• A 1620 Mayflower passenger, Edward Tilley arrived at Plymouth with his wife Ann (Cooper), his brother John, and two cousins, the children Henry Sampson and Humility Cooper. Edward and his wife died shortly after arrival, leaving no known descendants. More and more we are learning that Mayflower passengers not previously known to have been in Leiden in fact had been there. Mr. Ward (TG 6:166) shows that Humility Cooper was born in Holland, and Dr. Bangs (MQ 52:7) seems to prove that Edward Tilley was in Leiden at least by 1616. It also seems likely, though evidence has not yet been found, that John Tilley, the wives of Edward and John, and the young Henry Sampson might have been in Leiden, too.
20, p 362• Edward Tillie, and Ann his wife: and 2 children that were their cossens; Henry Samson, and Humility Cooper
881• On November 15 [1620], 16 men were sent out to explore Cape Cod. Edward Tilley was one of these men and appointed along with William Bradford and Stephen Hopkins to provide “advice and counsel” to Capt. Myles Standish.
5157, p 13
• Edward Tillie, and Ann his wife: and .2. childeren that were teir cossens; Henery Samson, and Humillity Coper.
881, p 10• They came on the Mayflower in 1620 with her “cousins” Henry Sampson and Humility Cooper. Both of the Tillies died in the general sickness during the first winter at Plymouth, Mass. No children are recorded at Henlow or elsewhere, so far as discovered.
97, p 203