Deacon William Tilley
1738 - 1825 (86 years)-
Name William Tilley Title Deacon Born 19 Oct 1738 Newport, RI 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 14 Apr 1825 [1, 2] Buried Common Burial Ground, Newport, RI Person ID I04691 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Family 1 Elizabeth Rogers, b. 7 Aug 1743, Middletown, RI , d. 28 Aug 1800 (Age 57 years) Married 1759 [3] Children 1. Mary Tilley, b. 4 May 1760, Newport, RI , d. 15 Jun 1830 (Age 70 years)2. Sarah Tilley, b. 19 Jun 1764, Newport, RI , d. 17 Nov 1830 (Age 66 years)3. James Tilley, b. 5 Sep 1765, Newport, RI , d. 2 Mar 1800 (Age 34 years)4. Thomas Tilley, b. 16 Mar 1767, Newport, RI , d. 16 Jun 1814 (Age 47 years)5. William Tilley, Jr., b. 26 Dec 1769, d. 20 Aug 1841 (Age 71 years) 6. Elizabeth Tilley, b. 1771, d. 13 May 1835 (Age 64 years) 7. Dorcas Tilley, b. Abt 1772, d. 10 Jun 1843 (Age ~ 71 years) 8. Abraham D. Tilley, b. 1775, d. 1845 (Age 70 years) 9. Patience Tilley, b. 1776, d. 1 Jun 1847 (Age 71 years) 10. John Tabour Tilley, b. 5 Apr 1778, d. 23 Aug 1828 (Age 50 years) 11. George Tilley, b. 18 Nov 1780, d. 29 Apr 1843 (Age 62 years) 12. Benjamin Tilley, b. 7 Sep 1782, d. 12 May 1855, Bristol, RI (Age 72 years)13. Nancy Tilley, b. 1784, d. 31 Aug 1807 (Age 23 years) Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F03851 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Catherine Sabine, b. Abt 1744, d. 15 Oct 1817 (Age ~ 73 years) Married Jan 1802 [2] Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F03854 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Elizabeth Read, b. Abt 1750, d. 3 Jan 1836 (Age ~ 86 years) Married 4 Nov 1821 [2] Notes - When they married each other, Deacon William Tilley was age 84, and Mrs. Elizabeth Boone was 73, as reported in "The Newport Mercury" of 10 Nov 1821. By that time, William's oldest living child was age 62, and he had 30 great grandchildren.
Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F03856 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - William is probably the son of William & Dorcas Tilley.
Deacon William Tilley had 17 children by his first wife, Elizabeth. Four died in infancy. No children were born of his subsequent two marriages.
His obituary in "The Newport Mercury" of 20 April 1825 says: "Died, on Sunday last, Deacon William Tilley, age 87 years. If 60 years of a conscientious discharge of religious and moral duties, joined to the endearing and affectionate domestic ties of husband, father, son, brother and friends, shall claim from our all wise and beneficent Creator, reward and mercy, he now enjoys all the heavenly felicity promised by the Gospel of Christ His life was a life of piety and usefulness, and to the last moments of that life, his faith and confidence was unshaken in Christ, the Son of God. He left a numerous progeny as well as numerous friends, to mourn his departure, 10 children, 79 grandchildren, and 44 great-grandchildren."
His gravestone inscription in the Common Burial Ground, Newport, RI, reads: "Having for 60 years manifested by his daily walk and conversation that he was a disciple of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, faithful in the discharge of his duty as a Christian, especially in the office of a deacon, to which he was early called by the 2nd Baptist Church, under the pastoral care of Elder Gardiner Thurston. The hoary head is a Crown of Glory when found in the ways of righteousness."
- William is probably the son of William & Dorcas Tilley.
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