David Hilton - Revolutionary War - Massachusettes

David Hilton is my great great great great grandfather, the father of Levi Hilton, and the great great grandson of William Hilton, who immigrated from England on The Fortune in 1621 (see Levi Hilton/Wm. Hilton posts).  David served in the Revolutionary War 1777-78 with Massachusetts troops, Capt. Joseph Sargent's company, Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment. 


Born 27 April 1755 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, David married Mary Hammond in 1780, and they had eight children. He died 9 October 1822 in North Chili, New York;  buried in Monroe County, Chili, New York, at Evergreen Cemetery, which is actually part of the original Hilton homestead in Monroe County.