Ancestry of
John Ritter

TV and Movie Actor

Benjamin Folsom Tilton

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of John Ritter — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 60 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Tilton 
  • Mother:
  • Betsey Folsom   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 May 1800 
  • Birth Location:
  • Belmont, Belknap, New Hampshire 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Apr 1863 
  • Death Location:
  • Danville, Caledonia, Vermont 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Danville Green Cemetery, Danville, Caledonia, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucia Howe
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  • Child:

  William Franklin Tilton (Ahnentafel No:30 )

  • Notes: 

  • Benjamin Tilton died of smallpox.

• Additional marriages for Benjamin Folsom Tilton

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  • Spouse:
  • Electa Wells
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Mar 1842
  • Marriage Location:
  • Danville, Caledonia, Vermont

• Sources for Benjamin Folsom Tilton

  • ¹ Federal Census, VT, Caledonia County, 1850, Danville, Image 58 of 62.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/26/2021).
  • ³ New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1654-1969, Births T-U-V to 1901, Birth record for Benjamin Folsom Tilton.
  • ⁴ Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Montpelier, Vermont), 28 MAR 1842, p. 3, Wedding of Benjamin F Tilton and Electa Wells.
  • ⁵ Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Birth record for son William Franklin Tilton.
  • ⁶ Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death record for Ben F Tilton.