Individual Details

Joseph Hill

(March, 1602 - April 19, 1674)

Events

BirthMarch, 1602Great Burstead, Essex, England
BaptismMarch 3, 1602Great Burstead, Essex, England
ArrivalJuly 17, 1638Boston, British America
MarriageNovember, 1651Malden, British America - Hannah Smith
CivilMay 27, 1652Boston, British America
CivilOctober 27, 1657Boston, British America
DeathApril 19, 1674Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
CivilSeptember 28, 1675Ipswich, British America
MarriageRose Clark
CivilTown services - Malden, British America
OccupationDraper
OccupationLawyer
Burial

Families

SpouseHannah Smith (1612 - 1674)
ChildSamuel Hill (1652 - 1732)
SpouseRose Clark ( - )
FatherGeorge Hill (1571 - 1611)
MotherMary Unknown Hill (1571 - 1651)

Notes

Arrival

In 1638 he was the undertaker of the ship Susan and Ellen which arrived at Boston July 17

Civil

Joseph with Hanna and her uncle Reverence Peter Bulkeley decide an inheritance in Hanna's favor. Hanna's first husband Edward Mellows was a nephew of Bulkeley.

Civil

Joseph in court settling land issue for son John Mellows

Civil

Joseph granted administration in estate of Hugh Atkinson, who died at sea with no will. Widow Helen Ellen Atkinson would become Joseph's 3rd wife.

Civil

Selectman, juryman, General Court, on the legislative colonial assembly, captain of the train band, committees, audit of treasury accounts, committee or compiler of laws of the Colony for this he received 500 acres of land on the Nashua River

Burial

Find a grave has some family detail, burial is unknown.

Endnotes

1. Smith, Dean and Melinde Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908. Boston NEHGS 1996, Part 4 page 399 Joseph Hills and his family.

2. Smith, Dean and Melinde Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908. Boston NEHGS 1996, Part 4 page 399 Joseph Hills and his family.

3. Smith, Dean and Melinde Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908. Boston NEHGS 1996, Part 4 page 399 Joseph Hills and his family.

4. (1847) || Volume 30 page 459 Passengers and vessels that arrived in America 1638 Jospeh Hills.

5. (1937). || Page 39.

6. (1847) || Page 241 July 1856 Marriages.

7. (1903). || Page 248 Hills, Joseph m. Mrs Hannah Mellows 24 4 1651.

8. Smith, Dean and Melinde Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908. Boston NEHGS 1996, Part 4 page 399 Joseph Hills and his family.

9. Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA, Page 502.

10. (1903). || Page 266 Malden marriages.

11. (2008). || Volume 2 page 1025.

12. Massachusetts, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay (Name: W. White, printer to the commonwealth; Location: Boston; Date: 1 853;), Volume 3 page 271 Joseph, his wife Hannah, her uncle Peter Bulkeley, an inheritance.

13. Massachusetts, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay (Name: W. White, printer to the commonwealth; Location: Boston; Date: 1 853;), Volume 4 part 1 page 318 Joseph and land for John Mellows.

14. (1847) || Page 241 July 1856 Deaths.

15. Smith, Dean and Melinde Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908. Boston NEHGS 1996, Part 4 page 399 Joseph Hills and his family.

16. Massachusetts. County Court (Essex Co.). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Salem, Mass.: Essex institute, 1911, Volume 6 page 71 Jospeh Hills in the settling of Hugh Atkinson's estate.

17. Smith, Dean and Melinde Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908. Boston NEHGS 1996, Part 4 page 399 Joseph Hills and his family.

18. (1847) || Volume 30 page 459 Passengers and vessels that arrived in America 1638 Jospeh Hills.

19. Smith, Dean and Melinde Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908. Boston NEHGS 1996, Part 4 page 399 Joseph Hills and his family.

20. Smith, Dean and Melinde Sanborn. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908. Boston NEHGS 1996, Part 4 page 399 Joseph Hills and his family.