Edward Hilton

Summary

• ORIGIN: London
• MIGRATION: 1628
• FIRST RESIDENCE: Dover
• REMOVES: Exeter by 1639
• RETURN TRIPS: To England in 1629 and return to new England in 1630 or 1631
• OCCUPATION: Fishmonger
• BIRTH: Baptized Witton Chapel, Northwich, Cheshire, 5 June 1596, son of William Hilton and an unknown mother. He was brother to William Hilton.
• DEATH: Between October 1670 [NHPP 40:256] and 6 March 1670/1 (administration.on his estate).
• MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1629 an unknown 1st wife ; she died after about 1642.
• MARRIAGE: (2) After 6 July 1650 Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgy, daughter of Alexander Shapleigh [YLR 1:11] and widow of James Treworgy. On 9 October 1671 "Mrs. Katherine Hilton aged 71 years of age" deposed in a fornication case [SJC Case #1100]. She died at Exeter 2 or 29 May 1676 [GDMNH 332; Exeter Hist, Genealogical section, p. 64].

Children

All children with first unknown wife:

1. EDWARD, b. about 1629 (deposed aged 48 years, 30 March 1677/8 [Pillsbury Anc 335, citing an unknown source]); m. by 1658 Anne Dudley, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley [GDMNH 209, 332].
2. WILLIAM, b. about 1631 (deposed aged 46 years 30 March 1677/8 [Pillsbury Anc 335, citing an unknown source]); m. by about 1662 Rebecca Simmons, daughter of John Simmons (eldest child b. by about 1662 [GDMNH 336]; on 18 April 1667 "john Symmons of Kittery" deeded land· and a dwelling house to "my son-in-law William Hilton ... as a dowry with my daughter Rebeckah now wife unto the said William" [YLR ·2:33]).
3. SOBRIETY, b. about 1632 ("Widow Sobrietie Moulton" d. Hampton 31 January 1717/8 "aged 85 years" [HampVR 125]); m. 20 November 1651 Henry Moulton [HampVR 555; NHPP 40:284], son of John Moulton of Hampton.
4. SUSANNA, b . about 1633 ("Susanna Palmer widow" d. Hampton 9 January 1715/6 "aged 82 years" [HampVR 123]); m. Hampton 7 November ·1650 Christopher Palmer [Hamp VR 555; NHPP 40:284].
5. SAMUEL, b. about 1640 (deposed aged 40 in 1680 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]); apparently unmarried.
6. CHARLES, b. about 1642 (deposed aged about .25 years in 1660 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]; deposed aged about 30 years in 1672 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]; deposed aged 37 years 23 June 1679 [EQC 7:216}; on 4 February 1683/4 William Vaughan reported that "Charles Hilton is lately dead" [NHPP 1 :520]; apparently unmarried.

Biography

"Edward Hilton was baptized June 9, 1596, in Wilton Chapel, Northwich, Cheshire, England. In 1612 he was apprenticed to the widow of his uncle Charles who apparently was carrying on her husband's business as a fishmonger. Edward completed his apprenticeship in 1621, and was admitted to the Fishmonger's Guild on April 9, of that year. It is believed that he had made several trips to the fishing banks of North America and had become familiar with points along the coast.

In 1623 he is reported to have brought a colony, with servants, cattle, implements and the like, to a place called by the Indians, Cocheco, about six miles up the Piscataqua River. Here he settled, naming it Northam; it was later called Hilton's Poynt and is now Dover, New Hampshire. He also named neighboring localities for places in England. Thus he was the first settler in what is now New Hampshire and with reason is known as the Father of that state."

"In 1628 he took an active part in protecting the inhabitants from pirates who were infecting the coast and high seas. The town of Exeter made him a grant of land on 'the fourth day of the first week of the tenth month of 1639', and shortly afterward he moved there. In 1653 another grant of land about two miles square, which included the site of the village of Newmarket, was made to him 'in regard to his charges in setting up a sawmill'."

"At the time of his death he left a large estate amounting to 2,204 pounds, on which letters of administration were granted to his four sons, on March 6, 1671. He died in Exeter early in 1671. Edward was first married before 1626 but the name of this wife is not known. He married second soon after 1654, Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgy, daughter of Alexander Shapleigh, and widow of James Treworgy who was killed by the Indians. She died May 29, 1676, and left a long and interesting will in which she disposed of each article of her clothing to the various children."

Probate and Estate

The administration of Edward Hilton was granted 6 March 1670/1 or 6 April 1671 to Edward fiilton, William Hilton, Samuel Hilton and Charles Hilton, and they were enjoined to bring in an inventory [NHPP 31 :124; 40:264). On petition of "Mrs. Katherin Hilton" it was ordered that.her thirds be set out at the July 1671 court [NHPP 40:269]. The inventory of Edward Hilton was taken 9 and 10 March 1670/1 and totaled £2204;, it was brought into court on 29 June 1671, at which time a claim was made to part of the est.ate by Christopher Palmer on behalf of two ,of
the administrator's sisters [NHPP 31 :124, 40:274]. The inventory included £1810 in real estate: "the manor and appurtenances," £600; "marsh & medows and appurtenances," £600; "the sawmill .& privileges & appurtenances," £600; and "ten acres on the south side of the brook; towards Exeter," £10. On 1 July 1671 it was ordered that "all the land, meadows & sawmills shall st.and & do stand bound until the creditors be satisfied" [NHPP 40:274; NHPLR 1:98-102]. "Mis Katterine Hilton, executrix [sic] to Mr. Edw: Hilton deceased," sued George Norton, .but withdrew the case at York court. 19 September 1671 [MPCR2:435). · · On 25 June 1672 in "answer to the petition of Xtoph[e]r Palmer & Hen[ry] Moulton who married the daughters of Mr. Edw[ard] Hilton deceased who petitioned this court that they might have children's portions with their brothers who had administration granted unto said estate." Dover and Portsmouth Court ordered "that the administrators appear & bring into the next county court & account of the estate for a right division of it" [NHPP 40:284].

On 15 January 1673/4, Edward Hilton, Samuel Hilton and Charles Hilton deeded to "Mrs. Katherine Hilton our mother-in-law" a parcel of land "sometime the land of our dear father deceased" in lieu of £80 granted her as her share of his est.ate [NLR 3:35].

On 2 November 1674 "Katterne Hilton"· of Exeter. widow, for "my motherly loving affections which I bear unto my loving son Samuell Trueworgye of Portsmouth," mariner, deeded him that land above Sturgeon Creek she bought of Mr. Rowles the Indian (YLR 3:9-10]. In her undated will, prov~d 30 May 1676, "Mrs .. Katharaine Hilton" bequeathed to "Ja.mes Tryworthy the son of Sain Tryworthy" a silver beaker to be kept in the hands of "her daughter Elizabeth Gilman" until James was of age; to ':James Triworth the son of John Tri~orthy" a silver cup with fork; to "Edward Hilton junior" a silver cup with fork; to "Sam Gilman her grandchild" a silver spoon; to "Mr. Sam: Dudly toward his ministry" 40s.; to "her daughter Mrs. Meridith named by Joanna" one iron great kettle and clothing; to "Mrs. Lucy Wells" one stone ring, one more hair petticoat; to "her daughter Elizabeth Gilman" her wedding ring and clothing; to "Johanna Meridith, her grandchild" sheets;. to "Mary Gilman her grandchild" cloth items and a great pewter platter; to "Betty Gilman" sheets and stockings; to "Abigail Gilman the wife of Edward Gilman" a feather pillow, rug, pillion, pillion cloth, hood, and safeguard; to "Katharaine Paul" clothing; to "Sarah Gilman" a black hood; to "Lydye Gilman" a black hood; to "Abigail Gilman" her white mantle; to "Goodwife Robinson" clothing; the remainder of her linen to be divided among all her granddaugthers; to "Jane Hilton" clothing; residue "when all her debts are discharged, in reference to her son-in-law Capt. John Gilman, & Mrs. Wells, & what shall be laid out and expended about her funeral, the remainder to be divided 'among her grandchildren"; "my son John Gilman, Capt.," executor [NHPP 31: 172- 73].

The inventory of Mrs. Catherine Hilton of Exeter was taken 6 October 1676 and totalled £78 10s. 6d. {NHPP 31:174].

Sources

1. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony, 1620-1633 (Boston, MA: NEHGS 2004) 254-261
2. "William Hilton", in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), 947
3. "Edward Hilton", in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), II:947-951.
4. Bartlett, Ralph Sylvester. Alexander Shapleigh Of Kittery, Maine, And Some Of His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Apr 1941-Jan 1942), (esp. 95:181).
5. Hilton (17)", in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939), 334ff.
6. "HOPKINSON AND ALLIED FAMILIES, Ancestors and Descendants of Junius Greeley Hopkinson and Perry Hopkinson and their wives Jeanette Eveland and Lois Amanda Moffett", Co-authors Laura Huffman, Aura M. and Alsey E. Hopkinson, 1965, hardcover, publisher not noted
7. Bartlett, Ralph Sylvester. Alexander Shapleigh Of Kittery, Maine, And Some Of His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Apr 1941-Jan 1942), (esp. 95:181).
8. J.A.L. Miller 2810-K Carriage Dr. Winston Salem NC 27106-5328;
9. MBCR 2:5; 2:435
10. NHPP 1:28-29, 1:137-38; 1:157-58, 31:124; 31:174; 40:264; 40:256; 40:269; 40:274; 40:284;·2:308; 40:6, 116-7, 155, 164, 178, 187, 192
11. NEHGR 24:264-69
12. History of Grants 32
13. NHPLR 1:98-102
14. SJC Case #1100
15. # Charles H. Bell, History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire(Exeter 1888; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1979) 64
16. Mary Lovering Holman, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury . . . 2 vols. (Concord, 1938) 333-35

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Edward Hilton's 1st wife was mother of all of his children and unknown in 1995, but now is known. He Married Katherine after 1650. "Edward Hilton", in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), II:947-951.
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Edward Hilton
Summary
ORIGIN: London
MIGRATION: 1628
FIRST RESIDENCE: Dover
REMOVES: Exeter by 1639
RETURN TRIPS: To England in 1629 and return to new England in 1630 or 1631
OCCUPATION: Fishmonger
BIRTH: Baptized Witton Chapel, Northwich, Cheshire, 5 June 1596, son of William Hilton and an unknown mother. He was brother to William Hilton.
DEATH: Between October 1670 [NHPP 40:256] and 6 March 1670/1 (administration.on his estate).
MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1629 an unknown 1st wife ; she died after about 1642.
MARRIAGE: (2) After 6 July 1650 Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgy, daughter of Alexander Shapleigh [YLR 1:11] and widow of James Treworgy. On 9 October 1671 "Mrs. Katherine Hilton aged 71 years of age" deposed in a fornication case [SJC Case #1100]. She died at Exeter 2 or 29 May 1676 [GDMNH 332; Exeter Hist, Genealogical section, p. 64].
Children
All children with first unknown wife:
EDWARD, b. about 1629 (deposed aged 48 years, 30 March 1677/8 [Pillsbury Anc 335, citing an unknown source]); m. by 1658 Anne Dudley, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley [GDMNH 209, 332].
WILLIAM, b. about 1631 (deposed aged 46 years 30 March 1677/8 [Pillsbury Anc 335, citing an unknown source]); m. by about 1662 Rebecca Simmons, daughter of John Simmons (eldest child b. by about 1662 [GDMNH 336]; on 18 April 1667 "john Symmons of Kittery" deeded land· and a dwelling house to "my son-in-law William Hilton ... as a dowry with my daughter Rebeckah now wife unto the said William" [YLR ·2:33]).
SOBRIETY, b. about 1632 ("Widow Sobrietie Moulton" d. Hampton 31 January 1717/8 "aged 85 years" [HampVR 125]); m. 20 November 1651 Henry Moulton [HampVR 555; NHPP 40:284], son of John Moulton of Hampton.
SUSANNA, b . about 1633 ("Susanna Palmer widow" d. Hampton 9 January 1715/6 "aged 82 years" [HampVR 123]); m. Hampton 7 November ·1650 Christopher Palmer [Hamp VR 555; NHPP 40:284].
SAMUEL, b. about 1640 (deposed aged 40 in 1680 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]); apparently unmarried.
CHARLES, b. about 1642 (deposed aged about .25 years in 1660 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]; deposed aged about 30 years in 1672 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]; deposed aged 37 years 23 June 1679 [EQC 7:216}; on 4 February 1683/4 William Vaughan reported that "Charles Hilton is lately dead" [NHPP 1 :520]; apparently unmarried.
Biography
"Edward Hilton was baptized June 9, 1596, in Wilton Chapel, Northwich, Cheshire, England. In 1612 he was apprenticed to the widow of his uncle Charles who apparently was carrying on her husband's business as a fishmonger. Edward completed his apprenticeship in 1621, and was admitted to the Fishmonger's Guild on April 9, of that year. It is believed that he had made several trips to the fishing banks of North America and had become familiar with points along the coast.

In 1623 he is reported to have brought a colony, with servants, cattle, implements and the like, to a place called by the Indians, Cocheco, about six miles up the Piscataqua River. Here he settled, naming it Northam; it was later called Hilton's Poynt and is now Dover, New Hampshire. He also named neighboring localities for places in England. Thus he was the first settler in what is now New Hampshire and with reason is known as the Father of that state."

"In 1628 he took an active part in protecting the inhabitants from pirates who were infecting the coast and high seas. The town of Exeter made him a grant of land on 'the fourth day of the first week of the tenth month of 1639', and shortly afterward he moved there. In 1653 another grant of land about two miles square, which included the site of the village of Newmarket, was made to him 'in regard to his charges in setting up a sawmill'."

"At the time of his death he left a large estate amounting to 2,204 pounds, on which letters of administration were granted to his four sons, on March 6, 1671. He died in Exeter early in 1671. Edward was first married before 1626 but the name of this wife is not known. He married second soon after 1654, Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgy, daughter of Alexander Shapleigh, and widow of James Treworgy who was killed by the Indians. She died May 29, 1676, and left a long and interesting will in which she disposed of each article of her clothing to the various children."

Probate and Estate
The administration of Edward Hilton was granted 6 March 1670/1 or 6 April 1671 to Edward fiilton, William Hilton, Samuel Hilton and Charles Hilton, and they were enjoined to bring in an inventory [NHPP 31 :124; 40:264). On petition of "Mrs. Katherin Hilton" it was ordered that.her thirds be set out at the July 1671 court [NHPP 40:269]. The inventory of Edward Hilton was taken 9 and 10 March 1670/1 and totaled £2204;, it was brought into court on 29 June 1671, at which time a claim was made to part of the est.ate by Christopher Palmer on behalf of two ,of the administrator's sisters [NHPP 31 :124, 40:274]. The inventory included £1810 in real estate: "the manor and appurtenances," £600; "marsh & medows and appurtenances," £600; "the sawmill .& privileges & appurtenances," £600; and "ten acres on the south side of the brook; towards Exeter," £10. On 1 July 1671 it was ordered that "all the land, meadows & sawmills shall st.and & do stand bound until the creditors be satisfied" [NHPP 40:274; NHPLR 1:98-102]. "Mis Katterine Hilton, executrix [sic] to Mr. Edw: Hilton deceased," sued George Norton, .but withdrew the case at York court. 19 September 1671 [MPCR2:435). · · On 25 June 1672 in "answer to the petition of Xtoph[e]r Palmer & Hen[ry] Moulton who married the daughters of Mr. Edw[ard] Hilton deceased who petitioned this court that they might have children's portions with their brothers who had administration granted unto said estate." Dover and Portsmouth Court ordered "that the administrators appear & bring into the next county court & account of the estate for a right division of it" [NHPP 40:284].

On 15 January 1673/4, Edward Hilton, Samuel Hilton and Charles Hilton deeded to "Mrs. Katherine Hilton our mother-in-law" a parcel of land "sometime the land of our dear father deceased" in lieu of £80 granted her as her share of his est.ate [NLR 3:35].

On 2 November 1674 "Katterne Hilton"· of Exeter. widow, for "my motherly loving affections which I bear unto my loving son Samuell Trueworgye of Portsmouth," mariner, deeded him that land above Sturgeon Creek she bought of Mr. Rowles the Indian (YLR 3:9-10]. In her undated will, prov~d 30 May 1676, "Mrs .. Katharaine Hilton" bequeathed to "Ja.mes Tryworthy the son of Sain Tryworthy" a silver beaker to be kept in the hands of "her daughter Elizabeth Gilman" until James was of age; to ':James Triworth the son of John Tri~orthy" a silver cup with fork; to "Edward Hilton junior" a silver cup with fork; to "Sam Gilman her grandchild" a silver spoon; to "Mr. Sam: Dudly toward his ministry" 40s.; to "her daughter Mrs. Meridith named by Joanna" one iron great kettle and clothing; to "Mrs. Lucy Wells" one stone ring, one more hair petticoat; to "her daughter Elizabeth Gilman" her wedding ring and clothing; to "Johanna Meridith, her grandchild" sheets;. to "Mary Gilman her grandchild" cloth items and a great pewter platter; to "Betty Gilman" sheets and stockings; to "Abigail Gilman the wife of Edward Gilman" a feather pillow, rug, pillion, pillion cloth, hood, and safeguard; to "Katharaine Paul" clothing; to "Sarah Gilman" a black hood; to "Lydye Gilman" a black hood; to "Abigail Gilman" her white mantle; to "Goodwife Robinson" clothing; the remainder of her linen to be divided among all her granddaugthers; to "Jane Hilton" clothing; residue "when all her debts are discharged, in reference to her son-in-law Capt. John Gilman, & Mrs. Wells, & what shall be laid out and expended about her funeral, the remainder to be divided 'among her grandchildren"; "my son John Gilman, Capt.," executor [NHPP 31: 172- 73].

The inventory of Mrs. Catherine Hilton of Exeter was taken 6 October 1676 and totalled £78 10s. 6d. {NHPP 31:174].

Sources
The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony, 1620-1633 (Boston, MA: NEHGS 2004) 254-261
"William Hilton", in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), 947
"Edward Hilton", in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), II:947-951.
Bartlett, Ralph Sylvester. Alexander Shapleigh Of Kittery, Maine, And Some Of His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Apr 1941-Jan 1942), (esp. 95:181).
Hilton (17)", in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939), 334ff.
"HOPKINSON AND ALLIED FAMILIES, Ancestors and Descendants of Junius Greeley Hopkinson and Perry Hopkinson and their wives Jeanette Eveland and Lois Amanda Moffett", Co-authors Laura Huffman, Aura M. and Alsey E. Hopkinson, 1965, hardcover, publisher not noted
Bartlett, Ralph Sylvester. Alexander Shapleigh Of Kittery, Maine, And Some Of His

Spouse

Edward Hilton
Male
1596–1671

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Male

Marjorie Ruddlhurst
Female
1602–1663

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Female

Marriage
10 November 1623
Davenham, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Children (7)

Edward Hilton Jr
Male
1627–1699

•

Male

William Hilton
Male
1630–1694

•

Male

Mary Hilton
Female
1632–1695

•

Female

Sobriety Hilton
Female
1633–1717

•

Female

Susannah Hilton
Female
1635–1715

•

Female

Samuel Hilton
Male
1637–1680

•

Male

Charles Hilton
Male
1639–1684

•

Male

Spouse

Edward Hilton
Male
1596–1671

•

Male

Catherine Shapleigh
Female
1600–1676

•

Female

Marriage
after 2 July 1650
Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America

Parents

William Hilton II
Male
1550–1605

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Male

Unk
Female
1562–1606

•

Female

Siblings (4)

Margaret Hilton
Female
1589–1677

•

Female

William Hilton
Male
1590–1656

•

Male

Edward Hilton
Male
1596–1671

•

Male

Richard Hilton "Of Witton"
Male
1599–1668

•

Male

GEDCOM Note

From the nice work of Loraine/buszidog from rootsweb:

Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995, p.11 Baptized Witton Chapel, Northwich, Cheshire, 5 June 1596, son of William Hilton.

http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/nh/strafford/bios/rob... "Colonial Era History of Dover, Strafford, NH", by John Scales, pg. 302 Thomas Roberts was born in England about 1600, according to deposition. Rev. Dr. Everett S. Stackpole imparts the information he had learned on "excellent authority" that Thomas Roberts was apprenticed to a fishmonger of London, as "son of John Roberts, of Woolaston, Co. Worcester 29 April 1622, and probably came over at once, as an apprentice to Edward Hilton, and lived within a stone's throw of Hilton's house, on Hilton Point. He was not married at the time of coming over, but probably was married in 1627. The maiden name of his wife is not known, but there is a tradition she was sister of Edward Hilton. Further than that we know not. There is no positive proof, but a strong probability, that Governor Thomas Roberts, of Hilton Point, was the second son of Sir Thomas Roberts, who was knighted in 1603, and created a baron in 1620.

"PASSENGERS TO AMERICA" p 464 by Tepper (1978). "Edward and his brother, William had been Fishmongers in London. They were among the first to settle at a place called Little Harbor which is now called Dover. Apprenticed to "Marie" widow of Charles Hilton of the Fishmongers Co., in 1611 prior to coming to America."

1590 London Census Charles Hilton citizen and fishmonger (Com. Scij(??) Index I 365 wife Mary orphans 4 ) Children ? Edward- free 1621 by service ? Paul- free 1619 by patrimony (I have no idea what the notations mean, but the "by service" and "by patrimony" might refer to the "Worshipful Company of Fishmongers" terms of admission- see file called "Edward Hilton Fishmonger")

Provincial and State Papers By New Hampshire Published 1867 Published by authority of the Legislature of New Hampshire Grant of the Council of Plymouth to Edward Hilton and his associates, of Hilton's Point and the south side of the river ; date, Spring of 1631. Belknap's account of this grant is as follows : " The west country adventurers were not less attentive to their interest, for, in the following Spring [1631] they obtained a patent from the Council, whereby " all that part of the river Pascataqua, called or known by the name of Hilton's Point, with the south side of the said river, up to the falls of Squamscot, and three miles into the mainland for breadth," was granted to Edward Hilton. This patent, sealed with the common seal of the Council, and subscribed by the Earl of Warwick, sets forth that Hilton and his associates had, at their own proper cost and charges, transported servants, built houses, and planted corn at Hilton's Point, now Dover, and intended the further advancement of the plantation. Savage, in 1 Winth. Hist., note 116, says, " The name of Edward Hilton, who was a gentleman of good judgment, is often found in our history ; and in 1641, when MA usurped the jurisdiction of the colony of New-Hampshire, he hecame a magistrate." He was a man of enterprise and influence ; possessed the friendship of Governor Winthrop of Mass., and was his confidential correspondent. He may be considered the father of the settlement of New-Hampshire; at least of Dover and vicinity. Before 1652, he became an inhabitant of Exeter ; where he died, 1671, at a considerably advanced age. See Hist. Coll. N. H., vol. II, p. 54; also a Biogr. sketch of Col. Winthrop Hilton, Hist. Coll. N. H., Vol. I, p. 241. William Hilton, " was at Plymouth in 1621; at Dover 1623 ; at Newbury about 1648; at Charlestown, Ms., 1665, and there probably died, 1675." Farm, in Holmes An., p. 188, VoJ. I, note. ED.

History of Dover, New Hampshire, Volume I, Containing Historical, Genealogical and Industrial Data of its Early Settlers, Their Struggles and Triumphs (1923, Manchester, New Hampshire, John Scales, John B. Clarke Co., Printers pg. 311 Edward Hilton b. abt. 1575(???) m. ? Abt. 1625 m. (2) Abt. 1650 Mrs. Catherine Shapleigh widow of James Treworgye (daughter of Alexander Shapleigh) children: 1. Edward- b. 1626 m. Ann Dudley, dau. of Rev. Samuel Dudley and granddau. of Gov. Thomas Dudley; also granddau. of Gov. John Wentworth, as her mother was dau. of Gov. Wentworth. She was b. 16 Oct. 1641; d. 16 Apr. 1699 2. William, b. 1628; m. Rebecca Symonds, dau. of John Symonds, one of Capt. John Mason's company of men that he sent over in 1634. They lived in Old Kittery, for a while, then removed to Exeter. He was a noted sea captain, and it was said that he was in the expedition that made discoveries and surveys along the coast, as far south as Florida, an account of which was published in London in 1664. It is supposed that Hilton's Head, South Carolina, received its name from some act of his in the voyage. 3. Samuel b. 1630. 4. Sobriety b. Jan. 1632-3; m. Henry Moulton of Hampton; d. 9 Jan. 1718 5. Susanna b. Jan. 1634; m. Christopher Palmer of Hampton; d. 9 Jan. 1716 6. Charles b. 1636.

Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, 2 vols., by Mary Lovering Holman (Concord, 1938), p. 333 16th great-grandson of William I , (The Conqueror) King of England. 13th great-grandson of Eleanor of Aquitane.

Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts ..., Volume 1 AuthorEssex Institute PublisherEssex Institute, 1911 pg. 18 On behalf of Thomas Tuck attached 26s. of William Hilton's in Mr. Pester's hands. pg. 89 Court Held at Salem 9:7:1645 Nov. 1645 Mr. Edward Hilton fined 8li. and bound to good behavior for great abuses offered to three several women. Wit: ___Willox and his wife, Hester Biggs and Mary Wooden. Edward Hillton acknowledged to stand bound in 40li. for good behavior. pg. 94 Court Held At Ipswich, 31: 1: 1646. Payne promised to pay defendant 40s. out of a judgment against Richard Waldern, and if Colcord made up 10,000 pipe staves within two months, to give him 20s. more, 2:2: 1646. Wit: William Waldern, Will. Hilton. pg. 99 Court Held At Salem, 3:5: 1646. [Copy of agreement signed by Joseph (his mark) Armitage dated 2:2: 1646, William Payne for himself and Edward Payne agreed pg. 100 to settle with Edward Calcord, except concerning Robert Tuck's bond and amount allowed out of a judgment against Richd. Waldern, etc. Signed also by Wm. Waldern, Will. Hilton and Robert Burnap.*

• Edward ColcordJ of Hampton, in writing, released William Payne of Ipswich from all claims 1: 2 mo: 1646. Wit: William Waldern and Will. Hilton. J Also, claims against Edward Payne, deceased, same date and witnesses. pg. 110 Court Held At Ipswich, 29: 7: 1646. Sep. 1646 Edward Hilton's bond for good behavior withdrawn. pg. 167 James Jonson given liberty to keep an ordinary and sell wine until next Dover court; also to keep a ferry to Strawberry Bank and to Hilton's, the charge for each person to be 6d. pg. 281 Court Held At Salisbury, 14: 4 : 1653, By Adjournment. June, 1653 James Wall v. Mr. Edward Hilton. Debt. Upon accounts in the behalf of the town of Exiter. Withdrawn. pg. 297 Court Held At Ipswich, 27: 7: 1653. Sept. 1653 Edward Hilton's receipt from Edward Gillman, Sept. 1, 1651, for 4,300 feet of pine boards and 2,700 feet of pine plank. Acknowledged before Robert Lord, clerk. pg. 298 Court Held At Salisbury, 4: 4 : 1653, By Adjournment. James Wall v. Mr. Edward Hilton. Debt. Upon accounts in the behalf of the town of Exiter. Withdrawn. These particulars found by the jury: By 6,000 foote of bords to Mr. Pendleton, 13li. 10s.; 1,950 foot bords, 4li. 7s. 9d.; 25,000 bords to Capt. Wood, 62li. 10s.; 300 bords to Mr. Hilton, 6li. 9s.; 2,700 planck, Mr. Hilton, 8li. 2s.; 8,310 bord to James Wall, 18li . 14s.; Chases bill, 20li.; 590 pipe staves of Nicho. Leeson, 2li. Is.; 4,000 pipe staves, Lamprell's River, 14li.; total, 1491i. 13s. 9d., "per me Moses Pengry." pg. 299 Mr. Hilton, by bords at 30s. pg. 300 [Henry Rooby testified that about two years ago Arthur Kine] came to Exeter, with a "hey," and Mr. Hilton came with an order in Mr. Willyam Paine's name to receive pipe staves at Exeter to load this "hay", and desired him to show him John Annable's staves, which were ready at the water side. Mr. Hilton appointed a man to cull them and there were about 1,200, which were taken aboard the "hey" but later put out again.

The Davis-Bean Trees http://kerrysdavis.home.comcast.net/~kerrysdavis/p25.htm#i242 "William and Edward are believed to have been amongst the first English fishermen fishing off Newfoundland in the early part of the 17th century. The Hyltons had a monopoly on salt production in Elizabethan England; salt was needed to preserve the catch on its voyage back to England where it was sold at the Billingsgate fish market. Edward was a member of the Fisherman's Guild of London."

http://images.dover.lib.nh.us/DoverHistory/bound_oak.htm Edward Hilton and his party landed at Pomeroy’s Cove, at Dover Point, in the spring of 1623

York Deeds, 18 volumes (Portland, Maine, 1887-1910), 1:2:7-9, 2:110-11 In the patent to THOMAS LEWIS and Richard Bonython, and in the patent to JOHN OLDHAM and RICHARD VINES, both issued on 12 February 1629/30, William Jeffreys was appointed, along with WILLIAM BLACKSTONE and EDWARD HILTON, to put these men in possession of their lands.

The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. by Robert Charles Anderson New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995, Boston, Suffolk, MA pg.11 EDWARD HILTON ORIGIN: London MIGRATION: 1628 FIRST RESIDENCE: Dover REMOVES: Exeter by 1639 RETURN TRIPS: To England in 1629 and return to new England in 1630 or 1631 OCCUPATION: Fishmonger. EDUCATION: As a member of the Fishmongers Company he would have had a basic general education during his apprenticeship [Pillsbury Anc 333]. His inventory included "the 3 Books of the Martyrs" valued at £2 10s. and "one great Bible & five other books" valued at £2 6s. OFFICES: Magistrate, Piscataqua Court, 20 May 1642, 25 June 1661, 7 August 1661, 30 June 1663, 2 February 1663/4, 28 June 1664 [MBCR 2:5; NHPP 40:155, 164, 178, 187, 192]. Arbiter, July 1642 [NHPP 40:6]. Committee to settle the bounds between Exeter and Dover, 14 April 1657 [NHPP 40:116-17]. ESTATE: On 12 March 1629/30 the Council for New England issued to Edward Hilton a patent (known as the "Squamscott Patent") for "all that part of the River Pascataquack known by the name of Wecanacohunt or Hilton's Point with the south side of of the said River, up to the fall of the River, and three miles into the mainland by all the breadth aforesaid" [NEHGR 24:264-69; NHPP 1:28-29; History of Grants 32]. Hilton sold this land to "some merchants of Bristol," who in turn sold it to a number of the leading Puritan gentry of England [NHPP 1:157-58]. On 4 December 1639 the Exeter First Book of Records states that "Mr. Edward Hilton, his upland grounds is bounded in breadth from the creek next from his house towards Exeter on the one side, and a certain point of land over against Captain Wiggins his house between the marsh and the upland that's his bounds on the other side and it is to extend into the main by the same distance in length as it is in breadth, and that he shall have all the meadows which he found unoccupied from his house to the mouth of Lamprel River" [NHPP 1:137-38]. The town of Exeter granted one mile and a quarter square of land along the "Pascassick" River to Edward Hilton, as he recited in his sale of one half that land to Mr. William Payne of Boston, 3 October 1660 [NLR 2:308]. The administration of Edward Hilton was granted 6 March 1670/1 or 6 April 1671 to Edward Hilton, William Hilton, Samuel Hilton and Charles Hilton, and they were enjoined to bring in an inventory [NHPP 31:124, 40:264]. On petition of "Mrs. Katherin Hilton" it was ordered that her thirds be set out at the July 1671 court [NHPP 40:269]. The inventory of Edward Hilton was taken 9 and 10 March 1670/1 and totalled £2204;, it was brought into court on 29 June 1671, at which time a claim was made to part of the estate by Christopher Palmer on behalf of two of the administrator's sisters [NHPP 31:124, 40:274]. The inventory included £1810 in real estate: "the manor and appurtenances," £600; "marsh & meadows and appurtenances," £600; "the sawmill & privileges & appurtenances," £600; and "ten acres on the south side of the brook, towards Exeter," £10. On 1 July 1671 it was ordered that "all the land, meadows & sawmills shall stand & do stand bound until the creditors be satisfied" [NHPP 40:274; NHPLR 1:98-102]. "Mis Katterine Hilton, executrix [sic] to Mr. Edw: Hilton deceased," sued George Norton, but withdrew the case at York court, 19 September 1671 [MPCR 2:435]. On 25 June 1672 in "answer to the petition of Xtoph[e]r Palmer & Hen[ry] Moulton who married the daughters of Mr. Edw[ard] Hilton deceased who petitioned this court that they might have children's portions with their brothers who had administration granted unto said estate," Dover and Portsmouth Court ordered "that the administrators appear & bring into the next county court & account of the estate for a right division of it" [NHPP 40:284]. On 15 January 1673/4, Edward Hilton, Samuel Hilton and Charles Hilton deeded to "Mrs. Katherine Hilton our mother-in-law" a parcel of land "sometime the land of our dear father deceased" in lieu of £80 granted her as her share of his estate [NLR 3:35]. On 2 November 1674 "Katterne Hilton" of Exeter, widow, for "my motherly loving affections which I bear unto my loving son Samuell Trueworgye of Portsmouth," mariner, deeded him that land above Sturgeon Creek she bought of Mr. Rowles the Indian [YLR 3:9-10]. In her undated will, proved 30 May 1676, "Mrs. Katharaine Hilton" bequeathed to "James Tryworthy the son of Sam Tryworthy" a silver beaker to be kept in the hands of "her daughter Elizabeth Gilman" until James was of age; to "James Triworth the son of John Triworthy" a silver cup with fork; to "Edward Hilton junior" a silver cup with two ears; to "Sam Gilman her grandchild" a silver spoon; to "Mr. Sam: Dudly toward his ministry" 40s.; to "her daughter Mrs. Meridith named by Joanna" one iron great kettle and clothing; to "Mrs. Lucy Wells" one stone ring, one more hair petticoat; to "her daughter Elizabeth Gilman" her wedding ring and clothing; to "Johanna Meridith, her grandchild" sheets; to "Mary Gilman her grandchild" cloth items and a great pewter platter; to "Betty Gilman" sheets and stockings; to "Abigail Gilman the wife of Edward Gilman" a feather pillow, rug, pillion, pillion cloth, hood, and safeguard; to "Katharaine Paul" clothing; to "Sarah Gilman" a black hood; to "Lydye Gilman" a black hood; to "Abigail Gilman" her white mantle; to "Goodwife Robinson" clothing; the remainder of her linen to be divided among all her granddaugthers; to "Jane Hilton" clothing; residue "when all her debts are discharged, in reference to her son-in-law Capt. John Gilman, & Mrs. Wells, & what shall be laid out and expended about her funeral, the remainder to be divided among her grandchildren"; "my son John Gilman, Capt.," executor [NHPP 31:172-73]. The inventory of Mrs. Catherine Hilton of Exeter was taken 6 October 1676 and totalled £78 10s. 6d. [NHPP 31:174]. BIRTH: Baptized Witton Chapel, Northwich, Cheshire, 5 June 1596, son of William Hilton. DEATH: Between October 1670 [NHPP 40:256] and 6 March 1670/1 (administration on his estate). MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1629 _____ _____; she died after about 1642. (2) After 6 July 1650 Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgy, daughter of Alexander Shapleigh [YLR 1:11] and widow of James Treworgy. On 9 October 1671 "Mrs. Katherine Hilton aged 71 years of age" deposed in a fornication case [SJC Case #1100]. She died at Exeter 2 or 29 May 1676 [GDMNH 332; Exeter Hist, Genealogical section, p. 64]. CHILDREN: With first wife i EDWARD, b. about 1629 (deposed aged 48 years, 30 March 1677/8 [Pillsbury Anc 335, citing an unknown source]); m. by 1658 Anne Dudley, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley [GDMNH 209, 332]. ii WILLIAM, b. about 1631 (deposed aged 46 years 30 March 1677/8 [Pillsbury Anc 335, citing an unknown source]); m. by about 1662 Rebecca Simmons, daughter of John Simmons (eldest child b. by about 1662 [GDMNH 336]; on 18 April 1667 "John Symmons of Kittery" deeded land and a dwelling house to "my son-in-law William Hilton ... as a dowry with my daughter Rebeckah now wife unto the said William" [YLR 2:33]). iii SOBRIETY, b. about 1632 ("Widow Sobrietie Moulton" d. Hampton 31 January 1717/8 "aged 85 years" [HampVR 125]); m. 20 November 1651 Henry Moulton [HampVR 555; NHPP 40:284], son of John Moulton of Hampto iv SUSANNA, b. about 1633 ("Susanna Palmer widow" d. Hampton 9 January 1715/6 "aged 82 years" [HampVR 123]); m. Hampton 7 November 1650 Christopher Palmer [HampVR 555; NHPP 40:284]. v SAMUEL, b. about 1640 (deposed aged 40 in 1680 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]); apparently unmarried. vi CHARLES, b. about 1642 (deposed aged about 25 years in 1660 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]; deposed aged about 30 years in 1672 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]; deposed aged 37 years 23 June 1679 [EQC 7:216]); on 4 February 1683/4 William Vaughan reported that "Charles Hilton is lately dead" [NHPP 1:520]; apparently unmarried. ASSOCIATIONS: Edward Hilton was brother of WILLIAM HILTON of Plymouth, Dover and York, and of Richard Hilton of Dover [GDMNH 333-54]. COMMENTS: Noyes, Libby and Davis, discussing the baptismal entry for this immigrant in the Northwich parish register, say that "[t]he record, now probably illegible, was read son of Richard' by the vicar in 1920, and son of William' by a superannuated antiquary some years later" [GDMNH 331]. The ages of the children of Edward Hilton, as estimated from depositions and ages at death, result in a list of children in which the first four are born in a span of four years, after which there is a gap of seven years before the birth of the fifth. We might in other circumstances suggest that Edward Hilton had had two wives, but the close spacing of the first four children suggests that the clues to age are slightly off, and that the children were born in a normal sequence, with about two-year intervals from the late 1620s to the early 1640s. As Noyes, Libby and Davis note, "[t]he historian Hubbard cared little about the eastern country, and his paragraph about the founding of N.H. ... is mostly false. Hilton did not come to the Piscataqua with David Thomson in 1623 and Chr[istopher] Levett's book proves that no settlement had been made up the river in the spring of 1624...." [GDMNH 334]. "He likely made a voyage to Piscataqua with trading goods and began a plantation, unrecorded, in 1628, the year set by his personal friends and purchasers of his patent for his arrival, and 9 June 1628 when the plantation agreed to send Thomas Morton back to England, he contributed £1" [GDMNH 331]. In summary, Edward Hilton arrived in New England, and on the Piscataqua, after 1624, but no later than 1628. Many later historians have been misled by Hubbard's version of Hilton's settlement. When the "Squamscott Patent" was issued to Hilton, it was "in consideration that Edward Hilton & his associates hath already at his and their own proper costs and charges transported sundry servants to plant in new England aforesaid at a place there called by the natives Wecanacohunt otherwise Hilton's Point ... where they have already built some houses, and planted corn" [NEHGR 24:264-65]. This implies his a trip back to England in 1629, and probably then a return to New England in 1630, or at the latest by 1631, for THOMAS LEWIS gave livery of seisin on 7 July 1631 [NEHGR 24:266]. Since Edward Hilton's first child was born about 1629, it may be that while he was in England he acquired both a wife and his patent. "Edward Hilton Steward of the Plantation of Hilton's Point" was included as one of the witnesses of the forged 17 May 1629 deed of the four sagamores to John Wheelwright [NHPP 1:56-60]; as Savage points out, he was "the only one of the nine witnesses, who, we may reasonably believe, was there 17 May, 1629," and the demonstrable absence of the other eight is the strongest evidence against the validity of the document [WJ 1:486-514, at 510]. With other inhabitants of Exeter Edward Hilton petitioned the MA Bay General Court to receive for the town one hundred acres of common meadow about seven or eight miles distant, 24 May 1652 [NHPP 1:198-99]. On 9 May 1669 MA Bay General Court "on perusal of the articles of agreement between this colony & the inhabitants of Dover, &c., several of them well remembering that Mr. Edward Hilton was one of those that were commissionated to agree with this Court in behalf of the inhabitants of Piscataqua, do declare that Mr. Edward Hilton is, according to the articles, justly exempted from the country rates" [MBCR 4:2:430]. At the October 1670 court Mr. Edward Hilton withdrew his suit against Mr. Andrew Wiggin for damage done to corn by Wiggin's hogs [NHPP 1:256]. If he was alive at this date and the case was not withdrawn simply because Hilton had died, this is his last contemporary appearance in the records. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In addition to the material gathered by Noyes, Libby and Davis [GDMNH 331-37], a good account of Edward Hilton was published by Mary Lovering Holman in 1938 [Pillsbury Anc 333-35].

History of Exeter, New Hampshire by Charles H. Bell, publisher J. E. Farwell & Co, Boston, Mass., 1888 CHAPTER VI. THE COMMON LANDS. Page 130 LANDS OF EDWARD AND WILLIAM HILTON. Before doing this, however, the town designated the bounds of Edward Hilton's lands, which lay in the present township of South Newmarket, as follows: " his upland ground is bounded in breadth from the creek next from his house towards Exeter on the one side and a certain point of land over against Captain Wig- gins his house, between the marsh and the upland, that his bounds on the other side, and it is to extend into the main the same dis- tance in length as it is in breadth; and that he shall have all the meadows which he formerly occupied from his house to the mouth of Lamprey river." To these lands the town laid no claim of proprietorship. At a later period they were alluded to in the records as a grant made to Hilton "by composition." It is evident that he held them by virtue of some prior claim ; whether by actual possession, or as appurtenant to the " Hilton patent," is not known. The town also agreed, on May 3, 1640, that Willam Hilton should continue to enjoy those two marshes on Oyster river which he then, and had former)y, possessed, and " which Mr. Gibbies (Gibbons ?) doth wrongfully detain from him, with the rest of those marshes which formerly he hath made use of, so far forth as they may be for the public good of this plantation; and so much of the upland [adjacent] to them as shall be thought convenient by the neighbors of Oyster river which are belonging to this body ."