Levi B. Tilton

  General Notes:

Note for: Levi B Tilton, 18 Sep 1777 - ABT 1847 Index

Burial:
Place: Oak Hill Burial Ground, East Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Individual Note:
OCCUPATION: FARMER AND TRAIDER. GRADUATE OF HARVARD. INHERITED FARM

MARRIAGE: W2 BETSY WADLEIGH

MILITARY: PVT NATHAN GIDDION'S COMPANY
CPT W. DEARBORN'S CO New Hampshire MILITA
SO 2745 SI 4725
BIRTH: MARRIAGE:DEATH:Tilton, Francis Theodore, THE HISTORY OF THE TILTON
FAMILY IN AMERICA, New Jersey:1939-40.
INFORMATION: Descendants of William Tilton Of Lynn Mas. Through The Lineof
His Son Daniel Tilton, Barbara B. Marden, Reprinted from The EssexGenealogist p 94
HISTORY: Jones, William H, William Tilton: His English Origins and SomeAmerican Descendant s, Haritage Books Inc, Maryland, (1997) pg 130, 159
Mrs. Emma Tilton Hayes.
DAR ID Number: 53742
Born in East Kingston, N. H.
Descendant of Capt. Philip Tilton, Ensign Timothy Tilton, JosephWadleigh, Deacon Joseph Wadl eigh, Jr., Elijah Sanborn, Lieut. RichardSleeper, and Joseph Wadleigh.
Daughter of Levi Benson Tilton (b. 1846) and Sarah Frances (Tilton) (b.1848), his wife, m. 1 869.
Granddaughter of Nathan Batchelder Tilton (1818-97) and Mary Brown(1822-1904), his wife, m . 1843 (parents of Levi); Timothy Tilton(1814-63) and Sarah Wadleigh (1815-53), his 2nd wife , m. 1846 (parentsof Sarah).
Gr-granddaughter of Levi Tilton (1777-1847) and Betsy Wadleigh, his 2ndwife (parents of Nath an); Sherburn Tilton (1786-55) and Mercy Sanborn(1785-55), his wife (parents of Timothy); Jo se Wadleigh (1778-1828) andHannah Stevens (1828-72), his wife, m. 1806 (parents of Sarah).
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Philip Tilton and Molly Batchelder, his wife(parents of Levi); Timoth y Tilton and Sarah Prescott, his wife (parentsof Sherburn); Elijah Sanborn and Elizabeth Til ton (b. 1756), his wife,m. 1779; Joseph Wadleigh and Elizabeth Dole (1744-1826), his wife (parents of Jose); Samuel Stevens (1759-1836) and Elizabeth Sleeper(1763-1839), his wife; Jose ph Wadleigh, Jr., and Betty Longfellow (d.1841), his wife (parents of Betsy).
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Joseph Wadleigh and Ann Swaine, his wife,(parents of Joseph, Jr.) , m. 1737; Richard Sleeper and Martha Fifield,his wife, m. 1762.
Philip Tilton (1741-1835), in 1775, commanded a company in Col. EnochPoor's New Hampshire re giment. He was born and died in East Kingston, N.H.
[p.333] Timothy Tilton (1748-1831) enlisted, 1776, as ensign in Capt.Nathan Brown's company , Col. Long's regiment, at Ticonderoga. He wasborn in Kensington ; died in Sandown, N. H.
Joseph Wadleigh (1711-92), in 1776, signed the Association Test ofBrentwood, N. H., where h e was born and died.
Joseph Wadleigh, Jr. (1744-1821), served as a private in the NewHampshire militia. He was bo rn and died in Brentwood, N. H.
Also No. 24481.
Elijah Sanborn was placed on the pension roll, 1832, of St. JosephCounty, Mo., for service a s private in Capt. Enoch Page's company, Col.Joseph Senter's regiment. He was born, 1761, i n Fremont, N. H.
Richard Sleeper was lieutenant in Capt. Abraham French's company ofKingston, N. H. He was bo rn, 1738, in Kingston, where the died.
Joseph Wadleigh (1752-1818) served as a private, 1778, in Capt. MosesLeavitt's company, Col . Moses Nichol's regiment of volunteers in theRhode Island expedition. He was born and die d in Kensington, N. H.
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The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 55

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: Kensington, N.H.

Levi married Anna Shaw #1 in 1801 in Unknown. (Anna Shaw #1 was born in 1779 in East Kensington NH, died on 21 Dec 1816 in East Kensington NH and was buried Oak Hill Burial Ground in East Kensington NH, Find A Grave #32162248.)

Levi next married Betsy Wadleigh #2, daughter of Joseph Wadleigh Jr and Betty Longfellow, in 1817 in East Kensington NH. (Betsy Wadleigh #2 was born in 1786 in East Kingston N.H, died in 1867 in East Kingston N.H and was buried Oak Hill Burial Ground in East Kingston N.H, Find A Grave #32162212.)