Abraham Tilton

Geni.com record shows he was born in England....

Abraham Tilton b c 1641, d 28 March 1728 m (1) Mary Cram; (2) Deliverance Littlefield. He was the son of William Tilton & Susanna.

Family

Abraham married Mary Cram 25 Jan 1665/6 in Hampton, NH and the family moved to Kittery, ME soon after. In 1670 the Tiltons removed to Wells where Francis Littlefield Sr (a.k.a. - The Elder) was a Tilton neighbor. Mary released her dower in the 1671/2 deed to Myles Thompson and Israel Hodgsdon, dying within a few years. The first child of Abraham and Deliverance was Sarah, but there is no birth information for her. Their second child was Abigail who was born 1 Apr 1679 in Ipswich, MA.

Deliverance mentions her three step-sons (the children of Mary Cram), calling them "my three sons - Abraham Tilton, Samuel Tilton, & Isaac Tilton" in her will.

A headstone for Abraham was noted as existing at this cemetery by Walter Davis in his book The Ancestry of Phebe Tilton, sometime prior to the 1940s. The inscription on the headstone was recorded in that book. However, the headstone has since disappeared. According to the history of the Tilton family written by Francis Tilton, the cemetery is situated on land formerly owned by Abraham Tilton.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56954790/abraham-tilton

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Abraham Tilton

From "The Hammatt Papers" by Abraham Hammatt 1854, The Early Inhabitants of Ipswich:

"When the meeting house was completed in 1700, the committee appointed for that purpose assigned to Mr. Abraham Tilton, Sen'r, and Abraham Tilton, Jun'r, ye 1st pew on ye east of ye pulpit for their wives and families; a passage to be allowed thro sd pew to Mr. Wardwell's pew.

To Mr. Tilton, Sen'r, was appointed a place on ye first of ye short seats, near the pulpit, among the most elderly men."

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tilton-6

Jun 11, 2010 - Explore genealogy for Abraham Tilton Sr born 1638 Lynn, Essex, ... Tilton Jr B: ABT 1666 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts D: 7 Jan 1756 - Ipswich ...

GEDCOM Note

Abraham was a carpenter and millwright. He was apprenticed to John Hoodweaver of Lynn December 5, 1653. At Kittery 1669, Wells 1671. Freeman 1681. He set up family life in Maine. For more on Abraham and his descendants, see the work by John H. Tilton of Australia, The Australian Tilton Family and its American Origins, which can be found at the Lynn Historical Society.

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 26 2021, 14:37:05 UTC
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 2 2021, 14:36:24 UTC

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• Notes: From the records it appears that some time before November, 1655, young Abraham Tilton was sent by the Hoods (John and Elizabeth) of Lynn, who had him under a contract of apprenticeship, to his brother, Peter Tilton, in Connecticut, much against Abraham's will. Elizabeth Hood, wife of John Hood who was then in England, in her deposition of November, 1655, states that her husband had instructed her to turn Abraham over to his mother, Susanna Shaw, hut as she had died in January of that year she could not fulfill her husband's instructions and so on the advice of the Elders at Lynn she "had putt him (Abraham) over to Peter Tilton living in Coneticott for thirty Shillings." From another deposition in the case it appears that Elizabeth Hood had done this against the advice of Roger Shaw who wanted his step-son turned over to him and who had obtained a court order for the· custody of Abraham. Elizabeth Hood pleaded ignorance of this court order in favor of Roger Shaw. We suspect the thirty shillings from Peter Tilton as probably against nothing from Roger Shaw had determined her action. Young Abraham was not content or happy with his elder and perhaps strict brother, Peter Tilton, and it appears that he was not long with him in Connecticut. He was returned by Peter Tilton to Abraham's step-father, Roger Shaw at Hampton, where the boy probably felt more at home with Roger Shaw's children and his own brothers.
• Reference: https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G006543.pdf

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• Notes: On October 20, 1671, Abraham Tilton bought of Francis Backhouse of Wells, York County, a farm on the Ogumquit River in Wells, containing 150 acres, fitted with buildings and fences; also 2 acres of salt marsh and 10 acres of fresh meadow (York Deeds, II, 130).
• Notes: Abraham and Mary (Cram) Tilton were the parents of:

1. Abraham Tilton: born about 1666; married Mary Jacobs, daughter of Thomas Jacobs, December 11, 1693; he died January 7, 1756.
2. Isaac Tilton; drowned at Pemaquid, Maine, March 28, 1695; unmarried.
3. Jacob Tilton; died prior to 1695; probably unmarried. It is not definitely proven that Jacob was he son of Mary (Cram) Tilton, but he was the son of either .Mary or Deliverance Tilton.

• Abraham and Deliverance Tilton were the parents of:

1. Sarah Tilton: married --- Martin.
2. Abigail