When James Hilton was born in 1746, in Rivington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Hulton, was 28 and his mother, Susan Dunkerly, was 24. He married Ann Kellett on 9 August 1768, in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1824, in his hometown, at the age of 78, and was buried in Horwich, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
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English (Lancashire):
habitational name from any of various places called Hilton (e.g. in Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, North Yorkshire, and Westmorland), most of which derive from Old English hyll ‘hill’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some come from Old English helde ‘slope’ + tūn.
occasionally, as in the case of Ralph filius Hilton (Yorkshire 1219), perhaps from the personal name Hilton, itself a possible form of Norman Hildun, composed of the ancient Germanic elements hild ‘strife, battle’ + hūn ‘bear cub’. Compare Hilt . This English surname is present in Ireland (mainly taken to Ulster in the early 17th century, though recorded earlier in Dublin).
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