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NATHANIEL TILDEN1 (Thomas Tylden, Richard , John , Robert , John , Thomas de Tyldenne, Thomas ,
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Thomas , Walter , Henry , Henry ); baptized 28 Jul 1583 at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent, ENGLAND; 2 3 m.
LYDIA HUCKSTEP, daughter of STEPHEN HUCKSTEP and WINIFRED HATCH circa 1607 at Tenterden, Kent, ENGLAND;
TILDEN FAMILY: the record of their marriage license could not be found at Canterbury, and the entry of their
marriage could not be discovered in the Tenterden Registers; which are strange facts, as they both belonged to
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families long seated in Tenterden;4 5 d. between 25 May 1641 and 31 Jul 1641 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, US; 6 7
bur. 1641 at First Parish Burial Ground, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, US; was buried in the old cemetery known as
the Cemetery of the Men of Kent, then the First Parish Burial Ground, on Meeting House Lane, Scituate harbor, MA; 8
his estate was probated 31 Jul 1641 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, US.9
Tenterden, a limb of the Cinque Port of Rye, was a prosperous and important place in our ancestors' day, as now,
and the principal town in the Weald of Kent at Tenterden, Kent, ENGLAND. 10 He was Mayor in 1622 at Tenterden,
Kent, ENGLAND.11 He [p. 1] The shores of Massachusetts Bay, both above and below Plymouth, were visited by the
Pilgrims very soon after the settlement was made, and desirable locations for further settlement were noted. Timothy
Hatherly came to Plymouth in the ship Ann in 1623, and was one of the number that was impressed with the natural
advantages of the territory around the four cliffs, the harbor, and the North River, which, as a highway into the interior,
afforded an approach to the expensive forests of pine and white oak that abounded in this section. Successful
fisheries and a lucrative trade with the natives and with the Dutch were anticipated, and these necessitated a safe
and convenient place to build the vessels to carry on these industries. The section around 'Satuit' was adaptable for
these purposes.
Hatherly was one of the 'Merchant Adventurers' who had financed the first Mayflower company. He came to
Plymouth to see for himself the probable success or failure of the venture. If his partners were greatly concerned
about their investments, it seems hardly possible that Hatherly agreed with them after his first visit of two years, for he
returned to England in 1625 with some [p. 2] expectation, it appears, that large grants of land could be secured from
the colony that would prove of great value. Soon after his return to England, he sent his nephew, Edward Foster, a
lawyer, to the colony, to look after his interests, and keep him informed of affairs in Plymouth during his absence.
Hatherly's expectations seemed in a fair way to be realized in 1633, when the Colony Court ordered 'that the whole
tract of land between the brook at Scituate on the N.W. side and Conihasset, be left undisposed of, till we know the
resolution of Mr. James Shirley, Mr. John Beauchamp, Mr. Richard Andrews, and Mr. Timothy Hatherly.' Hatherly
returned in 1632, but the tract was not granted to the above-named gentlemen until 1637. It extended from high
water mark in Satuit Brook three miles up into the woods. In 1654 and 1656, other extensive grants were added to
the original one, until the lands granted to the partners embraced not only a large part of the original town of Scituate
before its division, but a large part of the towns of Hanover and Rockland. These grants were known as the
'Conihasset Grants.' Before 1646, Hatherly had purchased the interests of his partners, and formed a stock
company, consisting of twenty-six persons, many of them settlers upon the lands, who called themselves the
'Conihasset Partners.'
Before 1628, the 'Men of Kent,' as the first settlers in Scituate have been been called, made some kind of a
settlement at Satuit. The earliest record bears date of 1628, conveying land from Henry Merritt to Nathaniel Tilden:
'All that land which I had of Goodman Byrd, lying within the fence at the north end of the third cliffe, unto the land of
Nathaniel Tilden.' (Col. Rec.) There is a tradition in the Turner family that Humphrey Turner owned his farm east of
Colman Hills in 1626, although he resided in Plymouth until 1633. If it is true that land was assigned Turner in 1626,
it is probable that the first owners of the Third Cliff lots received theirs as early. Nathaniel Tilden is said to have had a
farm at Satuit [p. 3] in 1626, of which his Third Cliff lots may have formed the whole or a part.
County Kent, England, has been noted in history for the loyalty, gallantry, and courtly manners of its men. The
majority of the first settlers were from that county, and they attracted to their venture others of the same type from
Devonshire and London, like Hatherly, Foster, and Vassall. The name 'Men of Kent' has been applied to the entire
group, implying that they were a company of the best class of English gentlemen of their day; men of education,
many of them college graduates, and of considerable fortune, who had been accustomed to such refinements and
elegancies as English life of their period afforded. Deane goes so far as to say, in 1831, that 'In 1639, this town
contained more men of distinguished talents and fair fortune, than it has contained at any period since.' It was then
the most populous settlement in the colony. Plymouth had suffered because of removals to other places.
Emigrations from Scituate had not as yet begun, and there was some prospect of its being made the seat of
government.
In 1633, the first village was laid out along Kent Street. Its houses were built of logs, and roofed with thatch from
the neighboring marshes. Litchfield, in his 'Litchfield Family in America,' says: 'When Rev. John Lothrop came
(Sept., 1633), he found at Scituate friends whom he had known in England. They had built at the time nine "pallizado
houses," probably structures made of logs protected by palisades, as temporary residences, which were replaced
later by more substantial homes. In 1635-6 there were 31 houses built, and in 1637, there was a total of 51.' All of
these were log houses, as there was no sawmill until 1640.
During the summer of 1633, six lots along Kent Street, beginning at Satuit Brook, were apportioned in the following
order: to Edward Foster, William Gillson, Henry Rowley, Humphrey Turner, Henry Cobb, and Anthony Annable. They
began erecting houses at once, [p. 4] and at the same time a meeting-house on what is known as Meeting-house
Lane, leading from Kent Street west to the common lands. By the time Mr. Lothrop arrived, the meeting-house had
been built and 'exercised in' by Mr. Saxton. Other settlers arrived the following spring, and were allotted lands that
extended around the hills to the mouth of the First Herring Brook at 'the green bush.' By the time Mr. Lothrop arrived,
all lots bordering on Kent Street had been assigned, and a farm for the minister laid out adjoining Turner's, the Cole
farm of today. In 1634, Robert Stetson ascended the North River four miles into the wilderness, and built a home on
a large grant of land allotted him by the Colony Court. He was the pioneer settler of South Scituate.
By 1636, Mr. Hatherly applied to the court for more land for settlement, saying the place was already 'too straite for
them.' His own negotiation for land north of the brook had not been completed. Settlers were taking up lands on this
tract without orders from the court, with whom he would have to make settlement if his land project succeeded, and
he wished to find territory in another direction, fertile and well situated, that would attract settlers away from
Conihasset for a time. Mr. Vassall had been granted about 200 acres on the river, and other grants were made of the
so-called 'greate lottes' on the north side of the river from Vassall's to Stetson's. These river lots were desirable
ones, because of the marsh hay, then the best forage that they had for their cattle. On the south side of the river
were more extensive meadow lands, not yet allotted to any township. In 1637, a tract two miles long and one mile
wide along the river was granted Scituate by the court. The 'Two Miles,' known to the present time by that name, was
a part of Scituate until 1788. . . .
[p. 5] In 1642, the town boundaries included all the territory on the north side of the North and Indian Head rivers
to the Indian Head Pond in Hanson; thence to a line running straight across country to Accord Pond, and from this
point to the sea, according to the line laid out by the commissioners of the two colonies in 1640; and the Two Mile
tract allotted in 1637. To this large tract was added, in 1656, the nine square miles, now a part of Hanover and
Rockland, granted to Hatherly to reimburse him for making settlement with the squatters upon Conihasset.
Mr. Lothrop and members of his church from London arrived in September, 1634. (See 'Church History.') By their
removal to Barnstable in 1639, the population of [p. 6] the town was materially decreased. It is said that nearly half
the inhabitants departed. At this juncture Mr. Hatherly purchased the properties of all who wished to depart, and
could not otherwise have done so. By the wise use of his fortune he carried the town safely through this critical
period. He has rightfully been called the 'Father of Scituate,' for he was always ready to make use of his large fortune
for the good of the settlement.
New settlers came in considerable numbers during the ten years after 1640. Roads, bridges, ferries, and mills
were built, and the town prospered until the devastating Indian War, notwithstanding there was an emigration to York
in 1650, one to Barbadoes in 1658, and in 1670 to Rehoboth and Swansey.
After the close of King Philip's War, settlers came in rapidly, and occupied the outlying lands, which now could be
cultivated with a feeling of security. Large and substantial frame houses were built, several of them now standing.
Most of the well-to-do settlers were interested in a profitable coasting trade, and one with Jamaica and Europe,
established as early as 1646. Captain Travere, in the ship William, began a trade with the natives on the Hudson
River in 1633, but there is no record of his further activities at Scituate. Captain Collamore and the Wantons sent out
vessels from the North River before 1670. The fisheries also contributed largely toward the prosperity of the town.
These enterprises created the shipbuilding industry, by far the most important mechanical industry the town has ever
known. The first mill for grinding corn, and the first sawmill in the colony, were erected before 1640. By reason of the
early advantage taken of natural resources, Scituate soon became the most progressive of the South Shore towns.
[p. 58] The early settlers of the South Shore towns found that the waters of Massachusetts Bay furnished a
comparatively easy line for their limited travel and for trading with settlements along the coast. Before 1700, packet
lines were established that made it a safe journey to Massachusetts Colony towns during the summer months.
Scituate also had a natural highway in the North River, which gave to her groups of settlers along its course several
'ports of entry' at the various landings which still bear their ancient names--Hobart's Landing, King's Landing, Job's
Landing. During the winter months it was another matter to sail along the unchartered shore, as Capt. Anthony
Collamore found it in December, 1693, when his vessel was wrecked on the ledge off North Scituate Beach, since
that time known as 'Collamore's Ledge.' The captain's body was recovered, and 'buried under arms,' as he was the
captain of the town militia.
[p. 59] To reach the inland settlements, like the Bridgewaters, a horseback ride over the old Indian trails was
necessary. If the goodwife accompanied her husband, she rode behind him on a pillion. Horses were scarce, but if
one was available, a party of four could go by the 'ride and tie' method, one couple riding for some distance, then
dismounting and tying the horse, rested, and waiting for them to ride in their turn.
The old Plymouth Coast Road, from Boston to Plymouth, was provided for by the General Court in 1639. It ran
over 'the Neck,' through Roxbury and Milton, to that part of old Braintree now known as Quincy; from there through
Weymouth to Hingham and Cohasset, then a part of the town of Hingham; over the King's Highway across Bound
Brook, and 'the Cohasset road' into Scituate. There it took the name of the 'Countrey Way' over the Brushy Hill, to
the ferry on the North River, established as early as 1637 by Mr. William Vassall, near his home at Belle House Neck.
That year, 200 acres of very advantageously situated land along the river were granted that distinguished gentleman,
on the condition that he 'keep a ferry against his farm, toll 1d for a man, and 4d for a beast.' . . .
The following year, the court ordered a ferry kept near the mouth of the river, below 'New Harbour marshes,' for the
convenience of the magistrates. Its first ferryman was Jonathan Brewster of Duxbury. In 1645, Ralph Chapman, the
ferryman, implored the court to excuse him, 'as it would bring him to extreme poverty.' He was excused, except on
'special occasions.'
The road leading to Vassall's was one of the earliest laid out, before 1646. Before that date it was simply a matter
of choice whether the trail along the shore over the Third or Fourth Cliff, and Brewster's Ferry, be [p. 60] chosen, or
that less-exposed tract to Vassall's Ferry, and then on to Duxbury and Plymouth. . . .
Scituate was the first town in the colony to employ a jury or commission to lay out roads. The first foreman of such
a commission was Mr. William Vassall, appointed before 1646. One of the roads laid out by this first jury was from
Stedman's mill at 'the green bush,' to his own residence at Belle House Neck, and the ferry near at hand. This first
road followed the course of what is now named 'Judge Cushing Road,' that ancient way that is being renewed by the
town of Scituate, from the location of the 'Judge Cushing Memorial,' across Rotten Marsh to Cushing burial place on
the old Vassall-Cushing estate.
Weeden, in his 'Economic and Social History of New England,' says that Plymouth Colony was busy building roads
as early as 1639. Most of these roads followed the old Indian trails, which were leveled, and rude bridges built over
some of the streams that were not fordable at all seasons. The story of these early roads is a fascinating study, and
before leaving them to give an account of the old turnpikes, we must dwell for a moment on that old trail known as the
'Massachusetts Path,' between Plymouth and Massachusetts, used for many years, or hundreds of years it may be,
by the red men before the [p. 61] English trod these shores. Most people are familiar with the story of that old trail; of
Gov. Winthrop and his party passing over it on foot to visit Gov. Bradford at Plymouth, and when, on the return trip,
after passing the 'great swamp,' they came to what they called the 'great river,' the Indian Head, the principal tributary
of North River. There, the water being high and the current strong, the dignified governor was forded over the stream
on the back of his guide, named Luddam. This place has since borne the name of 'Luddam's Ford.' It is near the
Clapp Rubber Mill at Curtis' Crossing.
Massachusetts Colony began as early as September 5, 1639, to make some arrangements to regulate mail matter.
On that date an act was passed 'For preventing the miscarriage of letters,' which reads: 'It is ordered that notice bee
given that Richard Fairbanks his house in Boston is the place appointed for all letters which are brought from beyond
the seas, or are to be sent thither. . . . such letters are to be brought unto him, and he is to take care that they be
delivered, or sent according to their directions, and he is allowed for each letter 1d, and must answer all miscarriages
through his own neglect in this kind; provided that no man shall be compelled to bring his letters thither except he
please.' This regulated the foreign mail service; domestic service still went its way unregulated, carried by chance
travelers by boat or on horseback.
In 1673, the first regular mounted post from Boston to New York was established. This messenger service was
once in two weeks, and the rider, who was 'sent post,' was allowed 3d per mile for horse and man. Inn holders were
limited for baiting the horse to two shillings per bushel for oats, and 4d for hay, day and night.
In 1693, an act was passed by the General Court establishing, for the first time under that name, a General Postoffice. In 1706, John Campbell was postmaster at Boston. In 1704, he began to publish the first newspaper in the
colonies, entitled the Weekly Intelligencer, later to [p. 62] be known as the Boston News Letter. It is believed that
post-riders passed through Scituate at this early date, for there is a tradition that they rode over an old 'way' that was
abandoned as early as 1704. This old way bore to the north near the Second Herring Brook, east of South Scituate
Village, passed to the east of Herring Brook Hill, where the village is located, skirted Dead Swamp, and came out on
what is now known as Central Street. Here the trail divided; the left-hand trail led to Bryant's Corner, where a small
settlement had been made, and the right-hand to the 'common lands' around Sherman's Corner, where a few more
settlers had taken up lands. Until 1775, post-riders passed through the towns at intervals neither frequent nor
regular.
[p. 65] Taverns, or 'ordinaries,' for the entertainment of man and beast, were licensed as soon as the old Indian
trails were leveled to make traveling on horseback possible from settlement to settlement. In 1657, Nicholas Wade,
who lived on the west side of Brushy Hill, was licensed to keep an 'ordinary.' This is the earliest record of a licensed
ordinary that has been [p. 66] discovered on the town records. None but those of highest reputation were allowed to
entertain chance guests, and host and hostess were responsible for the conduct of those they entertained, who, if this
was not satisfactory, were at once conducted to the village limits and told to return no more.
[p. 69] Looking on the map of eastern Massachusetts one sees a line, practically straight, extending in a
southwesterly direction from Scituate to the Rhode Island boundary. This line, about thirty-five miles long, separates
townships for its whole length, and for the most part forms the boundary between Norfolk and Plymouth counties.
Hingham and Hull, although belonging to the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, were never a part of Plymouth Colony,
but have been in the County of Plymouth since 1803. The line is now a county boundary, with the exception that
Hingham and Hull lie on the northerly side of it. This line, referred to in old records as the 'Old Colony Line,' 'Patent
Line,' or 'Patten Line,' is the longest straight boundary subdividing Massachusetts. It originally marked the division
between the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the north and the Plymouth Colony on the south, thus separating Puritans
from Pilgrims. It passes through the middle of Accord Pond, in whose depths lies the meeting point of three towns.
This line was established in 1640 by John Endicott, Israel Stoughton, William Bradford, and Edward Winslow. All
these except Israel Stoughton, were governors or ex-governors of the colonies--a very distinguished group of officials
to lay out this important boundary. The beginning of the line was at 'Bound Rock,' close by the outlet of Lincoln's Mill
Pond at North Scituate.
We can picture to ourselves this little party of eminent men in their quaint colonial costumes starting from Bound
Rock to lay out the line which should equitably separate the two colonies. Passing as it did through unmapped forest,
it must have been a task of no small [p. 70] difficulty to place the bounds of this long, straight line. Even today the
locating across miles of wild country of high-tension electric lines is considered difficult.
This 'Old Colony Line' is, with one exception, the earliest artificial boundary located by landmarks in the United
States. A line extending twelve miles across the peninsula, from Chesapeake Bay to the ocean, was established in
1632, and remains as a present boundary between Maryland and Virginia. The latter line was designated in a charter
from the King, while the Massachusetts Colony line was a mutual arrangement between the two colonies by their own
appointed commissioners.
This Tablet is Erected by the Commonwealth on the Boundary Line Between the Plymouth and Massachusetts
Colonies. Bound Rock the Starting Point of Said Line as Fixed in 1640 by Jo. Endecott, Israel Stoughton, William
Bradford, and Edward Winslow Commissioners of the Two Colonies Lies 133 Feet N. 52 Degrees E. from the Spot.
Bound Rock is underneath a storehouse of the grain mill originally owned by Mordecai Lincoln, on Mordecai
Lincoln Road, at the outlet of Lincoln's Mill Pond, and is marked by a stone post, which projects upward through the
floor of the building. As it was impracticable to mark the spot with a tablet, the memorial (a boulder with tablet) has
been placed close to the main highway at the Cohasset line and resting against the boundary post at a point 133 feet
distant from Bound Rock. The memorial was prepared and placed in position by the Old Colony Commission,
appointed by the governor in 1895, and consisting of William T. Davis, of Plymouth; Rev. S. Hopkins Emery, of
Taunton; and L. Vernon Briggs, of Boston. It was erected in 1900 between 1623 and 1700 at Scituate, Plymouth
County, MA, US.12 He was deeded in 1628 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, US; "The earliest record bears date of
1628, conveying land from Henry Merritt to Nathaniel Tilden: 'All that land which I had of Goodman Byrd, lying within
the fence at the north end of the third cliffe, unto the land of Nathaniel Tilden.' (Col. Rec.) There is a tradition in the
Turner family that Humphrey Turner owned his farm east of Colman Hills in 1626, although he resided in Plymouth
until 1633. If it is true that land was assigned Turner in 1626, it is probable that the first owners of the Third Cliff lots
received theirs as early. Nathaniel Tilden is said to have had a farm at Satuit [p.3] in 1626, of which his Third Cliff lots
may have formed the whole or a part".13
SAVAGE, Vol. 3, p. 301 - "NATHANIEL, Scituate came in the Hercules 1635 from Sandwich, in Co. Kent, being one
of an old fam. at Tenterden, near Cranbrook, in that shire, bring. w. Lydia, seven ch. and seven serv. He may have
visit. our country bef. and went home to bring his household; but it does not appear by any facts. In May 1637, with
his friend Hatherly, he was appoint. by Plymouth Col. to sett. the bounds betw. it and Mass. He was rul. elder in the
ch. and d. 1641, the inv. being of 31 July, and his will of 25 May preced. in that yr. It names his w. Lydia, perhaps d.
of Thomas Bourne of Marshfield, yet m. in Eng. to wh. he gives his ho. at Tenterden, all the seven ch. Joseph;
Thomas, b. a. 1621; Mary, the w. of Thomas Lapham, m. 13 Mar. 1637; Sarah, the w. of George Sutton; Judith;
Lydia; and Stephen; also two serv. wh. should serve his eldest s. Judith m. Abraham Preble, and Lydia m. Richard
Garrett."
[my note - Savage speculates that Nathaniel came over before 1635, the deed between him and Merritt seems to
confirm it.] between 1635 and 1641 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, US. 14
He and LYDIA HUCKSTEP immigrated in Mar 1634/35 to from Duxbury to Scituate, to Plymouth Colony MA, US; on the
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Hercules.15 16 17
He left a will on 25 May 1641 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, US; bequests to wife, sons Joseph, Thomas and
Stephen, daughters Judith, Mary, Sarah, and Lydia, to servants Edward Ginkins and Edward Tarte. Wife to have a
house at Tenterden.18
ENGLISH ORIGINS: In 'Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica,' Series 2, Vol. 1, p. 333, there is printed a Tilden
pedigree, taken from the Visitation of London, 1687, and headed 'Tower Ward, Dolphin Precinct.' Bakers' Hall in
Harp Lane, Tuesday 2 August 1687.
The arms portrayed are Azure a saltire ermine between four pheons or. The crest, a broken spear inverted gules,
head or, environed by a snake proper.
The Richard Tilden who entered the pedigree was a first cousin once removed of Nathaniel Tilden, the emigrant to
New England, and he evidently proved to the satisfaction of the College of Arms his right to bear the arms described
above. Since he tried to trace his ancestry back to [p. 154] Richard Tilden, the testator 1565-6 it is likely that this
Richard, his great-grandfather, had borne these same arms; and, if this should be proved, then Nathaniel Tilden and
his descendants in the male line would be entitled to bear them on 2 Aug 1687 at Tower Ward, Dolphin Precinct,
London, Kent, ENGLAND.19
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Lydia Huckstep was baptized on 11 Feb 1587/88 at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent, ENGLAND. 20 21 She
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married Timothy Hatherly after 1641 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, US. She died circa Jul 1672 at MA, US;
TILDEN FAMILY: She died before the last day of July 1672, when her grandson, Nathaniel was given possession of
her house.23
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Known children of NATHANIEL
TILDEN and LYDIA HUCKSTEP all b. at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent,
ENGLAND, were as follows:
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THOMAS; 24 25 26 baptized 23 Oct 1608;27 28 d. 19 Jan 1618/19 at Tenterden, Kent,
ENGLAND at age 10;29 bur. 19 Jan 1618/19 at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent,
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ENGLAND.30 31
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MARY; baptized 20 May 1610;32 33 d. Mar 1690 at Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, US at age
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JOSEPH;35 36 37 baptized 12 Jan 1612;38 39 d. 15 Mar 1611/12 at Tenterden, Kent,
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ENGLAND;40 41 bur. 15 Mar 1611/12 at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent,
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ENGLAND.42 43
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SARAH; baptized 13 Jun 1613;44 45 d. Mar 1677 at Berkeley, NC, US at age 63.46
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JOSEPH; baptized 29 Apr 1615;47 48 d. 3 Jun 1670 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, US at age
55.49
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STEPHEN;50 51 52 baptized 31 Mar 1617;53 54 d. 21 Oct 1619 at Tenterden, Kent, ENGLAND at
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age 2;55 bur. 21 Oct 1619 at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent, ENGLAND.56 57
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THOMAS; baptized 19 Jan 1618/19;58 59 d. between 1 Feb 1705 and 21 May 1705 at
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Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA, US.
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JUDITH; baptized 22 Oct 1620;61 62 d. after 1669 at York, ME, US; probably.63
She witnessed the immigration of NATHANIEL TILDEN and LYDIA HUCKSTEP in Mar 1634/35
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at from Duxbury to Scituate, to Plymouth Colony MA, US; on the Hercules.64 65 66
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W INIFRED;67 68 69 baptized 22 Oct 1622;70 71 d. 14 Sep 1627 at Tenterden, Kent, ENGLAND
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at age 4;72 bur. 14 Sep 1627 at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent, ENGLAND.73 74
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LYDIA;75 76 77 baptized 30 May 1624;78 79 d. 15 Sep 1624 at Tenterden, Kent, ENGLAND;80
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bur. 15 Sep 1624 at St. Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent, ENGLAND. 81 82
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LYDIA; baptized 28 Sep 1625;83 84 d. after 1663 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, US; probably.85
STEPHEN, b. 11 Oct 1629; m. HANNAH LITTLE.
1
ibid, p. 2. [.xxx.]
2
ibid, p. 41. [2.22.]
3
Roberts, English Origins of New, pp. 147 and 151-152. [2.22.]
4
Tilden, Tilden Family, 1235-1635, p. 41. [22112]
5
Roberts, English Origins of New, p. 430. [2211.]
6
Tilden, Tilden Family, 1235-1635, p. 41. [2.12.]
7
Roberts, English Origins of New, p. 152. [2.12.]
8
Tilden, Tilden Family, 1235-1635, p. 41. [2.122]
9
Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonie, Towns
and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1986), p.
454. [2.2..]
10
Roberts, English Origins of New, p. 152. [...22]
11
Tilden, Tilden Family, 1235-1635, p. 34. [2.222]
12
DAR Chief Justice Cushing Chapter, Old Scituate (n.p.: DAR, 1921), pp. 1-6, 58-62, 65-66, 69-71. [22..2]
13
ibid, p. 3. [2.122]
14
James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of
Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register, IV (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing
Co., Inc., 1994), p. 301. [2.222]
15
Tilden, Tilden Family, 1235-1635, p. 41. [2.122]
16
Roberts, English Origins of New, pp. 152 and 430. [22122]
17
Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, a, p. 454. [22222]
18
ibid, p. 454. [2.222]
19
Roberts, English Origins of New, pp. 152-153. [2.222]
20
Tilden, Tilden Family, 1235-1635, p. 43. [2.22.]
21
Roberts, English Origins of New, pp. 248 and 430. [2.22.]
22
Tilden, Tilden Family, 1235-1635, p. 41. [2212.]
23
ibid, p. 43. [2.112]
24
ibid, p. 42. [.xxx.]
25
ibid, p. 42. [.xxx.]
26
ibid, p. 42. [.xxx.]
27
ibid, p. 42. [2.22.]
28
Roberts, English Origins of New, pp. 148 and 152. [2.22.]
29
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