Elizabeth THING

Benjamin married Deborah HILTON on 21 Oct 1724 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Deborah (daughter of Winthrop HILTON and Ann WILSON) was born about 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from " Royall Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Vol. One Gov. Thomas Dudley": he may have been the son of his father's unknown first wife. He died from a shot by his own gun when he fell from his horse. The administration of his estate was granted on 22 Feb 1695-1696 to Nicholas Gilman.

Excerpt from "The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy....":When a youth he served in King Phillip's War and later was Captain of the Exeter Co. in King William's War. He held various town offices. Mary died at the age of 33, leaving 7 children. He m. 2nd Mrs. Martha Wiggin and had a son Daniel. He was killed a year later by the accidental discharge of his gun while riding in the woods with his brother Samuel and peter Folsom. He was buried with his first wife, Mary, in the oldest existing graveyard in Exeter.

Jonathan married Mary GILMAN on 26 Jul 1677 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of John GILMAN and Elizabeth TREWORGY) was born on 10 Sep 1658 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died in Aug 1691. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Vol. One Gov. Thomas Dudley: He was the leading military man of the Province, and had the chief command in one or more of the expeditions to the Eastward. He was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1706, in which office he continued until his death. He was bur. in his own field on the banks of the river, with the honors due to his rank and character.

Winthrop married Ann WILSON about 1695 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Ann was born about 1675 in Exeter, Massachusetts; died between 08 Mar 1743 and 1744 in Exeter, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Humphrey and Judith (Hersey) Wilson