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HILTON, Ebenezer

HILTON, Ebenezer

Male 1703 - 1747  (44 years)

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  1. 1.  HILTON, EbenezerHILTON, Ebenezer was born on 23 May 1703 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA (son of HILTON, Mainwaring and THOMPSON, Elizabeth); died on 31 Jul 1747 in Pownalborough, Lincoln, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Y
    • Death: Killed by Indians along with his two sons.
    • Differentiator: Killed in Indian attack
    • Name: //
    • Name: //
    • Wars: 1747; Northeast Coast Campaign in King George's War

    Notes:


    In about 1744, the Hiltons along with another dozen families settled neat the Montsweag River in Embden, in a neighborhood between Wiscasset and Woolwich. On 31 Jul, 1747, Ebenezer and his sons Joshua and William and his son-in-law John Boyington who had married his daughter Sarah, were out working in the fields. William was spared but Joshua and John were killed, as was Ebenezer. The story is that Ebenezer stood with his back against a tree and after the Indians cut off his feet, he continued fighting kneeling until he died.
    William was taken prisoner and at 16 was taken up the Kennebec River to Canada and given to the French. But he escaped and made his way home by autumn of 1747--a trek of 150 miles.

    Illegitimate, Ebenezer was born Ebenezer Thompson, then took step-father's name, and then legally took his father's name before he married Mary Lord.

    Birth:
    Illegitimate, b. Ebenezer Thompson, then took step-father's name, and then legally took his father's name before he married Mary Lord.

    Died:
    killed and scalped by Indians alongside Montsweag Stream, Pownalborough, Lincoln County, Maine, USA

    Ebenezer married LORD, Mary in 1721 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA. Mary (daughter of LORD, Richard and GOODWIN, Mary) was born in May 1706 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died after 8 Oct 1766 in Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. HILTON, Abigail was born on 3 Sep 1730 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 28 Feb 1771 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    2. HILTON, Daniel was born on 3 Sep 1736 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 7 Mar 1802 in Starks, Somerset, Maine, USA.
    3. HILTON, Moses Lt. was born in 1728 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 16 Jun 1820 in Anson, Somerset, Maine, USA.
    4. HILTON, Ebenezer was born on 3 Sep 1736 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 20 Apr 1814 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
    5. HILTON, Captain Joshua was born on 14 Dec 1741 in York, Maine, USA; died on 25 Dec 1811 in Ancient Cemetery, Wiscasset, Lincoln, Maine, USA.
    6. HILTON, Joshua was born in 1728 in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA; died on 31 Jul 1747 in Pownal, Cumberland, Maine, USA.
    7. HILTON, Theophilus was born on 2 May 1743 in South Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    8. HILTON, Hannah was born on 18 Apr 1744 in York, Maine, USA; died on 20 Dec 1821 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
    9. HILTON, Benjamin was born on 11 Jan 1740 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 7 Mar 1802 in Starks, Somerset, Maine, USA.
    10. HILTON, Joseph was born in 1746 in Georgetown, York, Maine, USA; died on 7 Mar 1802 in Maine, USA.
    11. HILTON, Daniel was born on 3 Sep 1736 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 31 Jul 1747 in Starks, Somerset, Maine, USA.
    12. HILTON, Sarah 'Betsy' was born in 1725 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died in 1748 in Maine, USA.
    13. HILTON, William was born on 3 Sep 1731 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 16 Jun 1820 in Anson, Somerset, Maine, USA.
    14. HILTON, Mary Lord was born on 21 Jun 1723 in North Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 7 Nov 1825 in Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  HILTON, MainwaringHILTON, Mainwaring was born in Oct 1683 in York, York, Maine, USA (son of HILTON, William and PARSONS, Anne); died on 20 Dec 1705 in York, York, Maine, USA.

    Mainwaring married THOMPSON, ElizabethYork, York, Maine, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of THOMPSON, John and EMERY, Sarah) was born in 1681 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died on 14 Jan 1777 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  THOMPSON, ElizabethTHOMPSON, Elizabeth was born in 1681 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA (daughter of THOMPSON, John and EMERY, Sarah); died on 14 Jan 1777 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Apr 1681, Kittery, York, Maine, USA
    • Death: 14 Jan 1777, Berwick, York, Maine, USA

    Children:
    1. 1. HILTON, Ebenezer was born on 23 May 1703 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died on 31 Jul 1747 in Pownalborough, Lincoln, Maine, USA.
    2. HILTON, Abigail was born in 1700.
    3. Living
    4. Living


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  HILTON, WilliamHILTON, William was born on 28 Jun 1653 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA (son of HILTON, William and HAYWARD, Frances); died in Mar 1699 in York, York, Maine, USA.

    William married PARSONS, Anne in 1677 in York, York, Maine, USA. Anne (daughter of PARSONS, Mark and Living) was born in 1657 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1737 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  PARSONS, AnnePARSONS, Anne was born in 1657 in York, York, Maine, USA (daughter of PARSONS, Mark and Living); died in 1737 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: Needs more research

    Children:
    1. 2. HILTON, Mainwaring was born in Oct 1683 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 20 Dec 1705 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    2. HILTON, Hannah was born in 1690 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 29 Dec 1738 in Biddeford, York, Maine, USA.
    3. HILTON, Benjamin was born in 1677; died in 1721.
    4. HILTON, John was born in 1681 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died on 14 Jan 1777 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    5. HILTON, Joshua was born in 1680 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1711 in Canada.
    6. HILTON, Dorcas was born about 1684 in York, Maine, USA; died after 1704.
    7. HILTON, William was born in 1678 in York, York, Maine, USA; died on 21 Jun 1723 in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
    8. HILTON, Patience was born in 1692 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1737 in Wells, York, Maine, USA.
    9. HILTON, Benjamin was born in 1689 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 29 Dec 1788 in York, Maine, USA.
    10. HILTON, Dorcas was born in 1698 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 29 Dec 1788 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    11. HILTON, Elizabeth was born in 1682; died in 1738.
    12. HILTON, Margaret died in Nov 1763.

  3. 6.  THOMPSON, JohnTHOMPSON, John was born in 1662 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA (son of THOMPSON, Miles and TETHERLY, Ann); died on 6 Mar 1703 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Kittery, York, Maine, USA

    John married EMERY, Sarah in 1679 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA. Sarah (daughter of EMERY, James and UNKNOWN, Elizabeth, daughter of EMERY, James, daughter of EMERY, James and NEWCOMB, Elizabeth) was born in 1663 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died in 1738 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; was buried in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  EMERY, SarahEMERY, Sarah was born in 1663 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA (daughter of EMERY, James and UNKNOWN, Elizabeth, daughter of EMERY, James, daughter of EMERY, James and NEWCOMB, Elizabeth); died in 1738 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; was buried in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    Children:
    1. THOMPSON, John was born in 1685 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died in 1744 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    2. WARREN, Jane was born in 1703 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died in Feb 1762 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    3. WARREN, Margaret was born in 1703 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    4. THOMPSON, Mercy was born in 1692 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died in 1750 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    5. 3. THOMPSON, Elizabeth was born in 1681 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died on 14 Jan 1777 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  HILTON, WilliamHILTON, William was born in 1590 in Northwich, Cheshire, England (son of HILTON, William and MAINWARING, Ellen); died on 28 Jun 1655 in York, York, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant
    • Great Migration: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/951/235184038
    • Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hilton-18
    • Residence: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    • Residence: Maine, USA
    • Departure: 1621, England; to America on the Fortune bound for Plymouth Colony
    • Historical Importance: 1621, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; Established the first colony in Dover and fishing industry in NH
    • Residence: 1651, York, York, Maine, USA

    Notes:

    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 woudl name two children the same name with two wives.

    From: https://www.nh.gov/almanac/history.htm?fbclid=IwAR06qmB-n-Kp0zI71dAXbQn0LdTfj0Oaj2ee3X35oO0k1rz_xzyHw-dzCLc

    Early historians record that in 1623, under the authority of an English land-grant, Captain John Mason, in conjunction with several others, sent David Thomson, a Scotsman, and Edward and Thomas [William] Hilton, fish-merchants of London, with a number of other people in two divisions to establish a fishing colony in what is now New Hampshire, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River.

    One of these divisions, under Thomson, settled near the river’s mouth at a place they called Little Harbor or "Pannaway," now the town of Rye, where they erected salt-drying fish racks and a "factory" or stone house. The other division under the Hilton brothers set up their fishing stages on a neck of land eight miles above, which they called Northam, afterwards named Dover.

    Nine years before that Captain John Smith of England and later of Virginia, sailing along the New England coast and inspired by the charm of our summer shores and the solitude of our countrysides, wrote back to his countrymen that:

    "Here should be no landlords to rack us with high rents, or extorted fines to consume us. Here every man may be a master of his own labor and land in a short time. The sea there is the strangest pond I ever saw. What sport doth yield a more pleasant content and less hurt or charge than angling with a hook, and crossing the sweet air from isle to isle over the silent streams of a calm sea?"

    Thus the settlement of New Hampshire did not happen because those who came here were persecuted out of England. The occasion, which is one of the great events in the annals of the English people, was one planned with much care and earnestness by the English crown and the English parliament. Here James the first began a colonization project which not only provided ships and provisions, but free land bestowed with but one important condition, that it remain always subject to English sovereignty.

    William married HAYWARD, Frances in 1636 in York, York, Maine, USA. Frances was born about 1600 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 27 Feb 1688 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  HAYWARD, FrancesHAYWARD, Frances was born about 1600 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 27 Feb 1688 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: The Great Migration; Immigrant

    Children:
    1. HILTON, Anne was born in 1644 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1715 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    2. 4. HILTON, William was born on 28 Jun 1653 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died in Mar 1699 in York, York, Maine, USA.
    3. HILTON, Magdalene was born in 1635 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 13 Apr 1714 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
    4. HILTON, Agnes was born in 1647 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1715.
    5. HILTON, Elizabeth was born on 6 Nov 1650 in York, Maine, USA.

  3. 10.  PARSONS, Mark was born in 1620.

    Mark + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Living
    Children:
    1. 5. PARSONS, Anne was born in 1657 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1737 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

  5. 12.  THOMPSON, MilesTHOMPSON, Miles was born in 1627 in South Berwick, York, Maine, USA (son of THOMPSON, DAVID * and COLE, AMIAS Amyes); died on 30 Jun 1708 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; was buried in South Berwick, York, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Maine, USA

    Notes:

    · A Miles THOMPSON is mentioned in the court record of Boston 27 May 1643. This would fit with Miles being the son of David Thomson and Amias Cole, as Amias was remarried and living in Boston during that time frame.
    · Could the infant mentioned when David died be Miles??? and not John?? dates fit 1627; David died ca. 1628??? *see below
    · Miles lived in Kittery, ME, which is next door to the original Piscataqua settlement.
    · He lived on what was called the "Thompson" property...was it named after him or David & Amyes??
    · He was born ca. 1626/7 which would be well-timed in David's and Amyes' lives.
    A. David was still living.
    B. D & A's previous child, Ann-2, had been baptised (see Devon Parish records) in 1620 and died shortly thereafter.
    · In later years, Amyes and her daughter Mary Maverick Palgrave Hooke lived in Kittery as well. Were they on the "Thompson" property, too? Were they there because Miles was there? Or is it mere coincidence?

    * From "Robert Chapman - David Thomson Allied Family Lines"
    "Because the legal term in England and New England was "infant" for a minor child who had not yet reached his majority, some genealogists have apparently been confused by the fact that David's son, John, was termed an "infant" at the time of his father's death. ... Since John was born ca 1619, he was about 8 or 9 years old when his father died, and was properly termed legally an "infant" in the records of the Courts."
    NOTE: Doesn't mean there were not other children.

    http://oldberwick.org/oldberwick/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=692%3Asome-old-families-of-shorey-s-brook&catid=49&Itemid=70

    Miles married TETHERLY, Ann in 1655 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA. Ann (daughter of TETHERLEY, William and THORNE, Christiana) was born in Apr 1632 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died on 19 Sep 1717 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; was buried in South Berwick, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  TETHERLY, AnnTETHERLY, Ann was born in Apr 1632 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA (daughter of TETHERLEY, William and THORNE, Christiana); died on 19 Sep 1717 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; was buried in South Berwick, York, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: More research needed

    Notes:

    http://oldberwick.org/oldberwick/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=692%3Asome-old-families-of-shorey-s-brook&catid=49&Itemid=70

    Children:
    1. 6. THOMPSON, John was born in 1662 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died on 6 Mar 1703 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    2. THOMPSON, Amy was born on 17 Oct 1682 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    3. THOMPSON, Bartholomew was born in 1664 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 28 Mar 1726 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    4. THOMPSON, John was born in 1685 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died in 1744 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    5. THOMPSON, Ann was born in 1650 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died in May 1726 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    6. THOMPSON, Thomas was born in 1672 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 27 Sep 1715 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA.
    7. THOMPSON, Miles was born in 1660 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died in Apr 1724 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA.
    8. THOMPSON, Amy was born in 1656 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died in 1726 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; was buried in South Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    9. THOMPSON, Mary was born in 1659 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 1 Apr 1738 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    10. THOMPSON, Sarah was born in 1668 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; died on 5 Aug 1714 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.

  7. 14.  EMERY, JamesEMERY, James was born on 18 Sep 1631 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA (son of EMERY, Anthony and PORTER, Frances); died on 15 Oct 1719 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Possessions: 12 May 1660, Kittery, York, Maine, USA; Anthony & FrancisEmery sold all land in Cold Harbor, Kittery to son James Emery, including 100 acres of upland on the south side of Sturgeon Creek

    James married UNKNOWN, Elizabeth about 1657 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA. Elizabeth died in 1687. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  UNKNOWN, Elizabeth died in 1687.
    Children:
    1. EMERY, Daniel was born on 13 Sep 1667 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died on 15 Oct 1722 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA.
    2. EMERY, Zachariah was born in 1660 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died on 22 Dec 1692 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA.
    3. 7. EMERY, Sarah was born in 1663 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died in 1738 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA; was buried in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
    4. EMERY, Elizabeth was born in 1656; died on 6 Jun 1704 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA.
    5. EMERY, James was born in 1658 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died on 28 Dec 1724 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.
    6. EMERY, Job was born in 1670 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA; died on 26 Dec 1738 in Berwick, York, Maine, USA.


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