Prudence (Knight) Hilton (1817 - 1897)

Born 7 Mar 1817 in Jefferson, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Hilton — married 2 Aug 1842 in Jefferson, Lincoln, Maine, United States

Died 17 Mar 1897 at age 80 in Whitefield, Lincoln, Maine, United States

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Biography

Prudence D Knight was born in Jefferson, now Maine, in 1817, the daughter of Daniel Knight and Phebe Brookings.

"John Hilton, Whitefield, and Prudence Knight, Jefferson, were married in Jefferson 7 Aug 1842." ^[1] They were the parents of four known children.

Prudence died in 1897 at the age of seventy-nine years, twelve days and is buried at the Noyes Cemetery, Whitefield, Maine.

Research Notes

According to her death record, her mother was Phoebe Dunton, born in Jefferson, Maine. This would likely account for Prudence's middle initial of "D".

There is also a discrepancy in her DOD as her death record states that she died on the 19th of March while the cemetery records reflecting the date engraved on her memorial stone is 17 Mar 1897. If the 17th is the correct DOD, then her DOB would be 5 Mar 1817.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92923909

• "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4S2-MYB : accessed 16 Mar 2014), Prudence Knights, 07 Mar 1817; citing Jefferson, Lincoln, Maine; FHL microfilm 11036.

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J1-SNS : Tue Jul 18 00:51:09 UTC 2023), Entry for John Hilton and Prudence Hilton, 1850.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDHR-KGG : Tue Jul 18 00:05:36 UTC 2023), Entry for John Hilton and Prudence Hilton, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DG-V42 : Mon Aug 21 23:19:12 UTC 2023), Entry for John Hilton and Prudence Hilton, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3Y-CZJ : Thu Aug 03 07:39:39 UTC 2023), Entry for John Hilton and Prudence Hilton, 1880.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZQX-RWC : 2 March 2021), Prudence D Hilton, 19 Mar 1897; citing Whitefield, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92923909

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-4Z1H : 1 March 2021), Prudence Hilton, 1897; citing N Whitefield, Lincoln, Maine, United States, Noyes Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,420.