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James Chilton
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| Birth: About
1556, probably Canterbury, Kent, England, son of Lyonell Chilton. |
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Marriage:
- Mrs. Chilton, about 1585 or 1586.
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| Death: 8
December 1620, onboard the Mayflower in anchored off Provincetown
Harbor. |
| Children:
Isabella, Jane, Mary (died young), Joel (died young), Elizabeth, James
(died young), Ingle, Christian, James, and Mary. |
Biographical Summary
James Chilton was born about 1556,
probably at Canterbury, Kent, England, the son of Lyonell Chilton and
his second wife (whose name has not been found). James married
about 1585 or 1586, and had his first child baptized at St. Paul's,
Canterbury, Kent, England on 15 January 1586/7. The name of his
wife is not found in any records. The long-published claim that
she was Susanna Furner was disposed of by Michael Paulick's
research published in 1999. James
Chilton and wife had seven children born in Canterbury, Kent, before
moving about 1600 to Sandwich, Kent, where he had his last three
children baptized. In 1609, his wife (unfortunately called simply
"___ Chilton wife of James Chilton," was charged by the Archdeaconry
Court with attending the secret burial of a child (they opposed the
"popish" burial ceremonies of the Church of England). It was
presumably not long before the family left for Holland. In 1619,
James Chilton (aged 63) and his oldest daughter Isabella were caught in
the middle of an anti-Arminian riot in Leiden, and he was hit in the
head with a stone, requiring the services of the town surgeon Jacob Hey.
James, his wife, and his youngest daughter Mary came on the Mayflower
in 1620. James, at the age of 64, was the oldest person to have
made the Mayflower's voyage. James died on 8 December 1620 onboard the Mayflower,
which was then anchored off Provincetown Harbor--one of six passengers
to die in the month of December. His wife also died sometime the
first winter, but daughter Mary survived. |
Additional Resources
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Published Research
- John G. Hunt, "Origins of the Chiltons of the Mayflower," The
American Genealogist, 38:244-245. Contains information on
the Chiltons English origins; however the article also contains
references to Susanna Furner as a possible wife to James Chilton,
which is now known to be incorrect.
- Michael Paulick, "The 1609-1610 Excommunications of Mayflower
Pilgrims Mrs. Chilton and Moses Fletcher," New England Historic and
Genealogical Register 153 (October 1999):408-412.
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