Samuel Tilton (abt. 1638 - 1731)

Born about 1638 in Wolston, Warwickshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Moulton) Tilton — married 17 Dec 1662 in Hampton, Rockingham County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1731 at about age 93 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, British America

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Biography

Samuel Tilton was born in Warwickshire, England.

Based on his recorded age at the time of his death, Samuel Tilton was born close to 1638, most likely at Wolston, Warwickshire, where his father's second marriage took place in December of that year; he was a son of William Tilton,^[1] and of either William's first wife -- Ursula Pycroft, who died on 5 May 1638 -- or, as has long been thought, second wife Susannah Tilton.

An alternative birth date for Samuel of 16 May or June 1640 was offered by William Haslet Jones in 1997, though his source is unclear.^[2] The date contrasts with Jones's own acceptance, a decade earlier, of the age given for Samuel by his pastor (see below) at the time of his death in 1731 -- 93, which yields a calculated death year of 1638.

Samuel married Hannah Moulton, possibly the daughter of Thomas Moulton and Martha, although this is not at all proven according to the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (GDMNH).^[3] Hannah died on 11 Apr 1720.)^[4][5]

ORIGINAL SETTLER OF MARTHAS VINEYARD ISL MASS.

5 Feb 1674: Granted 22 Acres in W Tisbury

18 Apr 1663: Guardian of Daniel

Occupation: Carpenter

Religion: Quaker

Samuel married Hannah Moulton at Hampton, in the Province of New Hampshire, in mid-October of 1662; about a decade later, the couple removed to Martha's Vineyard, where they raised their family and where Samuel ultimately passed away at Chilmark in 1731. Charles Edward Banks, quoting from a death record in the diary of Rev. William Home of Chilmark, says that Samuel died "in the 94th year of his age".^[6]

Research Notes

A paraphrased excerpt from Norfolk County records, found in an issue of the Essex Antiquarian from 1900, describes Samuel as the "eldest son" of Susannah "by her first husband".^[7] The original record is needed to determine whether this maternity is the writer's assumption, or arises from a direct statement of either Susannah or her second husband Roger Shaw. Still unanswered is whether Samuel, if a 1638 child of William Tilton's first wife Ursula as suggested by Samuel's recorded age at death, would have been raised -- and referred to by -- his stepmother as if he were her own, as she would have raised him from the age of several months.

Sources

1. ↑ History Of Hampton Falls 1638-1892, J Dow, VOL 1 & 11. Lucy Dow, Salem Mas, Salem Press and Publishing CO. 1893. 1901-1903; Page. 994; names Samuel as a child of William but gives him no birth date, place or mother's name.
2. ↑ Jones, William H, William Tilton: His English Origins and Some American Descendants, Heritage Books Inc, Maryland, (2000) p 57
3. ↑ Vital Records of Chilmark, Massachusetts, Chilmark Marriages, page 77: TILTON, Samuel and Hannah Moulton, ----, "In the year 1673 came to the Isle of Marthas Vineyard."
4. ↑ Tilton Branches: Samuel Tilton
5. ↑ GDMNH: ("Tilton: SAMUEL (5), Hampton, carpenter, m. 17 Dec. 1662 Hannah Moulton (see 16) who d. 11 Apr. 1720. Deeds from step-fa. Shaw 1660, from Robert Tuck 1661, from Nathaniel Batchelder 1662, from John Sanborn 1670. Receipted for Shaw legacy 1661. With Hampton neighbors in 1673, he settled in Martha’s Vineyard where he d. 29 Nov. 1731 in his 94th yr. Lists 386, 399b. Will, 15 June 1718 - 7 Mar. 1732. Ch: Hannah, b. 15 Sept. 1663. William, b. 11 Nov. 1668. John, b. 23 Oct. 1670. Josiah. Mary. Rachel.") ("16 MIRIAM, ag. 23, presum. sis. of (7) and (20), came in 1637 with them and other Moultons, Mrs. Mary, wid., ag. 30 (unident.), and Ruth, ag. 30 (unident.); also Wm.(21). Miriam m. Thos. King (14), whose will 1667 names her and others, incl. cous. Henry (5); cous. Rachel, w. of Christian Dolloff; John (8). Rachel Dolloff was presum. dau. of an unkn. br. of Miriam. Two others of uncert. place: Ruth, m. 3 Apr. 1660 Peter Johnson (24), cannot be reckoned dau. of (7) in view of his will; Hannah, m. 17 Dec. 1662 Samuel Tilton of Hampt. is not surely Anne (7) who must have been older than Hannah’s husb.")
6. ↑ The History of Martha's Vineyard, by Dr. Charles Banks, Volume II, Annals of Chilmark, pp. 29 - 41, "Sketches of the Early Settlers of Chilmark"; http://history.vineyard.net/dukes/b2chilres.htm
7. ↑ "Old Norfolk County Records", Vol. 4 (1900), p. 9, (The Essex Antiquarian. Salem, MA: The Essex Antiquarian, 13 vols. 1897-1909. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB96/i/7530/9/22211410 (subscription

• The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Massachusetts, by Walter Goodwin Davis, Portland, Me. : Anthoensen Press, 1947, pp. 16-19; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89065996662&view=image&seq=34

• Marriage: "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDLB-J8Q : 10 February 2018), Samuel Tilton and Hanna Moulton, 17 Oct 1662; citing reference 2:4031RNN; FHL microfilm 1,001,311. Alternative record (NEHGS): "Samuell Tilton & Hanna Moulton wear Joyned in marriage: ye 17: 10 mo 1662" -- Sanborn, George Freeman, Jr., and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Vital records of Hampton, New Hampshire : to the end of the year 1900. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1701/i/40198/74/1085550762 (subscription). Alternative record (later transcription): "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL6W-R2G : 26 September 2017), Samuel Tilton and Hanna Moulton, 17 Oct 1662; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,311.

• Marriage (with multiple-source citation, NEHGS): "TILTON, Samuel (-1731, Chilmark) & Hannah MOULTON (-1720, Chilmark); 17 Dec 1662; Hampton, NH {GDMNH 497, 499, 687; Davis: Anc. of Phoebe Tilton 17; Hampton 851, 994; Martha's Vineyard 3:471; Essex Ant. 5:133, 9:134; Seeley-Vail 52a; Moulton 186; Tilton 1" -- New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21176/1522/426907002 (subscription)

• Marriage, as later recorded at Chilmark, MA (with image of printed transcript): "TILTON... Samuel and Hannah Moulton, ––– ––, ––––. "In the year 1673 came to the Isle of Marthas Vineyard. "" -- "Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850", The Massachusetts Vital Records Project; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Dukes/Chilmark/aMarriagesT.shtml . Also available in Vital Records of Chilmark, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, "Chilmark Marriages", Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA 1904, p. 77; https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofch00chil/page/76.

• Death, with age at time of death: Diary 1715-1747 of Rev. William Homes, New England's Hidden Histories: Colonial-Era Church Records, Congregational Library and Archives; http://nehh-viewer.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/#/content/HomesWilliam/viewer/Diary2C2017151747/171

• Age at time of death (as husband to Hannah Moulton): "Early Settlers at Hampton, New Hampshire", by William Haslet Jones, entry for Hannah Moulton -- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11613/329/23489232 (subscription)

See also:

• Jones, William H, William Tilton: His English Origins and Some American Descendants, Heritage Books Inc, Maryland, (1997) pg 55 (not available online as of Nov. 2019).

• The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 471 - 482. Compiled by Dr. Charles Banks, c. 1925. Transcribed by Karen Eddy, 1999. Prepared for the web by C. Baer, 1999. See http://history.vineyard.net/dukes/b2chilres.htm#Tilton

• [Contains unsourced information about birth of Samuel on 16 Jun 1640]: "Descendants of William Tilton of Lynn, Massachusetts: Through the Line of His Son, Daniel Tilton", by Barbara Brown Marden, C.A.L.S., pp. 129-130; The Essex Genealogist. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB396/i/12592/130/0

• [Contains contradictory information about birth year for Samuel -- 1639 vs. 16 Jun 1640]: Under the Spreading Tilton Tree: A History of the Tilton Family, by Aline V. Kelm, 2004, Hurricane, Utah - Aline V. Kelm, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/322380-under-the-spreading-tilton-tree-a-history-of-the-tilton-family?viewer=1&offset=2#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=

• Mayflower Source Records page 115 at ancestry.com