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George Walton

George Walton[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

Male Abt 1616 - 1686  (~ 70 years)


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  • Name George Walton 
    Birth Abt 1615/6  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 10, 11] 
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 1635  [12] 
    Event 1639  Exeter Plantation, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16] 
    signed
    the Exeter Combination 
    • Role: Signer
    Taxed 1648  Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Property 25 Nov 1648  [6] 
    "his house in which he is situated with the house that he bought of Richard Pinkham of the sale also seven acres of land pertaining to the said houses with the six acres of marsh at Cocheco and twenty acres of land at Oyster River with gardens & all appurtenances thereto pertaining ... which houses & land the said George is to deliver to me or to Thomas Footman for my account by the first of April next"
    Occupation Between 1649 and 1662  [3, 4, 7, 11] 
    innkeeper
    Occupation 1662  [3, 4, 7, 11] 
    vintner
    Property 1 Aug 1662  [8] 
    "the dwelling house where I now dwell and one new dwelling house, barn, etc., and farm, all on ye great island in Pascatoqua river, and certain live stock and household goods"
    Judge Henry Robie, conveyee
    Property 18 Oct 1662  [9] 
    "dwelling-house, warehouse, wharves, and land formerly called George Walten's ordinary, on great island in Pascattoqua, bounded by John Lewis, Brian Pendleton and great harbor; also, dwelling-house , barn and a great neck of land, near land of Alexander Jones, formerly called Walton's neck, on ye great island in Pascattoqua; and a commonage"
    Judge Henry Robie, mortgage holder
    Occupation 1669  [3, 4, 7, 11] 
    tailor
    Administration 29 Jan 1678/9  [18] 
    for Martha Walton's estate
    • Role: Administrator
    Occupation ferryman, lumberman, seaman, merchant and farmer  [7]
    Death 1685/6  [19] 
    Will 14 Feb 1685/6  [3, 10, 17, 20] 
    Probate 9 Mar 1685/6  [3, 10, 17] 
    Religion Quaker  [3, 7, 21]
    Person ID I6460  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2019 

    Family Alice Hilton,   b. 1617, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1685 (Age 68 years)  [7, 10, 19] 
    Marriage Aft 1635  Great Island, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 21] 
    Children 
     1. Abishag Walton,   b. Abt 1641   d. Jan 1678/9 (Age ~ 38 years)
     2. Martha Walton,   b. Abt 1642   d. BY 29 Jan 1678/9, Newcastle, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years)
    +3. Mary Walton,   b. Abt 1646, Great Island, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1691 (Age ~ 45 years)
    +4. Dorcas Walton,   b. Abt 1646, Dover, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1666 (Age ~ 21 years)
     5. George Walton,   b. Abt 1649, Newcastle, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 14 Aug 1679 (Age ~ 30 years)
     6. child Walton,   b. Abt 1651   d. 5 May 1657, Great Island, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 6 years)
     7. Col. Shadrack Walton,   b. Abt 1658, Newcastle, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1741, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years)
    Family ID F1948  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1615/6 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Aft 1635 - Great Island, New Hampshire, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - signed,the Exeter Combination  - 1639 - Exeter Plantation, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTaxed - 1648 - Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
    Walton Coat of Arms    		Walton Coat of Arms

  • Notes 

    • NEWCASTLE A.K.A GREAT ISLAND. 1ST OF LINE IN COUNTRY. LIVED EXETER,NH 1639; DOVER, NH 1648; PORTSMOUTH, NH 1662. FINED FOR SWEARING IN 1638. WILL PROCESSD 9-MAR-1685.
      GEORGE AND ALICE HAD ONE MORE CHILD WHO DROWNED IN THE RIVER ON 5 MAY 1657.
      HIS WILL IS UNDER NEWCASTLE, NH LIBRARY-STATE PAPERS VOL 1, 1635-1717 P 299.
      IT IS ALSO IN FOUND IN OTHER SOURCES. ON 4 DEC 1638 HE WAS HELD BY A BOSTON COURT FOR SWEARING. ON 5 JUN 1639, LIVED IN EXETER AND SIGNED THE EXETER COMBINATION. 1648 GRANTED 6 ACRES OF COCHECO MARSH IN DOVER, AND GOT A LICENSE TO KEEP AN ORDINARY IN DOVER. IN 1651 SUED HUMPHREY CHADBOURNE BECAUSE THE HOUSE HE BUILT FOR WALTON WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH. THIS SAME H. CHADBOURNE BUILT THE GREAT HOUSE IN STRAWBERRY BANK IN 1631. IN 1651 WALTON WAS "ADMONISHED" FOR TAKING BOARDS (LUMBER) TO THE ISLE OF SHOALS ON SUNDAY. IN 1659 WAS ON THE GRAND JURY. 1663 TO 64 HE AND ALICE CONVICTED AS QUAKERS. HE SUPPOSEDLY REMOVED TO KITTERY, ME, AND BOUGHT LAND ON BACK COVE ON 16 AUG 1659. ABISHAG WALTON WAS A WITNESS TO THIS DEED. IN 1662 HE APPEARS AS A VINTNER IN PORTSMOUTH, NH BUT ON 1 AUG 1662 HE SOLD HIS HOUSE AND LAND TO HENRY ROBIE AND TOOK OUT AN ORDINARY ON "GREAT ISLAND". THERE IS A LEGEND OF LITHOBOLIA OR THE STONE THROWING DEVIL, A STORY ABOUT ROCKS BEING THROWN BY UNSEEN HANDS AT G. WALTON'S HOUSE. IN 1643 G.W. FIRST APPEARS IN RECORDS REQUESTING A LICENSE TO
      RUN A FERRY FROM DOVER POINT TO CHAMPERNOWN'S KITTERY POINT. 1649 G.W. WAS AFTER PERMISSION TO SET UP A HOUSE WHERE THE FORT WAS LATER. 2 ACRES WERE LAID OUT AND HE BUILT A HOUSE, BUT WAS DISPOSESSED WHEN HE LAID CLAIM TO FORT POINT 1652 RECEIVED DIFFERENT LAND, WAS ORDERED TO TAKE DOWN A FENCE HE HAD SET UP, GOT IN A FEUD WITH THOMAS WALFORD AND HIS WIFE WHICH STARTED THE ROCK-THROWING
      G.W. WAS A VERY AGRESSIVE AND FORCEFUL MAN WHO EMPLOYED MAN MEN, INDIANS, NEGROES, WHITES, HAD MANY SLAVES. HAD A LUMBER BUSINESS, BUILT ROADS, A CAUSEWAY OVER THE SWAMP, WAS OFTEN IN COURT FOR ENCROACHMENT. LOST HIS ORDINARY LICENSE IN 1662 FOR NEGLIGENCE. BY THIS TIME, HE OWNED THE NORTHWEST PART OF GREAT ISLAND LATER KNOWN AS CLARK'S NECK, ABOUT 120 ACRES. ALSO HAD 150 ACRES AT HEROD'S COVE IN GREAT BAY AND 40 ACRES IN THE LONG BEACH / NEWINGTON, OPPOSITE BOILING ROCK, PROBABLY WHERE THE POWER PLANT IS NOW.
      INNHOLDER 1649-1662, VINTNER 1662, TAILOR 1669, MERCHANT AND TRADER.

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S145] Mass & Maine Families, Vol. 3, 523, 00369.

    2.  2.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 591, 00218.

    3.  3.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 717, 00218.

    4.  4.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 219, 00539.

    5.  5.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 162:172, 00390.

    6.  6.  [S576] TGMSP, Valentine Hill, 00516.

    7.  7.  [S987] New England Ancestors Magazine, 8.5:54, 00862.

    8.  8.  [S682] TEA, 3:140, 00682.

    9.  9.  [S682] TEA, 3:171, 00682.

    10.  10.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 9:57, 00390.

    11.  11.  [S62] The Ancestry of Lydia Harmon, 81, 00497.

    12.  12.  [S576] TGMSP, Newsletter:8:4, 00516.

    13.  13.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 6:38, 00390.

    14.  14.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 232, 00218.

    15.  15.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 719, 00218.

    16.  16.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 611, 00218.

    17.  17.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 220, 00539.

    18.  18.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 740, 00218.

    19.  19.  [S1415] New Hampshire Historical Society, object/549779/walton-shadrach-1658-1741, 00296.

    20.  20.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 692, 00218.

    21.  21.  [S62] The Ancestry of Lydia Harmon, 82, 00497.