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Pedigree of John Tilden Sr.

English Pedigree
of
John Tilden of Tenterden

1. JOHN(F) Tilden, b. Benenden, co. Kent, England; m. Joanne (--?--). John d. aft. 15 Jun 1474, Beneden.[1] Joanne d. abt. Apr 1476.[1]
                              Children: ( Born @ Beneden, co. Kent, England [2] )
                      2.     i     JOHN(E) TILDEN.
                              ii    Thomas(E) Tilden; m. Margaret (--?--) who survived her hus.; he d. c. Nov 1480.
                              iii    Robert(E) Tilden; m. Alice (--?--) who survived her hus. He d. c. 11 Jul 1480, Benenden.
                                     They had one son, John, b. 1479.
                              iv    Alice(E) Tilden. She was living in 1479.
                              v     Agnes(E) Tilden. She was living in 1474.

2. JOHN(E) TILDEN ( 1.John(F) ) b. Benenden, co. Kent, England; m. JOANNE (--?--) b. Beneden. She survived her hus. who d. c. 9 May 1492. They lived in Marden.[3]
                              Children: ( Born @ Marden, co. Kent, England [3] )
                              i     William(D) Tilden. He was living in 1492.
                     3.      ii    THOMAS(D) TILDEN.
                              iii   Joanne(D) Tilden. She was living in 1492.

3. THOMAS(D) TILDEN ( 2.John(E), 1.John(1) ) b. Marden, co. Kent, England; m. JOANNE (--?--) who survived her hus. He d. c. 1514.[4]
                             Children: ( Born @ Marden, co. Kent, England [4] )
                     4.     i     RICHARD(C) TILDEN.
                             ii    John(C) Tilden. He was living in 1513.
                             iii   Alice(C) Tilden, She was living in 1513.
                             iv   Helen(C) Tilden, She was living in 1513.
                             v    Joanne(C) Tilden. She was living in 1513.

4. RICHARD(C) TILDEN ( 3.THomas(D), 2.John(E), 1.John(F) ) b. Marden, co. Kent, England, was living in `1513, not yet 21; m. JOANE (--?--) who survived her hus. and who d. c. Mar 1557/58.[5]
                             Children: ( Born @ Marden, co. Kent, England [5] )
                             i     John(B) Tilden. He was living in 1554.
                             ii    Robert(B) Tilden. He was living in 1554.
                             iii   George(B) Tilden. He was living in 1554.
                   5.       iv   RICHARD(B) TILDEN.
                             v    Anne(B) Tilden. She was living in 1554.

5. RICHARD(B) TILDEN ( 4.Richard(C), 3.Thomas(D), 2.John(E), 1.John(F) ) b. Marden, co. Kent, England, was a yeoman of Tenterden. He m. Elizabeth Glover. Richard d. c. 15 May 1566, Tenterden, bur. Tenterden.
                             Children: ( Born @ Tenterden, co. Kent, England [6] )
                             i   John(A) Tilden; m. 23 Jan 1569/70, Patience Casslen, dau. of George Casslen, Jurat of Tenterden.
                                  She d. c. 1615; bur. 23 Nov 1615, Tenterden. John was one of the jurats of Tenterden. He served as mayor
                                  in 1585 & 1600. He d. c.Jan 1625/26, Tenterden, bur. 19 Jan 1625/26, Tenterden.  
                            ii    Julyan(A) Tilden. She m. 21 Jun 1568, Tenterden, Thomas Finch. Both were living 11 Apr 1572.   
                            iii   Agnes(A) Tilden. She m. 14 Feb 1568/69, Tenterden, Peter Pyere, sailor, who was bur. there 17 Apr 1573.
                                  She surviving.
                            iv   Thomas(A) Tilden. He was living, unm. in 1572.
                            v    Catherine(A) Tilden, bap. 30 Sep 1554.
                            vi   Mary(A) Tilden, bap. 8 Jan 1556.
                            vii  Alice(A) Tilden, bap. 6 Apr 1559, d. bef. Sep 1561; bur. 30 Sep 1561, Tenterden @ age abt. 2 yrs.
                   6.     viii THOMAS(A) TILDEN.

6. THOMAS(A) TILDEN ( 5.Richard(B), 4.Richard(C), 3.Thomas(D), 2.John(E), 1.John(F) ) b. c.1546, Tenterden, co. Kent, England; m. (1) 10 Mar 1576, Tenterden, ALICE BIGGE, prob. dau. of WALTER BIGGE. She d. May 1583, Tenterden. He m. (2) Ellen Couchman; m. (3) Alice (--?--) who survived him. Thomas was not yet 24 years of age. He became one of the jurats of Tenterden. He d. bef. 6 Jun 1617 @ age abt. 71 which is the date he was bur. @ Wye.[7]
                             Children by Alice Bigge: ( Born @ Tenterden, co. Kent, England [7] )
                             i     Sarah(1) Tilden, bap. 30 Aug 1579; m. 20 Nov 1600, Tenterden, John Stransham.
                             ii    Abigail(1) Tilden, bap.  26 Feb 1581, d. bef. 5 Aug 1582, Tenterden; bur. 5 Aug 1582, Tenterden.
                     7.    iii   NATHANIEL(1) TILDEN.
                            Children by Ellen Couchman: ( Born @ Tenterden [7] )
                            iv    Joseph(1) Tilden, bap. 28 Nov 1585.
                            v     Hopestill(1) Tilden, bap. 1 May 1588; m. (1) 3 Aug 1613, Sandwich, co. Kent, Gertrude Grant;
                                   m. (2) Deborah Hughes.
                            vi    Thomas(1) Tilden, bap. 1 May 1593. (Note: It has been proven beyond doubt that this was the Thomas
                                   who came to Plymouth Colony in New England in the ship "Ann" in 1623, and bought lands for three. He
                                   afterwards  left the colony sometime bef. 1627 returning to England. No further trace of him has been found.) [8]
                            vii   Theophilus(1) Tilden, bap. 11 Oct 1596, d. bef. 1613; bur. 20 Apr 1613, St. Peters, East Oxford, England.
                            viii Freegift(1) Tilden, bap. 29 May 1604. He was licensed as curate of Langley, co. Kent, 17 Nov 1625; was rector
                                   in 1626. He d. bef. May 1662; bur.there as rector, 5 May 1662. He m. a sis. of William Muddle.

[1]  Will dated 12 Sep 1463.
[2]  Will dated 15 Jun 1474; proved 1 Apr 1476.
[3]  Will dated 1 Apr, proved 9 May 1492.
[4]  Will dated 25 Mar 1513, proved 26 Apr 1514.
[5]  Will dated Marden, 1514, proved 5 Mar 1557/58.
[6]  Will dated, Marden, 22 Jan 1565, proved @ Canterbury, 15 May 1566.
[7]  Will dated Marden, 1616, proved @ Canterbury, 20 Jun 1617.
[8]  Saints & Strangers by George F. Willison (1945) Page 450.

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