Familysearch.org shows another possible Mayflower Ancestor - Elizabeth TILLEY the 11th great grandmother of my children. Also John HOWLAND 11th great grandfather of my children. Elizabeth and John were not married until about 1623 after the Mayflower voage.
(There is some speculation about the parents of John Williams the father of Polly Williams.)
The Stories are From - address to full story below:
John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley: Their Life and Legacy in Plymouth Colony.
Elizabeth had traveled on the Mayflower as a 13-year-old girl with her parents, John Tilley [my 11th Great Grandfather] and Joan (Hurst) [widow Rogers] Tilley [my 11th Great Grandmother], and her uncle and aunt, Edward and Ann (or Agnes) Tilley. [John Tilley was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact, as was his brother, Edward.]
Elizabeth’s parents and aunt and uncle all died that first winter, leaving her an orphan. She was then taken in by the Carvers. [The] Carvers died in the spring...
[Elizabeth Tilley Original Mayflower Passenger. Wife of Mayflower Passenger John Howland. Elizabeth was orphaned in the New World, at the age of thirteen, after her parents died the first winter in Plymouth.]
....Howland was listed as a manservant to John Carver on the Mayflower voyage, he was perhaps a younger man at the time of the voyage, perhaps under the age of 25.
In November 1620, the Mayflower Compact was signed by nearly all the adult male colonists and two indentured servants. One of those indentured servants was John Howland. His signature on the famous document suggests he was likely an adult and at least 21 years old in 1620....
John Howland’s Voyage on the Mayflower: The One Who Fell Overboard
There were turbulent seas that autumn, and in one horrible storm, John Howland fell overboard. William Bradford wrote in his book of Plymouth Plantation about John Howland’s near-death experience:
“It pleased God that he [John Howland] caught hold of the topsail halyards which hung overboard and ran out at length. Yet he held his hold (though he was sundry fathoms under water) till he was hauled up by the same rope to the brim of the water, and then with a boat hook and other means got into the ship again and his life saved. And though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years after and became a profitable member both in church and commonwealth"....
John and Elizabeth raised 10 children....
...John Howland held several prominent positions during his lifetime. He served as a Plymouth colony assistant and deputy for Plymouth to the general court, was in charge of the fur trading post at Kennebec, and was on the fur trade committee.
John Howland died in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on February 23, 1672 or 1673. Elizabeth died at Swansea, Massachusetts on December 21, 1687 or 1688.
(https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/john-howland-elizabeth-tilley/)
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