Margaret Shaw is the daughter of Caleb Shaw and Elizabeth (Hillard) Shaw.
Margaret's father died March 19, 1715, less than a month before her sixth birthday. Her mother remarried to Joseph Tilton, widow of Margaret (Sherburne) Tilton.
He new step-father had a son, who was less than a year older than Margaret. His name was Jonathan, and he became a soldier during the Revolutionary War.
Margaret married her step-brother, Captain Jonathan Tilton, and became the mother of nine children born to him. [1]
Children of Margaret and Jonathan are:
Daniel Tilton; born March 5, 1729, died August 21, 1803, married Mary Gilman;
Jacob Tilton, born October 20, 1730; died young;
Jonathan Tilton, born May 31, 1734, died young;
Jacob Tilton (the second child of this name) born June 13, 1737, died November 7, 1776, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire;
Jonathan Tilton (the second child of this name) born July 24, 1740, died May 31, 1797, at Kensington. married Fanny Noble in 1776;
Caleb Tilton; born June 19, 1742; died July 6, 1816, at Hampton Falls. married Mary Prescott, May 16, 1765;
Joseph Tilton; born September 26, 1744, died December 5, 1837, at Exeter, married Catherine Shackford on September 10, 1767;
Josiah Tilton, born March 18, 1747, died April 10, 1828 at Epping;
Peter Tilton, born December 2, 1750, died December 8, 1829, at Hampton Falls, married Susanna Rowe, December 21, 1772;
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