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John TILTON, .3

Male 1675 - 1731  (56 years)


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  • Name John TILTON 
    Suffix .3 
    Born 14 Apr 1675  Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aug 1731  Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I796  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2018 

    Father John TILTON, .2 Patentee
              b. 4 Jun 1640, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Sep 1700, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Rebecca TERRY
              b. 1647, Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Oct 1715, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 12 May 1674  Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F331  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . WILL of Thos. Greedy of Gravesend,1 658 Oct 13, Proved 1658 Nov 4.
      John Tilton, Executor. Estate to Peter Tilton, son of John Tilton; except gun to John Tilton Jr.
      Witnesses: William Wilkinns & Richard Gibbens.
      Ref: Gravsend Records, Liber 3, page 114.

      . JOHN TILTON, son of John Tilton, 2, born Apr. 14, 1675; died 1731; married July 29, 1703,
      Margaret, daughter of John & Ann (Barber) Lippencott, born May 7, 1683 - 1731 Aug 11 Shrewsbury, NJ.

      . 1703 Jul 5 - Married John Tillton & Margaret Lippincott, both of Monmouth Co, Province East New Jersey, in Shrewsbury on ye 5th week at ye meeting ouse of Friends upon ye 29 day of 5th commonly called July, in ye year 1703.
      Ref: Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, p16.

      . 1731 Aug. 11. - WILL of John Tilton, of Middletown, yeoman; proved by the affirmation of Robert Tilton & his brother Nathan Tilton, executors of their father, John Tilton, also by the affirmation of Joseph Lawrence & Jacob Dennis, Oct. 9, 1731. In it he mentioned:

      . Eldest son Robert Tilton, the easterly part of his plantation, adjoining Samuel Tilton & Swimming River;
      . son Nathan Tilton, to have upland & meadow adjoining "my brother Peter," & Samuel Dennis's Sawmill brook;
      . youngest son John Tilton, to have "the remaining or middle part of my farm lying between his said 2 brothers." "If any of the said 3 sons die before they reach the age of 21 years." "each of my 6 children."

      . My 3 daughters, viz.: Anne Tilton, Margaret, Hester Tilton; my said son Nathan Tilton to oversee what I have given to his brother, my said youngest son, John Tilton, till he come to the age of 21 years.
      Executors: my 2 sons Robert & Nathan Tilton & my two brothers Daniel Tilton & Peter Tilton.
      Witnesses: Joseph Lawrence, Lucas Whit, Richard Bartlet [his mark], Jacob Dennis.

      Issue:
      1. Robert Tilton, eldest son, died Oct. 23, 1762, married, Jan. 6, 1731, Miriam Allen.
      2. Nathan Tilton died Mch. 30, 1788; married, Nov. 25, 1735, Increase Lippencott.
      3. John Tilton youngest son; probably married, by license dated Feb. 15, 1742, Elizabeth Lane.
      4. Anne Tilton witness at the marriage of her brother Robert Tilton, Jan. 6, 1731, to Miriam Allen.
      5. Margaret Tilton
      6. Hester Tilton. - - - [1, 2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S80] .

    2. [S29] John E Stillwell, M.D. 1903. .

    3. [S53] Shrewsbury Friends' Book, New Jersey.