Individual Details
James Hill
(26 Apr 1726 - 1802)
Events
Families
Spouse | Eunice Walker (1728 - 1772) |
Child | Cynthia Hill (1763 - 1830) |
Father | Samuel Hill (1680 - 1732) |
Mother | Ann Brown (1684 - 1747) |
Sibling | Samuel Hill (1713 - 1758) |
Sibling | Benjamin Hill (1718 - ) |
Sibling | Phebe Hill (1720 - ) |
Notes
Birth
James birth is in the Mayflower RecordsMarriage
James and Eunice Walker, both of Rehoboth, married by Rev. John Greenwood May 11, 1749. Int. April 13, 1749Widow
Eunice died in 1772, James did not marry again, was a widow at age 46.Probate
James Hill's inventory summarized: Wearing apparrel 1 black straight woolen coat, waistcoats and breeches, hat, mittens, caps and glove, Indoor movables bedstead, flannel sheets, tablecloths, linen sheet, 1 sword and belt, butter mold, ladle, candlestand, bible, silver drinking cup, iron teapspoons, teapot, crockery, chairs tables, farming tools, blacksmith tools, livestock, real estate dwelling huse , corn barn, 10 acres,Will
James's will is handwritten, with his signature, inventory, a note, my daughter Cynthia wife of Asa Angell …all my estate both real and personal not herein before disposed … after paying my just debts … equally divided between their heirs … son James Hill and daughter Sarah Hills … exec. of this.Death
James Hill's death is in Mayflower RecordsMilitary
From Massachusetts Soldiers And Sailors of the Revolutionary War source: James, Rehoboth. Sergeant, Capt. John Lyon's or Capt. Jesse Perrin's co-, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, etc. And June, 1776 ... being impaired in health, also on account of his age, 53 years, asking permission to resign his commission; ordered in Council March 3, 1779, that the resignation be accepted.Endnotes
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2. Arnold, James N., Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, a family register for the people Narragansett Historical, Providence, Rhode Island 1891, Volume 9 page 590 Church Records: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths. Eunice and James Hills, both of Rehoboth, May 11, 1749.
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11. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Massachusetts Soldiers And Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1896-1908, Volume 7 page 916.
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