William ? Tilton-[104]

  General Notes:

In 1860, was listed as the first family after the John Roebling family. J. Roebling was the inventor of steel cable had a wire-rope factory in Trenton. In the 1860 census, John's son Washington A. is shown living with the family. Washington later gains fame as pioneer of suspension bridge building using the steel cable technology invented by his father. The most famous of these bridges was the Brooklyn Bridge.

Tilton is listed as a Bridge Tender in the Census, and he may have lived in one of the bridge tender houses along the Delaware & Raritan Canal. Some of these houses on the canal are still standing today. We know that the Roeblings occupied a home on Whitehorse Road near the canal, and it seems to have been the starting-point for the census-taker's survey of Hamilton Township, which shared a border with the Trenton city limits. How close together the bridge-tender house and the Roebling property was is not yet known. We don't know if the two families knew one another, either. See relevant census pages

Read the Roebling Story

SPECIAL NOTE, October 2003
I am attempting to establish whether there is a connection between this family and the very prominent and much-researched Tilton Family that lived primarily in Monmouth County New Jersey in the 18th & 19th Century. The Monmouth County Tiltons are descended from a family that had originally come to the area of Lynn Massachusetts from Warwickshire England, around 1630-40. In the 1640s some migrated to Long Island NY, settling the village of Gravesend, now in Brooklyn. Some of their children or grandchildren moved to Monmouth County NJ to settle land that had been purchased or granted earlier. There was an Abraham or Abram Tilton who was born in Monmouth County about 1759-60 who married Elizabeth Rogers in Crosswicks NJ, which was a suburb of Trenton. This is the person I am investigating as the possible grandfather of our Wiliam Tilton. This would provide the connection to the Massachusetts Tiltons.


Some interesting info on John Tilton, the Gravesend NY Tilton connection

The Settlement of Gravesend
(While John Tilton did not live in Gravesend, his son Peter did.)

Lady Deborah Moody & the Founding of Gravesend

Conflict Among Dutch & English Settlers and the Native Indians on Long Island

The Settlement of Monmouth New Jersey

Gravesend Today, the four square blocks you see in the image

Tiltons & Roeblings in TRenton in 1859:
Tilton Amos, clerk, h 46 Hanover
Tilton Catherine L. Miss, h 46 Hanover
Tilton Charles, shoemaker, h Sandtown rd n the Canal
Tilton Henry L., carpenter, h Second n Washington
Roebling John A., wire and wire-rope walk, Whitehorse rd n the Canal, h same

Tiltons in 1881:
Tilton Albert, wood turner, bds 50 Lamberton
Tilton Miss C. S., 134 E Hanover
Tilton Charles, laborer, h 229 Second
Tilton Charles, laborer h 232 William, Chamb’g
Tilton Ephraim, laborer, h 5 Dillon's al
Tilton George, teamster, bds cor Perry and Southard
Tilton Jacob, laundry instructor state prison, bds Eagle Hotel
Tilton John B., engineer, h 415 Hudson, Chamb’g
Tilton John H., teamster, h 501 Second
Tilton John H. Jr., dye maker, bds 501 Second
Tilton Peter B., clerk, bds 584 Perry
Tilton William H., shoe maker, bds 501 Second

Tiltons in 1882 in Trenton:
Tilton Abram, laborer, h 1 Dillon’s al
Tilton Albert, wood turner, bds 50 Lamberton
Tilton Miss C. L., h 134 E Hanover
Tilton Charles, shoemaker, bds 229 Second
Tilton Ephriam, laborer, h 11 Dillon’s al
Tilton George, teamster, bds 579 Perry
Tilton Jacob, deputy state prison, h 1213 Chestnut av, Chamb'g
Tilton John, iron worker, h 507 Second
Tilton John H., potter, bds 501 Second
Tilton John H., teamster, h 501 Second
Tilton Matilda, weaver, res 501 Second
Tilton Peter B., clerk, bds 584 Perry
Tilton William H., iron worker, bds 501 Second

Tiltons in 1900 in Trenton:
Tilton Albert L, woodturner, 16 W Lafayette, h B St Park
Tilton Bros, (P B Tilton), butter and eggs, City mkt
Tilton Charles S, undertaker, h 537 Chestnut av
Tilton Elmer E, laborer, h 1009 Anderson
Tilton Frank, wireworker, h 120 Rusling
Tilton Frank H, laborer, h 1066 S Broad
Tilton Frederick S, potter, bds 110 Chambers
Tilton Harry A, clerk, h 48 Division
Tilton Henry, laborer, h 658 Second
Tilton Henry L, bds 501 Second
Tilton Jane, wid John, res 1066 S Broad
Tilton Peter R, (Tilton Bros), h 13 Chambers
Tilton William H, stenographer, h 23 Lewis
Tilton William H, driver, h 1006 Anderson
Tilton William K, bookkeeper, h 110 Chambers

Tiltons in 1920 in Trenton:
Tilton Albert L, wood turning and sawing, 227 S Warren, h 1017 S Broad
Tilton Atwood S, pyrometor, h 1417 S Broad
Tilton Carl L, foreman, h 908 Fairmount av
Tilton Catherine, rubberworker, res 705 Anderson
Tilton Charles S, undertaker, 311 Hudson, h do
Tilton Edith, stenographer, res 452 S Olden av
Tilton Edward, tiremaker, h 630 N Clinton av
Tilton Edward H, supt, h 29 Elmhurst av
Tilton Elizabeth, cigarmaker, res 229 Hewitt
Tilton Elmer E, ropemaker, h 452 S Olden av
Tilton E B, fish market, 534 Stuyvesant av, h 318 Beechwood av
Tilton Frank, clerk, res 1036 S Broad
Tilton Fred S, clerk, h 310 S Logan av
Tilton George I, deputy receiver of taxes, 110 City Hall, res 231 N Warren
Tilton Harry, tiremaker, h 40 S Walter av
Tilton Harry M, salesman, h 2701 S Broad
Tilton James G, conductor, res 828 1/2 Genesee
Tilton Jemina, wid Charles, res 437 Norway av
Tilton Leavitt, machinist, h 1036 S Broad
TILTON PETER R, district mgr Woodmen of World, 406-407 Commonwealth Bldg, h 231 N Warren
Tilton William H, h 634 Monmouth
Tilton William H, contractor, 1006 Anderson, h do
Tilton William H, engineer, h 83 Yard av



(source oldmillhillsociety.org city directories online)

William married Rachel-[103] [MRIN:30] cir 1840-1843. (Rachel-[103] was born cir 1819-1820 in New Jersey.)