Benjamin Smith (Skiff) Tilton

  General Notes:

Note for: Benjamin Smith(Skiff) Tilton, 28 Mar 1788 - 1 Apr 1851 Index
Individual Note:
BIRTH, MARRAGE: " A HISTORY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Massachusetts, BY E.B.BANKS, VOL 111
P.481.
Vital Records Of Chilmark,Massachusetts to the Year 1850, New-England Historical Genealogical Society, At the cahrge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, Boston, MASS, 1904 page 32
The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 471 - 482
Compiled by Dr. Charles Banks, c. 1925. Transcribed by Karen Eddy, 1999. Prepared for the web by C. Baer, 1999 Encludes the following: 352. BENJAMIN, b. 28 Mch. 1788; m. SUSAN HILLMAN (400) 24 Oct. 1822. [Donna Griffiths writes that Benjamin S. Tilton and Susan Hillman had a son, whaler Capt. Owen Hillman Tilton. Owen m. Eliza R. Cottle, and they had a son Ernest R. Tilton, who owned the Tilton Hardware Store in Vineyard Haven until the Depression. He m. Catherine Frasier.]
1850 census of chilmark, Ma
71 80 Benjamin S. Tilton 62 M Farmer 900 Chilmark, MA N N N 03/28/88
Bayes N. Tilton 23 M Mariner Chilmark, MA N N N 03/21/27
Walter H. Tilton 18 M Mariner Chilmark, MA N N N 03/15/32
Owen H. Tilton 14 M Chilmark, MA N Y N 02/16/36
Martha Ann Tilton 10 F Chilmark, MA N Y N 11/14/39
.1850; Census Place: Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_309; Page: 413; Image: 609.
Living with Baze W in 1850; Census Place: Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_309; Page: 413; Image: 609.


Family Note: The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 471 - 482
Compiled by Dr. Charles Banks, c. 1925. Transcribed by Karen Eddy, 1999. Prepared for the web by C. Baer, 1999
Chilmark , MA Vital Records to 1850 (Marriages) Published by the New England Historic Genealical Society, Boston, MA 1904

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: Chilmark , M/Vineyard Island, Mass.

Benjamin married Susanna Hilman, daughter of Owen Hillman Sr and Polly Norton, on 24 Oct 1822 in Chilmark , M/Vineyard Island, Mass. (Susanna Hilman was born on 7 Jun 1797 in Chilmark , M/Vineyard Island, Mass. and died on 8 Mar 1849 in Chilmark , M/Vineyard Island, Mass..)