What all three towns had in common was that they had religious conflict going in the present time.
Religious reasons have been the reason for Waltons movement and reason to join the Quakers. The most reasonable reason for his change of religion was because of meeting a women. George met his wife Alice in his years in Exeter and Dover. He was in his mid twenties when moved to Exeter in 1639. Mid twenties was the typical age for a men to marry in early new England. Little is known about George Walton 's wife but many Genealogists believe his wife is Alice Hilton, daughter of William Hilton of Dover Point The father of Alice Hilton was one of the first New Hampshire’s settlers. George Walton has had business dealing with the Hilton family. George Walton and Alice Hilton both had connections and family wealth. Only six names of their children survive a seventh child died at an early age and the name had been unknown. The name of the children were Mary, George Jr., Shadrach, Abishag, Dorcas, and Martha. Mary was the oldest child and Shadrach was the youngest child. George Jr. was the eldest son. The Waltons family was a common family size in early New England.
On November 25, 1647 Walton sold his house and tavern to move to "Mosquito Neck" on Great Island, Portsmouth. In this …show more content…
Baker was not really organized in his writing.In the beginning of the book "The Devil of Great Island" the author begins with introducing Lithobolia attacks and early settler of early New England George Walton. Throughout the book George Walton is mentioned and examined in depth. Baker goes to into depth of George Waltons family tree. It 's not that important who his nephews were and what they did. They did not contribute into the Lithobolia attacks and just seemed like a waste of time for him to mention them in the