) Tilley.
DIED: the first winter, between January and March, 1620/1, Plymouth
MARRIED: Joan (Hurst) Rogers, 20 September 1596, Henlow, Bedford, England, widow of Thomas Rogers (no relation to Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower), and daughter of William and Rose (---) Hurst.
*Note. Joan (Hurst) Rogers had a daughter Joan Rogers by her first marriage, bp. 26 May 1594, Henlow, Bedford, England. Joan married Edward Hawkins, probably a brother of her half-brother Robert's wife Mary Hawkins.
CHILDREN:
| NAME | BAPTISM | DEATH | MARRIAGE |
| Rose | 23 October 1597, Henlow, Bedford, England | died young | unmarried |
| John | 26 August 1599, Henlow, Bedford, England | unknown | unknown |
| Rose | 28 February 1601/2, Henlow, Bedford, England | unknown | unknown |
| Robert | 25 November 1604, Henlow, Bedford, England | unknown | Mary Hawkins in Bedford, England |
| Elizabeth | 30 August 1607, Henlow, Bedford, England | 21 December 1687, Swansea, MA | John Howland, cir 1625, Plymouth |
John Tilley, his wife Joan (Hurst) Rogers, and daughter Elizabeth came on the Mayflower. John and Joan died the first winter, but Elizabeth lived, married John Howland, and had eleven children. John's brother Edward Tilley came with wife Ann Cooper on the Mayflower as well.
John Tilley did not marry Prijntgen (Elizabeth) van der Velde in Holland. That was easily disproved in Mayflower Descendant 10:66-67, and by the subsequent identification of Joan (Hurst) Rogers. Also note that the article in the Mayflower Quarterly 49:16+ entitled "John Tilley Jr, 1599-1636" presents a theory as to what happened to John Tilley's son John, but the article has been criticized as presenting no proof but just speculations (Wakefield in MD 43:76; Stratton p. 362).
John's wife Joan is the daughter of William Hurst and Rose (---). William was born c1530, and died before 1571. He lived in Henlow, Bedford, England. Joan Hurst was baptized in Henlow, Bedford, England on 13 March 1567/8. She married first Thomas Rogers (no known relation to Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower), and second John Tilley.
The known ancestry of John Tilley is as follows (from The American Genealogist 52:198-208):
Henry Tilley, b. c1465, d. 1520 === Johan (---)
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Thomas Tilley, b. c1490, d. 1556 === Margaret (---)
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William Tilley, b. c1515, d. Jan. 1578/9 === Agnes (---)
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Robert Tilley, b. c1540, d. Feb. 1612/3 === Elizabeth (---)
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John Tilley, Mayflower passenger
John Tilley came on the
Mayflower with his wife Joan and daughter Elizabeth. John's
brother Edward Tilley
also came on the Mayflower.
Caroline Lewis Kardell, "An English Line from John Tilley", Mayflower Quarterly, 65(August 1999):208-209.
Robert Leigh Ward, "English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Sampson, and Cooper," The American Genealogist 52:198-208.
Robert Leigh Ward, "The Baronial Ancestry of Henry Sampson, Humility Cooper, and Ann (Cooper) Tilley," The Genealogist 6:166-186.
Robert Leigh Ward, "Further Traces of John Tilley of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist 60(1984):171-173.
George E. Bowman, "Jan Tellij of Leyden was Not John Tilley of the Mayflower," Mayflower Descendant 10:66-67.
Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower through Desire Howland for Five Generations, vol. 1 (Camden: Picton Press, 1990).