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1576 - 1649 (73 years)
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Name |
William HILL [1] |
Birth |
1576 |
Lyme Regis, Dorset., England |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Sep 1649 |
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA [1] |
Notes |
- "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Deputy (Windsor) to Conn. Leg., Aug. and Sept. 1639, Jan 1640, Feb., Sept. and Nov. 1641, apr. and Aug. 1642, Mar. and Sept. 1643, Apr. and Sept. 1644.
Son of James Hill of Lyme Regis, co. Dorset, England, who was Mayor of Lyme Regis, 1603. The Will of James 10 May 1620, proved 5 May 1621, named son William and dau. Mary Hill, with others. The will of Mary Godwyn of Lyme Regis, last of Mar. 1665, proved 6 June 1665, named her three cousins, William, James and Ynatius, sons of my brother William Hill in New England, L250 between them.
He m. at St. Mary Archer, Exeter, co. Devon, 28 Oct. 1619, Sarah Jourdain, dau. of Ignatius and Elizabeth of Eeter, co. Devon; she was bapt. at St. mary Archer, 4 Mar. 1698/9 and m. (2) after 1663, Edmund Greenleaf of Boston. the will of Ignatius, 1 Mar. 1635, proved 16 Oct. 1640, named wife Elizabeth, children of son William Hull, and others, specifying Lyme as his birthplace. The will of Elizabeth, widow of Ignatius, 20 June 1645, proved 9 Mar. 1649, gave L20 to grandchild Joseph Hill.
He came to Dorchester, Mass. by 1663, probably on "Mary and John" 1630; removed before 1639 to Windsor, and not long before his death to Fairfield, whre he d. in Sept. 1649. On 11 May 1654, lands were entered in Fairfield records, formerly given by the town to William Hill, Sr.
Will 9 Sep. 1649, proved 15 May 1650; wife Sarah; children Sarah (has had portion), William, Joseph, Ignatius, James, Elizabeth. Inv. at Windsor, 24 Sep. 1649; at Fairfield, 16 Nov. 1649.
Will of Edmund Greenleaf of Boston, 22 Dec. 1668 named his wife's three sons, William, Ignatius, and James Hill, to whom their aunt gave L50 apiece; he sent something to Ignatius in Barbadoes.
On 1 Feb. 1673/4, the younger William Hill entered for record at Fairfield lands of which half were his portion, and the rest granted him by his father-in-law Greenleaf and his mother.
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Person ID |
I28788 |
Main Tree |
Father |
James HILL, b. 1545, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, England d. 05 May 1621, Lyme Regis, Dorset., England (Age 76 years) |
Relationship |
Natural |
Mother |
Judith JOURDAM, b. 1550, Lyme Regis, Dorset., England d. 1620, Lyme Regis, Dorset., England (Age 70 years) |
Relationship |
Natural |
Marriage |
1570 |
Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, England |
Family ID |
F04898 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Death - Sep 1649 - Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA |
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Sources |
- [S02419] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;), 76-3279.
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