Dea. Joseph Tilden1

#22815, (circa April 1615 - 3 June 1670)
Father*Nathaniel Tilden2 (c 1583 - 1641)
Mother*Lydia Huckstep3 (c 1587/88 - )

Family

Ellice Twisden b. c 1633
Birth*circa April 1615He was born circa April 1615 at Tenterden, Co. Kent, EnglandG.4,5 
Baptism29 April 1615He was baptized on 29 April 1615 at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Co. Kent, EnglandG.5 
March 1634/35He accompanied Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Huckstep in March 1634/35 on board the Hercules to Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts)G.6 
Marriage*20 November 1649He married Ellice Twisden, daughter of John Twisden and Susanna Stuppell, on 20 November 1649 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts).1,7 
12 May 1670He left a will on 12 May 1670 at Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts).8,9 
Death*3 June 1670He died on 3 June 1670 at Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts).2,10 

Citations

  1. [S2000] F. Apthorp Foster, editor, Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the Year 1850: Volume II Marriages and Deaths (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), p. 290. Josepth Tilden and Ellice Twisden, marr. 20 Nov 1649, intentions not recorded. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Scituate II.
  2. [S2002] Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts (Boston: James Loring, 1831), p. 355.
  3. [S2002] Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, p. 353.
  4. [S2002] Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, p. 353, "His children were born in England, and were Dea. Joseph, Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Judith, Lydia, and Stephen, born, as nearly as we can conjecture, from 1615 to 1627." Nathaniel's will names (in order) Joseph, Thomas, Stephen, "Lydia and Stephen, my two youngest children [under age 21]," Judith and Sarah.
  5. [S2003] Committee on English Research, transcribed by Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England: Tilden", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 65 (1911): pp. 327–328, citing Registers of St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, 1544–1638.
  6. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-2011), VII: 42–46, entry for Nathaniel Tilden.
  7. [S2002] Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, p. 353, but giving 1648.
  8. [S2002] Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, p. 355. " To wife Elizabeth 100£. To sons Nathaniel, John, Stephen, Samuel, Benjamin, lands already deeded to them. To daughter Elizabeth 10£. To sister Lydia Garrett 5£. To daughters Rebecca and Lydia, all my other goods in equal shares also I acquit my brother Stephen of all dues." [Note: this version has "sister Lydia Garrett" while Winsor in NEHGR has "sister Elizabeth Garrett."]
  9. [S2008] Justin Winsor, "Abstracts of the First/Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register IV–VII (1850–1853): VII: 190. "to wife Elizth Tilden; sons Nathl, John, Stephen, Samuel and Benjamin, none of them 21 years old at this date; daughters, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Lydia. To sister Elizabeth Garrett ; brother Stephen Tilden. Inventory, May 31, 1670. .£1367. 5s. [Note: this version has "sister Elizabeth Garrett" while History of Scituate has "sister Lydia Garrett."]
  10. [S2000] F. Apthorp Foster, Vital Records of Scituate II, p. 451, Mr. Joseph Tilden, d. 3 Jun 1670.