Joseph Tilden (1615 - 1670)

Born 20 Apr 1615 in Tenterden, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Alice (Twisden) Tilden — married 20 Nov 1649 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1670 at age 55 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Joseph Tilden was born in Kent, England.

Joseph Tilden 1615-1670

Joseph Tilden was born April 20, 1615 in Tenterden, Kent, England and died June 3, 1670 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Ma. He married Elizabeth Alice Twisden Nov. 20, 1649,^[1][2] daughter of John Twisden. She was born March 31, 1633 in Tenterden, County of Kent, England and died 1694 in Scituate, Plymouth, Ma. Joseph was a deacon.

Their children:

1. Nathaniel Tilden b. 1649 d. 1731 m. 1676 Mary Sharpe
2. John Tilden b. Dec. 1652 d. 1739
3. Rebecca Tilden b. 1654 m. James Briggs
4. Joseph Tilden b. 1657 d. as child
5. Stephen Tilden b. May 14, 1659 d. Nov 27, 1770
6. Samuel Tilden b. Sept 1660 d. June 1738
7. Elizabeth Tilden b. 1665 m. Samuel Curtis
8. Lydia Tilden b. 1666 m. 1696 William Tickner Jr.
9. Benjamin Tilden b. 1668 d. unmarried at age 25 in 1693.^[3]

*Source: Genealogical Dict. of First Settlers of New England, Pg. 301.

Christening

29 Apr 1615 St. Mildred's, Tenterden, Kent, England ^[4]

Died

3 JUN 1670 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Age: 55. ( His will was dated 5 July 1670 and his inventory was taken on the last day of May 1670).

Will

His will is dated 5 July 1670 in Scituate. He mentions his wife Elizabeth 100 pounds, named their children Nathaniel, John, Stephen, Samuel, Benjamin to have lands already deed to them, daughter Elizabeth 10 pounds, named other daughters Rebecca and Lydia. He also named his sister Lydia Garrett 5 pounds. His inventory was taken on the last day of May 1670.^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg. 762
2. ↑ Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England,Volume 8,page 21, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044014617054&view=1up&seq=37&q1=tilden
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-JDZ8 : 20 March 2023), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 90 of 490; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NT2R-32X : 21 March 2020), Joseph Tylden, 1615.
5. ↑ Deane, Samuel. History of Scituate, Massachusetts (James Loring, Boston, 1831) Page 355.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-VQ9Z : 8 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 308 of 616; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. 7, T-Y, Page 45.
• Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 65 (1911) 314-33, at 331; images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/newenglandhisto62unkngoog : accessed 29 May 2022).
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1862) Vol. 4, Page 301.