Benjamin Tilton, Jr. was born August 25, 1805, either in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, or Maine, United States. He was the only son of Benjamin Tilton, Sr., and Betsey Hood. He married Lucinda Newell in Massachusetts in 1827. They had three sons: Henry Newel Tilton, Benjamin Radcliffe Tilton, and Frederick William Tilton. Benjamin Jr. died in 1882 and is buried in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD7-P82L Citation: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD7-P82L : 18 February 2020), Benjamin in entry for Frederic William Tilton and Ellen Trowbridge, 21 Jul 1864; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004267382.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4MV-5CQ Citation: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4MV-5CQ : 24 May 2018), Benjamin in entry for Frederic William Tilton and Ellen Trowbridge, 21 Jul 1864; citing Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,021.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB8Z-322 Citation: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB8Z-322 : 22 October 2019), Benjamin in entry for Frederick W Tilton, 16 Dec 1918; citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 2703, page 414, State Archives, Boston.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4M5-JN9 Citation: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4M5-JN9 : 24 May 2018), Benjamin Tilton in entry for Henry N. Tilton and Anna M. A. Smith, 5 Oct 1854; citing Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,432,879.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHF-J11 Citation: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHF-J11 : 24 January 2020), Benjamin Tilton in entry for Henry N. Tilton, 1854.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNY-ZRL Citation: "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNY-ZRL : 14 February 2020), Benjamin Tilton, 1882.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXN-254 Citation: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXN-254 : 15 January 2020), Benjamin Tilton, 1805.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7RN-5MG Citation: "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7RN-5MG : 22 May 2019), Benjamin Tilton, 23 Nov 1882; citing Cambridge, Massachusetts, v 338 p 73, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,222.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP3-D4ZY Citation: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP3-D4ZY : 13 December 2015), Benjamin Tilton, 1882; Burial, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Mount Auburn Cemetery; citing record ID 137415245, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHX9-5DQ Citation: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHX9-5DQ : 26 August 2017), Benj Tilton, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 434, sheet 8C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,543.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLK-JXC Citation: "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLK-JXC : 14
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB8M-MBL Citation: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB8M-MBL : 22 October 2019), Benjamin Tilton in entry for Frederick W Tilton, 16 Dec 1918; citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 16395, page 369, State Archives, Boston.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWNV-C7D Citation: "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWNV-C7D : 22 May 2019), Benjamin in entry for Henry Newell Tilton, 11 Feb 1904; citing Cambridge, Massachusetts, v 28 cn 236, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,069,444.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW1R-31V Citation: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW1R-31V : 24 May 2018), Benj. in entry for Benj. K. Tilton and Mary L. Prescott, 18 Jun 1862; citing Lancaster, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,020.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPN-MXJ Citation: "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPN-MXJ : 14 February 2020), Benjamin Tilton in entry for Benjamin Radcliffe Tilton, 1892.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8W-1GH Citation: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8W-1GH : 24 January 2020), Benjamin Tilton in entry for Benj. R. Tilton, 1862.
Web page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7Y2-4Q4 Citation: "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7Y2-4Q4 : 22 May 2019), Benjamin in entry for Benjamin R. Tilton, 08 Jan 1892; citing Cambridge, Massachusetts, v 428 p 101, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,507.
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