The Tilden Family Crest

From manuscripts in the possession of the late Sir John Maxwell Tylden, Knt., of Milsted, Co. Kent, England, it appears proven that a branch, of that ancient family [which traces back to Sir Richard Tylden (tmpo. Henry II.)] went from Tenderden, Co. Kent, to Co. Sussex in the early part of the XVII. century; also, that another branch emigrated to America-the colonist, Nathaniel Tilden, being a cousin of Sir Richard Tylden, who died in 1639, in England. Elder Nathaniel Tilden [the American branch spells the name uniformly with an i instead of y] arrived to and settled at Scituate, Mass., before 1628. He had seven children, all born in England. Chosen Ruling Elder of the first church in Scituate; in 1634, he died in 1641. All the American Tildens descend from the above-named Nathaniel, undoubtedly a scion of the Kentish house of Tylden. The colonist himself was a son of Joseph Tylden, one of the London Merchant Adventures.

Family

Tilden

Motto

Truth and Liberty.

Blazon

A Battle-Axe, Erect, Entwined With A Snake: All Proper.

Source

America Hereldica