Elizabeth TILLEY

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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

Passenger list, Mayflower

Elizabeth married John HOWLAND on 25 Mar 1623 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA. John (son of Henry HOWLAND and Alice AYRES) was born about 1599 in Fen Stanton, Huntingdonshire, England; died on 23 Feb 1673 in Rocky Nook, Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA. [Group Sheet]

1. Desire HOWLAND was born about 1625 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; died on 13 Oct 1683 in Barnstable Co, MA.
2. John HOWLAND was born on 24 Apr 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; died after 1699.
3. Hope HOWLAND was born on 30 Aug 1629 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA; died on 8 Jan 1684 in Barnstable Co, MA.
4. Elizabeth HOWLAND was born about 1631; died in 1691 in Oyster Bay, Nassau Co, NY.
5. Lydia HOWLAND was born about 1633; died after 11 Jan 1711.
6. Hannah HOWLAND was born about 1637.
7. Joseph HOWLAND was born about 1640 in Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA; died in Jan 1704 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA.
8. Jabez HOWLAND was born about 1644 in Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA; died between 1708 and 1712.
9. Ruth HOWLAND was born about 1646 in Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA; died before 16 Nov 1679.
10. Isaac HOWLAND was born on 15 Nov 1649 in Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA; died on 9 Mar 1724 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co, MA.

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Passenger list, Mayflower

John married Joan HURST on 20 Sep 1596 in Henlow, Bedford, England. Joan (daughter of William HURST and ROSE) was born on 13 Mar 1568 in Henlow, Bedford, England. [Group Sheet]

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Robert married ELIZABETH. [Group Sheet]

William married ROSE. [Group Sheet]

William married AGNES. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married MARGARET. [Group Sheet]

Henry married JOHAN. [Group Sheet]