Summary

• Born Say 1600
• Died after 1642 but before 1654
• Married by 1629 Edward Hilton
• Mother of all six of his children: Edward, William, Sobriety, Susanna, Samuel and Charles

Biography

"At the time of his [Edward Hilton's] death he left a large estate amounting to 2,204 pounds, on which letters of administration were granted to his four sons, on March 6, 1671. He died in Exeter early in 1671. Edward was first married before 1626 but the name of this wife is not known. He married second soon after 1654, Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgy, daughter of Alexander Shapleigh, and widow of James Treworgy who was killed by the Indians. She died May 29, 1676, and left a long and interesting will in which she disposed of each article of her clothing to the various children."

Children

All children with first unknown wife:

1. EDWARD, b. about 1629 (deposed aged 48 years, 30 March 1677/8 [Pillsbury Anc 335, citing an unknown source]); m. by 1658 Anne Dudley, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dudley [GDMNH 209, 332].
2. WILLIAM, b. about 1631 (deposed aged 46 years 30 March 1677/8 [Pillsbury Anc 335, citing an unknown source]); m. by about 1662 Rebecca Simmons, daughter of John Simmons (eldest child b. by about 1662 [GDMNH 336]; on 18 April 1667 "john Symmons of Kittery" deeded land· and a dwelling house to "my son-in-law William Hilton ... as a dowry with my daughter Rebeckah now wife unto the said William" [YLR ·2:33]).
3. SOBRIETY, b. about 1632 ("Widow Sobrietie Moulton" d. Hampton 31 January 1717/8 "aged 85 years" [HampVR 125]); m. 20 November 1651 Henry Moulton [HampVR 555; NHPP 40:284], son of John Moulton of Hampton.
4. SUSANNA, b . about 1633 ("Susanna Palmer widow" d. Hampton 9 January 1715/6 "aged 82 years" [HampVR 123]); m. Hampton 7 November ·1650 Christopher Palmer [Hamp VR 555; NHPP 40:284].
5. SAMUEL, b. about 1640 (deposed aged 40 in 1680 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]); apparently unmarried.
6. CHARLES, b. about 1642 (deposed aged about .25 years in 1660 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]; deposed aged about 30 years in 1672 [GDMNH 332, citing unknown source]; deposed aged 37 years 23 June 1679 [EQC 7:216}; on 4 February 1683/4 William Vaughan reported that "Charles Hilton is lately dead" [NHPP 1 :520]; apparently unmarried.

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Brief Life History of Marjorie

Marjorie Ruddlhurst was born in 1602, in England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Thomas Ruddlehurst. She married Edward Hilton on 10 November 1623, in Davenham, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Davenham, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1623. She died in 1663, in Newfields, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, at the age of 61.

Spouse

Edward Hilton
Male
1596–1671

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Male

Marjorie Ruddlhurst
Female
1602–1663

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Female

Marriage
10 November 1623
Davenham, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Children (7)

Edward Hilton Jr
Male
1627–1699

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Male

William Hilton
Male
1630–1694

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Male

Mary Hilton
Female
1632–1695

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Female

Sobriety Hilton
Female
1633–1717

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Female

Susannah Hilton
Female
1635–1715

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Female

Samuel Hilton
Male
1637–1680

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Male

Charles Hilton
Male
1639–1684

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Male

Parents

Thomas Ruddlehurst
Male
1584–Deceased

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Male

Siblings (1)

Marjorie Ruddlhurst
Female
1602–1663

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Female

== Sources ==

1. "William Hilton", in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), 947
2. "Edward Hilton", in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), II:947-951.
3. Bartlett, Ralph Sylvester. Alexander Shapleigh Of Kittery, Maine, And Some Of His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Apr 1941-Jan 1942), (esp. 95:181).
4. Hilton (17)", in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939), 334ff.
5. "HOPKINSON AND ALLIED FAMILIES, Ancestors and Descendants of Junius Greeley Hopkinson and Perry Hopkinson and their wives Jeanette Eveland and Lois Amanda Moffett", Co-authors Laura Huffman, Aura M. and Alsey E. Hopkinson, 1965, hardcover, publisher not noted
6. Bartlett, Ralph Sylvester. Alexander Shapleigh Of Kittery, Maine, And Some Of His Descendants. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Apr 1941-Jan 1942), (esp. 95:181).
7. J.A.L. Miller 2810-K Carriage Dr. Winston Salem NC 27106-5328;
8. MBCR 2:5; 2:435
9. NHPP 1:28-29, 1:137-38; 1:157-58, 31:124; 31:174; 40:264; 40:256; 40:269; 40:274; 40:284;·2:308; 40:6, 116-7, 155, 164, 178, 187, 192
10. NEHGR 24:264-69
11. History of Grants 32
12. NHPLR 1:98-102
13. SJC Case #1100
14. Exeter Hist, Genealogical section, p. 64
15. Mary Lovering Holman, Pillsbury Anc 333-35