Unknown (Unknown) Chilton (abt. 1564 - aft. 1621)

Born about 1564 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 11 Jan 1621 after about age 57 in Plymouth Colony

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Biography

This profile is for the wife of Mayflower passenger James Chilton. She accompanied him on the Mayflower on the voyage of 1620 to Plymouth. Her identification is disputed. She probably married James Chilton about 1584-1587 in Canterbury, Kent, England.

Some genealogists in the 1960's thought (erroneously) that she was Susanna Furner who was born about 1564 and christened at St. Paul, Canterbury, Kent, England. Some genealogists believed that Susanna's widowed mother married Lionel Chilton, who was the father of her probable future husband, James Chilton.^[1].

"The alleged marriage of James Chilton to Susanna Furner has been reproduced many times in genealogies since 1962. Susannah Furner's baptism was recently discovered in the parish register of St. Paul's church, Canterbury. It reads as follows: "Susan Furner the 5th daye" November, 1573. The Chilton's first child, Isabell, was baptised on January 15th 1586. This would mean that her alleged mother, Susanna, would have been only 12-1/2 years old when she married James Chilton who was then about 29 years old. She would have been only 13 when she gave birth to Isabell. This is highly unlikely. Since there is no record of James Chilton's marriage, until new evidence is found, Mrs. Chilton's identity remains a mystery." ^[2]

The Chiltons lived first in the area of Canterbury, Kent, England, where their first seven children were baptized, including Isabella. Their next three children were baptized at Sandwich. Mary was the youngest. ^{[3] [4]}

Sometime before 1615 the Chilton family had moved to Leiden, Holland.

In the Summer of 1620, James Chilton, his wife, and daughter Mary set out for the new world. Both James Chilton and his wife were to die on the Mayflower during the winter of 1620-21. She died on January 11, 1620/21.

Children of James Chilton and his unnamed wife:

1. Isabella Chilton
2. Mary Chilton
3. Jane Chilton
4. Joel Chilton
5. Elizabeth Chilton
6. James Chilton
7. Ingle Chilton
8. Isabel Chilton
9. Christian Chilton
10. James Chilton
11. Mary Chilton
12. Isabella Chilton

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Research Notes

DNA

mtDNA Results T2b+16288C^[5] Three matrilineal (all female line) descendants of Mary (Chilton) Winslow have taken a full mtDNA test and have their results posted in various Family Tree DNA Projects such as the Mayflower DNA Project.^[6][7] The three identified descendants descend from two different daughters [Mary (Winslow) Gray and Susanna (Winslow) Latham]. While it is not known whether any of these individuals have joined the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD), the fact they are exact mtDNA matches from two different daughters of Mary Chilton (wife of John Winslow) does provide an adequate level of "proof."^[8]

The Haplogroup assigned to the full mtDNA results is T2b, but all three results include an additional HVR1 mutation at: 16288C.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Vol. 2, p. 5
2. ↑ Paulick, Michael R., "The 1609-10 Excommunications of Mayflower Pilgrims Mrs. Chilton and Moses Fletcher" New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 153: Oct 1999, Whole number 612. Contributed by Bwiki.ged on 03 April 2011. The Ancestral File Reference 1846 also shows last name, confirmed birth and death years, death date, and confirmed death place.
3. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Vol. 2 p. 5
4. ↑ Great Migration Begins p.353-355
5. ↑ MayflowerDNA.org mtDNA profile for the wife of James Chilton
6. ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mayflowersociety?iframe=mtresults under Mary Chilton
7. ↑ In addition, there are a total of five individuals who are exact full mtDNA matches
8. ↑ due to the rare nature of the T2b+16288C haplogroup
9. ↑ It is hoped this additional mutation would form a new subclade of T2b at some time in the future.

• Source: Kellogg, Lucy Mary, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 2, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 1975. Chilton, More, Thomas Rogers

• Source: Bradford's History on line at https://archive.org/details/historyplymouth00bradgoog

• Source: Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings From the Files of George Ernest Bowman, Second Edition, Fourth Printing, Genealogical Publishing, Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., 2001

• Source: Robert Charles Anderson, "James Chilton", The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society 1995

• Source: Cary Family History, Author: Joiner, Rev. Darrell and Sallyann

• Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1856) p. 449"3 [persons] James Chilton, and his wife, and Mary, their dougter. They had an other doughter, yt was maried, came afterward." pp 453, 454 "James Chilton and his wife also dyed in the first infection. But their daughter Mary is still living, and hath 9. children; and one daughter is maried, & hath a child; so their increase is 10."
• Bradford, William, 1590-1657. Of Plimoth Plantation: manuscript, 1630-1650. State Library of Massachusetts "List of Mayflower Passengers." In Bradford's Hand.
• “James Chilton” at Mayflower.AmericanAncestors.org website. (NEHGS, accessed 6/15/2019, free).
• MayflowerDNA.org and mtDNA profile for the wife of James Chilton