 Abt 1595 - 1636 (41 years)
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| Name |
Tilley, John |
| Birth |
Abt 1595 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Oct 1636 |
nr. Saybrook,Middlesex,CT |
| Notes |
- BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. John was probably born in the area around Dorset, Somerset, or Devon, where the founders of the Dorchester Company of Adventurers were situated. Tilley was employed by the Dorchester Co. in 1623 to oversee the fisheries at Cape Anne.
MAR: No proof has been found that John was the husband of the widow Eady Tilley of Windsor. However, it is known that John Tilley of Dorchester was married and that after his death in 1636 his widow is listed as a land owner in Dorchester town recs. See DORCHESTER TOWN RECORDS, 4th Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston 1883), 2, 11, 18, 26, 27, 30, 305, 322 (FHL #974.46/D1 N2d). "Mrs. Tillie" is last of record in Dorchester on 2 Jan 1637/8. An Eady Tilly was granted a homelot at Windsor, Conn., 25 Dec 1640 (Windsor Deeds, 1:30 [FHL #006188]). Most of the original settlers of Windsor were from Dorchester.
DEATH: There are several contemporary accounts of the death of John Tilley. See John Winthrop, THE HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND, 2 vols. (Boston, 1825), 1:200 (FHL #974 H2w); letter from Lyon Gardiner to Robert Chapman and Thomas Hurlburt, 12 Jun 1660, cited in Gilman C. Gates, SAYBROOK AT THE MOUTH OF THE CONNECTICUT (New Haven, CT, 1935), 35-36 (FHL #974.66/O1 H2g); and John Underhill, NEVVES [NEWS] FROM AMERICA (London, 1638; repr New York, 1971), 22-23 (FHL #973.22 Un2n). Tilley was killed by the Indians, one of the 1st casualties of the Pequot War.
OCC: Merchant, coastal trader.
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| Person ID |
I5199 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
28 Jun 1999 |
| Family |
Eady, b. Abt 1605, England d. Bef 14 Jul 1652, Milford,New Haven,CT (?) (Age < 47 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Tilley, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1632, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA d. 21 Aug 1684, Springfield,Hampden,MA (Age 52 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1939 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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