Joan Hurst & Elizabeth Tilley (mtDNA)

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As of July 8, 2016

Background

Biography

Elizabeth Tilley was baptized at St. Mary's Church, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England on 30 Aug 1607, the daughter of John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Rogers.[1] She came with her parents aboard The Mayflower in the fall of 1620.[2] Her family was part of Gov. Carver's "household" during the first winter. Gov. Carver and Elizabeth's parents all died during the general sickness during the first winter and it is believed John Howland (Carver's "servant"/assistant) assumed the head of this household.[3] Elizabeth married John Howland circa 1623. It is believed they were the fifth marriage in the new colony (after the marriage of William Bradford on 14 Aug 1623 and before the end of the year [25 Mar 1623/4] as they were presumably a couple for the 1623 Land division).[4]

The family eventually moved to Rocky Nook (now Kingston) where her husband died in Feb 1672/3.[5] Elizabeth is assumed to have lived with her children shortly thereafter (as their home in Rocky Nook was said to have been burnt down shortly after John's death). It is known Elizabeth spent the last years of her life with her daughter, Lydia, and Lydia's husband, James Brown. They lived in "Swansey" (Swansea, MA; now East Providence, RI) where Elizabeth made her will on 17 Dec 1686[6] and died on 21 Dec 1687.[7]

  1. ↑ TAG 52(1976):198-205
  2. ↑ White, Elizabeth P., John Howland of the Mayflower: Vol. 1, pp. 9-12)
  3. ↑ ibid.
  4. ↑ ibid.
  5. ↑ Plymouth Church records I:147(173)
  6. ↑ MD 3:54-57
  7. ↑ Plymouth Church Records

Ancestry

Several articles in The American Genealogist[1],The Mayflower Quarterly[2] and The Howland Quarterly[3] have revealed much information on the ancestry of Elizabeth. For the purpose of this wiki, we shall only look at the "umbilical"/mtDNA line.

Elizabeth was the daughter of John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Rogers. Joan was baptized at Henlow 13 Mar 1567/8, daughter of William Hurst & Rose Marshe. Rose was born about 1537 presumably in Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England (where she married), daughter of John Hurst & Joan _____.

  1. ↑ TAG 52(1976):198-205; 85(Jan 2011):1-8
  2. ↑ MQ AUG 1991:232; NOV 1991:342
  3. ↑ HQ 71:1[MAR 2006]:10-13

mtDNA Results

We know from the results of two mtDNA tests from two different daughters of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, where the "umbilical" line falls under haplogroup H1a1. The RSRS values, as reported by ftdna.com, are 146T, 152T, 195T, 247G, 522.1A, 522.2C, 315.1C, 16129G, 16162G, 16187C, 16189T, 16209C, 16223C, 16230A, 16278C, 16311T.


External links

Wikipedia article on Elizabeth Tilley

mtDNA results from Mayflower DNA Project Pilgrim John Howland Society

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