George Porter Hilton

Line of descent: Edward/Edward II/Charles/George Porter Hilton

Surnames: Atkinson, Dudley, Lamprey, McWhorter, Moulton, Myers,
Shapleigh, Taylor, Wiggin, Young

Regions: Albany, New York

Source: Encyclopedia of Biography of New York - Vol. 3 (Page 23)
A Life Record of Men and Women Whose Sterling Character and Energy
and Industry Have Made them Pre-eminent in Their Own and Many Other States
by Charles Elliott Fitch, L.H.D.

Illustrated - The American Historical Society Incorporated,
Boston, New York, Chicago, 1923

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The Hiltons quarter their arms with the Nevill, Skirlaw, Percy, Vipont, Percy-Lovaine, Lumley, Eure, Washington, Ogle, Vescy, Felton, Heron, surtee and Bowe families and the arms of these families, with others too much worn by the ages to be accurately deciphered, as well as with the arms and banners of England and France,with their own are beautifully sculptured on the walls of Hilton Castle, at the original family seat, which is in Durham, England.

The arms of the ancient house of Hilton, County Durham, one of the great baronial families of Palatinate barons of the Bishopric to which Baron Robert de Hilton belonged, are thus described:

Arms--Argent, two bars azure.

Crest--A stag couchant ducally gourged and chained or.

Supporters--Two lions azure.

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Hilton coat-of-arms

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Hilton Family

John G. Myers (Source: New York State Men)

John Gillespy Myers - including Myers coat-of-arms.
(Source: Ency. of Biography of New York)

Myers Family of Albany and Saugerties
Source: Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York


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