The name of Tilden, anciently Tylden, is derived from the residence of its first bearers at a place named in England, probably an estate in Kent, although the exact location is not certain. In ancient English and early American records the name is found in various forms of Tyldene, Tyldenne,Tildenne, Tillden, Tyldon, Tyldum, Tyllden, Tildun, Tildin, Tildan, Tilding, Tildon, Tylden, Tilden and others. Of these, the last is the spelling most frequently used in America in modern times.
Chieftly seated in the County of Kent and, at a later date, in London, the families bearing this name belonged for the most part of least, to the landed and educated classes.
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