Brief Life History of Polly Wyman
When Polly Wyman Tilton was born on 20 January 1786, in Moultonborough, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Philip Tilton, was 44 and her mother, Tabitha Wyman Prescott, was 16. She married Heman Hyde on 5 December 1810, in Strafford, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 September 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Polly Hyde, "United States Census, 1850"
- death record which includes birth date of Mary Ann Hyde-Polly Wyman Tilton, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
- Polly Tilton, "Vermont, Vital Marriage Records, 1760-1954"
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World Events (8)
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (Berkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Tilton in Leicestershire, named with the Old English personal name Tila, Tilla + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
History: William Tilton came to Lynn, MA, in or before 1637. Many of his descendants were master mariners, living on Martha's Vineyard. James Tilton of DE (1745–1822) was a physician who became US surgeon general.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Simplified explanation of Tabitha's Indian ancestory by Myrtle Hyde
INDIAN ANCESTRY POLLY WYMAN TILTON OF It has crept into Hyde family records that Polly Wyman Tilton’s mother Tabitha was a Cattaraugus Indian. This is incorrect. The Cattaraugus Indians were a ver …
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