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James Chilton

Male Abt 1563 - 1620  (57 years)


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  • Name James Chilton 
    Born Abt 1563  Canterbury, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Dec 1620  Onboard the Mayflower Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I486  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2015 

    Father Lyonell Chilton,   b. Abt 1535, Canterbury, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN 
    Mother Unknown 
    Family ID F177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susanna Furner,   b. UNKNOWN, Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1621, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1587 
    Children 
     1. Isabella Chilton,   b. 8 Jun 1589, Canterbury, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. UNKNOWN
     2. Jane Chilton,   b. 8 Jun 1589, Canterbury, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Joel Chilton,   b. Abt 1593,   d. Abt 1593, St. Martin's Parish, Canterbury, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Mary Chilton,   b. Abt 1593,   d. Abt 1593, St. Martin's Parish, Canterbury, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Elizabeth Chilton,   b. Abt 1594, Canterbury, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. James Chilton,   b. Abt 1596,   d. Abt 1600  (Age 4 years)
     7. Ingle Chilton,   b. Abt 1599
     8. Christian Chilton,   b. Abt 1601, Sandwich, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Mary Chilton,   b. Abt 1607, Sandwich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1 May 1679, Boston, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 72 years)
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2015 
    Family ID F140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BORN: About 1556 (he stated he was 63 in a 28 April 1619 Leyden document), probably Canterbury, Kent, England, son of Lyonell
      Chilton and his second wife (her name is unknown).
      DIED: 8 December 1620, on board the Mayflower
      MARRIED: probably about 1586 based on baptism of first known child. Her name is currently unknown. The claim by John Hunt in
      The American Genealogist 38:244-245 that his wife was possibly Susanna Furner has been recently disproven on the basis of the
      discovery of Susanna Furner's baptism record, which indicates she was far too young (only 12) to be married and having children in
      1586. See Michael Paulick, "The 1609-1610 Excommunications of Mrs. Chilton and Moyses Fletcher--Mayflower Pilgrims" in the
      New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 153 (October 1999) for further information on this.

      James Chilton, a tailor by trade, was the oldest Mayflower passenger, and one of the first to die after reaching the New World. He was
      born and raised in Canterbury, Kent, England and around 1600 moved to Sandwich, Kent.

      By July 1615, and probably as early as 1610, James, his wife, and at least some of his children were living in Leyden, Holland. On 28
      April 1619, James Chilton and his daughter Isabella were caught in an anti-Armenian riot and James was hit in the head with a large stone
      and required the services of the town surgeon, Jacob Hey.

      He came on the Mayflower with his wife and daughter Mary. James and his wife died the first winter, leaving their daughter orphaned;
      she probably joined with the household of Myles Standish.

      Mary Chilton came on the Mayflower at the young age of 13, and popular legend gives her the distinction of being the first female to
      step ashore at Plymouth. She married John Winslow, who came in the ship Fortune in 1621, and was the brother of Mayflower
      passengers Edward Winslow and Gilbert Winslow.