"Thomas Hilborn [also Hillborn, Hilbourn, Hilbourne]. Baptized Dec. 17, 1655 at St. Mary's Church, North Petherton, Somerset County, England. Died April 30, 1723, in Newtown, Bucks County, Penn. Son of Robert and Mary (Hayes) Hilborn. Immigrated to Newport, R.I. in 1670 as indentured servant of Christopher Holder, a Quaker minister. His indenture was for four years and was signed March 25, 1670 at Bristol, England. Among Quakers whipped in Boston at some time before 1677. In Shrewsbury, N.J., by Aug. 18, 1687 when he acquired land from John Tucker of Deale. On March 22, 1687/8 he received patent to 100 acres of land. Bought other land in New Jersey in 1690s. Appointed by governor of East and West Jersey as one of three guardians of his father-in-law on Feb. 15, 1692/3. Moved to Bucks County, Penn., about 1702.
The noted Quaker folk artist Edward Hicks (1780-1849) painted a picture of Thomas Hilborn's residence in Bucks County. It can be seen, among other places, on the ExplorePAhistory.com Website. " (1) [Question: what evidence suggests his birthplace?]
(1) Karl Seitz, "Quaker immigrants," accessed 5 June 2007.
(2) Peter Wilson Coldham, The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988), 263.