Dr Joseph Tilton

  General Notes:

ote for: Joseph Tilton, 26 Sep 1744 - 5 Dec 1837 Index

Individual Note:
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 p93, V11, 24
NAME MARRAGE: History of the Town of Exeter New Hampshire,Charles H.Bell, Exeter, The Quart er Malllennial Year, 1888, pg.47
HISTORY: Jones, William H, William Tilton: His English Origins and SomeAmerican Descendant s, Haritage Books Inc, Maryland, (1997). pg 102, 133

American Biographical Library
The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women
Volume II
American Biographical Notes
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The Chicago Historical Society
page 394
TILTON, DR. JOSEPH, d. at Exeter, N. H., Dec. 5, 1837, a. 94; had been asurgeon in the revol utionary war.
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William W Scott, HISTORY OF PASSAIC AND IT'S ENVIRORS VOL III, Lewis Historic Publishing Co, New York & Chicago, 1923. pages 30 to 43.

Notes for Joseph Tilton from Grave Matter http://www.gravematter.com/tilton-shackford.asp
"Joseph Tilton, the author of the above sketch, was born in Hampton Falls, as already stated in 1744. He received such education as the times afforded, The advantages of schools being then much less that at present. At the age of 16 he commenced the study of medicine and surgery with Dr. A. Cutter, of Portsmouth, where he remained until he was 21 years of age. At that time he married the daughter of John Shackford of Portsmouth, and soon after removed to Exeter and commenced the practice of medicine. Here he had much to struggle with, his duties being excessively ardous, and his practice extending to 13 towns within a few years after he located himself in Exeter. He continued in practice for nearly 60 years, with the exception of a short time during the revolutionary war, when he was absent one or two cruises as surgeon of a privateer. He was always remarkable temporate in his diet, using but little meat, and no ardent spirit. His constitution which was weak and slender until he reached age of 40 years, then grew more vigorous, and during the remainder of his life he enjoyed uninterrupted good health, enjoying his mental and bodily faculties remarkably well until a few years before his death, which took place in January 1838, in the house in which he resided for sixty-eight years. He left no male descendants. This story was taken from the 'Exeter News-Letter,' Exeter , NH, Tuesday, January 29, 1839" (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7084/tiltstry.html)
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: Hampton N.H.

Dr married Catherine Shackford, daughter of Maj John Shackford and Katherine Dennett, on 10 Sep 1767 in Exeter Rock, N.H. (Catherine Shackford was born in 1745 in Portsmouth , N.H. and died in Jan 1812 in Exeter Rock, N.H..)