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322 JOHN THROCKMORTON, son of James Throckmorton, 204, was born Aug. 8, 1818; married Nov. 15, 1841, Abigail Ann Earnhart born June 18, 1825.
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Issue
455 Margaret A. Throckmorton born Apr. 8, 1843
456 Winfield Scott Throckmorton born Dec. 31, 1844; died in the Army.
457 Charles A. Throckmorton born Oct. 22, 1846
458 Albert Throckmorton
459 Millie Throckmorton
460 Almeda Throckmorton
461 Ella Throckmorton
323 JOB THROCKMORTON, son of James Throckmorton, 204, was born Apr. 27, 1822; married Apr. 15, 1847, Amelia Ann Githens, born Nov. 24, 1829.
Issue 46Ia Hester Ann Throckmorton born Nov. 21, 1847 461b James Throckmorton born May 26, 1849
324 JOSEPH THROCKMORTON, son of James Throckmorton, 204, was born Aug. 22, 1824; married Dec. 30, 1846, Cynthia E. Stansel.
Issue 46Ic Dolanda S. Throckmorton born Oct. 25, 1847 46Id Alfonso H. Throckmorton born May 3, 1849
325 JANE THROCKMORTON, daughter of James Throckmorton, 204, was born Mch. 9, 1826; married Aug. 18, 1843, James R. B. Jones, born Jan. 30, 1829.
Issue Thomas W. Jones born June 2, 1845 Leah S. Jones born May 4, 1847 Alonzo T. Jones born Feb. 23, 1849
334 JAMES THROCKMORTON, son of William W. Throckmorton, 205, married Susan Green.
Issue 462 Willetta Throckmorton
362 JOB THROCKMORTON, son of George F. Throckmorton, 210, married Catharine White.
Issue 463 Alice Throckmorton married Gilbert Sweet
464 Flora Throckmorton married, first, Mr. Henderson, of Kansas; second, Mr. Kamerer, of Oklahoma.
465 Mary Throckmorton
466 George Throckmorton
467 Charles Throckmorton
468 Eva Throckmorton
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363 REBECCA JANE THROCKMORTON, daughter of George F. Throck- morton, 210, married Alexander Stewart.
Issue 469 William Stewart 470 Clara Stewart
471 Mary Stewart
472 Edwin Stewart
473 Susan Stewart
364 CAROLINE THROCKMORTON, daughter of George F. Throckmorton, 210, married David Manning.
Issue 474 George Manning 475 Charles Manning
365 WILLIAM THROCKMORTON, son of George F. Throckmorton, 210, married Ellen Johnson.
Issue 476 Clara Throckmorton
477 Robert Throckmorton
478 Edward Throckmorton
367 ELIZA THROCKMORTON, daughter of George F. Throckmorton, 210, married Joel Barrett.
Issue 479 Emma Barrett
480 Alice Barrett
481 Edwin Barrett
368 MATILDA THROCKMORTON, daughter of George F. Throckmorton, 210, married Joseph Unglesby, who was born Oct. 1, 1839.
Issue 482 Charles Unglesby born 1870; died young. 483 Mary Stella Unglesby born 1873 484 Laura Jane Unglesby born 1876
369 CHARLES THROCKMORTON, son of George F. Throckmorton, 210, married Dora Fowler.
Issue 485 Frederick Throckmorton born near Conover, Ohio 486 Clifford Throckmorton
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383 JAMES P. THROCKMORTON, son of William W. Throckmorton, 230, resided at Branchport, N. J. He married Jan. 30, 1867, Catharine Lavinia, daughter of William and Hannah Denyse, born June 22, 1846; died Apr. 16, 1903.
Issue 487 E. Everett Throckmorton
488 Orella E. Throckmorton married Hugh B. Seymour
388 JOSEPH THROCKMORTON, son of John Throckmorton, 235, was born Nov. 1, 1807; married in 1831, Sarah Ann, daughter of James and Eleanor (Willets) Gilland, of New Brunswick, N. J. She was born in 1813 and died in 1889. He resided at Tinton Falls, N. J., and kept a shoe store in Red Bank, N. J. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and an Odd Fellow, etc.
Issue*
489 Susan Mary Throckmorton born Dec. 13, 1832; married Capt. Louis Drake, of Trenton, N. J.
490 John Throckmorton born July 3, 1834; died Apr. 10, 1834.
491 Catharine Throckmorton born July 12, 1835; married Benjamin P. Breed- ing, of Philadelphia, Pa.
492 Furman Throckmorton born Oct. 12, 1837; died Mch. 10, 1842.
493 Elizabeth Throckmorton born Dec. 2, 1839; married John Hooper
494 Elinor Throckmorton born Jan. 29, 1842; married James Fox, of New Jersey.
495 Sarah Jane Throckmorton born Sept. 17, 1843; married Jeremiah Hamilton, of Philadelphia, Pa.
496 Hannah Throckmorton born Aug. 10, 1845; married George Hackett, of Philadelphia, Pa.
497 Joseph Throckmorton born Nov. 10, 1846; died Nov. 21, 1846.
498 Lydia Ann Throckmorton born Apr. 2, 1849; died in 1849.
499 Libby Throckmorton born Apr. 2, 1849; died in 1849.
389 CHARLES THROCKMORTON, son of John Throckmorton, 235, married Jan. 24, 1850, Rebecca Ann Martin, born Aug. 13, 1828; died Mch. 21, 1903. He died in 1888.
Issue
500 Mary Throckmorton married, about 1886, David Service
501 Lydia Throckmorton married William Sheddon
502 Augusta Throckmorton born about 1855; married 1905, James Service.
503 James F. Throckmorton married Lazelle Pitcher
504 Annie Throckmorton; single.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
1618. "The Muster of John Throgmorton &c." "John Throgmorton aged 24 years in ye William & Thomas 1618." The names of four young men follow, and were, apparently, in his employ. Hotten's Emigrants, p. 208.
*From the Family Bible of Joseph Throckmorton, son of John Throckmorton, 238, in the possession of Mrs. Kate Pennington Fort (Mrs. J. N. Fort), 508 67th Avenue, Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa.
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1623-4. John Throgmorton appeared in Virginia, as per "Lists of the Livinge and Dead in Virginia Febr: 16th 1623, i. e. 1623-4." Hotten's Emigrants,p. 189.
1747. John Throckmorton was of Perth Amboy, N. J.
1747, Oct. 16. John Throckmorton and John Lorton were bondsmen for Bridget Lloyd, administratrix of Thomas Lloyd, yeoman. All were residents of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, N. J.
1747-8, Jan. 15. Samuel Throckmorton, Jr., John Throckmorton and Sarah Throck- morton were witnesses to the will of Bridget Loyd, widow of Thomas Loyd, of Middlesex County, N. J.
1753, May Term. Middlesex County.
Robert Savage complains of John Throckmorton, otherwife Called John Throckmorton, of Deep Run, in the County of Middlesex, yeoman, in Custody of high Sherrif of the County of MiddleSex, of a plea to render unto him £48-14. Whereas John Throckmorton, on 24th of June, 1749, at City of Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, made his writing obligatory to pay said Robert £48-14, and refuses to do so. Damages asked £20.
Robert Savage puts in his place Pat'k Mº Evers, as his attorney.
Judgment for want of plea Aug. 7th, 1753.
Wm Deare, Sheriff, acknowledges to have received a Declaration in above case, with a Rule to plead the Eleventh Day of July, last past. Dated June 17th, 1753.
Supreme Court Files, Trenton, N. J.
Writ to Sheriff of Middlesex County, to produce John Throckmorton, otherwise Called John Throck- morton, of Deep Run, County of Middlesex, yeoman, in court, at the City of Burlington, on the second Tuesday in May next, to answer Robert Savage, in a plea of trespass, and also of a bill of £48-14. Robert Hunter Morris, Esq, Chief Justice, at the City of Perth Amboy, 27th of Mch., 26th of George II.
Me Evers, atty. To Wm Deare, Sherriff. Read, Cl'k.
Supreme Court Files, Trenton, N. J.
Writ to Sheriff of Middlesex County, to produce John Throckmorton, otherwise Called John Throckmorton, of Deep Run, County of Middlesex, yeoman, in court, at the City of Burlington, on the first Tuesday in November next, to satisfy a judgment of Robert Savage, in the above case, for £48-14, and also £6-5-11, damages. Robert Hunter Morris, Esq', Chief Justice, at the City of Perth Amboy, 2Ist of Aug., 27th of George II. McEvers, atty. Read, Cl'k.
1752. John Throckmorton had a license to marry Lydia West, of Shrewsbury, Oct. 3, 1752. In the license he is called John, son of John Throckmorton.
1753, Sept. 16. Elizabeth, widow of George Allen, of Shrewsbury, in her will men- tions her grand-daughter Lydia Throckmorton.
1759. Nicholas Stillwell, of Shrewsbury, in his will mentioned "my kinsman Job Throckmorton."
1759, Apr. 17. Mary Throckmorton was appointed administratrix of the estate of her mother Mary West, of Shrewsbury.
1755. John Throckmorton was a juryman in Middlesex County.
1755, June I. Ann Throckmorton married Josiah Holstead. She died Nov. 14, 1760, aged 28 years, I month and 23 days, and was buried in Christ Churchyard, Shrews- bury, N. J.
1760, Aug. 27. H. Throckmorton died. Shrewsbury Christ Church Record.
1770. There was a Lydia Throckmorton mentioned in the Town Book, of Shrews- bury, N. J.
1780. Job Throckmorton was born at Freehold, N. J., this year, and moved to Little Georgetown, West Virginia; married and had twelve children. His son Job [Thomas] Throckmorton, of Berkley County, West Virginia, was born Sept. 16, 1803;
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married Apr. 6, 1826, Elizabeth Shaffer, and had nine children, one of whom is John H. Throckmorton born at Wapakoneta, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1844.
1782, May 4. James Throckmorton was born in New Jersey, on this date, and is reputed to have had two brothers, John, Jr., and Job, with whom he quarrelled over the settlement of his father's estate. He went in early life, to Ohio, and later to Indiana. He changed his name to James T. Morton, and was the father of Governor Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana. He died in Keokuk, Iowa.
1795. James Wolcott married for this third wife, Elizabeth Throckmorton, and had: Tylee W. Wolcott born 1795, and nine other children; in all, sixteen children.
1810, Apr. 14. John Throckmorton, Jr., was buried at Freehold, N. J.
1817, June 23. Eliza Throckmorton, daughter of James, died. Buried at Shrews- bury, N. J. 1819, May 30. Joseph Throckmorton, son of Samuel and Mary Throckmorton, died.
1823, Apr. 18. Jane Throckmorton was buried at Shrewsbury, N. J. 1823, Oct. 19. John Throckmorton was buried at Shrewsbury, N. J.
(Jane?), daughter of Samuel and Mary Throckmorton, died June 3, 1756, aged 26 years, 3 months and 15 days.
1809, Feb. 16. Joseph Throckmorton, of Freehold, licensed to marry Catherine Hulshart, of Howell.
18II, Apr. 28. Aaron Throckmorton and Nancy Aiven, widow, licensed to marry; both of Upper Freehold.
1822, July 14. Baptised. Susan, daughter of Forman and Elizabeth Throckmorton, born Dec. 10, 1821. 1837, June 18. Baptised. Charles, son of Wm. Throckmorton and Sarah Nivison, born Apr. 14, 1832. Red Bank.
1837, June 18. Baptised. George, son of Wm. Throckmorton and Sarah Nivison, born July 22, 1834. Red Bank.
1837, July 15. Buried. Mary Throckmorton. Shrewsbury.
1838, Dec. 19. Buried. James Throckmorton. Shrewsbury.
1861, Aug. 7. Van Hook married to William Henry Throckmorton, of Howell.
Hester Throckmorton died Aug. 4, 1896, aged 43 years.
Christ Church Records, Shrewsbury, N. J.
1829, Aug. 27. (1820, says Mrs. Sitherwood). "Mary Throckmorton died in her 54th year," and was buried in St. Peter's Churchyard, Freehold, N. J.
1830. Job Throckmorton was born this year at Martinsburg, W. Va .; married Leah H. .
1841, Dec. 14. Margaret Throgmorton died aged 88 years, 4 months and 25 days. Hightstown Baptist Church. [Born July 20, 1753.]
1868. Throckmorton A. Allaire died Feb. 12, 1866, aged 57 years, I month and 3 days. He married Sarah Lounsbury who died Apr. 9, 1866, aged 51 years, I month and 2 days. Buried at Shrewsbury, N. J.
1868, Jan. 3. Nelson Throckmorton died aged 52 years. From an abandoned grave- yard, West Long Branch, N. f.
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1885. Julia Elizabeth Throckmorton, of Manalapan, N. J., died, widow of Harry W. Throckmorton, who had issue by a former wife. She was a sister of William L. Conover, of Englishtown, N. J., and of Dey Conover, of New York City.
1896, June 10. Mary Throckmorton married George Corlies, son of Abner and Elizabeth W. (Combs) Allen, born June 16, 1855.
John Throckmorton was a Corporal, in the First Regiment, Monmouth County, N. J., during the Revolutionary War.
MARRIAGES RECORDED AT FREEHOLD, N. J.
1796, Feb. 11. Nancy Throckmorton and William Johnson.
1796, Mch. 5. Mary Throckmorton and William Martin.
1801, Aug. 2. Mary Throckmorton and Gilbert Hires.
1817, Feb. 6. John Throckmorton and Mary Jones.
1824, Mch. 27. Ann Throckmorton and Stephen Van Kerk.
1824, June 3. Gilbert Throckmorton and Nellie Maxson.
1825, Apr. 2. Mary Throckmorton and Elisha Wooley.
1827, Jan. 2. Nancy Throckmorton and John Williamson.
1830, Sept. 2. Elizabeth Throckmorton, widow, and Chas. Howland Baxter.
1831, Jan. II. Sarah Furman Throckmorton, of Shrewsbury, and William Ogden Niverson, of Middletown.
1832, Mch. 5.
Samuel Throckmorton and Mary Lawrence.
1837, Nov. 22.
Jacob Throckmorton and Elizabeth Cook.
1843, Dec. 9. James Throckmorton and Mary Garden.
1848, Nov. 30. Sarah A. Throckmorton and John S. Conley.
1850, Jan. 24.
Charles Throckmorton and Rebecca Ann Martin.
1858, May 25. Elenor L. Throckmorton and John B. Chapman.
1863, Oct. I. Lydia F. Throckmorton and William B. Labaw, M.D.
1863, Nov. 5. George Throckmorton and Hatta Patterson.
Charles Throckmorton and Caroline Mc Gregor.
1865, June 4. 1865, Sept. 14. William Throckmorton, aged forty years, son of Joseph, and Eliza- beth Halloway, widow, aged twenty years, of Bordentown, daughter of John J. Johnson.
1868, Jan. 16. Caroline L. Throckmorton and George A. Parker.
1868, Dec. 21. Edward Throckmorton and Margaret Clancey.
1870, Aug. 10. Lydia Ann Throckmorton and William H. Covert.
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TILTON
OF
NEW JERSEY*
The first Tiltons in America were established at Lynn, Massachusetts, as early as 1640-I. Two of them were contemporary, William and John, and a great divergence in their years leads one to suspect that the two may have stood in the relation of older and much younger brother, unless we give to John a father of like name, which we are dis- posed to do because of an allusion in the Court records to the wife of a John Tilton, fr., whose name appears in the presentments of 1642, for non-belief in and contempt of the ordinance of baptism. If we accept the existence of a John Tilton, Sr., he would be on a parity in age with William Tilton, and there would then be no need to strain the ages of William and John, Jr., in order to bring them into the same generation, even though there is no proof of the supposed John Tilton, Sr.'s, having come to this country.
That this supposititious John Tilton, Sr., is of the closest kin to William Tilton, of Lynn, and, supposedly his brother, may be justly inferred because of the identity of names in the descendants of the two men, viz .: Peter, Samuel, Daniel, Abraham, as children of William Tilton, of Lynn, which names likewise appear among the six sons of John Tilton, the grandson of the supposititious John Tilton, Sr., of Lynn.
John Tilton's history and movements more intimately concern us, as he was the ancestor of the Tiltons of New Jersey.
How long John Tilton may have sojourned in Lynn prior to 1640, I know not, but it was shortly after this date that, actuated in all likelihood by the same feelings of religious unrest as possessed Lady Deborah Moody, he migrated, probably with her and her followers, to New Amsterdam, to secure a place for settlement among the Dutch. He
*This genealogy of the Tilton Family was compiled by me many years ago and revised for me by my friend, the late Rev. William White Hance, just prior to his death. Mr. Hance was well qualified to render me this service. His investigation into the history of the Tiltons was a profound and continuous labor of many years and a matter of pride and love. In November, 1927, Mr. Francis Theodore Tilton commenced the publication in serial pamphlet form (still in issuance) his History Of The Tilton Family in America, a work so exhaustive in character that I have hesitated to proceed with printing my own manuscript. However, upon reflection, I feel that its omission in Volume V, would be an abridgement of the Historial and Genealogical Miscellany's value to many whose family histories have been published in the preceding volumes and who are connected by various ties with the Tiltons. I have studiously avoided all comparison of Mr. Tilton's work with my own to avoid the possibility of even unconscious plagiarism. I do not know that any differences will occur in the facts we present, but should such a situation arise I would advise a prompt acceptance of Mr. Tilton's statements in preference to my own as I recognize him as the legitimate historian of the Tilton Family. Mr. Tilton incorporates much information concerning the family alliances and the epochs in which they live; which, with the personal history he supplies his characters, makes them live again. Every one may be proud of his Tilton blood and Mr. Francis Theodore Tilton's work will grow invaluable as time goes on.
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apparently married while residing at Lynn, and had born to him there two children at least, John, in 1640, and Peter, in 1642. In 1644, Sarah, his daughter, was born, per- haps in New Amsterdam or Gravesend, though the latter had not yet become a place of organized settlement, or was at least too much exposed to the hardships of early life to harbor any except the most hardy settlers.
John Tilton was one of the first settlers of Gravesend, of which place he was the Town Clerk from 1643 to 1662, and again from 1668 to 1681.
1646, Feb. 20. In the first division of distribution of farms called Plantations, and of lots called Garden Spots, John Tilton was assigned one of each.
1652. As agent for Mr. William Bell he bought a farm in Gravesend of Robert Scott.
1655. Jacobus Van Curler and other Dutch settlers of Gravesend wrote to Director Stuyvesant stating their "daily fears that the strange reports from Hempstead and Newtown that the Savages intended killing the Dutch among the English; that the Savages had demanded of the English of Gravesend that they should separate from the Dutch so that they might not be in any danger; that Tilton and the Magistrates of Gravesend have advised the Dutch that it were best they moved away, but if the Dutch would not move the English would do the best they could for them, which they think is poor consolation if the Savages should come; that if they leave Long Island is no longer inhabited by the Dutch; that the English continually communicate with each other; that yesterday Tilton and the Sheriff of Newtown came; today they went away again." And they conclude by asking for a moderate force, else an armed vessel to carry them, their families and possessions away.
1656, May 14. Letter of John Tilton, Clerk, to Director Stuyvesant in answer to a complaint of Anthony Johnson in respect to intrusion on his, Johnson's, lands. In this letter, written for his fellow townsmen of Gravesend, John Tilton alluded to Anthony Johnson as a Mohammedan, and a troublesome person, .... in troublesome time when the whole country seems to hang upon uncertainty, and all our lives in jeopardy as by the great supplies Indians have of arms and ammunition. It would appear that John- son charged the Gravesenders with encroaching upon the boundary lines of his farm, while they countercharged that he invaded the bounds of Gravesend, and accused him of being a liar, and called him likewise Anthony the zibi, which means the skunk.
When the first evangelists of the Quaker persuasion came to New Netherlands, the Governor, Peter Stuyvesant, it appears, received them kindly, but soon after showed a spirit of bitter hostility to them as well as to the Lutherans of New Amsterdam and the Independents of Middleberg. And Feb. 1, 1656, an ordinance was enacted against those who held conventicles here and there within the Province, and against unqualified per- sons in such meetings who assumed the ministerial office without being called or ap- pointed thereto by ecclesiastical or civil authority, and penalties were framed for any infraction of this ordinance. So far as regards its application to the Lutherans of New Amsterdam, this intolerant law was vetoed, June 14, 1656, by the authorities in Holland, and while the Director was therefore restrained from interfering with them, the English of Gravesend and other towns were not protected in like manner, and were little likely to find favor with the home authorities, and consequently might safely be proceeded against. Hence, in 1658, on the 8th of January, an order was issued to furnish the Sheriff of Gravesend with a copy of John Tilton's answer to the charge of entertaining a Quakeress; and two days later (Jan. Io) he was sentenced for harboring some of "the abominable sect of Quakers," and fined £12. and costs.
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On the morning of Jan. 10, 1661, the under schout of New Amsterdam and Nicholas Bayard came from Jamaica to Gravesend having heard there was a Quaker meeting at the latter place. Arriving at the house of Samuel Spicer, they learned that George Wilson, a Quaker preacher, had just held a meeting there, but being informed of the approach of the officers had made his escape by so precipitous a flight as to leave his cloak behind. This the officers seized and also arrested Samuel Spicer, who, with Mary, the wife of John Tilton, had attended a Quaker meeting, at Jamaica, the day previous; and on the 20th of January, John Tilton, "for being at the Quaker meeting January 9, and at a Quaker meeting at Gravesend January Ioth," was sentenced to be banished from the Province, but, through the influence of Lady Moody, he was pardoned.
This experience, however, does not seem to have at all intimidated this courageous couple, and, September 19, 1662, the Director and Council notified the magistrates of all the English towns on Long Island to assist Resolved Waldron in arresting "all persons who attend unlawful or prohibited meetings." At the same time complaint was made against John Tilton, for attending meetings of Quakers and harboring persons of that persuasion, and against Mary, his wife, for "attending meetings of that abominable sect called Quakers." They were both arrested and imprisoned, and, October 6th, were sentenced to banishment from the Province. The sentence, however, was not put into execution until the following May, influence having apparently been brought to bear on the Director to postpone the carrying of it out until the rigors of winter should be passed. But, May 7, 1663, the Fiscal was ordered "to take an inventory of the estate of John Tilton, sentenced to banishment," and, May 17th, a warrant was issued to the Sheriff, commanding him to remove John and Mary Tilton out of the Province. In this emerg- ency kind friends (Anthony Wright and others), at Oyster Bay, offered the banished couple a home, which they gladly accepted, and that place, outside the Dutch jurisdic- tion, became their residence until the hurling of the despotic Stuyvesant from power, in 1664, made it possible for them to return home.
Upon the banishment of John Tilton, the office of Town Clerk became vacant, and William Goulding was elected as his successor. John Tilton and his wife removed back from Oyster Bay to Gravesend in 1667, and, in 1668, he was again made Town Clerk, and annually re-elected to that office till 1681, when John Emans succeeded him.
1664, Jan. I. Among those to whom land was deeded by the Indians at Shrewsbury, N. J., we find the names of John Tilton, Sr., and Jr.
1665. Samuel Spicer and John Tilton, having become owners of Barron Island, sold it to Elbert Elberts (Stothoff).
1665, Nov. I. George Baxter sold to John Tilton, of Gravesend, lot No. 19, in Gravesend, formerly owned by Thomas Greedye.
1670, Jan. 5. In the partition of land on Garretson's Neck and Guisbert's Island, into thirty-nine lots, John Tilton was assigned two of them.
1672. John Tilton and John Tilton, Jr., were among those who held land in the West meadow, Gravesend.
1675, Sep. 6. He was commissioned one of the Justices of the Peace of King's County.
1676, June 26. John Tilton and John Cook, who had been chosen Overseers of Gravesend, being Quakers, refused to take the oath of office, and the Court of Sessions dispensed with it, directing them "to give their engagements to Mr. Justice Hubbard to perform their duties as overseers, under penalty of perjury."
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1681, Apr. 15. John Tilton, of Gravesend, sold his rights in two acres of land, lot No. 7, on Guisbert's Island, to John Carsonson, of Gravesend.
1683. John Tilton, of Gravesend, was assessed on twenty-nine acres of land, one horse, five cows, nine sheep, and two hogs.
1688/9. John Tilton was among those who received land in Gravesend, in the public division of the same.
The maiden name of Mary, the wife of John Tilton, is to me unknown. She was apparently the mother of all his children. And it was probably she who appeared, lacking a Christian name, but described as the wife of John Tilton, Jr., in the present- ments of Dec. 14, 1642, for maintaining that baptism was no ordinance of God.
She was a woman of strong religious convictions, and was not afraid to assert them. The inevitable result was that this arrayed her against the authorities both in New England and New Amsterdam. And since she, as well as her husband, was a follower of George Fox, she was much persecuted.
"Goody Tilton was not so much condemned for assisting at Conventicles as for having, like a sorceress, gone from door to door to lure and seduce the people, yea even young girls, to join the Quakers."
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