Nathaniel Tilden1

#22816, (circa July 1583 - between 25 May 1641 and 31 July 1641)

Family

Lydia Huckstep b. c 1587/88
Children 1.Thomas1 Tilden7 (c 1608 - c 1618/19)
 2.Mary Tilden7 (c 1610 - )
 3.Joseph1 Tilden7 (c 1611/12 - c 1611/12)
 4.Sarah Tilden7 (c 1613 - )
 5.Dea. Joseph Tilden1 (c 1615 - 1670)
 6.Stephen1 Tilden7 (c 1617 - c 1619)
 7.Thomas Tilden7 (c 1618/19 - )
 8.Judith Tilden7 (c 1620 - )
 9.Winifred Tilden7 (c 1622 - c 1627)
 10.Lydia1 Tilden7 (c 1624 - c 1624)
 11.Lydia Tilden7 (c 1625 - )
 12.Stephen Tilden7 (c 1629 - )
Birth*circa July 1583He was born circa July 1583 at Tenterden, Co. Kent, EnglandG.2 
Baptism28 July 1583He was baptized on 28 July 1583 at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Co. Kent, EnglandG.3 
Marriage*13 October 1606He married Lydia Huckstep, daughter of Stephen Huckstep and Winifred Hatch, on 13 October 1606 at St. Margaret's Church, Bethersden, Co. Kent, EnglandG.4 
March 1634/35He and Lydia Huckstep migrated to Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts)G on board the Hercules in March 1634/35.2 
25 May 1641He left a will on 25 May 1641 at Scituate, Massachusetts Colony.5,6 
Death*between 25 May 1641 and 31 July 1641He died between 25 May 1641 and 31 July 1641 at Massachusetts Colony.2 
Inventory*31 July 1641His estate was inventoried by Nathaniel Tilden on 31 July 1641 at Massachusetts Colony.2 

Citations

  1. [S2002] Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts (Boston: James Loring, 1831), p. 355.
  2. [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.
  3. [S2003] Committee on English Research, transcribed by Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England: Tilden", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 65 (1911): p. 326.
  4. [S2005] Allis Ferguson Edelman and Daniel G. Jenkins, "The English Origins of Edward Jenkins of Scituate, Massachusetts", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 161 (July 2007): citing Church of England, Parish Church of Bethersden,"Archdeacon's transcripts, 1563-1812; Bishop's transcripts, 1611-1885," FHL Film 1751588, Item 3.
  5. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, VII: 42–46, entry for Nathaniel Tilden, naming wife Lydia, sons Joseph (executor), Thomas and Stephen, and daus. Mary (wife of Thomas Lapham), Sara (wife of George Sutton), Judith and "my youngest daughter Lidea."
  6. [S2002] Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, p. 355. Citing will, "to wife Lyclia, the income of my Stone house, with the lands, in Tenterden in Kent, Eng. in which Richard Lambeth now dwells, &tc. he. To son Joseph, a double portion, that is, as much as both Thomas and Stephen, (in lands, houses, &c. in Scituate and Marshfield). To Lydia and Stephen, my two youngest children, a maintenance till [age] 21. To Judith, a cow. To Mary, wife of Thomas Lapham, 10s. To Sarah, wife of George Sutton, 10s."
    Continues, "The inventory of his estate, in the Colony Records, shows that he belonged to the wealthiest class of early settlers. We remarked, in his inventory, 'Ten stocks or swarms of bees, appraised at 10£,' and it is the earliest notice we have met with, respecting the keeping of bees in the Colony."
  7. [S2003] Committee on English Research, "Genealogical Research in England: Tilden", pp. 327–328, citing Registers of St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, 1544–1638.