TILDEN (Wilmshurst)
Tildenne, Tylden, Tyldenne1) Locality: 'Tila's denu' (Tila's valley) (Old English)2) Locality: From Tilden in Headcorn, Great, Little Tilden in Marden, or Tilden in Benenden - all in Kent, EnglandThe name of Tilden, anciently Tylden, is derived from the residence of its first bearers at a place so named in England, probably an estate in the County of 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 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 at least, to the landed and educated classes. According to family historians, Sir Richard Tilden or de Tylden was Seneschal to Hugh de Lacy, Constable of Chester, during the reign of Henry II of Enlgand (ca 1153-1189). He was further said to have accompanied King Richard I (Richard Coeur de Lion) to Palestine and to have served with him in the Cursades in the year 1191. Sir Richard Tylden, probably a son of the last mentioned Sir Richard, is called "...of Sittenborne, in Kent". He married Gertrude, daughter of Sir William Vernon of Fordsham, in Cheshire. Of this union was borne a son, Sir Henry Tylden, who was probably identical with the Henry de Tildenne who was recorded in Kent about the year 1292. Sir Henry married Phillippa, daughter of Sir Richard Boteler, of Lancashire, and was the father by her of Sir William who married Constance, daughter of Rodolphus Gannett and has issue by her of another Sir William Tylden, who served under the Black Prince in the Battle of Poictiers in 1366. (Source: The Tilden Roots)1 Samuel TILDEN b: ca 1652 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: ca 10 June 1698 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Burial: 10 June 1698 in Cranbrook, Kent, England + Susan/nah CAREY b: ca 2 July 1660 in Mayfield, East Sussex, England, Baptism: 2 July 1660 in Mayfield, East Sussex, England, m: 10 February 1679 in Wadhurst, East Sussex, England, d: ca 20 July 1715 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Burial: 20 July 1715 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
2 Samuel TILDEN b: 1 December 1683 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Baptism: 11 February 1693 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: 30 May 1704
2 John TILDEN b: 3 February 1685 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Baptism: 11 February 1693 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: 23 December 1735
2 Susanna TILDEN b: 8 December 1687 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Baptism: 11 February 1693 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: 8 October 1713 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Burial: 15 October 1713 in St Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent, England
2 George TILDEN b: 10 January 1689 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Baptism: 11 February 1693 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: 10 October 1735 in Cranbrook, Kent, England + Elizabeth FULLAGAR b: ca 18 March 1692 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England, Baptism: 18 March 1692 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England, m: 11 March 1715 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: 9 May 1760 in Kent, England
3 Elizabeth TILDEN b: ca 12 April 1716 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
3 Samuel TILDEN b: ca 26 September 1718 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: November 1746, Burial: 25 November 1746
3 George TILDEN b: ca May 1721 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: 25 May 1759
3 John TILDEN b: ca 28 January 1723 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: June 1724
3 Martha TILDEN b: 15 September 1726 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
3 Jane TILDEN b: 15 November 1727 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
3 Sarah TILDEN b: 11 April 1729 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Baptism: 11 April 1729 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: 1773 in Cranbrook, Kent, England + Stephen WILMSHURST b: ca 17 February 1730 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Baptism: 17 February 1730 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, m: ca 1749 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: 1804 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
3 Fullagar TILDEN b: 15 September 1732 in Cranbrook, Kent, England + Richard HUMPHREY b: ca 1728 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, m: 3 December 1751 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
3 Anna Maria TILDEN b: 22 November 1734 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
2 Sarah TILDEN b: 3 February 1692 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Baptism: 11 February 1693 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
2 Daniel TILDEN b: ca 11 February 1693 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Baptism: 11 February 1693 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: 27 July 1741 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Burial: 1 August 1741 in Cranbrook, Kent, England + Susannah MOOR m: 12 July 1720 in St Benet's, Paul's Wharf, London, Middlesex, England
2 Henry TILDEN b: ca 28 March 1695 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Baptism: 28 March 1695 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: ca 20 February 1732 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Burial: 20 February 1732 in Cranbrook, Kent, England + Elizabeth COOMBS m: 21 January 1717 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
3 Susan TILDEN b: 1718 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
2 Mary TILDEN b: 22 May 1697 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Baptism: 31 May 1697 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, d: 27 October 1715 in Cranbrook, Kent, England, Burial: 8 November 1715 in St Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent, England
