Edward TILLEY

Father: Robert TILLEY
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Agnes COOPER

(1) Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins via Ancestry.com. 
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Notes

Updated May 5, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins via Ancestry.com: Pages 1819-1820

- Edward TILLEY
- Origin: Henlow, Bedfordshire
- Migration: 1620 on the Mayflower
- First Residence: Plymouth
- Birth: Baptized Henlow, Bedfordshire, 27 May 1588 (as "Edmond"), son of Robert and Elizabeth (___) TILLEY
- Death: Plymouth 1620
- Marriage: Henlow 20 June 1614 Agnes COOPER. She died at Plymouth about the same time as her husband
- Children: None recorded
- Association: John TILLEY of the Mayflower was Edward's brother
- Comments: "BRADFORD names 'Edward TILLEY and Ann his wife, and two children that were their cousins, Henry SAMPSON and Humility COOPER' in his list of Mayflower passengers [Bradford 442]. 'Edward TILLEY and his wife both died soon after their arrival, and the girl Humility, their cousin, was sent for in England and died there. But the youth Henry SAMPSON is still living and is married and hath seven children [Bradford 446]. On their first landing in November 1620, sixteen men were equipped with musket, sword and corslet, under the command of Capt. Miles STANDISH 'unto whom was adjoined, for counsel and advice, William BRADFORD, Stephen HOPKINS, and Edward TILLEY' [Young's Pilgrim Fathers 125-26]. On 6 December when another group of discoverers went out, both John TILLEY and Edward TILLEY were among the ten [Young's Pilgrim Fathers 149]. The voyage along the coast was bitterly cold and 'Edward TILLEY have like to have sounded with cold' [Young's Pilgrim Fathers 151]. He survived the seven-day trip, although the exposure probably did not help him when the little group was visited by sickness."

(2) Mayflower History, the complete Internet site for Mayflower history and genealogy.

- "Baptized: 27 May 1588"
- Died: bet. 11 January and 10 April, 1621"
- "died the first winter, and had no known children."
- "Edward TILLEY had been in Holland since 1616. He and his wife brought with them on the Mayflower Humility COOPER, their recently orphaned niece, who had been born in Holland in 1619."

(3) Find a Grave

- Name: Edward TILLEY
- Birth: 27 May 1588; Henlow, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England
- Death: 1621 (aged 32–33); Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
- Burial: Coles Hill Burial Ground; Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
- Memorial ID: 151894051