Life in Leiden
James Chilton must have been in Leiden as early as 1615 as his daughter Isabel was married there in 1615. Her name is recorded as “Ysabel Tgiltron spinster from Canterbury”. The Mayflower Society has proved descent from James Chilton only through his eldest daughter Isabella and his youngest daughter Mary. His daughter Ingel (“Engletgen Gilten’), who married Robert Nelson, could not be researched further. None of the other of James Chilton’s children seems to have lived to maturity.
Sometime between 1609 and 1615, Chilton and his family left England and joined John Robinson's congregation in Leiden, Holland.
An incident involving James and a daughter was recorded in Leiden on April 28, 1619, when it was reported that as they were returning to their home, about twenty boys began throwing rocks at them. When Chilton confronted the crowd, he was struck in the head by a large cobblestone, and was knocked unconscious.
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