John HILTON (c. 1802- )

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John HILTON1 2 was born c. 1802.2 He was a Beer Retailer/Victualler, engraver, shopkeeper.2 He married Esther SLATER on 13 Oct 1823 in St. Michael, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.2

 

 

Esther SLATER,3 daughter of James SLATER (c. 1778-1862) and Mary MAYALL (1776-1847), was born c. 1803 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire.3 She was baptised on 20 Nov 1803 in Mossley, Lancashire, England.2 She married James DAVISON on 26 Dec 1853 in St. Michael's, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.2 She died on 21 Apr 1876 in Harris and John St., Pyrmont, New South Wales.4 2 2 Informant son James Hilton, Pyrmont. Reg. No. 76 00939. Esther was buried on 22 Apr 1876 in Balmain Cemetery, C of E Sect.2 Witnesses: James Hilton (son), James Hall (nephew).

 

 

Came to Sydney 1854.

Father James " left his house to his daughter Esther Hilton, a widow whose passage to Sydney had been paid by her sister Mary Hall. (Mary Porter's mother). Esther came to Sydney in 1854 accompanied by her adult children, Martha and James and

three children by the name of Pickering, the offspring of her deceased sister Miriam.1"

 

 

 

Esther SLATER and John HILTON had the following children:

 

 

 

James HILTON (1823- ). James was born in 1823.2

 

 

Maria HILTON (1824-1892). Maria was born in 1824 in Ashton under Lyne.2 She was baptised on 11 Apr 1824 in St. Michaels, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.2 She was a needlewoman, dressmaker.2 She married Joseph TURNER on 4 Oct 1850 in St. Marys, Stockport, Cheshire, England.2 She died on 13 Aug 1892 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England.2 2

 

 

Frances HILTON (1826-1848). Frances was born in 1826.2 She died in 1848.2

 

 

William HILTON (1828-c. 1881). William was born in 1828.2 He was baptised on 27 Apr 1828 in St. Michaels.2 He was a Bookseller/Stationer, 1876 Coal Merchant. He married Alice SAXON on 20 Jun 1849 in St. Peter's, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.2 He married Sarah LIGHTFOOT in 1871 in St. Peters, Ashton-under-lyne, Lancashire, England.2 He died c. 1881.2 He was buried on 10 Nov 1881 in St. Stephen's, Audenshaw, Lancashire, England.2

 

 

Martha HILTON (c. 1831-1894). Martha was born c. 1831.2 She married George Marshall ROBINSON in 1858 in Balmain, New South Wales, Australia.2 She died on 19 Jun 1894 in Bourke, New South Wales, Australia.2 Paralysis. Martha was buried on 20 Jun 1894 in Cemetery, Bourke, New South Wales, Australia.2

 

 

James HILTON (1833-1912). James was born on 15 Apr 1833 in Mill Bridge House, Ashton-under-lyne, Lancashire, England.2 He was baptised on 23 Jun 1833 in St. Michael's Church, Ashton-under-lyne, Lancashire, England.2 He was a Coach painter, gardener, carpenter, dairyman, saddler, Publican, coach builder.2 He married Jane Agnes TUCKER on 5 Dec 1864 in 129 Bourke St., Woollomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales.2 According to Rites of Presbyterian Church. James died on 6 Jan 1912 in 19 Duke St., Balmain, New South Wales, Australia.2 2 Cardiac, syncope, senile decay. James was buried on 8 Jan 1912 in Field of Mars Cemetery, C of E Sect., Ryde, New South Wales.2

Sources

1.

Virginia Stokes, 'Out of the Holliday Closet', information for the Holliday-Porter clan.

2.

"Gardner Roots A family history The English Connection Slater/Hilton/Gardner" 2004 Edition, (Joyce Gardner).

3.

Virginia Stokes, Virginia Stokes Family Tree.

4.

Joyce Gardner, Mary Mayall.rtf.