User:Emika22/Elizabeth Tilley

from John Howland's page:

In 1623/24, Howland married Elizabeth Tilley,[1] by then a young woman of seventeen, (ten years Howland's junior) and the daughter of John Tilley and his wife Joan (Hurst) Rogers. Her parents had died the first winter and she had become the foster daughter of Governor Carver and his wife[4] who were childless.

from http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Passengers/ElizabethTilley.php

Elizabeth Tilley was born in 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, the daughter of John and Joan (Hurst)(Rogers) Tilley. She came with her parents on the Mayflower in 1620. Both her parents died the first winter at Plymouth, leaving her orphaned at the age of 13 in the New World. She married to Mayflower passenger John Howland around 1625 at Plymouth. plus other info on children, dates, etc

from http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/girls.php

Despite the general belief that girls were weaker, 11 girls, ranging in ages from 1 through 17, did make the voyage on the Mayflower with their families.

he Mayflower departed back for England on April 5, after the terrible first winter was over. The first winter had left most of the girls orphaned. Elizabeth Tilley's parents John and Joan were dead, and her aunt and uncle Edward and Ann Tilley were dead as well.

http://www.pilgrimjohnhowlandsociety.org/john_howland_elizabeth_tilley.shtml