Jonathon Tilson (1715 - aft. 1782)

Born 29 Sep 1715 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Perkins) Tilson — married 11 Jan 1737 in Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Lucy (Cobb) Murdock — married 4 May 1748 (to after 1782) in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 1782 after age 66 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts

• From John Maltby:

Martha (Perkins) Washburn remarried to Lt. Jonathan Tilson, son of John and Lydia (Rickard) Tilson, of Plympton,^[1] on 11 Jan. 1737 in Kingston.^[2] He was born on 29 Sept. 1715 in Plympton.^[3] Martha (Perkins) (Washburn) Tilson died by 1748, and Lt. Jonathan Tilson remarried to Lucy Cobb, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Waterman) Cobb,^[4] on 4 May 1748 in Plympton.^[5] She was born on 24 June 1730 in Plymouth.^[6]

He died testate in ca. 1783 in Plympton, naming William Atwood as executor of his will.^{[7] [8]}

His inventory was taken on 19 April 1783 in Plympton.^[9]

Lucy (Cobb) Tilson remarried to Bartlett Murdock, of Carver, son of John and Ruth (Bartlett) Murdock Jr.,^[10] on 14 Oct. 1793 in Carver.^[11] Bartlett Murdock died intestate on 6 Mar. 1795 in Carver, aged 66 years,^[12] and she died a widow on 10 Feb. 1820 in Carver, aged 89 years.^[13]

Martha Perkins had a daughter by Lt. Jonathan Tilson:

• Eunice Tilson, born on 12 Feb. 1738/9 in Plympton, married Consider Chase, of Middleborough. She died on 14 July 1779 in Carver.

Sources

1. ↑ Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 264.
2. ↑ Kingston VRs, p. 298.
3. ↑ Plympton VRs, p. 214.
4. ↑ Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 66.
5. ↑ Plympton VRs, p. 412.
6. ↑ Plymouth VRs, p. 68.
7. ↑ Plymouth County Probate Docket #20793, Vol. 28, p. 531-533, from FHL microfilm #0550715.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6CK6 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 298-299 of 638; State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-6C6T : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 368 of 638; State Archives, Boston.
10. ↑ Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, p. 192-193.
11. ↑ Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter Carver VRs], p. 135.
12. ↑ Carver VRs, p. 162, from his gravestone in Union Cemetery, South Carver; Plymouth County Probate Docket #14401.
13. ↑ Carver VRs, p. 162, from her gravestone in Union Cemetery, South Carver.

• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Elisha Washburn
• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQG-7GW : accessed 26 May 2021), entry for Jonathan Tilson; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/44866109/jonathan-tillson : accessed 27 May 2021), memorial page for Lieut Jonathan Tillson (29 Sep 1715–Dec 1782), Find A Grave: Memorial #44866109, citing Lakenham Cemetery, Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by CWSam (contributor 46803167) .