Brief Life History of George
George Wilton Esquire was born in 1637, in Portaferry, County Down, Ireland. He married Elizabeth Savage about 1666, in Portaferry, County Down, Ireland. He lived in County Westmeath, Ireland in 1644.
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1641
Great Catholic-Gaelic rebellion for return of lands, later joined by Old English Catholics in Ireland. Under leadership of Irish chieftain, Rory O'More, conspiracy was formed to seize Dublin and expel the English. English settlers were driven out of Ulster. Catholics hold 59% of land in Ireland.
1649
The Protestant Lord Protector of England, Oliver Cromwell, landed at Dublin. His troops killed 2,000 men. A great part of lands in Munster, Leinster and Ulster (Drogheda and Wexford) was confiscated and divided among the English soldiers.
1672
Over 6,000 Irish boys and women sold as slaves since England gained control of Jamaica.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so named, including Wilton (Wiltshire, North Yorkshire), Wilton in Haile (Cumberland), and Wilton in Bridstow (Herefordshire). The North Yorkshire placename derives from Old English wilde ‘wild, uncultivated’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Wiltshire placename may derive from Old English wull ‘wool’ + tūn. The Cumberland and Herefordshire placenames derive from Old English wilig ‘willow’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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