Colonel Winthrop Hilton (c. 1671–-1710) was the highest-ranking officer in

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. He took on this position after natives killed Col.

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on June 27, 1689, at the outbreak of King William's War. Hilton was the second son of Edward Hilton and nephew of Gov.

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. During Queen Anne's War, Major Hilton joined the expedition of Col. Benjamin Church in May 1704, and was gone all summer, marching as far as the

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and participating in the

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Raid on Norridgewock (1705)

In retaliation for the Northeast Coast Campaign (1703), there was a bounty put on Father

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. Finding the village of

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deserted in the winter of 1705 because its occupants, including Rale, had been warned of an impending attack, Colonel Hilton ordered 275 New England militiamen under his command to burn the village and the church. On 1 July 1706, natives raided Hilton's home in Newfields, killing six of the ten men working the fields and taking two prisoner. In January 1707, at Casco (specifically Black Point, Maine, near present-day

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), Hilton ambushed 18 natives as they slept and massacred all but one. Later that year, Hilton also participated in the Siege of Port Royal.

Raid on Epping (1710)

Natives ambushed Hilton and his company at

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, on June 23, 1710, killing him and two of his men, and taking more prisoner. He is buried at Newfields, New Hampshire, at the Hilton Burial Ground.Penhallow's history, p. 64
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Biographical Sketch of Winthrop Hilton
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hilton, Winthrop 1617 births 1710 deaths People of Queen Anne's War Military history of Nova Scotia Military history of Acadia History of New Hampshire

Raid on Norridgewock (1705)

Raid on Epping (1710)

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