Kent, England came with wife Lydia, 7 children, and 7 servants in 1635 to Scituate MA 1634, on ship "Hercules" (first name on ships list), had been mayor of Tenterdon, brother Joseph fitted out Mayflower. To North Marshfield (part of Scituate). 1st Church Elder, Scituate, w wife Lydia.. Of the gentry, addressed as "Mr." One of wealthiest in Scituate. Nathaniel's farm in Scituate extended on both sides of the North River, part of it including " Gravelly Beach ". Two daughters Mary and Sarah married on the same day to two of Tilden's servants.
"Nathaniel Tilden was among the earliest of the �Men of Kent' who established plantations at Satuit before 1628, others being Anthony Annable, Thomas Bird, Edward Foster, William Gillson, Henry Merritt, Henry Rowley, Nathaniel Tilden, and Deane says, �perhaps others.'"
Lysander Salmon Richards notes in "History of Marshfield" (Memorial Press, Plymouth, 1901) "Elder Nath'l Tilden was the ancestor of nearly all the Tildens in Marshfield. He was one of three borothers, and they were called �Men of Kent,' from, England. He came to Scitaute at that portion called �Tow Mile' tract, now known as North Marshfield, in 1628. His farm extended both sides of North River, part of it being on �Gravelly beach.'"
