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Joan (Hurst)(Rogers) Tilley
Baptism: 13 March 1567/8, Henlow, Bedford, England, daughter ofWilliam and Rose Hurst.
Marriage: Thomas Rogers, 18 June 1593, Henlow, Bedford, England.
John Tilley, 20 September 1596, Henlow, Bedford, England.
Death: Sometime the first winter at Plymouth.
Children by Thomas: Joan
Children by John: Rose (died young), John, Rose, Robert, andElizabeth.
Biographical Summary
Joan Hurst was born in 1567/8 in Henlow, Bedford, England, thedaughter of William and Rose Hurst. She married first to ThomasRogers in 1593 (not related to the Mayflower passenger Thomas Rogers). With her husband Thomas, she had a daughter Joan, baptized on 26 May1594 in Henlow. When Thomas died, around 1594 or thereabouts, sheremarried to John Tilly in 1596.
John and Joan (Hurst)(Rogers) Tilley came on the Mayflower in 1620,bringing with them daughter Elizabeth. Joan, along with her husband,died the first winter at Plymouth, orphaning their 13-year olddaughter Elizabeth in the New World. Elizabeth would later marry toMayflower passenger John Howland.
Additional Resources
Will of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland
(Internet extraction provided by David H. Drollinger 9 Apr 2012)
www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers
Will of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland
17 December 1686
In ye Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Howland of Swanzey in ye County ofBristoll in ye Collony of Plymouth in New Engld being Seventy nineyeares of Age but of good & perfect memory thanks be to Allmighty God& calling to Remembrance ye uncertain Estate of this transitory Life &that all fflesh must Yeild unto Death when it shall please God to callDoe make constitute & ordaine & Declare This my last Will & Testament,in manner & forme following Revoking and Anulling by these prsents all& every Testamt & Testamts Will & Wills heretofore by me made &declared either by Word or Writing And this to be taken only for mylast Will & Testament & none other. And first being penitent & sorryfrom ye bottom of my heart for all my sinns past most humbly desiringforgivenesse for ye same I give & Committ my soule unto Allmighty Godmy Savior & redeemer in whome & by ye meritts of Jesus Christ I trust& believe assuredly to be saved & to have full remission &forgivenesse of all my sins & that my Soule wt my Body at the generallDay of Resurrection shall rise againe wt Joy & through ye meritts ofChrists Death & passion possesse & inheritt ye Kingdome of heavenprepared for his Elect & Chosen & my Body to be buryed in such placewhere it shall please my Executrs hereafter named to appoint And nowfor ye settling my temporall Estate & such goodes Chattells & Debts asit hath pleased God far above my Deserts to bestow upon me I DoDispose order & give ye same in manner & forme following (That is tosay) First that after my funerall Expences & Debts paid wc I oweeither of right or in Conscience to any manner of person or personswhatsoever in Convenient tyme after my Decease by my Execrs hereafternamed I Give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son John Howland ye sum of fivepounds to be paid out of my Estate & my Booke called Mr Tindale'sWorkes & also one pair of sheetes & one pr of pillowbeeres & one pr ofBedblanketts, Item I give unto my son Joseph Howland my Stillyards &also one pr of sheetes & one pr of pillobeeres Item I give unto my sonJabez Howland my ffetherbed & boulster yt is in his Custody & also oneRugg & two Blanketts yt belongeth to ye said Bed & also my great Ironpott & potthookes Item I give unto my son Isaack Howland my Bookecalled Willson on ye Romanes & one pr of sheetes & one paire ofpillowbeeres & also my great Brasse Kettle already in his possessionItem I give unto my Son in Law Mr James Browne my great Bible Item Igive & bequeath unto my Daughter Lidia Browne my best ffeatherbed &Boulster two pillowes & three Blanketts & a green Rugg & my smallCupboard one pr of AndyIrons & my lesser brasse Kettle & my smallBible & my booke of mr Robbinsons Workes called Observations Divine &Morrall & allso my finest pr of Sheetes & my holland pillowbeeres,Item I give unto my Daughter Elisabeth Dickenson one pr of Sheetes &one pr of pillowbeeres & one Chest Item I give unto my Daughter HannahBosworth one pr of sheets & one pr of pillowbeeres, Item I give untomy Grand Daughter Elizabeth Bursley one paire of sheets and one paireof Pillowbeeres Item I give & bequeath unto my Grandson NathanielHowland (the son of Joseph Howland) and to the heires of his owne Bodylawfully begotten for ever all that my Lott of Land with ye Meadowthereunto adjoyning & belonging lying in the Township of Duxbury neareJones River bridge, Item I give unto my Grandson James Browne One Ironbarr and on Iron Trammell now in his possession, Item I give unto myGrandson Jabez Browne one Chest Item I give unto my Grand DaughterDorothy Browne my best Chest & my Warming pan Item I give unto myGrand Daughter Desire Cushman four Sheep, Item I give & bequeath mywearing clothes linnen and Woollen and all the rest of my Estate inmony Debts linnen or of what kind or nature or sort soever it may beunto my three Daughters Elisabeth Dickenson, Lidia Browne and HannahBosworth to be equally Devided amongst them, Item I make constituteand ordaine my loving Son in Law James Browne and my loving son JabezHowland Executors of this my last Will and Testament, Item it is myWill & Charge to all my Children that they walke in ye Feare of yeLord, and in Love and peace towards each other and endeavour the trueperformance of this my last Will & Testament In Witnesse whereof I thesaid Elizabeth Howland have hereunto sett my hand & seale thisseventeenth Day of December Anno Dm one thousand six hundred Eighty &six.
The mark of Elisabeth E H Howland
Signed Sealed & Delivd
in ye prsence of us Wittnesses
Hugh Cole
Samuel Vyall
John Browne
(Internet extraction provided by David H. Drollinger 9 Apr 2012)
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1607 - 1687 (80 years)
