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Individual Record
Name
Surname:
Elton
Given Name:
John
Variant Surname Spellings:
Ellton, Hilton, Hillton
Soundex Code:
E435
Birth, Christening and Other Information
Gender:
Male
Date of Birth or Christening:
about 1643
Occupation(s):
Laborer, Tenant Farmer
Orphan:
Unknown
Position in Parent's Family:
Unknown
Landowner:
Unknown
Literate:
Unknown
Convict:
Unknown
Length of Indenture
Year of Indenture:
by 1662
Place of Indenture
Town:
St. Clement's Manor
County:
St. Mary's
Colony:
Maryland
Master
Surname:
Cole
Given name:
Robert
Spouse
Given name:
Jane
Death Information
Date of Death:
by 1697
Testate:
Yes
Research Notes
Comments:
"Elton (Ellton, Hilton, Hillton), John (c.1643-1705). Born: in England. Immigrated: in 1661 as a servant to Robert Cole. Resided: 'Cole's,' St. Clement's Manor, through 1664; on Basford Manor from 1676. Married Jane the widow of ? Flower, by 1697. Children. Sons: Francis (1687-?); John. Stepson: William Flower. Private Career. Education: illiterate. Occupational Profile: servant, freed in 1664; laborer; tenant farmer. Public Career. Minor Offices: county juror. Wealth During Lifetime. Land: leasehold on Basford Manor. Wealth at Death. Personal Property: TEV L18." (1)
Source Citations:
(1) Lois Green Carr, Russell R. Menard and Lorena S. Walsh, Robert Cole's World: Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Published for the Institute of Early American History & Culture, 1991), 39, 250-251.