Martha Tilton

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Martha Tilton
Female
1748\endash 10 August 1832
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Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Tilton was born in 1748, in Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Tilton, was 41 and her mother, Abigail Brown, was 40. She married Nehemiah Knowlton on 5 November 1774, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 10 August 1832, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Old Burial Ground, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Spouse and Children
Nehemiah Knowlton
Male
1744\endash 1834
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Male

Martha Tilton
Female
1748\endash 1832
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Female

Marriage
5 November 1774
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Children (6)
Nehemiah Knowlton
Male
1775\endash 1847
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Male

Asa Knowlton
Male
1777\endash 1859
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Male

Martha Knowlton
Female
1779\endash 1851
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Female

Benjamin Knowlton
Male
1781\endash 1838
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Male

Josiah Knowlton
Male
1783\endash 1828
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Male

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Sources (11)
Martha Tilton in entry for Josiah Knowlton, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Martha in entry for Nehemiah Knowlton and Nancy Colby, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
Martha Knowlton in entry for Charles Knowlton, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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World Events (6)
1776
Age 28
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 28
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
1791
Age 43
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
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Nehemiah Knowlton
1744\endash 1834
Martha Tilton
1748\endash 1832
Marriage: 5 November 1774
Nehemiah Knowlton
1775\endash 1847
Asa Knowlton
1777\endash 1859
Martha Knowlton
1779\endash 1851
Benjamin Knowlton
1781\endash 1838
Josiah Knowlton
1783\endash 1828
Charles Knowlton I
1789\endash 1869
Parents and Siblings
Joseph Tilton
Male
1707\endash Deceased
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Male

Abigail Brown
Female
1709\endash Deceased
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Female

Siblings (6)
Anna Tilton
Female
1743\endash 1844
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Female

Josiah Tilton
Male
1745\endash Deceased
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Male

John Tilton
Male
1746\endash 1828
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Male

Martha Tilton
Female
1748\endash 1832
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Female

Mary Tilton
Female
1752\endash 1816
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Female

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Name Meaning

Tilton

Martha
English (Berkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Tilton in Leicestershire, named with the Old English personal name Tila, Tilla + Old English tun 'farmstead, settlement'.

History: William Tilton came to Lynn, MA, in or before 1637. Many of his descendants were master mariners, living on Martha's Vineyard. James Tilton of DE (1745\endash 1822) was a physician who became US surgeon general.

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Martha married Nehemiah Knowlton in Mar 1774 in Ipswitch Essex Massachusetts. (Nehemiah Knowlton was born on 19 Apr 1744 in Ipswitch Essex Massachusetts and died on 13 Aug 1834 in Boyleston Worcester Massachetts.)