birth Gravestone record birth certified, 17,358/4485 ,Mayflower Society Descendants # 48632, state #7776, Oct. 11, 1983
bap. 30-8-1607 Henlow, Bedforshire, England
m. 24-3-1623, Plymouth Colony
Mayflower Society # 19049
"From the Mayflower Quarterly"
Also on the Mayflower was a silk-weaver named John Tilley, his wife Joan and daughter Elizabeth.. During the first winter in Plymouth John and Joan Tilley died in the general sickness as did about half the Mayflower Pilgrims including Jon's brother Edward Tilley and his wife Agnes. The orphan, Elizabeth (then about thirteen or fourteen years old) was taken into the household of Governor John Carver. However, before the first year was completed both Governor and his wife Katherine also died. This left John Howland responsible for waht was left of the Carver household. Two years later John married Elizabeth.
Children:
1. Desire Howland
* b. c1623-1625 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* d. 13 October 1683 at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
* m. c1643 to Ralph Gorham at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
2. John Howland
* b. 24 April 1627 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* d. after 18 June 1699 at Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA
* m. 26 October 1651 to Mary Lee (c1632-aft 6 May 1693) at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA) and had children Mary Howland, Elizabeth Howland (17 May 1655-aft 17 Dec 1686), Isaac Howland (25 Nov 1659-), Hannah Howland (15 May 1661-bef Feb 1710/1), Mercy Howland (21 Jan 1663-), Lydia Howland (9 Jan 1665-6 July 1717), Experience Howland (28 July 1668-), Anne Howland (9 Sep 1670-aft 27 Apr 1741), Shobal Howland (20 Sep 1672-1737) and John Howland (-14 Feb 1738)
3. Hope Howland
* b. 30 August 1629 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* d. 8 January 1683/4 at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony (now Barnstable Co., MA)
* m. 13 September 1646 to John Chipman at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA) and had children Elizabeth Chipman (24 June 1648-aft Feb 1712), ___ Chipman (stillborn Sep 1650), Hope Chipman (31 Aug 1652-26 July 1728), Lydia Chipman (25 Dec 1654-2 Mar 1730), John Chipman (2 Mar 1656/7-29 May 1657), Hannah Chipman (14 Jan 1658-4 Nov 1696), Samuel Chipman (15 Apr 1661-1723), Ruth Chipman (Dec 1663-8 Apr 1698), Bethia Chipman (1 July 1666-aft 12 Nov 1702), Mercy Chipman (6 Feb 1668-12 June 1724), John Chipman (3 Mar 1670/1-4 Jan 1756) and Desire Chipman (26 Feb 1673-28 Mar 1705)
4. Elizabeth Howland
* b. c1631 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* d. 3 October 1692 at Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York
* m. 13 September 1649 to Ephraim Hicks (c1615-12 Dec 1649) at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* m. 10 July 1651 to John Dickinson (c1630-Oct 1682) at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA) and had children Elizabeth Dickinson (11 Oct 1652-1695), Joseph Dickinson (24 Dec 1654-), Mercy Dickinson (23 Apr 1657-), Jabez Dickinson (29 Sep 1660-), Lydia Dickinson (5 Oct 1662-), Samuel Dickinson (26 Mar 1665-), Mehitable Dickinson (Apr 1667-), Hannah Dickinson (6 Mar 1671-) and James Dickinson (27 July 1675-)
5. Lydia Howland
* b. 1633 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* d. after 11 January 1710/1 at MA
* m. c1654 to James Brown (1623-29 Oct 1710) and had children James Brown (4 May 1655-15 Apr 1718), Jabez Brown (c1667-bef 7 July 1747), Dorothy Brown (29 Aug 1666-2 June 1727) and Joseph Brown (9 July 1668-)
6. Hannah Howland
* b. 1637 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* d. 1708 at Swansea, Bristol Co., MA
* m. 6 July 1661 to Jonathan Bosworth (1636-bef 1717) at Swansea, Plymouth Colony (now Bristol Co., MA) and had children Mercy Bosworth (30 May 1662-), Hannah Bosworth (5 Nov 1663-31 July 1723), Elizabeth Bosworth (6 June 1665-31 July 1676), Jonathan Bosworth (24 Dec 1666-c16 July 1676), David Bosworth (15 Sep 1670-12 June 1747), John Bosworth (6 Apr 1671-bef 10 Nov 1719), Jabez Bosworth (14 Feb 1673-), Ichabod Bosworth (18 Mar 1676-), and Jonathan Bosworth (22 Sep 1680-bef 3 Apr 1759)
7. Joseph Howland
* b. 1639 at Rocky Nook Farm, Plymouth (now Kingston), Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* d. January 1703/4 at Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA
* m. 7 December 1664 to Elizabeth Southworth at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA) and had children Thomas Howland (-2 Dec 1739), James Howland (bef 29 Dec 1669-), Sarah Howland (-bef 23 Dec 1703), Lydia Howland (-aft 1739), Elizabeth Howland (-aft 15 Feb 1723/4), Mercy Howland (-c1721), Nathaniel Howland (c1670-29 Dec 1746), Benjamin Howland (-7 Ssep 1689) and Joseph Howland (-8 July 1689)
8. Jabez Howland
* b. c1644 at Rocky Nook Farm, Plymouth (now Kingston), Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* d. between 14 May 1708 - 21 February 1711/2 at Bristol, Bristol Co., MA (now in RI)
* m. c1668 to Bethiah Thacher (c1642-7 - 19 Dec 1725) at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA) and had children Jabez Howland (15 Nov 1669-17 Oct 1732), John Howland (c15 Jan 1672-later in Jan 1672), Bethiah Howland (3 June 1674-1676), Josiah Howland (6 Aug 1676-), John Howland (26 July 1679-died young), Judah Howland (7 May 1683-), Seth Howland (5 Jan 1684-c12 Apr 1685), Samuel Howland (16 May 1686-15 May 1748), Experience Howland (19 May 1687-), Joseph Howland (14 Oct 1692-16 Aug 1737) and Elizabeth Howland
* The Jabez Howland House in Plymouth, MA is now a museum
9. Ruth Howland
* b. 1646 at Rocky Nook Farm, Plymouth (now Kingston), Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* d. between 1672 - 16 October 1679 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* m. 17 November 1664 to Thomas Cushman (16 Sep 1637-23 Aug 1726) at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA) and had children Robert Cushman (c1664-7 Sep 1757), Thomas Cushman (c1670-9 Jan 1726/7) and Desire Cushman (bef 16 Oct 1679-8 Feb 1762). Thomas Cushman married second 16 October 1679 to Abigail Fuller (c1652-31 May 1734)
10. Isaac Howland
* b. 15 November 1649 at Rocky Nook Farm, Plymouth (now Kingston), Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA)
* d. 9 March 1723/4 at Middleboro, Plymouth Co., MA
* m. c1676 to Elizabeth Vaughn (8 Apr 1653-29 Oct 1727) at Middleboro, Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Co., MA) and had children Seth Howland (28 Nov 1677-26 Oct 1729), Isaac Howland (6 Mar 1678/9-26 Feb 1723/4), Priscilla Howland (22 Aug 1681-3 Mar 1746), Elizabeth Howland (2 Dec 1682-01 Apr 1685), Nathan Howland (17 Jan 1687-), Jael Howland (13 Oct 1688-9 Nov 1745), Susanna Howland (14 Oct 1690-1 Oct 1720) and Hannah Howland (6 Oct 1694-25 Mar 1792)
Elizabeth Tillie (Tilley) 
