↑ "Records of the Society of Friends of the City of New York and Vicinity, from 1640 to 1800", in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society) Vol. 3, p. 187.
The children of John Tilton, Jun., borne at Gravesend: ... Samuell was borne ye 2d day of ye 1st mo., 1678. [Note: In old-styles dates, the first month is March. More info may be found here.]