Robert Tilley (bef. 1604 - 1639)

Born before 25 Nov 1604 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hawkins) Tilley — married 1 Nov 1632 in Bedford St Paul, Bedfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1639 after age 34 in Bedford St Paul, Bedfordshire, England

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Biography

Robert Tilley was baptized 25 Nov 1604 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. He was the son of John Tilley and Joan Hurst. Robert served as an apprentice to a tailor. He married Mary Hawkins 1 Nov 1632 at St Paul’s Church, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.

"I therefore visited Bedford Record Office and checked their printed index to the apprentice records. There to my delight was the record for Robert Tilley the son of John Tilley of Henlow being apprenticed to a Bedford tailor named John Jones for the term of eight years in October 1617. So the reason Robert did not travel to America with his parents was that he was already serving an apprenticeship in Bedford."^[1]

Children of Joan Hurst and John Tilley

1. Rose Tilley, baptized 23 Oct 1597 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; ^[2] buried 28 Feb 1601 at Henlow.^[3]
2. John Tilley, baptized 26 Aug 1599 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England
3. Rose Tilley, baptized 28 Feb 1602 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England^[4]
4. Robert Tilley, baptized 25 Nov 1604 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; served as an apprentice to a tailor; married Mary Hawkins 1 Nov 1632 at St Paul’s Church, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
5. Elizabeth Tilley, baptized 30 Aug 1607 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England; sailed on the Mayflower in 1620; married John Howland 14 Aug 1623 at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died 21 Dec 1687 at Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; will written 17 Dec 1686 and proved 10 Jan 1687/8

Sources

1. ↑ Forster, Joy. The Lost Children of Bedfordshire's Pilgrim Fathers: The Tilley family of the Mayflower. The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 65, No. 4, Nov 1999.
2. ↑ Rose Tilly, daughter of John Tilly : England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GY-8JB : 11 February 2018, Rose Tilly, 23 Oct 1597); citing HENLOW,BEDFORD,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm Q942.565 B4E V. 26.
3. ↑ Rose Tilley, buried 28 Feb 1601 at Henlow, Bedford : Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-MXF8 : 16 March 2018), Rose Tilley, ; citing Henlow, , Bedford, England, Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,315.
4. ↑ Rose Tyllye, daughter of John Tyllye : "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GY-8VM : 11 February 2018, Rose Tyllye, 28 Feb 1602); citing HENLOW,BEDFORD,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm Q942.565 B4E V. 26.

• Boyd, Michelle. Boydhouse.com. - John Tilley and Joan Hurst : accessed 8 Mar 2018.
• Ward, Robert Leigh. English Ancestry of Seven Mayflower Passengers: Tilley, Sampson and Cooper, The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1976) Vol. 52, Page 203