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Robert Wilton

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Montacute, Somerset, England
Death: July 23, 1869 (73-74)
Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (Natural Decay)
Place of Burial: (later exhumed to Sydney St. Cemetery), Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of Benjamin Wilton and Sarah Wilton
Husband of Elizabeth Wilton
Father of Nun Wilton; Ann Wilton; Elijah Wilton; Charles Wilton; William Wilton and 10 others
Brother of Paul Wilton; Benjamin Wilton; Robert Wilton; Ann Wilton; Hanna Wilton and 2 others

Occupation: Stonemason, Stone Mason/Labourer/Farmer
Managed by: Jen King
Last Updated:

About Robert Wilton

Occupation: Before 1841 Stonemason

                    1841-51         Labourer, Thorndon Flat
                    1849              Plasterer, Thorndon Flat
                    1852              Plasterer, Cuba St.
                    1853-58         Farmer, Cuba St. Household, Cuba St. Land Lease:  1853 -54      at Ohiro
                     1859            169 acres at Happy Valley, Ohiro, Wellington Addresses:  England:  Montacute then Yeovil
                    N.Z.          Thorndon,  Wellington

Today the Wilton name is widely known throughout Wellington and Wairarapa.



Source:-Petone New Zealand Settlers Data=#100175

Robert departed from Plymouth , UK on the Oriental with his wife, Elizabeth (nee Denman) , 4 sons and I daughter , to Port Nicholson, Wellington. NZ-further information on wife, Elizabeth's profile. He worked earlier as a stone mason in Ham Hill, Somerset. The family first settled in NZ at Thornden and later moved to Happy Valley, Ohiro. He saw military service in the Maori Wars.

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Robert Wilton's Timeline

1795
1795
Montacute, Somerset, England
1822
May 27, 1822
May 27, 1822
Montacute, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1824
June 2, 1824
1826
April 23, 1826
Montacute, Somerset, England
1829
January 19, 1829
Montacute, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
1829
Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1832
February 20, 1832
Montacute, Somerset, England