raise a family. Children of John and Joan Tilley – all baptised in Henlow, Bedfordshire They had five children baptised in the parish of Henlow between 1597 and 1607. Of their children, only Elizabeth, baptised 30 August 1607, and who accompanied them on the Mayflower, is a known survivor. The fate of the others is unknown. Rose Tilley (1) was baptised on 23 October 1597 and may have died young. No further record. John Tilley was baptised on 26 August 1599, died 1636 in Saybrook, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colony Rose Tilley (2) was baptised on 28 February 1601/2 and may have died young. No further record. Robert Tilley was baptised on 25 November 1604 and may have died young. No further record. Updated from Bedfordshire local parish records, their son Robert Tilley and his half sister Joan Rogers from Joan Hurst‘s first marriage, relocated 13 miles from Henlow to Bedford, where Robert Tilley became a Tailor’s apprentice. Joan married Edward and Robert married Mary both from the same Hawkins family who came from Bedford. Robert Tilley married Mary Hawkins (who was born in Bedford in 1605) on 1 November 1632 at St. Paul’s Church, Bedford, England. Their first child, Mary Tilley was baptised on 11 August 1633 in St. Mary’s parish Bedford, England. Robert Tilley died 8 November 1639 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. Elizabeth Tilley was baptised on 30 August 1607 and died in Swansea on 22 December 1687. She married John Howland in Plymouth Colony about 1624 and had ten children. Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland's family is described in a later recollection of William Bradford: (Gov. Carver's) "..servant John Howland, married the doughter of John Tillie, Elizabeth, and they are both now living, and have *10* children, now all living; and their eldest daughter hath *4* children. And ther *2* daughter, one, all living; and other of their children mariagable. So *15* are come of them." Death, burial and memorial of John Tilley and wife Joan William Bradford described the demise of John and Joan Tilley: "John Tillie and his wife both dyed a little after they came ashore; and their daughter Elizabeth married with John Howland, and had issue as is before noted." John and Joan Tilley died sometime in the winter of 1620/1621, possibly after coming ashore, per Bradford, to the new Plymouth settlement. They were buried in Cole's Hill Burial Ground in Plymouth, most likely in