TWELFTH GENERATION

2798. George Walton (26223)(26224) (26225)(26226) was born about 1615 in England.(26227) (26228) He was taxed in 1648 in Dover, Strafford Co., New Hampshire.(26229) He was an innkeeper between 1649 and 1662. (26230)(26231) (26232) He was a vintner in 1662. (26233)(26234) (26235) He was a tailor in 1669. (26236)(26237) (26238) He signed a will on 14 Feb 1685/86. (26239)(26240) He died before 9 Mar 1685/86 in Newcastle, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. His estate was probated on 9 Mar 1685/86.(26241) (26242) He was a Quaker. (26243)(26244)


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. 

He was married to Alice Hilton after 1635 in Great Island, New Hampshire. (26245)(26246)

2799. Alice Hilton was born in 1617 in London, co. Middlesex, England. Children were:

child i. Abishag Walton(26247) (26248) was born about 1641. She died on 16 Jan 1678.
child ii. Martha Walton(26249) was born about 1642.(26250) (26251) She died on 29 Jan 1678 in Newcastle, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.(26252)
child1335 iii. Mary Walton.
child iv. George Walton(26253) was born about 1649.(26254) (26255) He died before 14 Aug 1679. (26256) He was a shipmaster.
child v. Col. Shadrack Walton(26257) (26258) was born about 1658 in Newcastle, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.(26259) (26260) He died on 3 Oct 1741. (26261) (26262)
child vi. Dorcas Walton(26263) (26264).