Children of William Walton & Hannah---- :
           (there may also be some daughters)
1. Thomas Walton, Jr 1713 K&Q - 1759 Chowan
           (lived on Catherine Ck. 1740) (Vestryman 1748, reelected 1750)
        married 1735 Sarah Rountree died 1761
2. Timothy Walton  ca 1710 K&Q -1770 Chowan Co (Vestryman 1754 - 1770)
       married 1st unknown 
               and had Celia who had married James Freeman by 1772
        married 1763 Mary Benbury 1745-1789
              she married  1771 2nd Thomas Hunter
3. John Walton Jr. ca 1715 K&Q - 1748  Chowan
       married ca 1740 Zilpha ?  1716 - 1762
            she married ca 1759 2nd Guy Hill died ca 1775
*4. William Walton  ca 1718 K&Q - 1771 Chowan
        married  ca 1748 Rachel Hunter

NCHGR: Fron Book C, #2, Edenton, No. Car. Deed of William Walton to Timothy Walton, tract of land bought of Judah Speight, husband of Frances Speight, 18 Oct. 1731. 
 Wit: Thomas Walton, Aaron Blanchard.

Thomas Walton, Jr to my brother William Walton, before the sealing and delivery hereof by Wm. Walton, son of William, 100 acres, part of a patent granted John Keaton, Jr. of Nansemond Co. VA 28 Oct, 1702; on a branch of Meherrin Swamp, called Stafford Branch: 9 Nov 1735. 
 Test: John Walton, Benj. Spivey, Wm. Trevathan. Recorded at Edenton.

Vestry Minutes of St Paul’s Parish, Chowan Co ---page 51
March 29, 1735 Hannah Walton to be paid sum of 8£ 10 sh for maint. of Will Weston.
To Hannah Walton for boarding ye sd Weston in his sickness 7£ Sept 20 1735
To Hannah Walton for boarding W Weston 18£.
Chowan Co: Tithables 1742, Thomas Walton 4 whites.

Thomas Walton was administrator on estate of Daniel Colly, dec’d 1751.
Zilpah Walton was administ. on est. of her deceased husband, John Walton, 1748, Edenton NC
Sarah Walton, widow and guardian of John Walton, orphan of Thomas Walton, dec’d. 1759.
Timothy Walton, guardian of Robert Walton, orphan of John Walton, 1759.
"Friend William Walton," appointed executor in Will of Absalom Alphin. Wit: Robert Walton, Timothy Walton. (p.516. Vol 1)
Will of Charles Benbury. Dated 3 March 1777; prov. Sept 1777. Niece Mary Walton; son Charles; granddau. Mary Walton. He had land in Northampton Co. VA.
NC Land Grant. Book XI, p 105. 22 Jan. 1763. to William Walton, 341 acres of Stafford’s Branch.
Wit to will of John Hunter Chowan Co 1771. Thomas Walton, Sarah Walton, Elisha Hunter

Major Timothy Walton ca 1710 - 1770  | his parents
& Miss Speight  | her parents
& 1763 Mary Benbury 1745 - 1789  | her parents
& 1771 Thomas Hunter  | his parents
of K&Q Co VA & Chowan Co [now Gates Co] NC

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!! 

NCHGR: Fron Book C, #2, Edenton, No. Car. Deed of William Walton to Timothy Walton, tract of land bought of Judah Speight, husband of Frances Speight, 18 Oct. 1731. 
  Wit: Thomas Walton, Aaron Blanchard.

Timothy Walton & Miss Speight had:
1. Celia (Selah) Walton ca 1754 -
                div of Timothy Walton estate 1772
     married ca 1770 James Freeman 
      a. Timothy Freeman ca 1771 - 1825
                        wrote will Bertie co 27 June 1823; probated Nov Term 1827
                               witnessed by Catherine Rayner and Elizabeth Rayner
          married 1st 1790 Perthena Bond
          married 2nd 1799 Celah Valentine
          married 3rd before 1823 Fanny ?
              i. Josiah Freeman
      b. Thomas Freeman 1773-1859 GA
           married 1st Gates Co Rachel Hurdle
           married 2nd Chowan Co Hannah Hurdle
      c. William Freeman
            married 1793 Mary Trotman widow of John Rountree
      d. Josiah Freeman ca 1780

Timothy Walton & Mary Benbury (dau of John d.1774 & Rachel) had
1. John Benbury Walton ca 1764 - 1829 Gates 
    married 7 Dec 1785 Easter Blanchard  ca 1767 - 5 Dec 1815
       a. Timothy Walton ca 1787 -       
       b. John Walton 19 Aug 1791 -  
            married 27 Feb 1817 Susan B Roberts 6 Dec 1801-1 May 1840
            married 8 Oct 1844 Sarah London Mills 18 Jan 1808 - 
       c. Mary Walton  ca 1795 -
            married 10 June 1812 John Pugh Hudgins 26 Nov 1781 -
       d. Benbury Walton 
       e.  Nancy Walton
           married Riddick
2. Timothy Walton II ca 1770 - ca May 1827
        (wives all daughters of Thomas & Meldria ---- Billups of Virginia)
       married  1st 9 Feb1793 Mary (Billups) Roberts died 1793
       married  2nd 19 Jan 1796 Ann (Billups) Garrett died 1801
       married  3rd 19 July 1800 Sally Billups died 1801
    (1802 Thomas & Sally Billops of Gates Co. names are changed  to Thomas and Sally Walton) NCGSJII
          a. Thomas Walton  bef 1802
          b. Sally Walton      bef 1802
        married  4th 11 Aug 1801 Rosanna Billups died 1808
          c. Elizabeth Walton 1803-1840
             married Gates Co  Absalom Blanchard died 1835
        married  5th 1809 Lucy Billups died 1837
          d.  Timothy Walton 1809-1841
              married 1822 Margaret Wright
              married 2nd 1830 VA Ann Barcliff 1811-1890
3. Mary Walton ca 1766 - 
     married  1786 James Walton ca 1765 -
                                    ( son of William & Rachel)
          a. William Walton    died 1825 Pitch Landing
              married Celia Walton Jones ca 1803 - bef 1849 AL
          b. Benbury Walton  of Gates 16 Sept 1801 - 28 Jan 1878  
                                                        (Cobbs of the Tidewater)
               married 19 Jan 1825 Nancy C Montgomery 12 Mar 1805 - 10 Apr 1851
                   dau. of Robert Sr.  [Dr Thomas O'Dwyer's 1825 Diary of his life in Murfreesboro NC- p 7]
4. Elizabeth Walton ca 1768?

Probate Records of Chowan co -bound misc papers
Walton, Timothy XIX: 95; 97 [no date] Division of estate of Major Timothy Walton to: the widow, John Benbury Walton, Timothy Walton, Selah Freeman, Mary Walton, and Elizabeth Walton

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!! 

Thomas Walton Jr  & Sarah Rountree had:
1. Thomas Walton Sr 1739 Chowan Co, NC - 16 Apr 1806 Lincoln Co, Ga
     married  1st Sarah Hill (sister to Abraham)
       a. Thomas Walton Jr.
           married Elizabeth McDonald of Wake County
             i. Benton Walton
     married  2nd Jean Suddeth 
          dau of James and Hannah (Jarrett) Suddeth of VA
2. Christian (Katherine) Walton ca 1739 - 6 July 1808 Wilkes Co, Ga
     married 7 Jan 1756 Abraham Hill Jr  ca 1735 - 4 Feb 1792 Wilkes Co, Ga
               Thomas Walton signed the marriage bond          
             son of Abraham Hill and Judith and grandson of Henry Hill    
               they removed first to Wake Co, NC and later moved to Wilkes Co, Ga
        a. Abraham Hill ca 1757
        b. Thomas Hill   14 Jan 1759 -
        c.  John Hill ca 1761
        d. Henry Hill ca 1763
        e. Sarah Hill ca 1764
        f. Judie Hill ca 1766
        g. Noah Hill ca 1768
        h. Clara Hill ca  1769
        i.  Miles Hill ca 1771
        j.  Wylie Hill
        k. Polly Hill
                    above list of children from NCHGR 2 - 472
3. (Capt) William Walton ca 1741 - 1797 (Wake Co NC)
     married 1767 Elizabeth Smith 1746-
       a. Timothy Walton ca 1768 -
       b. William H Walton ca 1770 -
            married Sarah [Sally] Avera
             i. William Avera Walton
                 married Cynthia Pate
                        1. John Wesley Walton, Sr.
                             married Mary Frances Filgo
                                 ancestors of Maurice Shackelford 
       c. Samuel Walton
       d. John Walton
       e. Nancy Walton
            married Jacob White
       f. Kitty Walton 
            married John Buzbee
       g. Martha Walton
            married Alexander Myett or Hyatt
       h. Elizabeth Walton
            married John Whitaker
       i. Sarah [Sally] Walton 1767 -
            married Littlejohn Utley  
                      Littlejohn was a minister and I believe he died around 1860, 
                  just before the War of Northern Agression. Jim Utley  3g grandson

4. Richard Walton ca 1743 - prior 1771 (div. of estate Chowan)
     married 
      a. James Walton ca 1765 -
      b. Ellinor Walton
      c. Cretia Walton
        Gates Co Ct records Feb 1786 - on motion of James Walton by Simon Stallings his guardian for leave to rebuild a Water Grist Mill which was built by Thomas Walton and given by him to his son Richard and by the said Richard to James Walton, Minor and that Charles Rountree as appears to the Court having some pretentions to Build a Mill on the same stream [Catherine Creek] Ordered that the said Charles be summoned to appear next Term and shew reasons to this Court why an Order May not be granted to the said James Walton to rebuild the said Mill.
       [I am not  certain to which Richard these records belong. This one or the brother of Palatiah.]
5. Sarah Walton ca 1745 -
6. John Walton ca 1748 (underage 1759)

Sarah Walton, widow and guardian of John Walton, orphan of Thomas Walton, dec’d. 1759.

John Walton ca 1715 - 1748  | his parents
& Zilpah  | her parents
& 1759 Guy Hill  | his parents
of K&Q Co VA & Chowan Co [now Gates Co] NC

This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!! 

John Walton & wife Zilpha had:
         from div. of estate of John Walton 10 Oct 1759 Chowan Co, NC archives
1. Robert Walton ca 1742 -
2. Mary Walton ca 1745 -
3. Sarah Walton ca 1748 -
1759 Timothy Walton made guardian of Robert orphan of John)

Zilpah Walton was administ. on est. of her deceased husband, John Walton, 1748, Edenton NC

It appears likely that Zilpha, the widow of John Walton, Jr., married secondly Guy Hill. When John's estate was divided in 1759, Guy Hill received approximately 1/3 of the estate - the amount the widow would normally have gotten. Additionally, each of the three children's share was given to Guy Hill for administration until they became adults. When Guy Hill died circa 1775, his wife was named Sarah indicating his second marriage after Zilpha's death. (e-mail from Bob Nichols)