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Susanna,
d. 1621 Plymouth, MA
Family:

Marriage:1585 Canterbury, England
Spouse: Chilton, James
b. 1563 Canterbury, England
d. 18 DEC 1620 Cape Cod, MA
Parents:

Father: Chilton, Lyonell

Family History:

James Chilton, tailor, was listed as a freeman of Canterbury in 1583. St. Peter's Parish Sandwich, Kent, England excommunication record: "I the parson there doe present Thomas Bartlet the wife of James Chilton Danyell Hooke and Mosses Flecher all of our said parish for pryvatly burying a childe of Andrewe Sharpe of St. Maries parish who is strongly suspected not to dye an ordinary death the which they secretly conveyed to the earth without anie notice to given to me or my clarke of anie companie of neighboures but such only as semed accessary thereunto, this they did the 25 or 24 of Aprill last past, the lawfulness of which acte some of them seem now since to dissent by calling into question the lawfulnesse of the kinges constitutions in this and other behalfes, affirming these thing to be popishly cerimonious and of no other force; for the truth of all which the premisses with much more when it shall be further erquired I the now resident incumbent there have hereunto subscribed my name this 8 May 1609." The excommunication was announced to the entire church on 12 June 1609. This day the last of April of the year 1619 there appeared before me, notary public, and before the witnesses named hereafter, James Chilton, Englishman, residing in a close house at the Langen Vollersgraftbrugge near the Diefsteech, approximately 63 years of age, and his daughter Engletjen James Chilton, approximately 22 years of age. And they have upon their truth, instead of under oath, witnessed and declared, upon the urgent request of the Remonstrang Parish of this town, that last Sunday, the 28th day of April of this year before the door of their house there was a lot of throwing about by various boys who shouted that the arminians were gathered there, as the declarants, who had been to church, heard from their neighbours who told them that they had warned off the boys several times. The declarants further stated that shortly after they arrived home, when the gate to the close was open, various boys, around 20 in number, started raving and swearing loudly in the same close, throwing things about, shouting that the Arminians were gathered there, whereafter the declarants ordered those boys to leave, saying there is no meeting here of the Arminians or anybody else: and then the boys left together. Andone of those boys, who was very reluctant to leave, took, as he was stepping out from the close into the street, a large cobblestone in his hand and threw that at James Chilton’s head, just above the left eye, in such a way that James Chilton immediately fell to the ground as if he were dead, and his children and other persons shouted: he is dead, as Chilton was lying for dead on the ground, and he had to be helped up by a man. And they declared that James Chilton did not give any cause to that boy for his action, but Chilton only told him and others, when he ordered them to leave, truthfully that there was no meeting of Arminians or any other people in that place. But later, James Chilton came round and he suffered a heavy injury, by the aforementioned throw, and because of his advanced age it is not certain if he will live. Having no further declaration to make, the declarants offered to affirm the aforementioned, if necessary and if so requested, with a solemn oath, and they agreed that an official deed hereof would be executed and delivered by me, notary. This done, sealed and delivered on the day, month and year aforementioned, at the declarant’s house, in the presence of Mr. Jacb Hey, town surgeon, who is in charge of treating the aforementioned injury, and Jan Sebastiaensz, ruby cutter, summoned as credible witnesses hereto next to me, notary. James Chillton Ingell Chillton J. Dirksoon Jan Bastijaasen, ruby cutter A.C.Paedt, 1619. James, Susanna and Mary immigrated aboard aboard Mayflower. "James Chilton and his wife also died in the first infection."

Children:

Chilton, Isabella

Chilton, Jane
b. 8 JUN 1589 Canterbury, England (baptism)
Chilton, Mary
d. 23 NOV 1593 Canterbury, England (burial)
Chilton, Joel
d. 2 NOV 1593 Canterbury, England (burial)
Chilton, Elizabeth
b. 14 JUL 1594 Canterbury, England (baptism)
Chilton, James
b. 22 AUG 1596 Canterbury, England (baptism)
Chilton, Ingle

Chilton, Christian
b. 26 JUL 1601 Sandwich, England (baptism)
Chilton, James
b. 11 SEP 1603 Sandwich, England (baptism)
Chilton, Mary

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