Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameHumility COOPER 
Birthabt 1619, Holland4765
Baptism17 Mar 1639, London, England4765 Age: 20
MemoHoly Trinity Church
Deathbef 1651, England2964, p 119; “between 1627 and 1651”,4765 Age: 32
FlagsMayflower Passenger
FatherRobert COOPER
MotherJoan GRESHAM?
Individual Notes
• Humility Cooper was a very young girl, about one year old, and came with Edward Tilley and his wife on the Mayflower. She was called their “cousin.” Cousin in those days was a synonym for nephew or niece. This has helped identify her family.
Humility’s grandfather was Edmund Cooper. Edmund’s daughter Martha married James Samson, and they had Henry Samson of the Mayflower. Henry was also listed as a “cousin” of Edward Tilley, along with Humility Cooper.
Governor William Bradford in Of Plymouth Plantation, states, “Edward Tilley and his wife both died soon after their arrival, and the girl Humility, their cousin was sent for into England and died there.”4765
• Unmarried.4765
• Baby daughter of Robert Cooper, in company of her aunt Ann Cooper Tilley, wife of Edward Tilley.3387, p 1
Humility’s grandfather was Edmund Cooper. Edmund’s daughter Martha married James Samson, and they had Henry Samson of the Mayflower. Henry was also listed as a “cousin” of Edward Tilley, along with Humility Cooper.
Governor William Bradford in Of Plymouth Plantation, states, “Edward Tilley and his wife both died soon after their arrival, and the girl Humility, their cousin was sent for into England and died there.”4765
• Unmarried.4765
• Baby daughter of Robert Cooper, in company of her aunt Ann Cooper Tilley, wife of Edward Tilley.3387, p 1