James
CHILTON
Born
abt. 1556
,
England
Died
18 December 1620
,
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England
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James CHILTON was born abt. 1556 in England
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James was a Mayflower Passenger.
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James married Unknown UNKNOWN abt. 1585 in England . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Unknown UNKNOWN was born abt. 1564 in Kent County, England.
James CHILTON died 18 December 1620 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England .
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Unknown UNKNOWN-- Date: abt. 1585 Place: , England
All Register of the Society of Mayflower descendants in the District of Columbia, 1970 in commemoration of the 350th anniversary -- ancestry.com
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CHILDREN: Joel (died young), Isabella, Jane, Mary (died young), Joel (again, died young), Elizabeth, James (died young), Ingle, Christian, James, and Mary.
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Unknown UNKNOWN-- Date: abt. 1585 Place: , England All Register of the Society of Mayflower descendants in the District of Columbia, 1970 in commemoration of the 350th anniversary -- ancestry.com
Page 273-274
CHILDREN: Joel (died young), Isabella, Jane, Mary (died young), Joel (again, died young), Elizabeth, James (died young), Ingle, Christian, James, and Mary.
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Children of James CHILTON and Unknown UNKNOWN
Isabella CHILTON (b.15 January 1586, , England d. abt. 1665, Duxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony )m. Roger CHANDLER 21 July 1615 in Leiden, Netherlands (Holland) (Leyden)
Jane CHILTON (b.8 June 1589, Canterbury, England d. 23 November 1593, Canterbury, England) 
Joel CHILTON (b.9 June 1589, Canterbury, England d. abt. 1593, Canterbury, England) Mary CHILTON (b.9 June 1589, Canterbury, England d. abt. 1593, Canterbury, England) 
Elizabeth CHILTON (b.14 July 1594, Canterbury, England d. abt. 1594, Canterbury, England) 
James CHILTON (b.22 August 1596, Canterbury, England d. abt. 1596, Canterbury, England) Ingle "Engeltgen" CHILTON (b.29 April 1599, Canterbury, England d. abt. 1628, Canterbury, England) Christian CHILTON (b.26 July 1601, St. Peters, Sandwich, Kent, England d. , ) James CHILTON (b.11 September 1603, St. Peters, Sandwich, Kent, England d. 11 September 1603, St. Peters, Sandwich, Kent, England) Mary CHILTON (b.30 May 1607, St. Peters, Sandwich, Kent, England d. abt. 1679, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony )m. John WINSLOW in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (North Plymouth) (White Island Shores) (White Horse Beach)
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James Chilton
James Chilton, son of Lyonell was the oldest passenger on board the Mayflower. He was born bef. 1563 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Around 1600, he moved to Sandwich, England. By 1615 he was in Leyden, Holland with some of his children. On April 28, 1619, James and his daughter Isabella were caught in an anti-Armenian riot and James was hit in the head with a large stone and required the services of the town surgeon, Jacob Hey. On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower left Plymouth, England. On board was James, his wife Susanna, and daughter Mary. Both James and Susanna died before the Mayflower arrived. Mary was orphaned and was assumed to have joined the Myles Standish household. She earned the distinction of being the first female to step ashore at Plymouth. She later married John Winslow who arrived on the ship 'Fortune'. The claim by John Hunt in The American Genealogist 38:244-245 that his wife was possibly Susanna Furner has been recently disproven on the basis of the discovery of...Read MORE...
James Chilton, son of Lyonell was the oldest passenger on board the Mayflower. He was born bef. 1563 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Around 1600, he moved to Sandwich, England. By 1615 he was in Leyden, Holland with some of his children. On April 28, 1619, James and his daughter Isabella were caught in an anti-Armenian riot and James was hit in the head with a large stone and required the services of the town surgeon, Jacob Hey. On September 6, 1620, the Mayflower left Plymouth, England. On board was James, his wife Susanna, and daughter Mary. Both James and Susanna died before the Mayflower arrived. Mary was orphaned and was assumed to have joined the Myles Standish household. She earned the distinction of being the first female to step ashore at Plymouth. She later married John Winslow who arrived on the ship 'Fortune'. The claim by John Hunt in The American Genealogist 38:244-245 that his wife was possibly Susanna Furner has been recently disproven on the basis of the discovery of...Read MORE...
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1586 Birth of ChildIsabella CHILTON was born 15 January 1586, , England (United Kingdom)
1589 Birth of ChildJane CHILTON was born 8 June 1589, Canterbury, England
1589 Birth of ChildJoel CHILTON was born 9 June 1589, Canterbury, England
1589 Birth of ChildMary CHILTON was born 9 June 1589, Canterbury, England
1593 Death of ChildJane CHILTON died 23 November 1593, Canterbury, England
1594 Birth of ChildElizabeth CHILTON was born 14 July 1594, Canterbury, England
1596 Birth of ChildJames CHILTON was born 22 August 1596, Canterbury, England
1599 Birth of ChildIngle "Engeltgen" CHILTON was born 29 April 1599, Canterbury, England
1601 Birth of ChildChristian CHILTON was born 26 July 1601, St. Peters, Sandwich, Kent, England
1603 Birth of ChildJames CHILTON was born 11 September 1603, St. Peters, Sandwich, Kent, England
1607 Birth of ChildMary CHILTON was born 30 May 1607, St. Peters, Sandwich, Kent, England
1615 Marriage of ChildIsabella CHILTON married 21 July 1615, Leiden, Netherlands (Holland) (Leyden) to Roger CHANDLER
1620 Death 18 December 1620
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England
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History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters and First Comers to Ye Olde Colonie. 2 vols. in 1. Leon Clark Hills. (1936, 1941)
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