The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 484 pages of information about The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete.

The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 484 pages of information about The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete.

Master Edward Tilley (sometimes spelled Tillie) and his wife Ann seem to
     have been without children of their own, and as they took with them
     to New England two children who were their kindred, it may be
     inferred that they had been married some little time.  It is hence
     probable that Mr. Tilley was in the neighborhood of thirty.  His
     wife’s age is purely conjectural.  They were, Bradford states, “of
     the Leyden congregation.”

Henry Sampson was apparently but a young English lad when he came over in
     the may-Flower with his cousins the Tilleys.  As he married in 1636,
     he was probably then about twenty-one, which would make him five or
     six when he came over.  Goodwin ("Pilgrim Republic,” p. 184) says he
     was “six.”

Humility Cooper is said by Bradford to have been a “cosen” of the
     Tilleys, but no light is given as to her age or antecedents.  She
     was but a child, apparently.  She returned to England very soon
     after the death of Mr. and Mrs. Tilley, and “died young.”

Master John Tilley, having twice married, and having a daughter some
     fourteen years old, must have been over thirty-five years old when
     he sailed on the Pilgrim ship.  His birthplace and antecedents are
     not known, but he was “of the Leyden congregation.”

Mrs. Bridget (Van der Velde) Tilley was just possibly a second wife. 
     Nothing is known concerning her except that she was of Holland, and
     that she had, apparently, no child.

Elizabeth Tilley is said by Goodwin (op. cit. p. 298) and others to have
     been fourteen years old at her parents’ death in 1621, soon after
     the arrival in New England.  She was the child of her father’s first
     wife.  She married John Howland before 1624.  Historians for many
     years called her the “daughter of Governor Carver,” but the recovery
     of Bradford’s Ms. “historie” corrected this, with many other
     misconceptions, though to some the error had become apparent before. 
     Her will also suggests her age.

Francis Cooke’s age in 1620 is fixed by his known age at his death
     ("about 81”) in 1663.  He was from the north of England, and long a
     member of Robinson’s congregation, both in England and in
     Holland(?).

John Cooke, son of Francis, is known to have been about ten years old
     when he sailed with his father for America, as his parents did not
     marry before 1609.  He was undoubtedly born at Leyden.  He was long
     supposed to have been the last male survivor of the original
     passengers (dying at Dartmouth in 1695.)

James Chilton’s antecedents and his age are quite unknown.  He must have
     been at least fifty, as he had a married daughter in Leyden,
     according to Bradford.  He died among the first, and there is
     nothing of record to inform us concerning him, except Bradford’s
     meagre mention.  He may have lived at Leyden.

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