Individual Details

William Tilley

(1607 - Aft 27 Mar 1668)

His first residence here is unknown but in was living in Barnstable by 1640, Boston by 1647, and Cape Porpus by 1649.
OCCUPATION: Wine merchant. 
EDUCATION: Signed legal documents.
OFFICEHOLDING: "Will[ia]m Tilly" was in the Barnstable section of the 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms.
ESTATE: On 26 June 1649, "Alice Tilly (affirming she hath power from her husband) did grant to Anthonie Stoddard of Boston, merchant, … one dwelling house of her husband William Tillie's with the ground, yard & appurtenances to the same belonging … and Hugh Gunnison" warranteed the sale.
He was born about 1607 (aged 28 on 19 June 1635; "aged about fifty-three years" on 13 April 1660). He died after 27 March 1668 (when Alice Tilly referred to herself as "the wife of William Tilly").
CHILDREN: None recorded.
ASSOCIATIONS: William Tilley may have been closely related to NATHANIEL TILLEY who sailed for New England on the same vessel in 1635

Events

Birth1607England
Emigration19 Jun 1635London, Middlesex, England
MarriageAft 6 Jul 1640Barnstable County, Massachusetts - Alice Frost
DeathAft 27 Mar 1668USA

Families

SpouseAlice Frost ( - 1649)

Notes

Emigration

WILLIAM TILLEY came from Holy Trinity Minories, London to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the Abigail (on 19 June 1635, "W[illia]m Tilly," aged 28, holding "a certificate [of conformity] from the minister of the parish of Little Miniries," was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Abigail).

Marriage

He married soon after 6 July 1640 (probably at Barnstable) Alice (Frost) Blower, daughter of Edward Frost and widow of THOMAS BLOWER . (On 6 July 1640, John Mayo, minister at Barnstable, certified "that the purpose of marriage betwixt Mr. Tylly of Barnestable and Mrs. Blower of Boston hath been three several times published in the meeting at Barnestable" [WP 4:262].)

Death

He died after 27 March 1668 (when Alice Tilly referred to herself as "the wife of William Tilly").