I just found out last night while researching my family genealogy that I am a direct descendant of Elizabeth Tilley Howland. How cool that you did a segment on her. Thank you so much!
Nice work Ron. Mary Chilton is my 10th great grandmother. Her father, James, died during the voyage. Her mother died during the first winter, leaving her alone at 15. Priscilla Mullins and John Alden are also my 13th great grandparents. Their first child, Elizabeth, is my 12th great grandmother. Proud descendant of the Mayflower.
James Chilton's grave will be one of the oldest graves considering he died in 1620. His burial site was never marked but a memorial stone is placed in the Winthrop Street Cemetery in Provincetown MA.
Wonderful. We've traced family back to 1610 in Virginia. But that was a wonderful gravestone and love how the pilgrims got down on bended knee to dedicate America to God and spreading his word. . Love it.
I live in S. County RI and I’m a Mayflower Descendant. I’d like to visit and pay respects. She sailed with my ancestors. Did you know Squanto knew how to speak English because he was kidnapped and sold to Monks in Spain? They purchased Squanto to help him return to his native land. Squanto had to go to England in order to return to Massachusetts. While in England, he learned the English language. When Squanto finally returned to Massachusetts, his reservation was empty because everyone died. Sadly, Squanto was taken in by another reservation but stayed/lived a short distance away. When the Pilgrims arrived and chose the spot to settle in Plymouth, it just so happened to be the empty reservation that Squanto was from. Coincident that Squanto knew English and the Pilgrims settled at Squanto’s reservation? I feel it was Divine Intervention. There are amazing stories of the brave, devoted passengers on the Mayflower.
That she survived the trip on the Mayflower is astounding. That’s 400 years ago. 400 years ago! There were no antibiotics, no flu shots, no penicillin. Just herbs and plants and “healers” medicine to take care of your ills. They were made of tuff stuff way back then, they had to be. Wow! Great story Ron! Very much enjoyed!
Her later husband was a 13 year old indentured servant that fell off the Mayflower during a storm and was rescued! He was a great (several times) uncle of mine.
FASCINATING! My ancestors met her boat. :D Thank you for honoring this early pioneer; she is truly not forgotten. I especially liked how you ended it with the soaring view from above.
My hat's off to Elizabeth, 10 kids back then was no mean feat! I get really narky with the modern women who complain how hard there lives are and the complaining about their kids! Me, well I was always grateful for every thing I had, such as plumbing, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, you name it! Sorry for my little rant but I admire women like Elizabeth who just got on with life! We take far to much for granted these days and I do believe it's going to come back and bite us on the you know what! Great story tyvm ❤
Thank you so much for showing us this grave. My niece is working on our family genealogy and I recently found out that I am a descendant of this woman. It was such a pleasure to see the grave. Thanks Ron!! My niece lives in the Chicago Illinois area.
How exciting for you! I was wondering about her current family...hoping that after 10 children there would be some alive today. She must have been a very courageous, strong and resilient Woman. Sending you best wishes for more fun genealogy discoveries 😊
Martha, I am descended from Elizabeth Tilley and John Howland, as well! I descend through their daughter, Hannah. There are millions of their descendents alive today. Just think, if John would have drowned when he fell off of the Mayflower, we wouldn't be here today!! Ron, thank you for this video! Simply fascinating!
As one of the estimated 3,000,000 Howland/Tilley descendants, I was quite pleased to find this video. I'd be interested to know what happened to Elizabeth's original headstone, though (most will not survive outside for three centuries).
Thanks Ron, I'm like wow! Forty-one passengers of the mayflower died in the first winter. Lucinda Carr was one of them. She was the wife of George Carr the ships carpenter. The uncle of Robert Carr, for whom I am a decented of. Robert came to the colony with his brother Caleb aboard the Elizabeth Ann 1635 to live with their uncle William Carr, George's brother, who arrived in 1621. The connections to history here really blows me away. You are awesome!
The 6 degrees of separation in the families and the history is just astounding! Your so lucky to be just a small part of it! Very cool!! I love history!!!
@@Katseye102 thank you so much for that! Remembering the stories I heard as a kid from my late grandmother who passed when I was young, I embarked on family genealogy. It took years of research in some of the most obvious places. I often consider it important to remember what life was like for my forefathers in this great land. It brings a different meaning to living my life today.
I wish I had known you were coming up here. I am a direct descendant of the Howlands and would have brought you to awesome places here in RI. Come back soon. So much cool history here.
As a child, Elizabeth had great resilience to outlive all those adults. Sad, the weather sent the Mayflower off-course, it would have been much easier for them to be in the established and warmer place of Virginia Colony. I have many early ancestors who came to America in the 1600s, both north and south. Some of their longevity was amazing.
They survived the trip over the water, and one can only imagine their fear once they stepped foot on board the ship. Listening to the combined moans of the ship and passengers during the gales, it had to be very frightening. Thank you, again, Ron!
Great presentation on a real survivor of The Mayflower! I can't imagine the horror of being stuffed down in the hull waiting to barf while swinging in their designated area. These God-fearing people had more faith than we can dream of.
Hi Ron. My 10x's great grandfather was Dr Samuel Fuller. He was 1 of 40 men that signed the Mayflower Compact. He tended to the sick. The 1st winter they lost 1/2 the passengers. Thanks for the video. Sandy, Idaho
Back 15-20 yrs ago when everyone started to become interested in family genealogy, my mom started on ours mainly for two reasons: Being Native American, she wanted to proper documentation of all family members (the govt made several attempts in history to discredit bloodlines and therefore disqualify Natives of services promises, etc). Anyway the other reason my mom was so interested in this is she was adopted - no personal history, period. So working with what she had, she spent years researching on my father's side of the family writing letters, calling out of state, etc until one day it was completed. She was able to trace and verify my ancestors back to 1680! That's pretty remarkable taking into account what was occurring in our country at that time. I'm so proud of my mom for this gift. Most people are only able to gather a couple of generations of info, unverified (heresay), etc.
Awesome video. I’m a direct descendant of Priscilla Mullins who married Myles Standish. Many of the Mayflower descendants are buried here in the southeastern part of Connecticut.
You are bringing us pieces of our united history through your respectful videos. How humbling to stand before a passenger on the Mayflower. We are so small in the larger picture of Time!
Hi Ron, I just want to say I am addicted to your channel. I love the way you share your stories and thoughts. They are done with sooo much compassion, respect, admiration and dignity. It is such a pleasure to follow along with you on these journeys and pay our respects to these beautiful people and families whose memories you are keeping alive. The woman in this video had ten children and eighty six grand children so I hope that she is buried alongside at least some of her family members. It wasn't mentioned in the video.
That is amazing Ron! Look at how well those headstones 🪦 have held up over the years! And the fact that she and her husband had 10 children that survived into adulthood in the 1600's? That is almost unheard of! As I look at some comments I see people who are saying that she is on their family tree 🌳 How great! 🙏 💕 Blessings to you and your family!
An ancestor of mine was on the Mayflower. William Brewster, he came from Scrooby Nottinghamshire England. He was buried in Massachusetts. Happy Days from England.
Oh man Ron this is amazing. I wish we could time travel and be able to talk to these people. I read a book about the Mayflower. There was so much I didn’t know about. There are still records about that voyage and those passengers. I’ll tell you what that voyage was no Princess cruise line vacation. These people were tough and determined like I can’t even begin to imagine. Thank you for this video.👍👍👍👍👍
Ron, love to hear stories of history of long ago, it always has fascinated me. In school my favorite was social studies, l would imagine how life was as l read the history books. Maybe is weird for a young person to love social studies, but how fascinating was all those families in the past that with their courage and strength to survive paved the way towards today…. Thank you so much, God Bless you.
My mother said she grew up in Maine near a cemetery that has a woman from the Mayflower buried there. Growing up, they learned to drive by going through the cemetery and grave stones. It was a common place to play.
Hello Ron, What a wonderful tribute to Elizabeth Tilley. ❤️ My husband’s 7th great grandmother, Mary Chilton, was also a passenger on the Mayflower. Her father, John Chilton, died in the Mayflower while it was anchored in Provincetown Harbor, then 6 weeks later her mother Susannah died, leaving her an orphan just like Elizabeth Tilley. What hardships Mary and Elizabeth went through! Mary was supposedly the first passenger off the Mayflower to touch Plymouth Rock. She and her husband, John Winslow, a passenger on the Fortune, are buried in King’s Chapel Burying Ground in Boston. There is also a memorial plaque at the site of their home in Boston. Thank you so much for all that you do! ❤️
I have Mayflower ancestors. Stephen Hopkins and his 2nd wife Elizabeth and assorted children. An interesting note is the only baby born on the Mayflower was Oceanus Hopkins. I believe he survived for at least a few years because I was reading about the colony and how an illness swept through and killed many. It said none of the Hopkins family succumbed. I do not know if he made it to adulthood. Also, Stephen had been here prior to the Mayflower sailing. He was lucky to survive but came back with his family anyway. I get the impression that he was a bit of a rogue. A player, if you will. Fine with me. Makes him a bit more interesting. Thanks Ron.☮️💖🎶
This is such a unique post. I love it. It's so respectful of the past people who are buried and who lived and loved like we do. I appreciate yr work very much. Love from New Zealand 🇳🇿 ❤.
Elizabeth Tilly howland rest In peace sweet lady...she had great life lived thru bad and good times from the mayflower.....I was always interested in pilgrims and everything about them what they went thru.....thanks again Ron and safe travels and stay safe wherever you go.....👍😊....
This is my 11th great grandfather and grandmother. How beautiful?? Thank you Ron. If people really dug and researched, so many of are directly related to these brave souls. I'm related to at least 7 of them.Onr of my great grandfathers was Captain Christopher Jones of the Mayflower.
My husband's family is descended from the Winslows who arrived on the Mayflower. So many tragedies occurring amongst these courageous families. Thank you for a great video( and one filled with birdsong instead of background Muzak )
Thank you, Ron, for another interesting story. You bring history to life through your graveyard walks. Even though the people you talk about are no longer alive, seeing their grave shows they once lived. My tenth great-grandfather was William Bradford, who was also a Mayflower passenger. Have a great day, and keep up your cemetery walks.
I love the huge boulder headstone. I want one for my grave. I can find 20 people, but not 16 horses, to make this dream come true. Hopefully they rent out workhorses somewhere. 😆
Really enjoyed this one, Ron. I love hearing about stories of the people who helped make this country. What brave and hearty people they must have been, We truly do stand on the shoulders of giants! Thank you for this!
Thank you,Ron! I(and about 30 million other people😂)am descendant of the Allertons and Brewsters. This is probably as close as close as I’ll ever get to Mayflower remembrances. 💕
This is such an amazing story, just thinking about Elizabeth, everything she witnessed and endured! It must have been inspiring to pay respects at her grave! That carving of the Mayflower was so cool. I really enjoyed this one Ron, it made me imagine all the things Elizabeth did in her lifetime. Thank you Ron, great job and I loved the drone shot at the end!!
What an outstanding episode, Ron! Thanks so much for sharing this very historic graveyard & grave of Elizabeth Tilley Howland! I can't help but imagine what the area looked like 400+ years ago. The headstones are works of art!
Beautiful, amazing slice of history. Nearly two centuries before the Civil War. She is obviously remembered in that part of America. I think a guardian angel from the old country was with her throughout her life. Thank you for this heartwarming story of courage and perseverance.
Once again, Thanks Ron!! There's a section of Queens named after Thomas Willett: Willett's Point. If you watch the US open OR any Mets games and they survey the area with a drone, then you have seen Willett's Point in Queens [NYC]. Keep'em coming!!! these are terrific!!
Amazing! As a descendant of John Howland I am always glad to see stories like this. John Howland actually fell overboard during the journey from England, but was quickly rescued. A miracle that we many descendants are truly grateful for! Thank you for this story!
Hello. I’m also John Howland descendant. Also of William and Mary Brewster passengers on the Mayflower, he was lead or elder Puritan since he had some additional schooling at Cambridge in England. Brewster had written some religious freedom pamphlets and distributed them inside England going against the King’s religion ruled for all. Brewster was jailed for like 6 months and fled to a close county of England’s, from memory Denmark, Holland ? And hid there for a time. Then somehow he managed passage on Mayflower with his Mrs. I might speculate as they were elder and wife, perhaps they were the ones to initiate the first unofficial Thanksgiving and invited the Wampanoag native tribe, as they helped the pilgrims plant corn and other garden items that first summer and the Pilgrim survivors were much better prepared for another winter with housing and food come 1621/22. Half the passengers did expire the first few 1620/21 winter months crammed into the damp and cold below deck Mayflower. We can imagine the unsanitary conditions. Leaving England in September and arriving in December, doesn’t seem the wisest timing in retro. The ones out hunting in fresh air survived much better. I read at sea, John Howland grew weary of locked below deck for like a whole week of a raging storm, went on top and was washed overboard. He felt a rope from the sail riggings hit his leg, grabbed on and shouted for help until pulled in. Like a guardian angel at work. There might be 2 million of us here today only because he was rescued. Those earliest immigrants (some “New World” when native residents had been here many thousands of years already), I see by dates of children born, quite a few ladies boarded those rickety old ships knowing they were pregnant and therefore were so extra extremely brave to face childbirth in some unknown land, no doctors, no hospitals, none of that. I cannot imagine I’d have that level of courage to face so much unknown.
My many greats grandfather on my mothers side was Christopher Todd that arrived on the Hector in 1637. He was one of the founders of New Haven Connecticut. His daughter Mercy Todd Bassett's grave stone is still there.
went on a charter fishing boat some years ago luckly took the four hour trip off the coast of virgina became sicker then a dog from the boat bouncing in the waves was never so happy to get off that boat i can only imagine the sea sickness some of them most have gone through for weeks on end ,one last thing i had ancesters on the mayflower
Again, as one of the thousands of Howland descendants thank you for this video!! Elizabeth was my 8th great aunt by marriage. John was my uncle and his brother Henry was my 8th great grandfather. He came to America the next year. Thank you again😊
Wow!!!!! How amazing to see her grave. So long ago. The Mayflower. Just gives me chillbumps at how very long ago and significant she was. Traveling to a far away land where there is nothing here but wilderness and the unknown. Without people like her and her family being brave enough to cross the Atlantic,...which was so treacherous in those days in those wooden ships, with the risk to life and limb being so very high,....we would not have settled this new world. I'm thankful to people like her for being adventurous enough to take that major step into the unknown. I like being an American and being in America. I say thank you to her and people like her for being brave and settling the new world. The ship on her stone is beautiful. The music is beautiful, and the story is awesome. Thank you Ron! How you managed to merge the scene in with Lil Jimmy soaring up into the trees at the end is part of your magic. I was like....gasp! How did he do that?! You're so cool.
@@FacesoftheForgotten It is awesome all the work you put into these. Movie quality camera work and editing you do and story telling and history teaching you do.
Wow! What a story and the dates are mind blowing. My gemology has our family on the Mayflower through Patricia Mullins. I loved Elizabeth’s stone and her clam shells along with the ship.
This is an amazing story and history. Thank you Ron. I will bookmark this cemetery to study other names. I was fortunate to connect to a distant cousin recently. She had an elaborate family tree history and linage, which was new to me. There’s been such advancements in the ancestry study and records. Some of those interconnect, surprisingly the Mormon research ties many linage together. And that’s what occurred in my case. Finding names, documents, some photos and history going back into 11th century England. I haven’t even begun to comprehend the whole family tree. But family also linked to New England, Jamestown and Virginia. Cemeteries and records. I’m so thankful for the internet and so much available to study and record. I’m 68 and have discovered many new things. Enjoying all the stories you tell Ron.
Loved this video Ron. R.I.P. Elisabeth. My Lord, she was on the Mayflower. How fast time flies! Thanks for another great, narrated video from the 👌 best!
Lovely story and amazing cemetery from the 1500 hundreds, blows your mind away. Imagine that she had 10 kids and lots of grand kids, with all the family out there you would wonder if any descendants ever come pay their respects? fast forward 500 years I guess not. Just saw you Ron wearing the same neon color shirt on "Kilroy Was Here" episode. Loved that story too. Thanks for the walk and have a great weekend. Elizabeth C.
Visit “The Old Burying Ground”. In Southold, NY. It is a Colonial cemetery and incredibly well cared for. It is fascinating the strength of the early people in this country
Great work, Ron. Thank you for telling these early colonists stories. I am also a direct descendant of two Mayflower passengers. George Soule is my 8xggf, Henry Samson is my 10xggf.
Hi Ron, what a beautiful story and what an amazing cemetery, that place is beautiful, imagine having 10 children today, oh wow🥺 what a journey she must have had, what a full life, thanks for the walk, stay save🌻
I too am a descendent of Elizabeth Tilly and John Howland. Thank you for all your efforts in preparing and delivering a fascinating and respectful presentation. In his research, a cousin of mine uncovered the story of how during the crossing, John Holland action fell overboard during a storm but, had the presence of mind to grab a rope and was then hauled to safety by the crew. I often marvel at the the odds those folks beat to make it to North America, to survive and thrive and leave such a legacy. Amazing. Thanks again.
I recently discovered 3 of the men on the Mayflower and 1 woman are my great grandparents 12 generations back William Brewster and his wife, William Bradford, and Richard Warren.
very fascinating story 10 children wow my great great grandparents immigrated from Ireland they were suppose to be on the bottom of the titanic but got turned away as it was full she said the most beautiful thing she saw the statue of liberty that girl survived that scary voyage crazy may she be at peace sad how many lost there lives an important part of our history that should never be forgotten such beautiful stones that ship so amazing
Ron. You are amazing. You retell the past and keep their memories and stories alive. We all take for granted what we have now and yet in the past they had it much more hard. Yet they lived and survived. I believe life is a little easier than they had even though its a little tough at times. Thank you for keeping their memories alive for future generations to come. Your stories are very interesting. When it comes to history. I look forward to more stories of history and the people that lived and died while living them. We can learn so much from what history has given us
Wow Ron, what an amazing and beautiful cemetery with such an incredible story. Way to go big Ron, you did it again, another well done presentation by the old pro. REST IN PEACE-ELIZABEHT TILLY HOWLAND, Thank you RC! until we meet again, Signed, Greg the Egg.
Some years ago, my first cousin, who's hobby is genealogy, researched our Fendley family line (my father's line). She discovered that we're descended from a passenger on the Mayflower, who's last name was Brown and he survived that first rough winter in the New World. Imagine my surprise to learn this...I always thought we were descended from Scotch-Irish bandits and gun runners. Who'd a thunk it?
Sharon, I'll bet it was Peter Browne, circa 1594-1633. I just took a look at Peter's history, including descendants that are on Ancestry now. If you follow his trail, it seems that his surname (long after he was gone) was changed to Brown, but I'm not sure at what period of time. It's sad that his dad died when he was only ten years old.. But by the age of 25 or 26, through his connections, he was able to make the Mayflower voyage! If you type in Peter Browne (with an e) & Mayflower passenger, you'll find plenty about him online! 🥰
I’m a Mayflower Descendant and I’m English, Irish, Scottish and Nordic. I took the gene test and discovered the Nordic part. Part of Ireland was settled by the Nordic.
Wow I think this is the best video I’ve ever seen you make thank you for showing us and taking us back in history that’s a long way back in the history ❤️
Beautiful cemetery. Every time I start a video of yours "cemetery gates" by the Smiths always pops into my head. "All those people all those lives where are they now?" Her headstone made me cry. Beautiful.
That was great. So far back! Love these videos of people very long forgotten! Our history. Never thought I’d see what I read about in school. Thank you. 🙏👣🙌
Love this story and how dependents are connecting in your comments. Hope they don't stop here and continue to connect more dots in their family trees and history.🇦🇺
i love this story,my ancestor peter browne came over on the mayflower,he is buried in plymouth,born 1595 passed away in 1633 andhas no marker,i will never know the exact place in that cemetery where he is interred.
I just found out last night while researching my family genealogy that I am a direct descendant of Elizabeth Tilley Howland. How cool that you did a segment on her. Thank you so much!
I'm a direct descendant of her husband's brother
Nice work Ron.
Mary Chilton is my 10th great grandmother. Her father, James, died during the voyage. Her mother died during the first winter, leaving her alone at 15.
Priscilla Mullins and John Alden are also my 13th great grandparents. Their first child, Elizabeth, is my 12th great grandmother. Proud descendant of the Mayflower.
James Chilton's grave will be one of the oldest graves considering he died in 1620. His burial site was never marked but a memorial stone is placed in the Winthrop Street Cemetery in Provincetown MA.
Wonderful. We've traced family back to 1610 in Virginia. But that was a wonderful gravestone and love how the pilgrims got down on bended knee to dedicate America to God and spreading his word. . Love it.
I live in S. County RI and I’m a Mayflower Descendant. I’d like to visit and pay respects. She sailed with my ancestors. Did you know Squanto knew how to speak English because he was kidnapped and sold to Monks in Spain? They purchased Squanto to help him return to his native land. Squanto had to go to England in order to return to Massachusetts. While in England, he learned the English language. When Squanto finally returned to Massachusetts, his reservation was empty because everyone died. Sadly, Squanto was taken in by another reservation but stayed/lived a short distance away. When the Pilgrims arrived and chose the spot to settle in Plymouth, it just so happened to be the empty reservation that Squanto was from. Coincident that Squanto knew English and the Pilgrims settled at Squanto’s reservation? I feel it was Divine Intervention.
There are amazing stories of the brave, devoted passengers on the Mayflower.
My 11th great grand uncle was Thomas Williams, signer of The Mayflower Compact. He died the first winter at Plymouth.
My 11th great grandfather John Alden was also a signer.
My 10 x's great grandfather, Dr Samuel Fuller was another one who signed the compact. I have a copy of all their names.
Thank you for this, Elizabeth Tilley Howland is my 9X great grandmother.
Cool!
That she survived the trip on the Mayflower is astounding. That’s 400 years ago. 400 years ago! There were no antibiotics, no flu shots, no penicillin. Just herbs and plants and “healers” medicine to take care of your ills. They were made of tuff stuff way back then, they had to be. Wow! Great story Ron! Very much enjoyed!
Her later husband was a 13 year old indentured servant that fell off the Mayflower during a storm and was rescued! He was a great (several times) uncle of mine.
FASCINATING! My ancestors met her boat. :D Thank you for honoring this early pioneer; she is truly not forgotten. I especially liked how you ended it with the soaring view from above.
I'm a Bradford descendant. We come from tough stock. I cannot imagine living through what they did. Thanl you for these videos.
My hat's off to Elizabeth, 10 kids back then was no mean feat! I get really narky with the modern women who complain how hard there lives are and the complaining about their kids! Me, well I was always grateful for every thing I had, such as plumbing, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, you name it! Sorry for my little rant but I admire women like Elizabeth who just got on with life! We take far to much for granted these days and I do believe it's going to come back and bite us on the you know what! Great story tyvm ❤
Thank you so much for showing us this grave. My niece is working on our family genealogy and I recently found out that I am a descendant of this woman. It was such a pleasure to see the grave. Thanks Ron!! My niece lives in the Chicago Illinois area.
Congratulations on getting to see her grave! 😃
How exciting for you! I was wondering about her current family...hoping that after 10 children there would be some alive today. She must have been a very courageous, strong and resilient
Woman. Sending you best wishes for more fun genealogy discoveries 😊
Martha, I am descended from Elizabeth Tilley and John Howland, as well! I descend through their daughter, Hannah. There are millions of their descendents alive today. Just think, if John would have drowned when he fell off of the Mayflower, we wouldn't be here today!! Ron, thank you for this video! Simply fascinating!
As one of the estimated 3,000,000 Howland/Tilley descendants, I was quite pleased to find this video. I'd be interested to know what happened to Elizabeth's original headstone, though (most will not survive outside for three centuries).
Me as well!
The fact she had 86 grandchildren just shows how many tens of thousands or even millions of people will be related to her today
Thanks Ron, I'm like wow! Forty-one passengers of the mayflower died in the first winter. Lucinda Carr was one of them. She was the wife of George Carr the ships carpenter. The uncle of Robert Carr, for whom I am a decented of. Robert came to the colony with his brother Caleb aboard the Elizabeth Ann 1635 to live with their uncle William Carr, George's brother, who arrived in 1621.
The connections to history here really blows me away.
You are awesome!
The 6 degrees of separation in the families and the history is just astounding! Your so lucky to be just a small part of it! Very cool!! I love history!!!
@@Katseye102 thank you so much for that! Remembering the stories I heard as a kid from my late grandmother who passed when I was young, I embarked on family genealogy. It took years of research in some of the most obvious places. I often consider it important to remember what life was like for my forefathers in this great land.
It brings a different meaning to living my life today.
As a decendant of a Mayflower passenger, I appreciated this one. My guy was Edward Doty, an indentured servant.
Thanks for sharing, Mark Lang...
He was an indentured servant to my ancestor, Stephen Hopkins.
Descendant of 3 Mayflower passengers now mind blowing just saw Howland and Tiley on ancestry tree
Truly brave and courageous people. Couldn't imagine their suffering on the journey and that first winter. Thank you Ron...
I wish I had known you were coming up here. I am a direct descendant of the Howlands and would have brought you to awesome places here in RI. Come back soon. So much cool history here.
As a child, Elizabeth had great resilience to outlive all those adults. Sad, the weather sent the Mayflower off-course, it would have been much easier for them to be in the established and warmer place of Virginia Colony. I have many early ancestors who came to America in the 1600s, both north and south. Some of their longevity was amazing.
They survived the trip over the water, and one can only imagine their fear once they stepped foot on board the ship. Listening to the combined moans of the ship and passengers during the gales, it had to be very frightening. Thank you, again, Ron!
Great presentation on a real survivor of The Mayflower! I can't imagine the horror of being stuffed down in the hull waiting to barf while swinging in their designated area. These God-fearing people had more faith than we can dream of.
The willet stome is astounding love it!!
Hi Ron. My 10x's great grandfather was Dr Samuel Fuller. He was 1 of 40 men that signed the Mayflower Compact. He tended to the sick. The 1st winter they lost 1/2 the passengers. Thanks for the video. Sandy, Idaho
Back 15-20 yrs ago when everyone started to become interested in family genealogy, my mom started on ours mainly for two reasons: Being Native American, she wanted to proper documentation of all family members (the govt made several attempts in history to discredit bloodlines and therefore disqualify Natives of services promises, etc).
Anyway the other reason my mom was so interested in this is she was adopted - no personal history, period. So working with what she had, she spent years researching on my father's side of the family writing letters, calling out of state, etc until one day it was completed. She was able to trace and verify my ancestors back to 1680! That's pretty remarkable taking into account what was occurring in our country at that time. I'm so proud of my mom for this gift. Most people are only able to gather a couple of generations of info, unverified (heresay), etc.
Awesome video. I’m a direct descendant of Priscilla Mullins who married Myles Standish. Many of the Mayflower descendants are buried here in the southeastern part of Connecticut.
You are bringing us pieces of our united history through your respectful videos. How humbling to stand before a passenger on the Mayflower. We are so small in the larger picture of Time!
Hi Ron, I just want to say I am addicted to your channel. I love the way you share your stories and thoughts. They are done with sooo much compassion, respect, admiration and dignity. It is such a pleasure to follow along with you on these journeys and pay our respects to these beautiful people and families whose memories you are keeping alive. The woman in this video had ten children and eighty six grand children so I hope that she is buried alongside at least some of her family members. It wasn't mentioned in the video.
That is amazing Ron! Look at how well those headstones 🪦 have held up over the years!
And the fact that she and her husband had 10 children that survived into adulthood in the 1600's? That is almost unheard of!
As I look at some comments I see people who are saying that she is on their family tree 🌳 How great! 🙏 💕 Blessings to you and your family!
It's amazing to look at the grave of a person who was on the Mayflower.
An ancestor of mine was on the Mayflower. William Brewster, he came from Scrooby Nottinghamshire England. He was buried in Massachusetts. Happy Days from England.
I bet she never imagined people would be talking about her 400 years later.
Bethiah loves visitors, she's a Toddler who was drowned in cloudy bathwater!
So cool to see the grave of a Mayflower survivor!
Oh man Ron this is amazing. I wish we could time travel and be able to talk to these people. I read a book about the Mayflower. There was so much I didn’t know about. There are still records about that voyage and those passengers. I’ll tell you what that voyage was no Princess cruise line vacation. These people were tough and determined like I can’t even begin to imagine. Thank you for this video.👍👍👍👍👍
Brilliant Ron I have recently been researching the pilgrims and The Mayflower and arriving at Plymouth - so this is perfect timing for me 🙏👌
Ron, love to hear stories of history of long ago, it always has fascinated me. In school my favorite was social studies, l would imagine how life was as l read the history books. Maybe is weird for a young person to love social studies, but how fascinating was all those families in the past that with their courage and strength to survive paved the way towards today…. Thank you so much, God Bless you.
My mother said she grew up in Maine near a cemetery that has a woman from the Mayflower buried there. Growing up, they learned to drive by going through the cemetery and grave stones. It was a common place to play.
Hello Ron, What a wonderful tribute to Elizabeth Tilley. ❤️ My husband’s 7th great grandmother, Mary Chilton, was also a passenger on the Mayflower. Her father, John Chilton, died in the Mayflower while it was anchored in Provincetown Harbor, then 6 weeks later her mother Susannah died, leaving her an orphan just like Elizabeth Tilley. What hardships Mary and Elizabeth went through! Mary was supposedly the first passenger off the Mayflower to touch Plymouth Rock. She and her husband, John Winslow, a passenger on the Fortune, are buried in King’s Chapel Burying Ground in Boston. There is also a memorial plaque at the site of their home in Boston. Thank you so much for all that you do! ❤️
I have Mayflower ancestors. Stephen Hopkins and his 2nd wife Elizabeth and assorted children. An interesting note is the only baby born on the Mayflower was Oceanus Hopkins. I believe he survived for at least a few years because I was reading about the colony and how an illness swept through and killed many. It said none of the Hopkins family succumbed. I do not know if he made it to adulthood. Also, Stephen had been here prior to the Mayflower sailing. He was lucky to survive but came back with his family anyway. I get the impression that he was a bit of a rogue. A player, if you will. Fine with me. Makes him a bit more interesting. Thanks Ron.☮️💖🎶
Great video Ron. Some of the Pilgrims are my Ancestors. Thanks for sharing.
My family Peter Hallock and Rev Youngs came to long island in 1640 and settled. It gives you goose bumps to think of it thank you so much for sharing
This is such a unique post. I love it. It's so respectful of the past people who are buried and who lived and loved like we do.
I appreciate yr work very much.
Love from New Zealand 🇳🇿 ❤.
So many of your followers Ron are descents of the passengers of the Mayflower. It's been awesome reading all the comments. Sandy
Elizabeth Tilly howland rest In peace sweet lady...she had great life lived thru bad and good times from the mayflower.....I was always interested in pilgrims and everything about them what they went thru.....thanks again Ron and safe travels and stay safe wherever you go.....👍😊....
This is my 11th great grandfather and grandmother. How beautiful?? Thank you Ron. If people really dug and researched, so many of are directly related to these brave souls. I'm related to at least 7 of them.Onr of my great grandfathers was Captain Christopher Jones of the Mayflower.
My husband's family is descended from the Winslows who arrived on the Mayflower. So many tragedies occurring amongst these courageous families. Thank you for a great video( and one filled with birdsong instead of background Muzak )
This is AMAZING. I cannot imagine the feeling that went through you Ron. Mind boggling. God Bless.
Thank you, Ron, for another interesting story. You bring history to life through your graveyard walks. Even though the people you talk about are no longer alive, seeing their grave shows they once lived.
My tenth great-grandfather was William Bradford, who was also a Mayflower passenger.
Have a great day, and keep up your cemetery walks.
Elizabeth Tilley Howland is my 10th great-grandaunt. Amazing she lived that long! Thank you for covering this.
I love the huge boulder headstone. I want one for my grave. I can find 20 people, but not 16 horses, to make this dream come true. Hopefully they rent out workhorses somewhere. 😆
Really enjoyed this one, Ron. I love hearing about stories of the people who helped make this country. What brave and hearty people they must have been, We truly do stand on the shoulders of giants! Thank you for this!
Thank you,Ron! I(and about 30 million other people😂)am descendant of the Allertons and Brewsters. This is probably as close as close as I’ll ever get to Mayflower remembrances. 💕
We’re related! I’m a descendant of William Brewster, also.
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I just found this vlog today. I am also a descendant of William Brewster. ❤ Hello to my relatives!
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This is such an amazing story, just thinking about Elizabeth, everything she witnessed and endured! It must have been inspiring to pay respects at her grave! That carving of the Mayflower was so cool. I really enjoyed this one Ron, it made me imagine all the things Elizabeth did in her lifetime. Thank you Ron, great job and I loved the drone shot at the end!!
I had three relatives that came over on the Mayflower. My name is Mark Tilley. Great family history.
Love the music. Ron you have the voice to do these videos. Thank you for taking us all with you. 🫶🏼
What an outstanding episode, Ron! Thanks so much for sharing this very historic graveyard & grave of Elizabeth Tilley Howland! I can't help but imagine what the area looked like 400+ years ago. The headstones are works of art!
Well done Ron. The history in that cemetery must be unbelievable. It is so well maintained and the markers are so beautiful.
Awesome Ron. Both my wife and I are direct descendants from the Susanna White Family from the Mayflower
This is fantastic and super cool!! Thank you Ron. Elizabeth is my 12th great-grandmother.
Beautiful, amazing slice of history. Nearly two centuries before the Civil War. She is obviously remembered in that part of America. I think a guardian angel from the old country was with her throughout her life. Thank you for this heartwarming story of courage and perseverance.
Once again, Thanks Ron!! There's a section of Queens named after Thomas Willett: Willett's Point. If you watch the US open OR any Mets games and they survey the area with a drone, then you have seen Willett's Point in Queens [NYC]. Keep'em coming!!! these are terrific!!
Amazing! As a descendant of John Howland I am always glad to see stories like this. John Howland actually fell overboard during the journey from England, but was quickly rescued. A miracle that we many descendants are truly grateful for! Thank you for this story!
Hello. I’m also John Howland descendant. Also of William and Mary Brewster passengers on the Mayflower, he was lead or elder Puritan since he had some additional schooling at Cambridge in England. Brewster had written some religious freedom pamphlets and distributed them inside England going against the King’s religion ruled for all. Brewster was jailed for like 6 months and fled to a close county of England’s, from memory Denmark, Holland ? And hid there for a time. Then somehow he managed passage on Mayflower with his Mrs. I might speculate as they were elder and wife, perhaps they were the ones to initiate the first unofficial Thanksgiving and invited the Wampanoag native tribe, as they helped the pilgrims plant corn and other garden items that first summer and the Pilgrim survivors were much better prepared for another winter with housing and food come 1621/22. Half the passengers did expire the first few 1620/21 winter months crammed into the damp and cold below deck Mayflower. We can imagine the unsanitary conditions. Leaving England in September and arriving in December, doesn’t seem the wisest timing in retro. The ones out hunting in fresh air survived much better. I read at sea, John Howland grew weary of locked below deck for like a whole week of a raging storm, went on top and was washed overboard. He felt a rope from the sail riggings hit his leg, grabbed on and shouted for help until pulled in. Like a guardian angel at work. There might be 2 million of us here today only because he was rescued. Those earliest immigrants (some “New World” when native residents had been here many thousands of years already), I see by dates of children born, quite a few ladies boarded those rickety old ships knowing they were pregnant and therefore were so extra extremely brave to face childbirth in some unknown land, no doctors, no hospitals, none of that. I cannot imagine I’d have that level of courage to face so much unknown.
What a great story! So many steps back in time but this one , for me, takes the prize. Thank you !
My many greats grandfather on my mothers side was Christopher Todd that arrived on the Hector in 1637. He was one of the founders of New Haven Connecticut. His daughter Mercy Todd Bassett's grave stone is still there.
went on a charter fishing boat some years ago luckly took the four hour trip off the coast of virgina became sicker then a dog from the boat bouncing in the waves was never so happy to get off that boat i can only imagine the sea sickness some of them most have gone through for weeks on end ,one last thing i had ancesters on the mayflower
Again, as one of the thousands of Howland descendants thank you for this video!! Elizabeth was my 8th great aunt by marriage. John was my uncle and his brother Henry was my 8th great grandfather. He came to America the next year. Thank you again😊
Wow!!!!!
How amazing to see her grave. So long ago. The Mayflower. Just gives me chillbumps at how very long ago and significant she was. Traveling to a far away land where there is nothing here but wilderness and the unknown. Without people like her and her family being brave enough to cross the Atlantic,...which was so treacherous in those days in those wooden ships, with the risk to life and limb being so very high,....we would not have settled this new world.
I'm thankful to people like her for being adventurous enough to take that major step into the unknown. I like being an American and being in America. I say thank you to her and people like her for being brave and settling the new world.
The ship on her stone is beautiful.
The music is beautiful, and the story is awesome. Thank you Ron!
How you managed to merge the scene in with Lil Jimmy soaring up into the trees at the end is part of your magic. I was like....gasp! How did he do that?!
You're so cool.
Little Jimmy has his tricks...ty!
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It is awesome all the work you put into these. Movie quality camera work and editing you do and story telling and history teaching you do.
Wow! What a story and the dates are mind blowing. My gemology has our family on the Mayflower through Patricia Mullins. I loved Elizabeth’s stone and her clam shells along with the ship.
I’m met a relative of yours recently. She’s a descendant of Priscilla Mullins.
This is an amazing story and history. Thank you Ron.
I will bookmark this cemetery to study other names.
I was fortunate to connect to a distant cousin recently. She had an elaborate family tree history and linage, which was new to me. There’s been such advancements in the ancestry study and records. Some of those interconnect, surprisingly the Mormon research ties many linage together. And that’s what occurred in my case.
Finding names, documents, some photos and history going back into 11th century England. I haven’t even begun to comprehend the whole family tree.
But family also linked to New England, Jamestown and Virginia.
Cemeteries and records.
I’m so thankful for the internet and so much available to study and record. I’m 68 and have discovered many new things.
Enjoying all the stories you tell Ron.
Loved this video Ron. R.I.P. Elisabeth. My Lord, she was on the Mayflower. How fast time flies! Thanks for another great, narrated video from the 👌 best!
Lovely story and amazing cemetery from the 1500 hundreds, blows your mind away. Imagine that she had 10 kids and lots of grand kids, with all the family out there you would wonder if any descendants ever come pay their respects? fast forward 500 years I guess not. Just saw you Ron wearing the same neon color shirt on "Kilroy Was Here" episode. Loved that story too. Thanks for the walk and have a great weekend. Elizabeth C.
Visit “The Old Burying Ground”. In Southold, NY. It is a Colonial cemetery and incredibly well cared for. It is fascinating the strength of the early people in this country
Great work, Ron. Thank you for telling these early colonists stories. I am also a direct descendant of two Mayflower passengers. George Soule is my 8xggf, Henry Samson is my 10xggf.
Amazing! I can’t fathom the life the pilgrims lived. I’m so glad you shared this with us.
Hi Ron, what a beautiful story and what an amazing cemetery, that place is beautiful, imagine having 10 children today, oh wow🥺 what a journey she must have had, what a full life, thanks for the walk, stay save🌻
I have a Painting of the Mayflower from a james garrett Hewitt. Its absolutely beautiful. A wonderful and interesting Story! Thank you
Thank you Ron.For the bit of history
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I love the fact that you educate us with 🇺🇸 The effort of your work is better than any other grave blogger I know. Thank you ❤️
Wow. That is really impressive, such history there. Nice touch with the exit music at the end. :)
I too am a descendent of Elizabeth Tilly and John Howland. Thank you for all your efforts in preparing and delivering a fascinating and respectful presentation. In his research, a cousin of mine uncovered the story of how during the crossing, John Holland action fell overboard during a storm but, had the presence of mind to grab a rope and was then hauled to safety by the crew.
I often marvel at the the odds those folks beat to make it to North America, to survive and thrive and leave such a legacy. Amazing. Thanks again.
I am a Mayflower descendant! Related to John Alden and Priscilla ♥️ thank you for this video Ron
Such a wonderful story of bravery and perseverance.
I'm a descendant of John Alden too
I recently discovered 3 of the men on the Mayflower and 1 woman are my great grandparents 12 generations back William Brewster and his wife, William Bradford, and Richard Warren.
I think about 1/4 of the people commenting are descendants of mayflower passengers, interesting
very fascinating story 10 children wow my great great grandparents immigrated from Ireland they were suppose to be on the bottom of the titanic but got turned away as it was full she said the most beautiful thing she saw the statue of liberty that girl survived that scary voyage crazy may she be at peace sad how many lost there lives an important part of our history that should never be forgotten such beautiful stones that ship so amazing
HEY RON! This ought to be great! I love these old stories...
Ron. You are amazing. You retell the past and keep their memories and stories alive. We all take for granted what we have now and yet in the past they had it much more hard. Yet they lived and survived. I believe life is a little easier than they had even though its a little tough at times. Thank you for keeping their memories alive for future generations to come. Your stories are very interesting. When it comes to history. I look forward to more stories of history and the people that lived and died while living them. We can learn so much from what history has given us
Another great video! And I really love the music played at the end.
Being from ENGLAND i found this episode great to watch,swansea is a part of wales uk.....great video....👍🏴🤝🇺🇲
I love everything about your channel. The music and drone work are the icing and sprinkles on that cake. 💝
I felt transported in time!! Very interesting 👌 thanks for sharing with us some history !!
Another great story! Thank you Ron :)
Wow Ron, what an amazing and beautiful cemetery with such an incredible story. Way to go big Ron, you did it again, another well done presentation by the old pro. REST IN PEACE-ELIZABEHT TILLY HOWLAND, Thank you RC! until we meet again, Signed, Greg the Egg.
Some years ago, my first cousin, who's hobby is genealogy, researched our Fendley family line (my father's line). She discovered that we're descended from a passenger on the Mayflower, who's last name was Brown and he survived that first rough winter in the New World. Imagine my surprise to learn this...I always thought we were descended from Scotch-Irish bandits and gun runners. Who'd a thunk it?
Sharon, I'll bet it was Peter Browne, circa 1594-1633. I just took a look at Peter's history, including descendants that are on Ancestry now. If you follow his trail, it seems that his surname (long after he was gone) was changed to Brown, but I'm not sure at what period of time. It's sad that his dad died when he was only ten years old.. But by the age of 25 or 26, through his connections, he was able to make the Mayflower voyage! If you type in Peter Browne (with an e) & Mayflower passenger, you'll find plenty about him online! 🥰
I think about one fourth of the people commenting our Mayflower passenger descendants. Not surprising I guess
I’m a Mayflower Descendant and I’m English, Irish, Scottish and Nordic. I took the gene test and discovered the Nordic part. Part of Ireland was settled by the Nordic.
@@bearpawz_ That us the one...My cousin shared with me that he came on the Mayflower with his brother, John. Both survived the starving time.
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I'm amazed how the stones are so easy to read after all those years. It's a beautiful Stone, thank you Ron..rip Elizabeth
Thank you for this video...Elizabeth Tilley HOWLAND was my 10X Great Grandmother. We descend from her son John Howland..
Wow I think this is the best video I’ve ever seen you make thank you for showing us and taking us back in history that’s a long way back in the history ❤️
more of the same coming soon, from New England!
Beautiful cemetery. Every time I start a video of yours "cemetery gates" by the Smiths always pops into my head. "All those people all those lives where are they now?" Her headstone made me cry. Beautiful.
My 9th great grandmother. So cool to find this.
Thanks Ron for this brilliant story and may Elizabeth rest in peace
Awesome video! I wish my dad was still around, he would’ve been a subscriber for sure. Thanks so much for sharing, living through my dad
That was great. So far back! Love these videos of people very long forgotten! Our history. Never thought I’d see what I read about in school. Thank you. 🙏👣🙌
Love this story and how dependents are connecting in your comments. Hope they don't stop here and continue to connect more dots in their family trees and history.🇦🇺
Elizabeth Tilley Howland was my 9th great grandmother. So thrilled to see this. Much thanks☮️
I always enjoy your historical videos, this one is wonderful. I can trace a couple of ancestors back to the Mayflower passengers. Beautiful cemetery.
i love this story,my ancestor peter browne came over on the mayflower,he is buried in plymouth,born 1595 passed away in 1633 andhas no marker,i will never know the exact place in that cemetery where he is interred.