1John T. Hassam, Some of the Descendants of William Hilton, NEHGR Vol. 31, p. 189 (1877).
"8. SAMUEL4 (William,3 William,2 William1), b. in Manchester, May 16, 1713; m. (1) in Beverly, April 12, 1733, Eleanor Griggs, daughter of Jacob Griggs of Salem, removed to Marblehead and afterward to Boston. He had house and land in Boston on a 35f. street, now Pleasant Street.* Child of Samuel and Eleanor was:
i. SARAH, b. in Boston, June 6, 1734; m. in Lunenburg, June 21, 1753, Abner Whitney, of District Shirley.
He m. (2) in Newton, Mass., April 17, 1735, Sarah Clark of Newton, and afterward removed there, and subsequently to Lunenburg, where he died, March 21, 1756. She died Feb. 2, 1792. Children of Samuel and Sarah were:
ii. SAMUEL, b. in Boston, Nov. 6, 1735.
15. iii. SAMUEL, b. in Newton, Jan. 4, 1738-9.
iv. HANNAH, b. in Newton, March 21, 1740-1; d. May 2, 1741.
v. WILLIAM, b. in Newton, June 21, 1742.
vi. HANNAH, b. in Newton, Aug. 16, 1744.
vii. MARY, b. in Newton, Jan. 20, 1746-7.
viii. ELIZABETH, b. in Newyon, Dec. 20, 1749; m. Apr 6, 1783, John Fitzgerald.
ix. THOMAS, b. in Lunenburg, June 14, 1752.
x. DAVID, b. in Lunenburg, April 12, 1752 [?]; bapt. April 6, 1755.".