Riverside in East Providence in Providence County, Rhode Island — The American Northeast (New England)

Elizabeth Tilley Howland

Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, May 29, 2026

1. Elizabeth Tilley Howland Marker

Inscription.
Here ended the Pilgrimage of
Elizabeth Tilley Howland
who died Wednesday 21-31
Dec. 1687 at home of her daughter
Lydia & husband James Brown
in Swansea. ~ Elizabeth married
Pilgrim John Howland who came
with her in the Mayflower Dec. 1620.
From them are descended a
numerous posterity.

In Elizabeth's Will the following
inspiring language is used
"It is my will and charge to all my
Children that they walke in ye Feare
of ye Lord, and in Love and Peace
towards each other."

Erected 1946 by The Pilgrim John Howland Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1687.

Location. 41° 45.942′ N, 71° 21.264′ W. Marker is in East Providence, Rhode Island, in Providence County. It is in Riverside. It is on Penrod Avenue 0.1 miles south of Cozzens Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: East Providence RI 02914, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Providence

and on Narragansett Bay.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Thomas Willett 1610-1674 (here, next to this marker); Little Neck Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Roll of Honor

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); World War II (approx. half a mile away); Crescent Park Looff Carousel (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Bicknell-Armington "Lightning Splitter House" (approx. 0.9 miles away); Haines Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); Pomham Rocks Lighthouse (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in East Providence.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Also see . . .
1. Elizabeth Tilley (Wikipedia).

Elizabeth Tilley (c. August 1607 – December 21, 1687) was one of the passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the Mayflower and a participant in the first Thanksgiving in the New World. She went on to marry fellow Mayflower passenger John Howland, with whom she had ten children and 88 grandchildren.

(Submitted on May 30, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)

2. Elizabeth Tilley Howland (1607-1686) - Find-a-Grave.

Original Mayflower Passenger. Wife of Mayflower Passenger John Howland. Elizabeth was orphaned in the New World, at the age of thirteen, after her parents died the first winter
Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, May 29, 2026

2. Elizabeth Tilley Howland Marker (wide)
The Elizabeth Tilley Howland plot is fenced and in front of the John Browne Sr. memorial stone and Thomas Willett boulder. In the later years of her life, Elizabeth lived with her Daughter Lydia, wife of James Brown (son of John Browne Sr.).
in Plymouth.

(Submitted on May 30, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)

3. Elizabeth Tilley (Howland) - Pilgrim Hall Museum.

Elizabeth Tilley traveled on the Mayflower in a family group that included her parents, John and Joan Hurst Tilley; her aunt and uncle, Edward and Agnes Cooper Tilley; and Agnes’s sixteen-year-old orphaned nephew Henry Sampson and one-year-old orphaned niece Humility Cooper. Although Edward and Agnes Tilley had lived in Leiden, it is not known whether Elizabeth and her family ever resided there.

(Submitted on May 30, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)

4. Notable Grave Markers - East Providence Historical Society.

A self-guided tour created by the East Providence Historical Society offers links to detailed information and history about many of the people who are buried here. #4. Elizabeth Tilley Howland.

(Submitted on May 30, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)

Elizabeth Tilley Howland Marker (rear) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, May 29, 2026

3. Elizabeth Tilley Howland Marker (rear)

Rear of Elizabeth Howland marker (#4) and view across the Waterside Path to Bullock Cove salt marshes.
Rear Inscription:This monument erected by
The Pilgrim John Howland Society
1946.
General Charles Roscoe Howland,
President

Ancient Little Neck Cemetery and Elizabeth Howland marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, May 29, 2026

4. Ancient Little Neck Cemetery and Elizabeth Howland marker

Signs in foreground flank the path that leads to the Elizabeth Howland marker in front of the Thomas Willett boulder toward the end of the path in the distance.

Ancient Little Neck Cemetery 1655 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by G.W.Bartlett, May 29, 2026

5. Ancient Little Neck Cemetery 1655

View of Ancient Little Neck Cemetery with Elizabeth Tilley Howland headstone in distance in front of the Thomas Willett boulder.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 16 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 30, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.