HILTON, William
1590 - 1655 (65 years)
Great Migration: William Hilton (1590-1655)
William Hilton emigrated to America in 1621 on the Fortune. He lived at first in Plymouth Colony and his wife and two children (William b. 1617 and Mary) joined him in 1623. This can be a bit confusing, but after his first wife (name unknown) died, William married Frances Hayward and William our ancestor) was born in 1653. These two Williams brothers were decade apart in age and while it wasn't common, it wasn't unknown that a father would name two children the same name with two wives. As the sign at Hilton's park in Dover says:
The first settlement at Dover was made here at the southernmost point of Dover neck and was called Hilton’s Point after Edward and William Hilton. They were fishmongers from London who, in 1623, established their fishing industry at this scenic site.
We are descended from William and Frances through the Laviolette (Shorey) line.
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