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     Mary Hilton was born on 11 May 1619 in London, England.¹ She was the daughter of William Hilton and Mary.

     John Hilton was born in 1624.¹ He was the son of William Hilton and Mary.¹

     Frances was born in 1618. She married William Hilton, son of Captain Roger Hilton and Ellen Mainwarring, circa 1636 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.¹ Frances married Richard White by 30 Jun 1656.
     Frances was deposed on 27 February 1687/8, aged about seventy, regarding events that had taken place forty-six years earlier involving William Hilton [NEHGR 31:181, citing York Court Files]. She survived him and married again (Richard White in 1656). In a footnote in his MPCR series, Charles Thornton Libby remarked: "This woman's [Frances's] court records serve to illustrate the social distinctions of the period. While married to Mr. William Hilton she was always entitled 'Mistress,' even when called into court for rude behavior, but after his death and upon her marriage to Goodman Richard White, she promptly dropped to 'Goody.' "[MPCR 1:267].^1,2

Frances and William Hilton were brought to court on 16 October 1649 in Kittery, York County, Maine. Mrs. Hilton was presented and admonished for fighting and abusing her neighbors with her tongue. At the same court, Mr. William Hilton was presented for breach of the Sabbath in carrying of wood from the woods and for failing to keep food and drink on hand for strangers and inhabitants.³

Frances and William Hilton were brought to court on 15 March 1649/50 in York, York County, Maine. Mr. William Hilton brought cases against Hatevell Nutter, Thomas Hanscom and Robert Mendam. He was still suing Hanscom and Mendam on 11 March 1651/2. On 15 October 1650, Mr. William Hilton and Frances his wife were sued by Mr. Georg Moncke for slander. On 11 March 1651/2, Jeremy Sheires reviled Mr. William Hilton when Hilton was foreman of the jury, and Sheires was fined £2. On 14 October 1651 Mr. William Hilton posted bail for Clement Campion, sued Thomas Way for debt, and sued Michaell Powell for debt.⁴

On 28 June 1655 in York, York County, Maine, the court found Frances Hilton, the wife of William Hilton, guilty of "railing at her husband and saying he went with Joane [sic, John in the blotter] his bastard to his three halfe penny whores and that he carried a cloak of profession for his knavery." For this offense she was sentenced to have "twenty lashes upon the bare skin, only the execution thereof upon her husband's request to be respited upon her good behavior until the next county court, except any just complaints come in against her. In the meantime, which if they do unto authority then the punishment to be inflicted upon her by order of the commissioners of York at what time they shall see cause to order it." Who knows what the outcome of this offense was -- did Frances get her twenty lashes or did William die before that next county court came up to check whether she had been on her good behavior. My personal opinion is that Frances may well have driven William to an early grave!⁵

On 30 June 1656 in York, York County, Maine, at the same court in which Richard White became William Hilton's administrator, White also brought a charge of slander against Rice Jones for an offense against his wife, Frances White. As the court dragged on, Frances White was countersued for "causelessly abusing" the wife of Rice Jones with opporbrious and disgraceful speeches and was sentenced to acknowledge her offence in court, 3 July 1656. At court 6 July 1657, the infamous Joan Andrews was presented for "threatening Goody Whitte at York in a profane manner saying that she would swear herself to the devil but she would be avenged of her."⁶

On 30 June (or July) 1656 "Magdeline Wiggin the wife of James Wiggin" was presented at York Court for "reporting that she saw William Moore & her mother Frances Whitte in the act of adultery."⁷

On 5 July 1658 in York, York County, Maine, complaints were heard about Richard White and his wife fighting and quarrelling together. Things got worse. On 3 July 1660, Richard White and his wife Frances White were presented for allowing men to be drunk in their house on the Sabbath and for not attending public meeting, and for "common lying and backbiting of their neighbors & slandering them & for their great disorder in falling out & fighting one with another & for beating company in their house & for beating Mistress Gunnison & Joseph Davesse his servants, & Ric[hard] Whitte for being drunk several times." On 1 July 1673 Richard White was paying fines for himself and his wife. On 6 July 1675 they were presented for not attending the public worship.⁸

     Richard White married Frances by 30 Jun 1656.
     

On 30 June 1656 in York, York County, Maine, at the same court in which Richard White became William Hilton's administrator, White also brought a charge of slander against Rice Jones for an offense against his wife, Frances White. As the court dragged on, Frances White was countersued for "causelessly abusing" the wife of Rice Jones with opporbrious and disgraceful speeches and was sentenced to acknowledge her offence in court, 3 July 1656. At court 6 July 1657, the infamous Joan Andrews was presented for "threatening Goody Whitte at York in a profane manner saying that she would swear herself to the devil but she would be avenged of her."¹

On 5 July 1658 in York, York County, Maine, complaints were heard about Richard White and his wife fighting and quarrelling together. Things got worse. On 3 July 1660, Richard White and his wife Frances White were presented for allowing men to be drunk in their house on the Sabbath and for not attending public meeting, and for "common lying and backbiting of their neighbors & slandering them & for their great disorder in falling out & fighting one with another & for beating company in their house & for beating Mistress Gunnison & Joseph Davesse his servants, & Ric[hard] Whitte for being drunk several times." On 1 July 1673 Richard White was paying fines for himself and his wife. On 6 July 1675 they were presented for not attending the public worship.²

     Elizabeth Hilton was born between 1642 and 1659.² She was the daughter of William Hilton and Sarah Greenleaf.¹

     Mehitable Nowell was born circa 1539. She was the daughter of Increase Nowell.¹ Mehitable Nowell married William Hilton, son of William Hilton and Mary, on 16 September 1659 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

     
     See New England Historical & Genealogical Register for more information on his activities as an Explorer.¹

     William Hilton was born in 1653 in York, York County, Maine.² He was the son of William Hilton and Frances.¹ William Hilton married Anne Parsons, daughter of John Parsons and Elizabeth Parsons, in 1678 in York, York County, Maine.^3,4
     
John T. Hassam "demonstrated that the immigrant William Hilton had two sons by that same name. The deposition of 1660 was made by the elder of these two sons, who lived in Newbury and Charlestown. A deposition of 1683 proves the younger son William of the immigrant William, for on 30 May 1683 two men testified that 'William Hilton now resident in York...was commonly known, & reputed, to be the son of William Hilton Senior deceased, & formerly lived in York.^5,6' "

In 1692, William Hilton was a bondsman for Elizabeth, his wife Anne's mother. And in 1699 "the court ordered him to return a cow to her" (she was then the widow of Peter Hinkson).⁷

     Magdalene Hilton married James Wiggins by 1656. Magdalene Hilton was born say 1636 in Dover, Lincoln County, Maine. She was the daughter of William Hilton and Frances.¹ Magdalene Hilton married Henry Kenning on 14 May 1698 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.
     

On 30 June (or July) 1656 "Magdeline Wiggin the wife of James Wiggin" was presented at York Court for "reporting that she saw William Moore & her mother Frances Whitte in the act of adultery."²

     James Wiggins married Magdalene Hilton, daughter of William Hilton and Frances, by 1656.