I believe your link to Mark Roger Hilton is outdated. Edward Hilton and his brother William Hilton were the sons of William Hilton of Northwich, Cheshire, England (cf. Anderson's "The Great Migration Begins...", sub. Hilton; NEHGR 95:181). Edward was a fishmonger by trade, hardly the occupation of the son of nobility. That Sybil de Lumley married William, Baron Hilton is proven. That Edward and William Hilton of New Hampshire were descended from this couple is not. If you have proof of this link, would you please share it with the list? Thank you. Hal Bradley -----Original Message----- From: Eugene Hubbard [mailto:hubfam@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 5:20 PM To: MEYORK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MEYORK] Re: Hiltons and Royalty? keks wrote: > I have Hiltons in York Co.--was unaware of any Hilton connection to > royalty. > Who was the immigrant ancestor with the royal connection? I don't see > one > listed in David Faris' _Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century > Colonists_, 2nd edition. Is this a new discovery? > > Kendall Mellem > Thomas de Lumley married Elizabeth Plantagenet. If that isn't in the book, I'd hazzard a guess the book isn't worth the salt you paid for it. Their daughter Sybil married William Hilton, who was the father of Mark Roger Hilton, who was the father of the Hiltons of New Hampshire. Henry II of England + Alys of Porhoet were Hilton ancestors. That should nail down the Royalty issue. There are literally hundreds of "Royalty" ancestors of the Hiltons in the Royalty.GED I mentioned and sent out. In fact, in that ged, I discovered a common ancestor of 1) the Dudleys, 2) the Hiltons, 3) the Hubbards of Maine, 4) the Hutchinsons, 5) the Wheelwrights of Mass and Maine, 6) Pres. Abe Lincoln's line, and 7) Pres. Geo. Washington's line. I also know the ancestors of Presidents Bush and Franklin Roosevelt are in there. 'Gene Hubbard ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Dear Hall, and List: I have no proof concerning Edward Hilton. If one were to say absolutely that Edward was not connected to William Hilton (or for that matter to Mark Roger), then I would say one should not believe in a proven close royalty connection either. On that basis, I would have to retract my earlier statement concerning Edward. If he is connected to either of the William Hiltons, my statement concerning royalty stands. In any event, it would be safe to say no low-born individual would have been put in charge of a business operation in the New World, nor would they have had either the education or the ability to read and write. I'm unaware of any document saying he was educated, but I bet he was.... 'Gene Hubbard Hal Bradley wrote: >I believe your link to Mark Roger Hilton is outdated. Edward Hilton and his >brother William Hilton were the sons of William Hilton of Northwich, >Cheshire, England (cf. Anderson's "The Great Migration Begins...", sub. >Hilton; NEHGR 95:181). > >Edward was a fishmonger by trade, hardly the occupation of the son of >nobility. > >That Sybil de Lumley married William, Baron Hilton is proven. That Edward >and William Hilton of New Hampshire were descended from this couple is not. > >If you have proof of this link, would you please share it with the list? > >Thank you. > >Hal Bradley >