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Children, born in New Canaan : Hannah, November 24, 1721 : Abigail, February 28, 1723: Nathaniel, September 6, 1726; Samuel, April 11, 1730; Jehiel, February 17, 1732: Mary, November 11. 1734: John, July 23, 1737 ; Daniel, October 24. 1740; Rebecca, 1742.
(V) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (I) Bouton, was born in New Canaan. September 6. 1726. He married (first), April 15. 1755, Lydia Penoyer, born April 15, 1724. He mar- ried (second) Rachel Kellogg, of Norwalk. Children of first wife: Nathaniel, baptized September 7, 1756; James, baptized December
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4, 1757; Lydia, baptized May, 1761, married Elnathan Weed (see Weed V); Mary, bap- tized October 2, 1763. Children of second wife: Enos, born February 27, 1770; Nathan- iel, born Poundridge, New York, 1778; James, born Poundridge, married Abby Baker; Eli- asaph, born Poundridge, married Polly Slau- son ; Daughter, married Samuel Young ; Eliza, born Poundridge; Rachel, born Poundridge, married Simeon Luce.
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(I) Jonas Weed, immigrant ancestor, came from England in the company of Sir Richard Saltonstall, in 1630, and settled first at Water- town, Massachusetts. He was admitted a free- man, May 18, 1631, and was dismissed from the church at Watertown to that at Wethers- field, Connecticut, March 24. 1636. He set- tled about 1642, in Stamford, Connecticut. His will was dated November 16. 1672, and his inventory was dated June, 1676. He bequeath- ed to his children : John, Daniel, Jonas, Sam- uel and four daughters. Children : John, mar- ried Joanna Westcoat, and lived in Stam- ford; Daniel, mentioned below : Jonas, mar- ried Bethia Hawley ; Samuel ; Mary, married George Abbott; Dorcas, married James Wright; Hannah, married Benjamin Hoyt ; Sarah.
(II) Daniel, son of Jonas Weed, was born about 1650, probably at Stamford. He lived in Stamford and in the adjacent town of Rye, Westchester county, New York, where, before his death, according to probate records, he had been living for twenty years. He died No- vember 29, 1697, and the probate records give the ages of the children in 1698, from which their dates of birth are computed, viz: Sarah, born November 18, 1675: Abraham, August 18, 1680; Daniel, mentioned below ; Ebenezer, October 22, 1692; Nathaniel, October 22, 1696.
(III) Daniel (2), son of Daniel ( I) Weed, was born March 19, 1685, according to the probate records, which state that he was thir- teen years old, March 19, 1698. He married Elizabeth Children, born in Stamford : Daniel, November 12, 1709: Elizabeth, Febru- ary 16, 1711-12; Hezekiah, September, 1715; Reuben, mentioned below ; Deborah, May 2, 1724: Nehemiah.
(IV) Reuben, son of Daniel (2) Weed, was born at Stamford, October, 1717. He married there, June 28, 1738, Lydia Hawley. Children, born at Stamford: Reuben, Febru-
ary 3, 1740; Abigail, December 3, 1741 ; John, March 21, 1742-43; Eliphalet, April 28, 1745; Lydia, December 31, 1749; Sarah, February 23, 1755: Elnathan, mentioned below.
(V) Elnathan, son of Reuben Weed, was born at Stamford, Connecticut, April 14, 1758, died April 11, 1844. He removed to Pound- ridge, Westchester county, New York, and served in the American army in the revolu- tionary war. He married Lydia Bouton, of Poundridge (see Bouton V). She was born March 26, 1761. Children : Jared, born April 8, 1783; Stephen, mentioned below ; Betsey, April 30, 1788; Sally Hoyt, October 12, 1790; Elnathan, November 11, 1792; Abigail, Octo- ber 30, 1796; Samuel, December 14, 1799: Mary Anna, January 12, 1801 ; Louisa, March 7, 1803 ; Joseph W., July 19, 1806.
(VI) Stephen, son of Elnathan Weed, was born September 8, 1785, died August 9, 1859. He married, about 1805, Julia Waring. Chil- dren : Diantha, married William Doubleday : Julia Ann, married Charles W. Sanford ; Har- riet, married William Boyd; Betsey, mention- ed below ; Waring, married Mary Ayers ; Alex- ander, married Jennie Cowan : Mary Louisa.
(VII) Betsey, daughter of Stephen Weed, was born March 3, 1813. She married, Febru- ary 3. 1840, Rev. Samuel Webster Bush, who was born in 1806. in Fairfax county, Virginia, and was brought up in Albany, New York, in the Webster family, and was educated there in the public schools. He studied law and after he was admitted to the bar, practiced for a few years. He decided, however, to enter the ministry and took up the study of theology at the Auburn Theological Seminary. His first pastorate was at Binghamton, New York, in charge of the Congregational church. Subsequently he was pastor at Skaneateles, New York, where he was located for seven years; at Norwich, New York, where he preached three years; at Cooperstown, New York, eight years. Afterwards he returned to Binghamton, and during the last years of his life was chaplain of the Inebriate Asylum there. He died at Binghamton, March 20, 1877. Of great scholarly and literary attain- ments, Mr. Bush had a most winning person- ality and devout pious character, and was greatly beloved by his parishioners.
Children : Julia Charlotte Bush, born April 13. 1842, now residing in Binghamton; Mary Louisa Bush, born January 18, 1844, died July 14, 1881 : Frances Bush, born May 30. 1850,
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resides in Binghamton ; Arthur Sanford Web- ster Bush, born April 29, 1859, resides in Binghamton.
The Hilton family is of old Eng- HILTON lish origin. The first of the name in this country were two brothers, William, mentioned below, and Ed- ward, who came over from London with Mr. David Thompson, in 1623, to begin a planta- tion at Piscataqua. The place of settlement was at Dover Neck, seven miles from Ports- mouth, in the limits of New Hampshire. They were all fishmongers by trade, and were sent over not only to fish, but also to plant vine- yards, discover mines, etc. Exhaustive search of the records of the Fishmongers' Company, of London, by Charles H. Pope, in 1907, failed to reveal the names of the three men, but a tax roll of London, made in 1641, brought to light by Mr. Gerald Fothergill (see "New Eng. Reg.," Ixi), gives the name of Edward Hilton in the list of fishmongers, with the memo- randum "Newe England" after it. This indi- cates that Edward had certainly been in busi- ness in London and had continued the sale and shipment of fish to a recent date. No trace of his native parish or his ancestry have been found. He was the leader of the little planta- tion, and received the patent for the land-the Squamscott Patent-as it was called, includ- ing what is now known as Dover, Durham, Stratham, and parts of Newington and Green- land, etc. The council for New England "for and in consideration that Edward Hilton and his Associates hath already sundry servants to plant in New England at a point called by the natives Wecanacohunt otherwise Hilton's Point, lying some two leagues from the mouth of the river Piscataquack * * where they have already built some houses and planted corne, And for that he doth further intend by Divine Assistance to transport thither more people and cattle * a work which may especially tend to the propagation of Religion and to the great Increase of Trade * * convey to him all that part of the River Pascataquack call- ed or known by the name of Wecanacohunt or Hilton's Point * * with the south side of the River and three miles into the Maine land by all the breadth aforesaid," etc. Possession was given in the name of the Council by Cap- tain Thomas Wiggin and others, July 7, 1631. (Sup. Court files, New Eng. Reg., xxiv., 264). Part of this land was sold to individual set-
tlers, part to the Lords Say and Brook and some to New England gentlemen. Edward Hilton settled in Exeter, after some time, and signed the petition of its inhabitants in the year 1642. That same year, he was appointed by the Massachusetts Bay Government one of the local justices of the court, sitting with the magistrates on the highest questions and act- ing by themselves in cases not beyond certain limits. On account of this office, the general court held him to be exempt from taxation, in 1669. He filled other important offices and was highly honored in the colonies. In 1653, he had a grant of land comprising the whole village of Newfields, which was made to him in return for his setting up a sawmill, and a considerable part of this later grant has re- mained to this day in the possession of his descendants. He was selectman of Exeter from 1645 nearly every year up to 1652. In 1657, he was one of the committee of two from that town to meet the committee from Dover to settle the bounds between the two towns. He has been called "The Father of New Hampshire." He died early in 1671. The name of his first wife is unknown. He married (second) Jane, daughter of Hon. Alex- ander Shepley.
A possible clue to the ancestry of Hilton is found in the record of a suit brought in the Piscataqua court by William Hilton, April 4, 1642, respecting a payment to "Mr. Richard Hilton of Norwich ( Northwich)." Mr. H. F. Waters found a record at Wotten-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England, of the baptism of a child of Richard Hilton, "coming out of New England."
(J) William Hilton, immigrant ancestor, of this branch, and brother of Edward, came from London to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the "Fortune," November 11, 1621. Soon after his arrival, he wrote a letter of great historical and personal interest, published by Captain John Smith in his "New England Trialls," in the edition of 1622. His wife and two children followed him in the "Anne," July or August, 1623, but their names are not known. In the allotment of land, 1623, he received one acre, and his wife and children three acres. He was in Plymouth in 1624, but as his name does not appear in the list of those present at the division in 1627, it is probable that he had re- moved before that date, to the settlements on the Piscataqua. July 7, 1631, he was one of the witnesses to the livery of seizin to his
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brother Edward, of the lands embraced in the Squamscott of Hilton's Patent, dated March 12, 1629-30. December 4, 1639, he was grant- ed land on the other side of the river, and, February 3. 1640, it was agreed at Exeter, that "Mr. William Hilton is to enjoy those marshes in Oyster River which formerly he had pos- session of and still are in his possession." He was made freeman, May 19, 1642, and that same year, had a grant of land of twenty acres, at Dover. In 1644, he was deputy to the gen- eral court at Boston from Dover. About this time, he removed to Kittery Point, Maine. At a court held at Gorgeana, June 27, 1648, he was licensed to keep the ordinary at the mouth of the Piscataqua, and also to run a ferry. He removed to York, about 1651, and, November 22, 1652, when the Massachusetts Commission- ers arrived there to receive the submission of the inhabitants he was one of the fifty persons who acknowledged themselves subject to the government of Massachusetts Bay and took the oath of freemen. At a town meeting, held at York, December 8, 1652, it was ordered that he should have the use of the ferry for twenty- one years. He was selectman, 1652-53-54, and had grants of land from the town, July 4, 1653, and June 4, 1654. His first wife was Anne , who came over in 1623. It is supposed that he had a second wife, Frances, who, after his death, married Richard White. He died 1655 or 1656, and letters of administration were granted June 30, 1656, to Richard White. His children were : William, mentioned below, and perhaps others.
(II) William (2), son of William (1) Hil- ton, lived in York. He had a grant of land from the town, August 25, 1679, and others, at later dates. He married Ann, whose maiden name may have been Beale. He died between March, 1699, and June, 1700. His wife sur- vived him. Children: William, mentioned below; Hannah, married (first), about 1708, John Cole, (second) Mark Shepard; Ben- jamin : Dorcas, married Samuel Moor ; prob- ably others.
(III) William (3), son of William (2) Hilton, was born about 1679, in Dover, New Hampshire, or York, Maine. He received sev- eral grants of land in York, in 1702-03, and, in 1711, was still a resident of that town, styling himself fisherman. He bought land in Man- chester, Massachusetts, November 22, 1709, and had a dwelling-house in that part called Black Cove. He bought other land adjoin-
ing. September 30, 1714, and is then called of Manchester, fisherman and coaster. He had also a dwelling-house at Muscongus and bought land there, February 1, 1719-20. He appears to have been extensively engaged in the fisheries and coasting trade of the latter town, made great improvements and owned a large stock of cattle there. December 1, 1715, he was made one of a committee to procure a minister for Manchester, and, March 12, 1715- 16, was one of the selectmen. He was also one of the tythingmen in 1717, and, in 1718, one of the "Chow erds and feld Driveers." He married, June 2, 1699, Margaret Stilson, daughter of James and Margaret (Gould) Stilson, born in 1679, died in Manchester, No- vember, 1763. She married, December 8, 1727. John Allen, who died about 1737. Her mother was Margaret Gould, daughter of Alex- ander and Margaret (Brown) Gould, born in New Harbor, now Bristol, Maine, about 1659. Her grandmother, Margaret Brown was the daughter of John and Margaret (daughter of Frances Hayward) Brown. John Brown was the son of Richard Brown, of Barton Regis, Gloucester, England, and settled in Pemaquid, at the head of New Harbor, now Bristol, Maine.
About 1686, 1687 or 1688, Margaret Stilson was captured by the Indians, together with her mother and brother James, and carried to Can- ada. At the same time, her father, James Stil- son, was fired upon and killed when crossing the water at Muscongus in a canoe, and the youngest child, a baby in arms, was burned to death. The mother, after remaining in cap- tivity for several years, was released, and mar- ried in Marblehead, March 30, 1696, Thomas Pitman, and died January, 1750. The two children remained in Canada several years longer, but were finally ransomed. James re- moved to Newcastle and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
William Hilton died in Manchester, June 21, 1723, and was buried in the old burying- ground there. The inscription on his grave- stone called him lieutenant. Children: Eliza- beth, baptized in Marblehead, December 8, 1700 : Stilson ; Mary, baptized in Marblehead, April 16, 1704: Margaret, baptized in Marble- head, May 26, 1706; Joshua, baptized in Mar- blehead, March 14, 1707-08; William, men- tioned below; Samuel, born in Manchester, May 16. 1713; Thomas, baptized in Marble- head, August 14, 1715; Benjamin, born in
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Manchester, August 27, 1717 ; Amos, baptized in Marblehead, March 12, 1720-21.
(IV) William (4), son of William (3) Hil- ton, was born in Manchester, Massachusetts, and married there, December 1, 1731, Mary Lee. He is supposed to have lived on his father's homestead, at Muscongus, and to have carried on farming at Broad Cove, the com- munication between the two places being by water. In the summer of 1758, he and his three sons, William, Richard and John, had just landed at the latter place, and were on their way to the farm, when they were fired upon by Indians in ambush. William was shot (lead, and the father was badly wounded in the knee by an Indian who had rushed forward and seized William's loaded gun as the latter fell. Richard discharged his gun at one of the Indians and wounded him in one knee, so that he was a cripple for life. Many years afterwards, the same Indian, then very old and lame, visited the place, and affirmed that his lameness was occasioned by a shot from a white man, at the very spot where this fight occurred. The two sons, with their father, made their way back to Muscongus, where the latter died from the wound shortly after. The body of William was buried on the bank where he was killed, but was many years later, taken up and reinterred in the same coffin with the body of his brother Richard. Children, born in Manchester: Mary, August 26, 1732; Will- iam, December 29, 1734; James, June 27, 1737, mentioned below ; Richard, September I, ( ?) 1739; Anna, December 12, 1741. Children born after the parents left Manchester : John, whose only daughter married Thomas Hilton ; Ebenezer, died at the age of four ; Ruth, mar- ried (first) Enoch Avery, (second) Samuel Waters, Esq. ; Elizabeth, baptized in Manches- ter. August 12, 1750; Joseph, settled in New Milford ; Mathias, died young.
(V) James, son of William (4) Hilton, was born at Manchester, Massachusetts, June 27, 1737, and was baptized July 10 following. Ile removed with the family, about 1742, to Bristol, Maine. He married Sarah He died at Bristol and his will was dated July 2, 1799, and the inventory was dated September 2 fol- lowing. The will bequeathed to children- William, Mary Merritt, Jane, James, John, Margaret, Saralı, Susan, Elizabeth, Nancy, Joshua and Joseph. In 1798 William, Joshua and John, of this family, were taxed in Bristol, in the United States direct tax. Children, born
at Bremen (Bristol) : William, born July 4. 1760; Mary, May 4, 1762; Jane, August 16. 1764; James, December 16, 1766; John, men- tioned below ; Joshua, in Bristol, July 10, 1770, resided in Bremen; Joseph, July 18, 1772; Samuel, November 6, 1775 ; Margaret, March 14, 1777.
(VI) John, son of James Hilton, was born at Bristol, Maine, March 10, 1768, and died at Bremen, May 9, 1833 ; married Sally Blunt. who was born at Bristol, April 6, 1767, and died at Bremen, February 16, 1841, daughter of Ebenezer and Catherine Blunt. He resided at Bremen, and, in 1790, had, according to the first federal census, three females in his family.
Children : 1. James Poor, mentioned below. 2. Catherine Blunt, born August 5, 1795, died December 20, 1823, at Bremen ; married, in 1817, John Hilton (7), son of John (6) and Jane Hilton : after her death he went west. 3. Ebenezer Blunt, born June 27, 1797 ; married, in 1825, Eliza Hilton (7) ; died in Minnesota, in 1879-80; she was daughter of Jacob and Sally (Averill) Hilton ; removed to Minne- sota in 1856. 4. Hannah, born December 2, 1798, died at Des Moines, Iowa, April 24. 1841 ; married, second wife, John Hornby, of Bremen, and removed to lowa in 1839. 5. Harriet, born April 29, 1800, died at Jefferson, Maine, 1852: married (first), May 11, 1820, James Hilton (6), son of John and Jane (Hil- ton ) Hilton ; married (second) Roeuel Peaslee (7). 7. Eliza Blunt, born May 22, 1803, died March 2, 1877, at Alna, Maine ; married. second wife, Warren Averill, of Alna. 8. John, born May 9, 1805, died June 18, 1807. 9. John Thurston, born June 24, 1807, died February 7, 1873, at Bremen, Maine ; married (first), June 24, 1832, Abigail Glidden, who died April, 1850, (second ) Julia A. Weymouth. IO. Jane Yates, or Yeats, born August 4, 1813, or 1819, died May 31, 1853; married Samuel F. Huzzey; resided at Bremen, Maine.
(VII) James Poor, eldest child of John Hilton, was born in Bremen, Maine, January 8, 1794, and died there, in 1884. He was a farmer and spent his life in his native town. He was postmaster of the town in 1849, and represented his district in the legislature. In politics he was a Republican in later years. He married Mary Averill Hilton, born at Alna, Maine, November 6, 1795, died at Bremen, November 7. 1868, daughter of Jacob and Sally Hilton. Her father was born at Alna, February 21, 1767, died there, February 8,
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1847; her mother, Sally Averill, was born June 22, 1777, died December 14, 1859: they had eleven children. Samuel Hilton, father of Jacob, was born October 7, 1741, died at Alna. August 29, 1809: married Judith Carter, who died February 14, 1800; they had eleven chil- dren.
Children of James Poor Hilton, born and recorded at Bremen: Caroline H., June 16, 1818; Edwin Averill, September 7. 1820; Francis T., March 5. 1823, died in 1824; Mary C., September 6, 1825: John F., January 4. 1828, mentioned below ; James H., April 8, 1830; Sarah E., June 2, 1832; Herman S., August 23, 1834, died November 10, 1852; Jacob Emery, December 11, 1838, died Janu- ary 3, 1863.
(VIII) John F., son of James Poor Hilton, was born at Bremen, Maine, January 24, 1828, died at Damariscotta, Maine, March 7, 1882. He was educated in the public schools of Damariscotta and spent his active years in that town, a ship-joiner by trade, employed in the ship-yards there. In politics he was a Re- publican and for fourteen years he served on the board of selectmen of that town. He mar- ried (first ) Laura A. Plummer, of Bristol, Maine. He married ( second) Lizzie A. Weeks, of Jefferson, Maine. Child of first wife: I. Frank L., mentioned below. Child of second wife : 2. Mary, deceased.
(IX) Frank L., son of Jolin F. Hilton, was born in Damariscotta, Maine, August 12, 1857. He attended the public schools of his native town and the Lincoln Academy, at New Castle, Maine. He learned the carpenter's trade, and followed it until twenty-one years old in his native town. After two years spent in a sea voyage, he came to Truxton, New York, in 1880, and has made his home there since then. For three years he was in the mercantile busi- ness, and, in 1883, he engaged in the wholesale produce business in Truxton, in partnership with Otis D. Patrick, under the firm name of Hilton & Patrick. The firm has continued with notable success to the present time. He is also one of the owners of the Bryant Furni- ture Company, manufacturing furniture at Truxton. In politics he is a Republican and he has been town clerk of Truxton. In 1902 he was appointed postmaster and has continued in that office to the present time. He is a mem- ber of De Ruyter Lodge, Free Masons, of De Ruyter, New York ; the Cortland Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Cortland, and the
Cortland Commandery. Knights Templar, of Cortland; of Katurah Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Binghamton, New York ; of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Cortland.
He married, in 1882, Josephine Hall, of Truxton, New York, born 1864, died January 20, 1910, daughter of Henry and Mary ( Rob- ertson ) Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton had no children.
HUNT Dr. Japeth or Japhet Hunt, was born in 1711, and settled early in Nobletown, Columbia county, New York, near Spencertown and Hillsdale and what is now Austerlitz, New York. Near him settled a brother, John Hunt. Neither can be traced to any of the other Hunt families in the colonies, and it is likely that they were immigrants, though possibly of the Westches- ter county family. John Hunt lived to be nearly a hundred. His farm adjoined that of Captain John Collins. In 1790 the first federal census shows that John Hunt, of Hillsdale, had in his family two males over sixteen, five under that age and four females. Samuel. eldest son of John Hunt, had two males over sixteen and one female; his wife was Sally ( Bagley) Hunt, and their descendants have been prominent in Hillsdale. Another son of John, John Hunt Jr., had, in 1790, two sons under sixteen and seven females. Pelatiah Hunt, a nephew of Dr. Japeth or Japhet Hunt. and presumably also a son of John Hunt, had five sons under sixteen and three females in his family at Hillsdale : from other sources we know that Gideon and Seth Hunt were brothers of Pelatiah. In 1790 Dr. Japeth or Japhet Hunt. according to the census, was at Hills- dale, and had in his family two males over sixteen, two under that age and four females. That number corresponds with the family rec- ord. Dr. Japeth Hunt was a surgeon in the army, during the French and Indian war and the revolution. He died March 7, 1808, aged ninety-six years. He married Elizabeth Davis. He settled in Marathon, in 1796, the first pioneer there, taking up land in the south part of the present village and built a log honse on land now or lately owned by G. P. Squires, between the river and highway. Dr. Hunt was buried in the Marathon burial-ground. Children : 1. John, mentioned below. 2. Will- iam, married Anne, daughter of Matthew Cole. 3. James, lived and died in Genoa, New York. 4. Betsey, married Oliver Mack and lived in
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Genoa, moving to Indiana in 1796. 5. Nancy, married Abram Smith, and died December 28, 1808, leaving sons Cyrus and Nathan, the latter of whom was father of Judge A. P. Smith, of Cortland. 6. Hannah, married Nathan Thorp.
(11) John, son of Dr. Japeth Hunt, was born in Hillsdale or Nobletown, near the New York-Massachusetts line, in disputed territory, July 27, 1765, died at Marathon, August 8, 1815. He settled in Marathon, in 1796, buying a hundred acres of land and building the first dwelling-house-a log hut-within the present limits of Marathon. He brought with him his wife, a daughter, three years old, and a son, six months old. He was justice of the peace for fifteen years, and held that office at the time of his death. He married, at Hillsdale, December 25, 1791, Lydia Mallory, born Oc- tober 17, 1760, died May 7, 1856. Children, first two born at Hillsdale: I. Naomi, Novem- ber 16, 1792, married Charles Richardson. 2. Japeth, born October 26, 1795, died February 20, 1796. 3. Samuel M., mentioned below. 4. Mary, December 17, 1800, married Cyrus Phelps. 5. Elizabeth, January 27, 1803, mar- ried Jacob Meecham. 6. Lydia, July 26, 1805, married Horace McClary and - Huntley. 7. Joanna, July 25, 1808, married Ira Lynde. 8. Susanna, March 8, 1811, married Ira Lynde.
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