Humility Cooper
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Humility Cooper was one of the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower
. She was the youngest girl - only about one year old.
Cooper, who was probably an orphan, came with her aunt and uncle, Edward Tilley
and Ann Cooper Tilley. William Bradford
wrote that among the passengers were Edward Tilley and Ann his wife, and two children that were their cousins, Henry Sampson and Humility Cooper. She was the daughter of Robert Cooper and was baptized in 1638-9 at the Holy Trinity Church in London, England, at the age of nineteen.
By spring of the first year, out of the 102 Mayflower passengers who arrived in Plymouth Colony
, 52 of them had died. This included both Edward and Ann Tilley, Edward's brother John Tilley
and his wife Joan, who came with them. Of all the Tilley family and their relatives who came on the Mayflower, only three were still living. They were the youngest members of the family, Humility Cooper, Henry Sampson, and Elizabeth Tilley who was about age thirteen.
Bradford wrote that after Edward Tilley and his wife both died, the young girl, Humility, was sent to England. She died there sometime before 1651.
Mayflower
The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, , in 1620...
. She was the youngest girl - only about one year old.
Edward Tilley
Edward Tilley was one of the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Tilley was also a signer of the Mayflower Compact, which has been called the world's first written constitution....
and Ann Cooper Tilley. William Bradford
William Bradford (1590-1657)
William Bradford was an English leader of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and served as governor for over 30 years after John Carver died. His journal was published as Of Plymouth Plantation...
wrote that among the passengers were Edward Tilley and Ann his wife, and two children that were their cousins, Henry Sampson and Humility Cooper. She was the daughter of Robert Cooper and was baptized in 1638-9 at the Holy Trinity Church in London, England, at the age of nineteen.
By spring of the first year, out of the 102 Mayflower passengers who arrived in Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement of the Plymouth Colony was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith. The settlement, which served as the capital of the colony, is today the modern town...
, 52 of them had died. This included both Edward and Ann Tilley, Edward's brother John Tilley
John Tilley (Pilgrim)
John Tilley was one of the Pilgrims who traveled from England to North America on the Mayflower and signed the Mayflower Compact. Tilley died shortly after arrival in New England.-Overview:...
and his wife Joan, who came with them. Of all the Tilley family and their relatives who came on the Mayflower, only three were still living. They were the youngest members of the family, Humility Cooper, Henry Sampson, and Elizabeth Tilley who was about age thirteen.
Bradford wrote that after Edward Tilley and his wife both died, the young girl, Humility, was sent to England. She died there sometime before 1651.
Sources
- Morrison, S. E. (1976). Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647 by William Bradford, New York: Alfred Knopf.