Mary Tilden was born about 1610, the daughter of Nathaniel Tilden and Lidia. [1] She was baptized as “Marie Tylden, Father, Nathl Tylden” on 20 May 1610 in Kent, England. [2]
Immigration
Her family immigrated together on the Hercules of Dover in March 1634/35; her father, Nathaniel Tilden of Tenterden, yeoman, and her mother, Lidia; her siblings; Joseph, Thomas, Stephen, Sara, Judeth, and Lidia; and servants; Thomas Lapham, George Sutton, Edward Ford, Edward Jenkins, Sara Couchman, Marie Perien, and James Bennet.[1][3][4]
Marriages
On 13 Mar 1636/7, she married 1st, Thomas Lapham in Scituate, Plymouth Colony. [1][5] He died 15 Jun 1648 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony.
”After 1651 and before 12 Dec 1664,” she married 2nd, William Bassett Sr.. [1][5][6] He died before 12 May 1667 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony.
Death
After 28 May 1690; she was living on this date in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony. [6]
Known Life Events
On 22 May 1650, “Mary Lapham, widow,” acknowledged her husband’s sale of land “in old England.” [7]
On 5 Jun 1651, she “through weakness, is not able to come to Court” for proving of Thomas Lapham’s will. [7]
A Court entry (undated, but probably about 1690), records a probable dispute, “Mary Lapham, widow, (Bridgewater) v. Joseph Burrows (Bridgewater Yeoman). Case. Neither party appeared.” [8]
Lydia Lapham, b. abt. 1644, m. 2 Feb 1666/7, Samuel Bate, Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony [9][11][12]
Rebecca Lapham, bpt. 15 Mar 1645/6, Scituate, Plymouth Colony; m. John Washburn [9][10]
Joseph Lapham, bpt. 24 Sep 1648, Scituate, Plymouth Colony; d. by 1 Nov 1676 [9][10]
Research Notes
No record of her death was found; Find A Grave: Memorial #59677541 shows a picture of non-contemporary monument at Men of Kent Cemetery in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, which is said to show her death as 28 Mar 1690 (aged 79) in Scituate.
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.3 Robert Charles Anderson, “The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635,” Volume VII, T-Y (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 42, 44. AmericanAncestors.org
↑ Frank Watt Tyler, “ Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874” The Tyler Collection, (Canterbury, Kent, England: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, 2010.), ancestry.com
↑ Charles Edward Banks, “The Planters of the Commonwealth: a Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: to Which Are Added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the Ships Which Brought Them; Their English Homes and the Places of Their Settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640” (Internet Archive. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co.,1961). Planters of the Commonwealth
↑ John Camden Hotten, “The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700” (Internet Archive. London, New York, Empire State Book Co, 1874). Hotten
↑ 5.05.1 Clarence Almon Torrey, “New England Marriages Prior to 1700” (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 921 AmericanAncestors.org
↑ 6.06.1 Robert Charles Anderson, “The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633,” Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995), 129. AmericanAncestors.org
↑ 7.07.1 Robert Charles Anderson, “The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635,” Volume IV, I-L (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005), 235. AmericanAncestors.org
↑ Plymouth County, MA: Plymouth Court Records, 1686-1859. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. Copyright, 2002, Pilgrim Society. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
AmericanAncestors.org
↑ 9.09.19.29.39.49.5 Robert Charles Anderson, “The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635,” Volume IV, I-L (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 236. AmericanAncestors.org
↑ 10.010.110.2 Scituate, F. Apthorpe Foster ed. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850: volume 1 Births. (Boston: NEHGS, 1909). p 216 Internet Archive.
↑ Jay and Delene Holbrook, Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, “Massachusetts Vital and Town Records,” (Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011), ancestry.com
↑ Thomas Tracy Bouvé, etal., “History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts,” Hingham (Mass .): Internet Archive. Pub. by the town,1893), 428. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts
See also:
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).
Charles Henry Pope, “The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches and Other Contemporaneous Documents,” (Internet Archive. Boston, C.H. Pope, 1970), 278. The Pioneers of Massachusetts
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It appears part of the biography is taken from FindaGrave. The reference to Timothy Hatherly is a little confusing. First husband Thomas Lapham died 15 June 1648 so his will had to be drawn-up and signed before that date. Hatherly had to have witnessed something other than "Thomas's Will 1 Oct 1651." He may have in-fact witnessed the signing of Thomas' will in 1648 and he probably witnessed something else related to that will in 1651. The "widow" reference to Mary is the importance of this statement. There is no WK profile for son Joseph, is it known whether he died young? Thanks. D. Jenkins
Tilden-456 and Tilden-13 appear to represent the same person because: Tilden-456 was originally the profile of a non-existent daughter of Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Huckstep. I have edited the profile to be similar to that of a known daughter and have proposed that they be merged. This, of course, is WikiTree's way of deleting a profile.
This shows that William Basset had a first wife named Elizabeth (maiden name unknown). William Basset's second wife was the widow Mary (Tilden) Lapham, daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia Tilden. So "Elizabeth (Tilden) Basset" is an imaginary person, created by mistake and then detached from the Basset family. She should be merged into another profile (the only way to delete a profile).
Tilden-337 and Tilden-13 appear to represent the same person because: same person, merge needed please ... m. may have occurred in 1651, but if so, it would not have been in Bridgewater (too early) ... the 1664 m. in Bridgewater is possible, but no sources for either are shown on both profiles ...
It was Mary (Tilden) Lapham who married William Bassett as his second wife. Elizabeth was the name of William's first wife, but no maiden name for her has been documented. See Great Migration Begins, p 129
- researched life, history, and geographic locations - added Research Notes - verified & updated sources - added multiple sources - rationalized and sourced children - removed Needs Research and Needs Biography categories
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This shows that William Basset had a first wife named Elizabeth (maiden name unknown). William Basset's second wife was the widow Mary (Tilden) Lapham, daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia Tilden. So "Elizabeth (Tilden) Basset" is an imaginary person, created by mistake and then detached from the Basset family. She should be merged into another profile (the only way to delete a profile).