Benjamin Tilton

  General Notes:

Abraham TILTON, was born in 1795, in Pittsfield, then Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. He was the son of Benjamin TILTON and Hannah BATCHELDOR. Benjamin was farming in Pittsfield. Abraham had an older brother, John, b. 1788, sisters Mercy, b.1790 and Eunice b. 1793. His father, Benjamin died 5 October, 1798 in Pittsfield as result of falling off his horse. He left the upbring of his children to his wife Hannah. Very little is known of Hannah and the girls after 1800.

Abraham and John were living in Bradford, Hillsborough( now Merrimack Co.) They married sisters. John married Sarah SWEATT, 9 January, 1814 in Bradford, New Hampshire. Abraham married Rebecca SWEATT, 26 November, 1816 in Warner, Hillsborough (now Merrimack Co.) Warner was a small community north east of Bradford. Sarah and Rebecca were the daughters of Abraham Titcom SWEATT and Priscilla EASTMAN, of Boscawen and Bradford, N.H.

Abraham and Rebecca became the parents of twelve children: 1) Benjamin TILTON, b. 30 May 1817 in Francistown, N.H. died 23 March 1818 in Bradford, N.H. 2) John Albert TILTON, b. 1818 of Bradford, N.H. d. 1892-1894 in San Pedro, Ca. md. Sarah Ann Hamilton HEATH, 9 Jan 1842 in Lowell, Ma. 3) Benjamin F. TILTON b. 12 November, 1820 of Bradford, N.H. d. 27 May 1895, Nora, Jo Daviess, Ill. md Julia A. ... about 1843, maybe Whitesboro, Oneida, N.Y. 4 ) Enoch S. TILTON, b. 1822 of Bradford, N.H. died after 1890. md Amelia H. .. about 1845 of Whitesboro, N.Y. 5) Hannah TILTON, b. 1824 she was with the family in 1850 in Rochester, N.Y. 6) Flora TILTON, b 1826 of Bradford, N.H. died 2 May 1831 in Orford, N.H. 7) James TILTON, b 1830, Orford, N.H. died an infant. 8) Jane TILTON, b. 1831 of Orford, with family in Rochester in 1850. 9) Cyrus Cutter TILTON, b. 27 May 1833, Bradford, N.H. d. 30 June 1924, Lodi, Ca. md. Emma Moore PARKER, 7 May, 1866, Memphis, Tn. 10) Margaret TILTON, b. 1837, Whitesboro, N.Y. died ? md. Mr. BROWN. 11) Amelia F. TILTON, b. 30 November, 1843, Whitesboro, N.Y. d. 24 December, 1893, West Point, Ill. md. John MAHON, 20 Feb 1860, (?) Nora, Jo Daviess, Ill. 12) William E. TILTON, b. 12 November, 1844, Whitesboro, N.Y. d. 22 October, 1923, Kelso, Washington. md. 1) Euphrasie TILDEN, 10 April 1873, Bloomington, Kansas. she d. 19 August, 1883 in Bloomington, Kansas. md) 2 Mary R. WALKER, 29 August, WaKenney, Kansas.

Abraham Tilton was farming in Bradford and Orford, New Hampshire. In 1839 he moved his family to Whitesboro, Oneida Co., N.Y. Here he may have worked on the Erie Canal. He and Rebecca were members of the Whitesboro Baptist Church from 1839 to 1849. From Whitesboro N.Y. the family moved to Rochester N.Y., where Abraham was working as a boatman on the Erie Canal. The family was found here on the 1850 census. By 1859 Abraham and Rebecca moved to Nora, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois. Records were found for Abraham and Cyrus selling two teams of oxen, 10 March, 1859. He sold these two teams to James H. Rogers for $53.50. Abraham and Rebecca Tilton and two sons, Cyrus and William, were on the 1860 census, living in Nora. Abraham and Rebecca were living on land purchased by their son, Benjamin Tilton. They were still living in Nora when the 1870 census was taken. Some time between 1870 and 1880 Abraham Tilton died. Rebecca TILTON was still in Nora when the 1880 census was taken. She died 11 October, 1889. The death date for Abraham has not been found. Rebecca's death date was found amongst some Tilton family papers, but no place was mentioned. The last mention of Rebecca before her death, was in 1883, in a land transction between Rebecca and her son, Benjamin TILTON in Nora. Burial records have not been found for Abraham and Rebecca Tilton.

Submitted by Aline Kelm