Peter Tilton

1642 - 1699  (57 years)

• Name	Peter Tilton  [1, 2]
  Birth	16 Jan 1642	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	16 Feb 1643	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
  Death	15 Dec 1699	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey   [3]
  Alternate death	15 Jan 1700
  Person ID	I23447	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	John Tilton,   b. Abt 1615   d. 1688, Gravesend, Long Island, New York (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Mary   d. 23 May 1683, Gravesend, Long Island, New York
  Marriage	Abt 1639  [3]
  Family ID	F24241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Brazier,   b. Bef 26 Apr 1648   d. 6 Oct 1700, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age > 52 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1663  [3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Esther Tilton,   b. 5 Aug 1678   d. Bef 1704 (Age < 25 years)
  Family ID	F14091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  "He was a member of the Provincial Assembly in 1681 and 1682, an assistant justice in 1683, a commissioner to end small causes in 1683 and a justice of the Court of Sessions from 1691 to 1699. His original land holdings in New Jersey totalled 1070 acres." [Walter Goodwin Davis, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3076] Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Early Settlers of New Jersey and Their Descendants, Volume 4, by John E. Stillwell. New York, 1916. [S7806] William J. Hoffman, "The Founders of the Bras(s), Brasser, Bresser, Bries and Brazier Families in America." The American Genealogist 21:147, 1944. [S1427] The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, Wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Massachuetts by Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1947. [S7806] William J. Hoffman, "The Founders of the Bras(s), Brasser, Bresser, Bries and Brazier Families in America." The American Genealogist 21:147, 1944., says 22 Apr 1665.