| Samuel Tilghman Samuel
Tilghman, Admiral, Born 1618. Married Alice Cox May 17, 1645 Occupation: Admiral of Maryland, 7/15/1658. Captain of the ship "Golden Fortune" in 1655, and Captain of the ship "Constant Friendship" in 1666. He sailed the Atlantic for 15 years. He never moved to America, but instead served Lord Baltimore as captain of the Golden Fortune. In January 1654, he apparently brought instructions to Governor Stone from Lord Baltimore, for soon thereafter Stone incited the Loyalists to recapture the Assembly Records from Richard Preston's house and then march northward until defeated at the Battle of the Severne River (Hall 1910:239). Talbot Co Land surveys shows "Tilghman Fortune" 8-24-1659 surveyed for Samuel Tilghman. We do not presently have a patent or other land document for Samuel. Samuel's
father was WHETENHALL TILGHMAN who was b 1618. Susan Grimshaw visited the London PRO on 22 Oct 98 and found the following references to TILLMAN in the volumes mentioned which are held at the PRO Kew in the Main Library room - open shelves. State
Papers Colonial 1574 - 1660 It is reported that Richard bought 400 a. from James Cousey of Lincoln Inn, Middlesex. Note: Susan Grimshaw has been corresponding with Alan K. Tillman of England about the Tilghman data which we have which we know has missing elements where generations are missing and some siblings apparently unreported. As an example, we have nothing on Alan's Tilghman's in Dorset c 1400. The data found in the Tilghman Book by Stephen F. Tillman and the website of Karen T Sola closely follow the Visitations to Kent 1635, which skips one or more generations without comment about the time of Henry IV (say 1410) and disregards the Devon/Dorset family of landowners whose heritage may be traced with confidence to Norfolk in the, early 13th century, Richard's records show that he was a 'parliamentarian' (opposed to the then King who was beheaded). He had been a surgeon in the British Navy. "Old Kent" says Richard was a signature to a petition to have justice done upon Charles-I. Richard came here with a permit directly from Lord Baltimore. Samuel was in the chain of communication to MD authorities in the times of Cromwell. In that connection, Richard Tilghman was sort of tainted. Lord Baltimore lost his proprietorship one time which is a tangled web too. I don't know any way to tie Richard to George Helms but there might have been a tie and it could have been the reason why George's son, John burned the courthouse in NC. Where there's smoke there may have been fire. Note:We had a note on a George Helm in DE from PENNSYLVANIA COLONIAL RECORDS (1600-1800)\\ Source: Abstracts from The Amer Weekly Mercury, 1733, HELM, George, Irishman, - escaped from the goal of Kent County, Dover, DE. Maybe that is the broken chain on our Helms story. We have also found a place called Helms Landing in DE. We have not had any Helm records there, and don't know the founding date of that place. To view a map of the area where Helms Landing is located CLICK HERE. Delaware's records are confounded by it's having been part of PA until after the Revolution, and because the Duke of York exercised control for a period. * 24 Nov 1653: (p 411) Samuel TILGHMAN commander of "GOLDEN FORTUNE" is granted a warrant to transport servants and passengers to Virginia including 150 shoes. * 20 Jun 1660: (p 482) Samuel TILGHMAN, master of a ship, is mentioned in an affidavit concerning trading in Maryland in a (....court....) action by the Governor Josias Fendall against Lord Baltimore's jurisdiction attempting to form a commonwealth. Note: Samuel also is said to have had a survey for 1000 a. of land in Talbot Co, MD called "Tilghman's Fortune" surveyed for him in Aug. 24, 1657. There is a problem with that , as Somerset Co, Land records have a 90 a. place, "Tilghmans Fortune" patented to Isaiah Tilghman in 1762 and willed to his son, James Tilghman in 1790. In addition to plying the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, Samuel had ocean crossings which have not been documented. He was closely associated with Richard Tilghman,and is thought to have brought Richard Tilghman to MD. Samuel's full activities are not yet defined. It is said that he sailed the Atlantic for 15 years. He is recorded as bring people to VA and MD, at least. We have never quite brought to rest the problem where we had Helme(s) in Lancashire England who were Catholic and who disappeared. Lord Baltimore (and Samuel T.) could have been involved in their disappearance from England. Lord Baltimore was a Catholic too, but did not insist on having a Catholic colony. It is said that he was more of a business man and steered around that problem. (The Tilghmans in MD were Church of England-but I don't know whether Richard and Samuel were. I'd guess they had to show up at least once a quarter and pay the tithe, as all had to do-even in Catholic MD.) Anyway, the Maryland situation is pregnant with possibilities. Stephen F. Tillman's book on the Tilghmnns has a short piece on Samuel as follows: SAMUEL TILGHMAN, son of Whetenhall Tilghman and Ellen Renching was b. 1618. He m. Alice Cox May 17, 1645. He was appointed Admiral of Maryland by Lord Baltimore Jul 15 1658, and, though he never settled in Maryland, he did make several trips to the Eastern Shore. His name will be found in early Maryland History. We have more on him but that is at least a beginning. According to Stephen Tillman, Samuel's step-wise upwards progression was: His father was Whetenhall Tilghman, son of Wm and Susannah Whitenhall. Whetenhall was b. Jul 25, 1576, d. bef 1652, m. Ellen Renching Feb 4, 1607. Wm Tilghman, son of Richard Tilghman and Julian Newman was b. c. 1518 d. abt Feb 24, 1593, he married 4 times. Susannah was his 4th wife. Richard
Tilghman, son of William Tilghman and Isabel Avery, d. about 1518. Wm Tilghman, son of Thomas Tilghman and Joan Newman was b. c. 1410, and d. Aug 27, 1541. Thomas Tilghman was son of Richard Tilghman and Dionysia Hollaway? of Snodland. Richard Tilghman was son of William Tilghman William was son of Richard Tilghman. Richard Tilghman was son of Nicholas Tilghman. Nicholas Tilghman was son of John (Johannes) Tilghman about 1225. As is mentioned above, that is sort of sketchy. Susan's friend Alan K. Tillman, in England, says there are big gaps in that line with missing generations and missing siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Alan also said that his descent was from a branch of the family seated in Dorset at Gillingham, from where many of the Helmes/Elmes in the Caribbean came. That is very suggestive. And, Harold Polk has stated that he had found that Samuel had mastered a ship carrying his ancestor Polk/Pollocks from Ireland to Somerset Co, MD. The question is: who else did he transport? I also think his ship was armed, and did do some privateer operations. Samuel had a brother, Oswald, who was a prominent grocery man (Liveryman) in London. Oswald's descendants included the Richard, above, who was counselor of Maryland, who may have figured in our Helms story in ways we are yet to discover. Also, In 1666, Samuel was captain of Constant Friendship. Harold Polk has found a reference to the ship his immigrant family of Robert Pollock/Magdaline Tasker and son, Joseph, may have used to travel from Ireland to Maryland in about 1660. The ship was said to be the "Golden Fortune" an interesting fact, if true, is that the captain of the ship was a "cousin" of Robert's named, Capt. Tilghman. Now that is a fine turn of events, as he might be related to the Tilghman that was thought to have been the mother of our 3 brothers. Harold has been trying to find a passenger list for that trip; but, according to Allen Spry, the ship landed in MD in 1687 which is too late for Robert, but Samuel did apparently make a number of crossings for about 15 years. . And, there would be a question that the ship to Maryland in 1667 may have been his second ship, "Constant Friendship". The trip on the "Golden Fortune" which Richard Tilghman came on, was in about 1661. Obviously, we are tracking a number of crossings- some of which may have been unrecorded. Also, more ships passenger information may be found at this English site: However a search of that site indicated that the data for those dates are not available there. We have searched quite long for a timely wife for the NC Helms mother but so far have not found anyone except for Gideon Tillman's daughter, Elizabeth, b. 1694, as previously reported. It could be that Tilman Helms first name came from an association with the Tilghmans discussed above. And, it may be that a Helms family trip on one of Samuel Tilghman's ship was a part of the Helms story. If so it suggests that like the Polks and Moses Helm, they may have come here from Ireland. The Helms Landing in Delaware needs further research. |
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