Ensign Josiah Tilton, III

Tilton Rockingham New Hampshire To Cornville Maine Migration

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Ens. Josiah Tilton Jr. (1743 - 1820)

Born 22 Oct 1743 in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Josiah Tilton, Jr. was born in 1743 in Kingston, New Hampshire to Josiah Tilton, Sr. (1709–1796) and Sarah (Flanders) Tilton (1710– ).

Ensign Josiah (5) Tilton, married Sarah (6) True, and served in Capt. Stephen Clark's company of New Hampshire troops in the Revolution.

His son, Josiah (6) Tilton[1]

From findagrave:
Capt. Josiah Tilton, son of Josiah and Sarah (Flanders) Tilton, was born 22 October 1743 at Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
Josiah was baptized 17 November 1745 at East Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

Josiah married first Sarah True, daughter of Abraham and Sarah "Sally" (French) True, about 1768 at East Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. To this union six children were born:

1. Samuel Tilton; born 02 December 1771 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Samuel married Deborah Batchelder, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Longfellow) Batchelder, 30 September 1795 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Samuel died after 1850. He is seen in the 1850 Census of Newbury, Essex County, New Hampshire. They had the following children: i. Polly; died young ii. Josiah B.; born 28 May 1799 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died 01 January 1892 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; married Nancy Adams. iii. Samuel S. Tilton; born about 1801 at Nova Scotia; died 06 June 1853 at Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts. Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever. iv. True; died young v. Nathaniel; died young vi. Joseph True; born about 1814 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died 12 March 1859 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. vii. Sarah A.; born about 1818 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; married Andrew E. Leighton. They had son, Washington T. Leighton; born about 1850 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died 17 August 1930 at Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire; married Elma F. Kelsey, 22 December 1884 at Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.

2. Meribah (Tilton) Currier, born about 1775 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died before February 1810 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. She married Daniel Currier Jr. 16 January 1795 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. They had two children: i. True Currier (1795-1866) Memorial #114576959 ii. Sally Currier; born 01 September 1799 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; married John Pennell 04 May 1817 at Candia, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Daniel Currier went on to marry twice more: 2nd: Mary Merrill; married 18 February 1810 at Fremont, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. 3rd: Jemima (Unknown) Currier, widow of his brother, James Currier, married 29 October 1826 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

Son of Josiah Tilton Sr and Sarah (Flanders) Tilton

Brother of Samuel Tilton, David Tilton, Meribah Tilton, Philip Tilton, Sarah (Tilton) Blake and Ebenezer Tilton

Husband of Sarah (True) Tilton — married about 1768 in East Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Husband of Abigail (Nudd) Tilton — married 25 Aug 1789 in Kensington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Father of Josiah Tilton I and Abraham True Tilton

Died 13 Feb 1820 in Cornville, Somerset County, Maine

Profile last modified 10 Jan 2018 | Created 27 Mar 2011

Biography

3. Josiah Tilton; (1778-1860) Memorial #104139471

4. Sally Tilton; born about 1779 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

5. Nancy Tilton; born about 1780 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

6. Hulda Tilton; born about 1786 at Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

Sarah (True) Tilton died 25 October 1789.

Josiah married second, Abigail Nudd, 25 August 1789 at Kensington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. To this union three children were born:

7. Abraham True Tilton (1790-1867) Memorial #139474807

8. Daniel Tilton (1796-1877) Memorial #121020289

9. Horatio G. Tilton (1800-1875) Memorial #79536327

Death Notice of Josiah Tilton American Advocate and Kennebec Advertiser, Mar. 4, 1820: DIED. In Cornville, on the 13th ult. Capt. JOSIAH TILTON, aged 76, formerly of Deerfield, New Hampshire.

Josiah Tilton's second wife Abigail (Nudd) Tilton died at age 83 on 16 April 1844 at Cornville, Somerset County, Maine.

Josiah's Siblings: 1. Samuel Tilton (1733-1788) 2. David Tilton (1735-1825) 3. Meribah (Tilton) Smith (1738-1810) 4. Captain Philip Tilton (1741-1835) 5. Captain Josiah Tilton (1743-1820) 6. Sarah (Tilton) Blake (1750-____) 7. Ebenezer Tilton (1754-____)

Josiah died at age 76 in 1820 in Cornville, Maine and was buried at Fogg Cemetery, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine.

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Wife: Sarah True[1] Child: Josiah Tilton Wife: Abigail Nudd Oct. 25, 1789[2] Sources

Dunbar, Edith. The Flanders Family from Europe to America (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, VT, 1935) Page 75 Wentworth, Edward Norris, Jr.,The Genalogy of Edward Norris Wentworth Junior (Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, June 1928) Special Project Submitted in Courses in Community Life and Advance Biology at the University High School, University of Chicago. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wentworth: Page 61 ↑ Dunbar "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5N-XYK : 12 December 2014), Josiah Tilton, 22 Oct 1743; citing Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,047. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGD-ZPTY : 13 December 2015), Josiah Tilton, 1820; Burial, Cornville, Somerset, Maine, United States of America, Fogg Cemetery; citing record ID 121025877, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-MXL7 : 30 October 2014), Josiah Tilton, 1820; citing Cornville, Somerset, Maine, United States, Fogg Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,315. "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6T-B5GG : 31 October 2017), Josiah Tilton, 1775; citing 1775, New Hampshire, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,328. "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLDP-RWL : 26 September 2017), Josiah Tilton and Abigail Nudd, 25 Aug 1789; citing Kensington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,310.

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