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Benjamin Hilton (abt. 1740 - 1802)

Benjamin Hilton
Born about in Berwick, York, Mainemap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 15 Jul 1766 in Woolwich, Lincoln, Mainemap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 61 in Starks, Kennebec, Mainemap
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Biography

Benjamin was born about 1740,[1].[2] He was the son of Ebenezer and Mary (Lord) Hilton.[3]

On 14 Jul 1766 he married Susan Harnden,[1][4] daughter of Samuel and Mary (Ager) Harnden. The couple would have six children during their 35 years of marriage.[2][5]

Benjamin passed away 7 Mar 1802[4] in Starks, ME. He is buried in the Hilton family cemetery in Starks, ME.,[2] alongside his wife and among several of his children and their spouses.[4]

Research Notes

Some discrepancy exists in the records where his DOB is listed. The gedcom file that was imported to establish this profile stated "Nov 1740", stating as a source (if correctly interpreted), an Ancestry tree but not the primary source. Find a Grave shows a picture of his grave marker which appears to show DOD and age at death. They then show the DOB simply as "1738" with no further sourcing.

The only documented source located thus far is the Cemetery record from his family cemetery.[4] It states the DOD as 7 Mar 1802, age "62". Because the month (Mar) is so early in the year, the odds are 4:1 that the DOB was 1739.

The same cemetery record[4] has a hand-written note, also sited on the Find a Grave memorial page, that states that (presumably the grave marker itself) something was "erected by their grandchildren July 14, 1866 being the 100th anniversary of their marriage.' From this note we have deduced that the specific day was the anniversary, not just the year.


Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 See Research Notes
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151929204/benjamin-j-hilton: accessed 05 October 2022), memorial page for Benjamin J. Hilton (1738–7 Mar 1802), Find a Grave Memorial ID 151929204, citing Hilton Cemetery, Starks, Somerset County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320)
  3. Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Maine, U.S., Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980
  5. A history of the town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine, page 723

Note: Everything below was placed when the profile was imported, prior to the brief biography being developed.

This person was created through the import of Family Line.ged on 01 March 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

Name

Name: Benjamin /Hilton/
Given Name: Benjamin
Surname: Hilton
Source: #S144
Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoolb&h=2150154&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
Data:
Text: Birth date: November 1740Birth place: Berwick, York, ME, USA


Birth

Birth:
Date: Nov 1740
Place: Berwick, York, Maine
Source: #S144
Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoolb&h=2150154&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
Data:
Text: Birth date: November 1740Birth place: Berwick, York, ME, USA


Source: #S155
Page: Ancestry Family Trees
Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
Data:
Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4478194&pid=-261048367


User ID

User ID: 8BD27410376343B097D0A8BC217A7492DA39


Data Changed

Data Changed:
Date: 7 Feb 2011
Time: 17:15

Prior to import, this record was last changed 17:15 7 Feb 2011.


Source S144
Abbreviation: Family Data Collection - Births
Title: Family Data Collection - Births
Author: Edmund West, comp.
Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.
Reference: 5769::0
Repository: #R1
Paranthetical: Y


Repository R1
Name: Ancestry.com
Address: Ancestry.com
http://www.Ancestry.com
Name: Ancestry.com
Address 1: http://www.Ancestry.com


Source S155
Abbreviation: Ancestry Family Trees
Title: Ancestry Family Trees
Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
Repository: #R1
Paranthetical: Y




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