Seeking contact with HILTON descendants,in particular the above family. My GG G/Mo, Frances H. [m-n-u] (b-July 1814), married David C. Martin (b~1805). They raised a family of 8 kids in the Bertie – Martin Co area. David died after the 1850 census, were family was recorded in Bertie Co. Youngest son, Robert, was b-Jan 1851. Widow Frances & 6 kids were recorded in Hamilton, Martin Co, NC 1860 census records. She died Sept 1865, & is buried in Hamilton Meth. Church cemetery, along with family members.

Family "talk' suggests that her maiden name might have been HILTON. Her oldest son, James H. Martin (b-1832) initially found as h-o-h in Bath Township in the 1860 census, was with new wife Mary Ann Draper (b-1837-Wash., Co), and infant dau Elethia Carthine (b-1860).

I recently found three of GG G/Mo Frances' younger kids, living with Horace & Elizabeth HILTON, in the 1870 Bath, Beaufort Co census records. This could be strong evidence that these kids were in the care of family members, in a nearby county, following Mother’s death in 1865. Any help in filling in the missing puzzle pieces would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Bob Edmondson Chatsworth, CA