Tylden family

[1] During the reign of Henry II, there are records of a Sir Richard Tylden who was seneschal (or steward) to Hugh de Lacy, Constable of Chester.

The Tyldens possessed manors in the parishes of Brenchley, Kennington, near Ashford, Kent, Otterden, Milstead, Tilmanstone and Wormshill.

Descendants of the Tylden line continued to reside at Milsted Manor in Milstead, Kent, until the 19th century[2] including William Burton Tylden (1790–1854), an officer in the Royal Engineers The Tilden families of America descend from John Tilden, a clothier of Benenden, born around 1400.

His descendant, Nathaniel Tilden,[3] sailed with his family (his wife Lydia (nee Huckstep), seven children and seven servants) in March 1634 on the Hercules, from Sandwich, Kent to Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Nathaniel Tilden was chosen ruling elder of the first church of Scituate, Massachusetts within a year after his arrival.