Children
All children were born either in Canterbury or Sandwich (10 mi. distant) in Kent, England. Only three daughters, Isabella, Ingel and Mary lived to maturity.
- Isabella Chilton was baptized on January 15, 1586/7 in St. Paul’s Parish, Canterbury. She married Roger Chandler in Leiden, Holland on July 21, 1615 and had four children. There is no record of Isabella's death. Bradford’s statement that Chilton had another daughter is the only proof that Isabella came to Plymouth. The family probably came to Plymouth in either 1629 or 1630 when Bradford states that “the rest of the Leiden contingent arrived”. There is also an earliest tax record showing Roger Chandler March 25, 1633. Chandler is also shown in a record of those men able to bear arms in 1643, and a land record in 1644. He is also listed as a Freeman in 1648. Chandler died in Duxbury between 1658 and 1665. In October 1665, the land in Plymouth Colony (150 acres) is granted to the three unnamed daughters of Roger Chandler, deceased.
- Jane Chilton was baptized June 8, 1589 in St. Paul’s Parish, Canterbury. No further information is shown on Mary and it is assumed that she died young.
- Joel Chilton was born in Canterbury probably about 1591. He was buried at St. Martin’s Parish, Canterbury on November 2, 1593.
- Mary Chilton (first with that name) was probably born in Canterbury approximately 1593. She was buried at St. Martin’s Parish on November 23, 1593.
- Elizabeth Chilton was baptized July 14, 1594 at St. Martin's Parish, Canterbury. No further record of her has been found and she probably died young.
- James Chilton (the first with that name) was baptized August 22, 1596 at St. Martin's Parish, Canterbury. Since there is a later child named “James”, he probably died young.
- Ingel (Ingell) (Angel) Chilton was baptized on April 29, 1599 in St. Paul’s Parish, Canterbury. She married Robert Nelson in Leiden, Holland on August 27, 1622 under the probable Dutch name of Engeltgen Gilten but no other information is available.
- Christian was baptized on July 26, 1601 at St. Paul’s Parish, Sandwich. Since there is no further information he probably died young.
- James Chilton (the second with that name) was baptized on September 11, 1603 in St. Peter’s Parish in Sandwich. Since there is no further information he, too, probably died young.
- Mary (the second with that name) was baptized on May 30, 1607 in St. Peter’s Parish, Sandwich. With the early death of her parents, Mary, age 13, was left in Plymouth as an orphan. In the 1623 land division, a “Marie” Chilton received shares for her parents' land. Since it is listed between Alden and Standish, it has been suggested that she lived with either of those two families. There is no record which states with whom she lived after her parents' death. Between July 1623 and May 22, 1627, she married John Winslow in Plymouth. They had ten children. John is listed as having arrived at Plymouth in 1621 aboard the Fortune. John and Mary are part of the records of the 1627 division of cattle. John died before May 21, 1674, which is the date his will is proved. Mary died before July 11, 1679 which is the date her will was proved.
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