Notes:

. 1748 Feb 28 - Three days before his marriage to Margaret Tilton, he made application to the Men's Monthly Friends Meeting, Shrewsbury, NJ, for a certificate of removal to Philadelphia, Penn.

"History of Tilton Family In America," page 182, makes the statement: "Margaret Tilton married William Lawrence, son of Richard Lawrence, May 5, 1748."

. 1748 March 5 - Quarker Marriage Record:
1748, 5day, 3 mo., William Lawrence, married to Margaret Tilton, both of Middletown, at an appointed meeting, attended at of Daniel Tilton's house.
Witnesses: Cattron Lawrence, William Lawrence, Amos Tilton, Margaret Lawrence, William Lawrence Jr., Daniel Tilton, George Williams, John Tilton, Mary Tilton, Anne Tilton, Joseph Field, Sarah Tilton, John Tilton.2, Abigail Tilton, Increase Tilton, Margaret Tilton [her own signature?]

. Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. V, pg. 142, further states:
"Margaret Tilton married, at the house of Daniel Tilton, May 5, 1748,
William, son of Richard, age 20 & Alice Lawrence; both of Middletown, born Dec. 1st.

. Margaret Tilton is mentioned in her father Daniel's WILL of 1749. FIRST SERIES VOL XXXIII.

. Mary Tilton; second intentions, Burlington Meeting, Oct. 1, 1744, married, Oct. 10, 1744, Job Ridgway, Jr., of Little Egg Harbor, son of Thomas.
Witnesses: Daniel, Margaret, Sarah & Phebe Tilton, [i.e. her sisters:].

. Tilton, Francis Theodore, THE HISTORY OF THE TILTON FAMILY IN AMERICA. New Jersey, 1939-40. page 181
History: Jones, William H, William Tilton: His English Origins & Some American Descendants, Heritage Books Inc, Maryland, (1997) pg. 79.

BURIAL:
. Margaret, the wife of William David, the son of David & Sarah & Esek Tilton, son of William & Margaret Tilton, are each buried in the Friends' Burying ground, at Shrewsbury, but with no other inscription than the initials: M.T., D.T & E.T.
Ref: Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 5.

. Typical houses in Colts Neck:
Most of the houses of the Provincial period were shingled on the outside by cedar shingles & roofed with the same material. They were, generally, filled in with mud, sometimes worked up with chopped straw. The front doors were often ornamented with heavy & elaborate knockers of iron or brass. The doors themselves were large & in the Dutch buildings, usually divided horizontally into 2 at the middle. Windows were usually small. Floors were of very broad planks (sometimes two feet wide) & laid directly on heavy hand-hewn oak beams.

Chimneys became larger, some being 12 feet wide, needing logs so large & heavy that they had to be drawn within the kitchen by a horse. Ovens were no longer detached, but built in one of the side-walls of the kitchen chimney (such as that in the Frederick's home on Laird Road.) Vegetables were sometimes stored in outside root-cellars. Ice was preserved in deep pits, lined with logs & covered by a peaked roof. - - -

Birth:

Margaret married William LAWRENCE, .6 Esq. The Quaker on 5 Mar 1748 in Shrewsbury's Friends' House. William (son of Richard LAWRENCE, .3rd, Esq. and Alice BROWN) was born on 13 Nov 1719 in Colts Neck, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 21 Oct 1795 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Shrewsburys Friend's Burying Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
REF. History of Tilton Family In America, Pg 182, Box J4 Folder 17
41056; Alt DOM: 5 May, 1748 .

1. Daniel LAWRENCE, .II was born on 20 Aug 1750 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died before 1783 in New Jersey.
2. Ensign William LAWRENCE, .9th was born on 24 Mar 1752 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 23 Jun 1780 in Springfield, Union Co., New Jersey.
3. Lieut. John LAWRENCE, , UE, & JP was born on 10 Apr 1754 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 30 Dec 1821 in Richmond Hill, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried on 1 Jan 1822 in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.
4. Alice LAWRENCE, UE was born on 12 Dec 1756 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 26 Nov 1827 in New Brunswick, Canada.
5. Helen LAWRENCE, .i was born on 10 Oct 1757 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died before 1795 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
6. Lieut. Richard LAWRENCE, , UE was born on 20 Aug 1759 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died before 5 May 1831 in Harwich, Kent Co., Ontario.
7. Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .x was born on 1 Oct 1761 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 26 Nov 1827 in Wakefield, Carleton Co., New Brunswick.
8. Elisha LAWRENCE, .5 was born on 10 Apr 1764 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died after Mar 1795.
9. Jacob LAWRENCE, Sr. was born on 8 Mar 1767 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 29 Jul 1823 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.

Notes:

Witness at marriage:
. 1735 Jun 1735, Philip Edward, married Elizabeth Eatton, both of Shrewsbury, at the Friend's Meeting House, Shrewsbury: Wit. Daniel Tilton.

. 1635 Oct 9, Timothy Hance, md. Rebekah Allen, both of Shrewsbury, at the house of Joseph Allen, Shews., Wit: Danl. & Elizabeth Tilton.

. 1737 Oct 22, Jacob Corlies, married Sarah White, both Shrews, at Friends' Meeting House, Shrews. Wit: Daniel Tilton.

. DANIEL TILTON, son of John Tilton, 2, born Dec. 27, 1682; married, probably for his second wife, Nov. 6, 17 17, Elizabeth Powell.

. 1702 June 17. Daniel Tilton, gave his Ear mark thus two slits down the top of the Right Ear the same that was his fathers Ear mark. Entered pr me Elisha Lawrence, Towne Clerk. [Middletown, NJ.]

. 1743 March 5. He complained to the Shrewsbury Quaker Meeting against his brother, Samuel Tilton, 1 1, for encroaching on his land.
24 August 1723 Case: Daniel Tilton vs Elizabeth Bayley: Minutes of the Court:
Jeremiah Stillwell, Esq. sworn for the plaintiff & a deed from John Bayley to John Bowne, one from John Bowne to Elizabeth Grover, one from Gershom Stillwell & Elizabeth his wife to Hugh Hartshorne read for plaintiff. Freehold, County Clerk's Office.

. 1749 Oct 14, WILL of Daniel TILTON of Middletown, Monmouth Co.,
Summary: Daniel names his children - John; Mary Ridgeway; Margaret LAWRENCE; Anne, Sarah, Phebe & Lydia.
Money due from john Ellison.
Executors are Robert & Nathan Tilton.
Wit. Peter Tilton, Ezekiel Smith, Cornelius McCurtain.
WILL proven 1749 Nov 13.
Ref: NJ Wills Lib E, p 423

. 1749 Nov 13 - Inventory dated 13 Nov. 1749. No wife listed.
His WILL, made Oct. 14, 1749 & proved Nov. 13, 1749, mentioned:
Children John Tilton, Mary Ridgeway, Margaret, wife of William Lawrence, Ann, Sarah, Phebe & Lydia; his daughters each receive £100, etc. Executors: Robert & Nathan Tilton.

Issue :
1. John Tilton, of Middletown; married by license dated Mch. 14, 1752, Frances Thomson, spinster; William Lawrence, surety. Freehold Mortgages, A, page 68, Jan. 27, 1769, shows John Tilton, of Middletown & Frances, his wife, giving a mortgage on land that was bounded by Jacob Hendrickson, Samuel Tilton & Swimming River.

2. Mary Tilton; second intentions, Burlington Meeting, Oct. i, 1744, married, Oct. 10, 1744, Job Ridgway, Jr., of Little Egg Harbor, son of Thomas. Witnesses: Daniel, Margaret, Sarah & Phebe Tilton.

3. Margaret Tilton married, at the house of Daniel Tilton, May 5, 1748,
William, son of Richard & Alice Lawrence; both of Middletown, born Dec. 13, 1719.
4. Ann Tilton married, second intentions, July 3, 1758, John Harvey.
5. Sarah Tilton.

6. Phebe Tilton. Perhaps it was she who married, by license dated Feb. 28, 1760, Humphrey Wady; Christopher Tallman, surety.
7. Lydia Tilton married, second intentions. May 3, 1756, Job Harvey.

In his inventory appears, "6 silver spoons & a silver bowle." He resided at Middletown & was well-off financially. - - -

Birth:
Alt Spellings: Tillton and Tilltone

Died:
WILL Proved 1749 Nov 13.

Daniel married Elizabeth POWELL on 6 Sep 1717 in Shrewsbury's Friends' House. Elizabeth was born in 1686 in Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York; died in in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. John Yard of Trenton, NJ, was a witness on 6th of 9th month 1717, to the marriage of Daniel Tilton to Elizabeth Powell, both of Monmouth, the 4th day of the week at the Friends' Meeting House, Shrewsbury.

. On the 6th day, 9th month, (4th day of the week), 1717 (a marginal record also gives 10th of 9th mo.), Daniel Tilton, son of John & Rebecca (Terry) Tilton, married Elizabeth Powell, both of the the Shrewsbury, County of Monmouth, at the public Friends' meeting House, Shrewsbury, this 6th day ye 9th month in the year of our Lord, according to the English account 1717.
Ref: Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, & Minutes 1674-1895,p 113 [p58]

Witnesses:
Richard Handcock, Daniell Tillton (groom)
James Geuer
Elizabeth Tillton (bride).
brother-in-law, John Tillton
Robart Allen, Samuell Tillton, William Brindly, Peter Tillton, John Woolley, Jur., Mary Allen, Richard Rundols (?), Margaret Allen, Phillip Edwards,Mary (Tilton) Grouer, James McCombs,                                
John Yard, Hester Tilton, William Gowin, Ralph Allen, Remembrance Lippincott, Daniel xx
Walter Harbar, Jane Borden Margarett (Lippincott) Tilton, Cottron Edwards, sister-in-law Edith Allin, Patience (Allen) Tilton, sister-in-law Meribah Slocum, Elizabeth (Lippincott) Parker, Johnnah (Bills) Williams, Margarett Lippincott, Elizabeth Hance, Elizabeth Brindley. - - -

Died:
Resided here at the time of husband Daniel's death.

Notes:

Married:

Notes:

John is the son of Mary Goodie Pearsall & John Tilton, The Patentee.

. 1670 Jul 5, Age: 28 - Appointed Overseer for the town of Shrewsbury NJ.

. John Tilton SR of Middletown, written 23 Nov 1700 & proved 17 Apr 1704. In it he names wife Rebecca & children - including Daniel who he states is "under age". Wit: Remembrance Lippincott, Ben Lawrence. Inventory of his personal estate £146 1 shilling.

. JOHN TILTON, was the son of John & Mary (Goodie) Tilton of Gravesend, who supported religious persecution & were banished by Stuyvesant.
The children of these were: John (1), Thomas (2), Peter (3), Esther (4), who married Samuel Spicer, Sarah (5), who married John Painter, Abigail (6), who married, first, Ralph Warner &, secondly, William Scott & Mary (7), who married, first a Carman & secondly, Henry Bowman.

. JOHN TILTON, son of John Tilton.1, born 4mo. (June), 4, 1640; died probably early in the year 1704, his will having been probated April 17th of that year. He married, first, at Oyster Bay, L. I., 8 mo. (Oct.), 10, 1670, Mary Coats &
second, at Flushing, L. I., 3mo. (May), 12, 1674, Rebecca Terry, by whom he appears to have had all his children. She died, in Middletown, N. J., (Dec), 18, 171 5. This date for her death is found on the Shrewsbury Quaker Meeting Records, on the same page as & following after the names & dates of birth of the children born to Walter & Sarah (Tilton) Herbert. & Sarah Herbert was her own daughter.

. 1658 Oct. 10. Thomas Greedye, born in Devonshire, England, in his WILL of this date; proved Nov. 4, 1658, devised to his loving friend John Tilton, of Gravesend, his estate, out of which the said Tilton was to pay his debts & the remainder he bequeathed to Peter Tilton, son of said John Tilton, excepting only one small sum the which I have given unto John Tilton, Jr.

. 1662 Nov. 16. Order for John Tilton, Jr., to deliver up a boat he had secured.

. 1664 I mo., 25. John Tilton, Jr. & his brother-in-law, Samuel Spicer, were among those named in the first purchase of land, in Monmouth Co., from the Indian Sachem Popomora. This deed was acknowledged April 7, 1665 & is on record in the Secretary
of State's Office, at Albany & in Trenton, as well as in the Proprietors' Office at Perth Amboy.

. 1683 Aug. 13. John Tilton, Jr., of Gravesend, sold to Martin Petersen (Wykoff) a plantation in Gravesend.

. 1684 Mch. 26. John Tilton, Jr., named as executor in the WILL of Obadiah Wilkins. 1691/2, Mch. 8. John Tilton, of Gravesend, sold to Cort Stevenson, of Flatlands, all his Gravesend property, for £295, reserving the use for 12 months to remove therefrom. About this time he would seem to have left Gravesend to reside in Monmouth Co. & this deduction is further sustained by the fact that his brother, Peter Tilton & wife Rebecca, were the only Tiltons whose names appear in the Quaker Records up to 1692.

. 1694 September. He was one of the Grand Jurors independent enough to indict one of the Judges then sitting on the bench & to present another.

. 1700, October. He was committed to the custody of the Sheriff for "subscribing a seditious paper."

. 1700 9mo., (Sep.), 23. WILL of John Tilton, of Middletown; proved Apr. 17, 1704. In it he makes no mention of his son Abraham Tilton, probably because he was dead at the time of its being made. Neither does the testator refer in it to his youngest daughters, Mary & Hester. But he does distinctly declare that he had a son Peter Tilton, who is not of age & yet this Peter's name is not given with those of the other children in the Shrewsbury Quaker Records, nor in the Friends Records of New York & Vicinity, which gives his children & their birth dates, as I append them.

To son, John Tillton, 5 shillings; to son Samuel Tillton 85 acres of upland & 3 of meadow & to his heirs; to daughter Sarah Tilton 1 cow; to my wife, Rebecca Tillton, after my decease, my dwelling house, etc. & all my farme, after her decease it is to go to my son Peter Tillton & his heirs, not yet 21;
In case of his death, then to my son Daniel Tillton & his heirs; if he die before he come of age, then to my son Thomas Tillton & his heirs. If Peter live to be 21, then he is to pay unto his two brothers Daniel & Thomas Tillton, £15 to each; if he die, Daniel shall pay £30 to Thomas. Residue to my wife Rebecca Tillton, my Executrix & after her death, to be equally divided amongst my children, friends, Thomas Hillborn & John Lippincott. will be helpful to my wife to see my will performed. Signed, John Tilton Sen.

Witnesses: Remembrance Lippincott, Ben. Lawrence, George Corleis.
Inventory of his personal estate £146-1 1-0. - - -

Died:
Will Proved: 17 Apr 1704.

John married Rebecca TERRY on 12 May 1674 in Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York. Rebecca was born in 1647 in Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York; died on 18 Oct 1715 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Samuel Terry, Born Apr 1632, Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts & died 1731, Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts;
on 3 Jan 1660 in Sprinfield, MA., he married
Ann Lobdell (Landon), born 8 Mar 1634, Enfield, MA & died May 1684, Springfield, MA.

. Mrs. Tillton, the wife of John Tilton, deceased in Middletown, ?85y of 10 mo., 1715.

. Issue of John & Rebecca Tilton are:

1. John Tilton born Apr. 14, 1675; died August, 1731; married, July 29, 1703, Margaret Lippincott, born May 7, 1683.
2. Abraham Tilton born Jan. 14, 1676; he is not mentioned in his father's will & the entry of his death is recorded as "son of John Tilton," on the Quaker Records, of Flushing, L. I., without date, but between entries for the years 1684 - 1686.

3. Samuel Tilton born Mch. 2, 1678; died prior to May 6, 1745; married, June 5, 1705, Patience Allen.
4. Sarah Tilton born Nov. 14, 1680; married, June 2, 1704, Walter Herbert.

5. Peter Tilton married, November, 1722, Lydia Bills.
6. Daniel Tilton born Dec. 27, 1682; married, probably as a second wife, Nov. 6, 17 17, Elizabeth Powell.
7. Thomas Tilton born Dec. 20, 1684; died Jan. 4, 1763; married Faith Lawrence.
8. Mary Tilton born Oct. 21, 1686; married James, son of Joseph & Hannah (Lawrence) Grover.
9. Hester Tilton born Apr. 17, 1689; married, Oct. 15, 1719, William Lawrence. - - -

Birth:
Alt Name: Rebekkah

Notes:

. John Tallman married Mary; settled at Flushing, Long Island & is ancestor of the Burlington County, New Jersey, family.

. Original Settlers of Monmouth, New Jersey:
JOHN TILTON, Patentee (2), son of John.1, The Patentee, married Rebecca Terry. He died in 1704, she, sup. Dec. 18, 1715.
Their children were: Sarah, who married Walter Herbert; John, who married Margaret Lippencott; Abraham, not traced; Samuel, married Patience, supposed daughter of Jedediah Allen; Daniel, married, sup. Elizabeth Powell; Thomas, married Faith Lawrence; Mary, married James Grover, Jr.; Hester, married William Lawrence; & Peter, married Lydia Bills.

. A patent confirming those Indian grants to the inhabitants was signed, by Governor Nicolls March 13, 1666.
The municipal history of Gravesend began almost with its settlement. In 1646 the first three "approved honest men" elected as Justices were George Baxter, Edward Brown & William Wilkins; Sergeant James Hubbard was elected Schout & John Tilton (who had accompanied Lady Moody from New England) was chosen to be Town Clerk. All these elections were approved by the Governor.
To take another instance, we extract an Indian deed for the surrender of Barren Island in 1664 from Stiles's History of Kings County:

Know all men, etc., that we, Wawmatt Tappa & Kackawashke, the right & true proprietors of a certain island called by the Indians Equendito & by the English Broken Lands, in consideration of two coats, one kettle, one gun, one new trooper-coat, ten fathoms of wampum prage, 3 shirts, 6 pounds of powder, 6 barrs of lead & a quantity of Brandie wine, already paid unto us by John Tilton, sen. & Samuel Spicer, of Gravesend, L. I., Do &c., sell &c., the said Island called Equendito &c., with all our right both of upland & marshes any way belonging thereto, as the Straun Beach or Beaches, as namely that running out more westerly, with the Island adjoining & is at the same time by the ocean sea wholly inclosed, called Hoopaninak & Shanscomacocke & macutteris, as also all the harbors &c., to the said John Tilton & Samuel Spicer excepting only to ourselves the one-half of all such whale-fish that shall by wind & storms be cast upon the said Island. In witness whereof we have set our hands this 13 day of the 3 month, called May, Anno, 1664.

. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTIONS: In August, 1675, a boat arrived in New York Bay from New England, having on board 11 Quakers who had been expelled from that colony. Two of them, women, as soon as they landed in New Amsterdam, began preaching on the streets to the astonishment & disgust of old Peter Stuyvesant, a straight-laced, single-minded supporter of the Dutch church. He did not understand the Quakers' theology. he Quaker visitors soon scattered in pursuance of their mission to disseminate their doctrines, but at least one of them, Robert Hodgson, went to Long Island & as he journeyed held conventicles by the way. He was arrested for this at Hempstead & promptly lodged in jail, along with 2 women who had entertained him in their home. Stuyvesant at once ordered the 3 prisoners to be sent to New Amsterdam, where he seems to have released the women after giving them the supreme benefit of a piece of his mind. Hodgson, however, was to feel the full force of the ire of the doughty Governor. He was sentenced to 2 years' imprisonment at hard labor or pay a fine of 600 guilders. Such a fine was beyond his power to liquidate & he was quickly put to the alternative. Chained to a wheelbarrow, he was ordered to work, but refused & was thereupon lashed by a negro until he fainted. He remained in prison for some months, scourged at frequent intervals until insensibility rendered the infliction of further pain unnecessary & was humiliated in many ways. The cruelty practiced toward him was brutal in the extreme & its effects were threatening even his life. Then from sheer pity at his awful condition the Governor's sister interposed on his behalf & he was released, under a new sentence of banishment from the province. The Governor seems never to have lost his enmity to the Quakers.

Prosecutions were accordingly directed from time to time against William & John Bowne, Henry Townsend, John Townsend, Samuel Spicer, John Tilton, William Noble, Edward Hart & Edward Feake, all of whom openly confessed their adherence to the doctrines of the Quakers. Most of these (including Spicer, Tilton & the Bowne family) were residents of Gravesend.

. The case of John Tilton & his wife, Mary, is also interesting. Tilton settled in Gravesend at the same time as Lady Moody & probably accompanied her from New England, where doubtless he got his first impressions of the doctrines of the Friends, the "abominable sect," according to Stuyvesant, "who vilify both the political magistrates & the ministers of God"s holy Word."

Tilton & his wife were arrested October 5, 1662 & lodged in the prison at Fort Amsterdam. They remained in durance vile for a few days, when they were brought before the Council, found guilty of entertaining Quakers & attending conventicles & ordered to leave the province before the 20th of November following, under the alternative penalty of being publicly whipped. Their sentences seem to have been remitted, however, probably through the influence of Lady Moody, for Mary Tilton continued to reside at Gravesend until her death, May 23, 1683 & John Tilton also maintained his home there until he, too, passed away, in 1688. He was, we take it, a man of deep religious sentiment & so continued to the end, most probably becoming more & more devoted to Quakerism as the time went on, for by his will, which he had drawn up about a year before his death, he bequeathed a piece of land as a burial ground "for all persons in ye everlasting truth of the Gospel."

In many ways the most notable of all Stuyvesant's experiences with Quakers lay around the case of John Bowne, of Flushing, not only because the extreme measure which he adopted showed the malignancy of his feelings toward these people, but because it brought down upon him, what he probably felt more keenly than he could any other form of misfortune, a clear-cut rebuke from his home Government & the nullification of the sentence he imposed.

. The WILL of JOHN TILTON dated Jan. 15, 1657, in which he devised land "for all persons in ye Everlasting truth of ye gospel as occasion serves for ever to have & to hold & to make use of to bury their dead there."' It is thought that the land thus deeded adjoined the original burying ground & Tilton's bequest was in reality an addition & at once incorporated within its boundaries. It was probably part of the original lot, which Tilton received when he settled at Gravesend with Lady Moody. The oldest stone extant now bears the date of 1676 & many of the inscriptions discernible are in Dutch. From the formation of Greenwood Cemetery the Gravesend burial ground began to fall into disuse & interments in it have now practically ceased. [c. 1900.] - - -

Died:
Alt DOD: 18 DEC 1715.

John married Mary GOODIE PEARSALL in 1639 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Mrs. Goodie PEARSALL) was born in 1600 in Shrewsbury, St. Chads, Shopshire, England; died on 12 May 1683 in Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Tilton Family
Among the 12 original patentees of old Monmouth is John Tilton, who arrived 1640 in Lynn Co., Mass. At this time in Lynn the most noted, influential person among the Baptists was Lady Deborah Moondie, afterwards long & favorably known among the original settlers of Long Island.
The following extract from the Lynn Records dated Dec. 13th, 1642:
The Lady Deborah Moodie, Mrs. King & the wife of John Tilton were presented for holding
The proceedings agains them resulted in their leaving Lynn & the next year 1643, we find mentioned Lady Moodie, the Tiltons, Wm. Goulding, Samuel Spicer & others at Gravesend, LI, founding the settlement from which afterward many person to Old Monmouth. No sooner did the Quakers begin to promulgate their views, than the Dutch authorities issued severe edicts against them & all who harbored those abominable impostors, runaways & strolling people called Quakers.

The following year John Tilton was fined £12 Flemish money for harboring a Quaker woman. From that time forward both Tilton & his wife seem to have strongly sympathized with the persecuted sec & soon cast their lot among them altogether, which greatly excited their of the Dutch & especially of old Governor Peter Stuyvesant. On the 5th Oct, 1662, John Tilton & Mary his wife were summoned before the Governor & his council at New Amsterdam charged with having entertained Quakers & frequenting their conventicles. They were condemned & ordered to leave the province before the 20th of November following, under pain of corporal punishment.

"Goody Tilton, (Mrs. Tilton), was not so much condemned for assisting at conventicles as for having, like a sorceress, gone from door to door to lure & seduce the people, yea, even young girls, to join the Quakers."

1662 Sept 19th, John Tilton was fined, as the record says, for permitting Quakers to quake at his house at Gravesend. Many other persons were prosecuted at this time by the Dutch on similar charges. Here, being again persecuted by the Dutch, they seem to have determined to seek some place where they could worship God as they pleased. The lands in Monmouth county impressed them so favorably that the following year 1663 they made large purchase of the Indians.
After the conquest of the Dutch by the English, ... John Tilton found he could remain at Long Island without molestation & leave his share in his Monmouth purchases to his children. He died at Gravesend, L.I, in 1688, his wife died a few years before in 1683. His will dated 15 of 7th month 1687 was recorded at Brooklyn , L.I.

. In the quarterly court records ... "At the same court, December 14, 1642, the Lady Deborah Moodie, Mrs. King & the wife of John Tilton were presented, for holding that the baptism of infants is no ordinance of God." From these historical relations we learn the reason why the Lady Moody, her son Sir Henry Moody, Ensign Baxter, Sergeant Hubbard, John Tilton & many others of her associates & friends, left New England & planted themselves at Gravesend, where they hoped to enjoy the most perfect freedom of opinion, unawed by the civil power & be allowed unmolested to propagate those religious principles which to them seemed most agreeable to their principles of reason & justice. - - -

Died:
Alt DOD: May 23, 1683.