Thomas TILTON, Jr.

Male 1684 - 1763  (78 years)


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  • Name Thomas TILTON 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 20 Dec 1684  Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Mar 1763  Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Alt DOD 4 Jan 1763.
    Person ID I798  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 15 Nov 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

    Family Faith LAWRENCE
              b. Est 1684, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 7 Aug 1717  Shrewsbury's Friends' House Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2018 
    Family ID F437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Tilton born Dec. 20, 1684; died Jan. 4, 1763; married Faith Lawrence.

      . THOMAS TILTON, son of John Tilton, 2, born Dec. 20, 1684; died Jan. 4,
      1763; married, second intentions, Oct. 7, 1717, Faith, daughter of Joseph & Sarah (Worth) Lawrence.

      . Trenton Deeds, K-2, page 544, records the conveyance of a piece of property, June 27, 1 74 1, by Joseph Lawrence, of Shrewsbury, to Faith Tilton, of Shrewsbury, daughter of the said Joseph Lawrence.

      . 1713 Oct. 13. Referred to as owning a mill dam when a road was laid out from Middletown to Chinquerors. Book D, of Deeds, at Freehold.

      The following undated paper was in the possession of the late James Steen, Esq., of Eatontown, N. J. & was evidently the memorandum for drawing up of the deed, dated 3mo., 4, 1765, on record at Freehold.

      The persons mentioned were daughters of Thomas Tilton, who died, Jan. 4, 1763, giving the power to act on their behalf to their brother Thomas Tilton, & their brothers-in-law Samuel Lawrence & Benjamin Borden.

      "Power of Attorney from Sarah the widow of Ebenezer Cook; Rebecca the wife of Benjamin Borden; Esther the wife of Amos White; Elizabeth; Hannah the wife of Richard Borden; Mary the wife of Samuel Lawrence; Rachel; Patience the wife of John Curtis; Lydia the widow of Herbert Curtis; & Deborah, to Thomas Tilton, Samuel Lawrence & Benjamin Borden, to convey the land mentioned in this deed."

      Issue:
      1. Sarah Tilton born Sep. 10, 1718; married. May, 1741, Ebenezer Cook.
      2. Rebecca Tilton born July 4, 1720; married, Dec. 29, 1757, Benjamin, son of Thomas & Margaret Borden; no issue.
      3. Esther Tilton born May 10, 1722; died Aug. 11, 1777; married, first, Jeremiah Borden; married, second, Amos White.
      4. Elizabeth Tilton born Mch. 26, 1724; died single, upwards of 90 years of age.
      5. Hannah Tilton born June 24, 1726; married, July 22, 1758, Richard, son of Thomas & Margaret Borden.
      6. Mary Tilton born Apl. 16, 1728, married, by license dated Nov. 13, 1756, Samuel Lawrence; John Curtis, Jr., surety. Had grandson, James Lawrence.

      7. Rachel Tilton born July 14, 1730; died unmarried.
      8. Thomas Tilton born Apl. 14, 1732; died March, 181 1.

      9. Patience Tilton born Jan. 3, 1735/6; married Nov. 18, 1756, John son of John & Rebecca (Herbert) Curtis, Jr.
      9. Lydia Tilton born Mch. 5, 1738; married, first, Herbert Curtis; second, William Pierce.
      10. John Tilton born May 5, 1739; married, by license dated July 23, 1766, Elizabeth Gifford.

      11. Deborah Tilton born Dec. 21, 1740; married, by license dated Feb. 22, 1766, Joseph Lawrence, Jr., of Shrewsbury; William Morton, surety; married, second, Dec. 9, 1767, Joseph Hahurst.
      12. Joseph Tilton born Dec. 24, 1741; married Deborah Potter.

      . MARY TILTON, daughter of John Tilton, 2, born Oct. 21, 1686; married, prior to Nov. 6, 1717, James, son of Joseph & Hannah (Lawrence) Grover. They were witnesses on that date to the marriage of her brother to Elizabeth Powell & on Oct. 1 5, 1 7 1 9, of her sister, Esther, to William Lawrence. 1735, Jan. 15. She was witness at marriage of her niece, Patience Tilton, to Thomas Middleton &, Oct. 10, 1739, they were both present when William Morris married Elizabeth Brewer. - - - [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] John E Stillwell, M.D. 1903. .