Alton, Joseph^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1710 - 1766  (56 years)

• Name	Alton, Joseph
  Birth	Abt 1710	Westchester County, New York, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	1306
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  _COLOR	5
  _FSFTID	L4WJ-1K1
  _UID	9F2E82ECD22440D0930A25330D1338A8362E
  Death	6 Aug 1766	Baltimore County, Maryland, United States   [2]
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Erasmus Alton,   b. 1665, New York, United States d. 1727, Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, United States Maternal Line: Deborah Haight,   b. UNKNOWN, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States d. UNKNOWN
  Person ID	I1306	Family Tree
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Alton, Erasmus,   b. 1665, New York, United States d. 1727, Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, United States (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Quinby, Elizabeth,   b. 1669, Westchester, Westchester County, New York, United States d. UNKNOWN, Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, United States
  Marriage	Abt 1698	Westchester County, New York, United States   [3]
  Family ID	F373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Matheny, Sarah,   b. UNKNOWN   d. UNKNOWN
  Marriage	23 Mar 1746	Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
  Family ID	F2009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Buckley, Mary,   b. 1720, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States d. 1808, German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1753	Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States   [1]
  Children	1. Alton, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1755, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States d. 1828, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 73 years)   2. Alton, Hannah,   b. 1757, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States d. Abt 1801, Maryland, United States (Age 44 years)   3. Alton, John,   b. 22 May 1759, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States d. 18 Jul 1823, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States (Age 64 years)   4. Alton, Benjamin,   b. Abt 1763, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States d. Dec 1848, Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States (Age 85 years)   5. Alton, Erasmus Joseph,   b. 28 Jan 1767, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States d. Oct 1845, German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2024

  
  

• Notes

  From maggie@aol.com via Ancestry.com: Joseph was described both as a brickmaker and as a yeoman. His residencesincluded Essex and Morris Counties in NJ and Baltimore County in MD. Alton/Allton Newsletter: "Joseph Alton's name first appears in Essex Co., NJ records in a suit in Sep 1733. In 1737 he was in debtor's prison in Perth Amboy, His petition read: "Having had sickness and other misfortunes is reduced and So much in Debt that he has Little or nothing left but his Labour Either to pay his Creditors or Suport himself two Small children and a wife who is Daily in Expectation of Another..." His sister-in-law, Rebecca Alton, was listed as one of his creditors, and among his assets was a negro boy named Cuffy [Kofe is a common name in Nigeria]. There seems to be no further record of Joseph's first family. Joseph Walton (sic) married Sarah Matheny in 1746, and Mary (Buckley)Gibbins in 1753. Records are at the Maryland Historical Society On 7 Sep 1761 Joseph Buckley gave a seven-year lease of a plantation in Baltimore Co. to Joseph Alton (50 acres of Hopewell, conveyed by WilliamAndrews to Joseph Buckley in 1752) When he died in 1756, an inventory of his personal property described most of his tools, clothing, furniture, a bible and old books and 6"Delph" plates. The total was appraised as having valuation of 58 pounds,10 shillings, and 9 pence. After settling his debts, his administratrix, Mary [Buckley] Alton, had a balance of 27 pounds, 8 shillings, and 7pence.

  
  

• Sources

  [S268] Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850. [S706] CHECKED U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1710–1766; 58084581. [S707] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, p15.