 1546 - 1617 (71 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Tilden [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Birth |
1546 |
Benenden, , Kent, England  [1, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
6 Jun 1617 |
Tenterden, Kent, England [1] |
| Burial |
6 Jun 1617 |
Wye, , Kent, England [1] |
| Notes |
- bThe Men of Kent
/b
"Who were there Men of Kent? They were a band of "merchant adventurers" from England's garden spot, County Kent. Led by one Timothy Hatherly, founder of Scituate, they formed a group known as "The Conihasset Proprietors" and built a road from Third Cliff around the marshes to the Harbor which still bears the name they gave it Kent Street. Along it in 1633 they laid out "Six houses lots of four acres extending eight rods along the street and eighty rods up into the woods," and on July 1 of that year Scituate was established as a town. Like their Pilgrim neighbors, they pushed back the forests, built their thatch-roofed log houses and established their first log meeting house and cemetery on the little hill above their homes. Thus the nucleus of Scituate township was born. Its confines extended as far inland as the town of Abington, included parts of Pembroke, Hanover and Cohasset, all of Norwell and two miles south beyond the North River into what is now Marshfield."
bFamily of Thomas Tilden (2220) & Alice Bigge 8046.
Sarah Tilden./b Born ca Aug 1579 at Tenterdon, Kent. Baptized on 30 Aug 1579 at St. Mildred's, Tenterden. Sarah died bef 6 Jun 1617.
On 20 Nov 1600 Sarah married John Stanshome, at Tenterdon, Kent.
b8047. Abigail Tilden./b Born ca Feb 1581/2 at Tenterdon, Kent. Baptized on 26 Feb 1581/2 at St. Mildred's, Tenterden. Abigail died at Tenterdon, Kent, on 5 Aug 1582.
b8048. Elder Nathaniel Tilden./b Born in 1583 at Tenterdon, Kent. Baptized on 28 Jul 1583 at St. Mildred's, Tenterden. Nathaniel died at Scituate, MA, on 25 May 1641.
"Elder Nathaniel Tilden came from Tenterden in Kent, with his family, before 1628. He was chosen Ruling Elder of the first Church in Scituate 1634. His house lot was on Kent-street, the 3d. south of Greenfield lane. He had also lands at Long marsh: and lands also in 1640, on the east side of the North River, below Gravelly beach."sup6/sup
Nathaniel arrived in New England in 1634 in the ship iHercules/i, of Dover, with his wife and children (Joseph, Mary, Sarah, Judith, Lydia, Stephen, and Thomas), and the following, who came under the designation of 'servants:' Thomas Lapham, George Sutton, Edward Ford, Edward Jenkins, James Bennett, Sarah Couchman, and Mary Perien. The Rev. William Witherell came on this same boat.sup7/sup
"Nathaniel Tilden was among the earliest of the 'Men of Kent' who established plantations at Satuit before 1628, others being Anthony Annable, Thomas Bird, Edward Foster, William Gillson, Henry Merritt, Henry Rowley, Nathaniel Tilden, and Deane says, 'perhaps others.'"sup7/sup
Nathaniel was a Magistrate in Tenterden, and elected to the office of Mayor.sup7/sup
"Elder Nath'l Tilden was the ancestor of nearly all the Tildens in Marshfield. He was one of three borothers, and they were called 'Men of Kent,' from ENgland. He came to Scitaute at that portion called 'Tow Mile' tract, now known as North Marshfield, in 1628. His farm extended both sides of North River, part of it being on 'Gravelly beach.'"sup26/sup
Nathaniel came in the iHercules/i in 1635 from Sandwich, in Co. Kent, being one of an old family at Tenterden, near Cranbrook, in that shire, bringing wife Lydia, seven children and seven servan ts. He may have visited our country before and went home to bring his household; but it does not appear by any facts. He settled in Scituate. In May 1637, with his friend Hatherly, he was appointed by Plymouth Colony to settle the bounds between it and the Massachusetts Colony. He was ruling elder in the church and died 1641, the inventory being of 31 July, and his will of 25 May preceding in that year. It names his wife Lydia, perhaps daughter of Thomas Bourne of Marshfield, yet married in England to which he gives his home at Tenterden, all the seven children Joseph; Thomas, b. a. 1621; Mary, the w. of Thomas Lapham, m. 13 Mar. 1637; Sarah, the w. of George Sutton; Judith; Lydia; and Stephen; also two servants who should serve his eldest son..sup2/sup
Ca 1606 Nathaniel married Lydia Huckstepp (5277) , daughter of Stephen Huckstepp (ca 1554/5-Jun 1633) & Winifred Hatch (1410) (ca 1553-Oct 1592).sup7/sup Born ca 1587/8 at Tenterdon, Kent. Baptized on 11 Feb 1587/8 at Tenterden, Kent.sup68/sup Lydia died at Scituate, MA, on 31 Jul 1672.
Children:
b14751/bi. Thomas (Died young) (ca1608-1618) b14752/bii. Mary (ca1610->1690) b14753/biii. Joseph (Died soon) (ca1611-1612) b14754/biv. Sarah (ca1612-1676) b14755/bv. Joseph (ca1615-1670) b14756/bvi. Stephen (Died soon) (ca1617-1619) b14757/bvii. Thomas (ca1618-1704) b14758/bviii. Judith (ca1620-1663) b14759/bix. Winifred (Died young) (ca1622-1627) b14760/bx. Lydia (Died soon) (ca1624-1624) b14761/bxi. Lydia (ca1625-ca1673) b14762/bxii. Stephen (ca1629-1711)
b8049. Joseph Tilden./b Born on 18 Nov 1585 at Tenterdon, Kent. Baptized on 28 Nov 1585 at Tenterdon, Kent. Joseph died at London, England, on 1 Feb 1641/2.
b8050. Hopestill Tilden./b Born ca May 1588 at Tenterdon, Kent. Baptized on 1 May 1588 at St. Mildred's, Tenterden. Hopestill died at St Marys, Sandwich, England, on 19 Dec 1661.
Will: The Will of Hopestill Tilden, one of the jurats of the Town and Port of Sandwich in the county of Kent, 19 Nov 1661. I give and bequeath unto and amongst the children sons and daughters of my brother Nathaniel Tilden late of Tenterdon in the said County, gent., 100 pounds to be equally divided between them, 50 pounds within twelve months after my decease and 50 pounds in two years. To John Hughes, nephew of Deborah my now wife, 20 pounds. To My former servant John Iggleden 10s. to buy him a Bible. To my cousin Samuel Tilden 20s., to his daughter Ann Tilden 10 pounds at the age of one and twenty years, and to his daughter Elizabeth 20s. at that age. To my two grandchildren Joseph Rumsey and Thomas Rumsey, sons of my daughter Sara by Thomas Rumsey, 5s. apiece. To wife Deborah the use and benefit of the household stuff, one of my best chambers during her life, and an annuity of 20 pounds to be paid out of the profits of my lands and tenements in Sandwich or elsewhere in the County of Kent. If she stay not with with my executors for three months after my death then she shall have 5 pounds. To the poor people of Sandwich. All the residue of my goods, chattels, and personal estate, and my messuage, lands and tenements in Sandwich in the Isle of Thanet or elsewhere in England, I give to my grandchildren Robert Smith and John Smith, sons of my late daughter Sarah, deceased, Robert to have three fourths and John one fourth, and I make them joint executors of this my will. Witnesses: William Picard and John Verrier. Proved 9 Febnary 1661/2 by Robert Smith and John Smith, the executors named in the will. (Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Vol. 71, fo.194) (English Origins of New England Families, publised byi NEHGS./i)
Hopestill first married Deborah Hughes.
On 3 Aug 1613 Hopestill second married Gertrude Grant, at St Marys, Sandwich, England. Gertrude died at St Marys, Sandwich, England, on 7 Mar 1636/7.
b8051. Theophilus Tilden./b Born ca Oct 1590 at Tenterdon, Kent. Baptized on 11 Oct 1590 at St. Mildred's, Tenterden. Theophilus died at Oxford, England, on 20 Apr 1613.
b8052. Thomas Tilden./b Born ca May 1593 at Tenterdon, Kent. Baptized on 1 May 1593 at St. Mildred's, Tenterden.
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| Person ID |
I21307 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Aug 2012 |
| Family 2 |
Alyce Biggs, b. Abt 1541, Tenterden, , Kent, England d. 13 May 1593, Benenden, , Kent, England (Age ~ 52 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Mar 1576 |
Tenterden, , Kent, England [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Sara Tilden, b. Aug 1579, Tenterden, , Kent, England d. 6 Jun 1617, England (Age ~ 37 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Abigail Tilden, b. Feb 1581, Tenterden, , Kent, England d. 5 Aug 1582, Tenterden, , Kent, England (Age ~ 1 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Nathaniel Tilden, b. Jul 1583, Tenterden, , Kent, England d. 25 May 1641, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age ~ 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Joseph Tilden, b. Nov 1585, Tenterden, , Kent, England d. 1 Feb 1642, Tenterden, , Kent, England (Age ~ 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Hopestill Tilden, b. May 1588, Tenterden, , Kent, England d. 19 Nov 1661, Sandwich, , Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 6. Theophilus Tilden, b. Oct 1590, Tenterden, , Kent, England d. 20 Apr 1613, Oxford, England (Age ~ 22 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 7. Thomas Tilden, b. May 1593, Tenterden, , Kent, England d. 1661, Sandwich, , Kent, England (Age ~ 67 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 8. Freegift Tilden, b. May 1604, Tenterden, , Kent, England d. 1661, Tenterden, , Kent, England (Age ~ 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F09761 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 Aug 2012 |
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| Sources |
- [S007509] Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874, (Ancestry.com. Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.).
- [S012013] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.).
- [S008389] Millennium File, (Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.).
- [S004312] British Chancery Records, 1386-1558, (Hamilton, Rosanna, comp.. British Chancery Records, 1386-1558 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.).
- [S007941] Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis. Vol. III. Neal-Wright, (Ancesry.co.uk, England.).
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