Elizabeth TILLEY

Female 1607 -


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  • Name Elizabeth TILLEY 
    Born 1607 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I946  adkinshorton
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2013 

    Father John TILLEY,   b. 19 Dec 1571, Henlow, Bedford, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Jan 1621, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Joan HURST,   b. 13 Mar 1568, Henlow, Bedford, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Sep 1596  Henlow, Bedford, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1599, Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1673, Rocky Nook, Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1623  Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Desire HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1625, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1683, Barnstable Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
     2. John HOWLAND,   b. 24 Apr 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1699  (Age > 73 years)
     3. Hope HOWLAND,   b. 30 Aug 1629, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1684, Barnstable Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     4. Elizabeth HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1631,   d. 1691, Oyster Bay, Nassau Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
     5. Lydia HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1633,   d. Aft 11 Jan 1711  (Age ~ 78 years)
     6. Hannah HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1637
     7. Joseph HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1640, Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1704, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)
     8. Jabez HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1644, Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1708 and 1712  (Age ~ 64 years)
     9. Ruth HOWLAND,   b. Abt 1646, Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 16 Nov 1679  (Age ~ 33 years)
     10. Isaac HOWLAND,   b. 15 Nov 1649, Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1724, Middleboro, Plymouth Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F3798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Will of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland
      In ye Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Howland of Swanzey in ye County of Bristoll in ye Collony
      of Plymouth in New Engld being Seventy nine yeares 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 call Doe 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 my last Will & Testament &
      none other. And first being penitent & sorry from ye bottom of my heart for all my sinns past
      most humbly desiring forgivenesse for ye same I give & Committ my soule unto Allmighty God
      my 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 generall Day of Resurrection shall rise againe wt Joy & through ye meritts of Christs Death &
      passion possesse & inheritt ye Kingdome of heaven prepared for his Elect & Chosen & my
      Body to be buryed in such place where it shall please my Executrs hereafter named to appoint
      And now for ye settling my temporall Estate & such goodes Chattells & Debts as it hath pleased
      God far above my Deserts to bestow upon me I Do Dispose order & give ye same in manner &
      forme following (That is to say) First that after my funerall Expences & Debts paid wc I owe
      either of right or in Conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever in Convenient
      tyme after my Decease by my Execrs hereafter named I Give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son
      John Howland ye sum of five pounds to be paid out of my Estate & my Booke called Mr
      Tindale's Workes & also one pair of sheetes & one pr of pillowbeeres & one pr of Bedblanketts,
      Item I give unto my son Joseph Howland my Stillyards & also one pr of sheetes & one pr of
      pillobeeres Item I give unto my son Jabez Howland my ffetherbed & boulster yt is in his Custody
      & also one Rugg & two Blanketts yt belongeth to ye said Bed & also my great Iron pott &
      potthookes Item I give unto my son Isaack Howland my Booke called Willson on ye Romanes &
      one pr of sheetes & one paire of pillowbeeres & also my great Brasse Kettle already in his
      possession Item I give unto my Son in Law Mr James Browne my great Bible Item I give &
      bequeath unto my Daughter Lidia Browne my best ffeatherbed & Boulster two pillowes & three
      Blanketts & a green Rugg & my small Cupboard one pr of AndyIrons & my lesser brasse Kettle
      & my small Bible & 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 Hannah Bosworth one pr of sheets & one pr of pillowbeeres, Item I give unto my
      Grand Daughter Elizabeth Bursley one paire of sheets and one paire of Pillowbeeres Item I give
      & bequeath unto my Grandson Nathaniel Howland (the son of Joseph Howland) and to the
      heires of his owne Body lawfully begotten for ever all that my Lott of Land with ye Meadow
      thereunto adjoyning & belonging lying in the Township of Duxbury neare Jones River bridge,
      Item I give unto my Grandson James Browne One Iron barr and on Iron Trammell now in his
      possession, Item I give unto my Grandson Jabez Browne one Chest Item I give unto my Grand
      Daughter Dorothy Browne my best Chest & my Warming pan Item I give unto my Grand
      Daughter Desire Cushman four Sheep, Item I give & bequeath my wearing clothes linnen and
      Woollen and all the rest of my Estate in mony Debts linnen or of what kind or nature or sort
      soever it may be unto my three Daughters Elisabeth Dickenson, Lidia Browne and Hannah
      Bosworth to be equally Devided amongst them, Item I make constitute and ordaine my loving
      Son in Law James Browne and my loving son Jabez Howland Executors of this my last Will and
      Testament, Item it is my Will & Charge to all my Children that they walke in ye Feare of ye Lord,
      and in Love and peace towards each other and endeavour the true performance of this my last
      Will & Testament In Witnesse whereof I the said Elizabeth Howland have hereunto sett my hand
      & seale this seventeenth 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

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