In the absence of any record as to when Edmond Tilson and wife Joane left England, or arrived in New England, we can only form conclusions from the first records at Plymouth, Mass., when he applied to the court, Sept. 3, 1638, for land at Woeberry Plaine, and same year on Oct. 1, the court granted him five acres. (The new county buildings are on Woeberry Plaine.) He was many times on the Jury, evidently a capable person and interested in the affairs of the Colony. He owned land at North River on the northerly bound of "the two mile," which was a part of Scituate, and at Lakenham, (now a part of Carver). His residence was at Plymouth, where he died Oct. 25, 1660. His widow, Mrs. Joane Tilson, married Giles Rickard, Sr., May 20, 1662. She died before 1669, from the fact that Giles Rickard, Sr., married 3d, Hannah, widow of John Churchill, in 1669. There is nothing to establish the birth of any of the following children. By comparing various records, I have been able to give some approximate dates, which may aid some. Without doubt three of the children were born in England.
Mary Tilson, b. prob. betw. 1625-30; m. James Cole, Jr.
Elizabeth Tilson, b. prob. betw. 1630-34; m. Benj. Denham.
Ephraim Tilson, b. prob. betw. 1635-37; m. Elizabeth Hoskins.
Joan Tilson, b. prob. 1638. John Tilson, b. prob. 1640; d.; will proved Oct. 29, 1673
