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William
Hilton Jr.
William Hilton, Jr. was born in May 1708. He was the son of soldier-turned-innkeeper William Hilton and his wife, Anna Van Berkhoven.
He
married Margaret Jones at the Albany Dutch church
in October 1736. By 1747, their five children were
baptized there and he someimes served as a baptism
sponsor. In 1768, the name of William Hilton, Jr.
appeared on a list of subscribers at St. Peter's
Anglican church.
He
was a carpenter who set up his home in the first
ward. He served as constable in 1733; high constable
in 1734; and firemaster in 1740. He worked for local
people and was re-imbursed on several occasions by
the city government. Beginning in 1742, his name
appeared on lists of qualified freeholders. First
ward assessments showed that his holdings were modest.
After
the 1760s, the name of William Hilton, Jr. dropped
from Albany rolls.
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Sources: The life of William Hilton, Jr. has not yet been
assigned a CAP biography number because we cannot
completely isolate information on several namesakes.
This profile is derived chiefly from family and community-based
resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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