Individual Details
Col Edward Hill
(1637 - 30 Nov 1700)
== Biography ==
Planter, tanner, tavern-owner, businessman, sheriff, jailer and militia colonel.
Sided with Governor Berkeley during Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, and was attacked and plundered by rebels.His original tombstone was recorded by Dennis C. Stewart at Shirley
Plantation on Oct. 31, 2009. It reads,"Here lyeth interred the body of Edward Hill Esq. one of his Maj. Hon. Councell of State, Collonel and Commander in Cheife of theCounty of Charles Citty and Surrey, Judge of his Majestyes HighCourt of admiralty and sometimes Treasurer of Virginia who dyed
the 30 day of November in the 63 yeare of his age anno
dom 1700".The present Carter family at Shirley Plantation (2019) only allows tour visits to the family cemetery every Oct. 31 (Halloween).
The name of his first wife appears to be unknown. He married 2nd Mary (Aston) Cocke, widow of Richard Cocke.Southall, James C: "Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virginia", in ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', Volume 3, no. 4, published April 1, 1896, [https://archive.org/stream/jstor-4241922/4241922#page/n1/ p. 405], footnote. No primary source is indicated. Note this Edward Hill's father, another Col. Edward Hill, had married Mary's mother or stepmother, Hannah, widow of Lt. Col. Walter Aston. Marriages of step-siblings are not unusual, but can also be a source of confusion. Rather late in life (pre-nup 1696) he married Tabitha (Scarburgh), of similar age, as her 4th husband. She survived him by over 15 years, but didn't marry again and was eventually buried at Shirley.
===Name===: Name: Col Edward Hill Source: pg 25, Southern Kith and Kin, written by Jewel Davis Scarborough
===Birth===
: Date: 1637
: Place: Charles City, Virginia Colony
===Death===
: Date: 30 Nov 1700
: Place: Accomac County, Virginia Colony
===Burial===
: Date:
: Place: Shirley, Charles City, Virginia Colony
: Cemetery: Shirley Plantation
: FAG URL: http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53384894
===Marriage===
: Spouse: Tabitha Scarborough
: Date: 1696
: Place: Accomac, Virginia ColonySource: pg 25, Southern Kith and Kin, written by Jewel Davis Scarborough
===Note===Virginia, one of the original 13 colonies, ratified the Constitution, Wednesday, June 25, 1788, prior to that it was referred to as the Virginia Colony
== Sources ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Plantation Shirley Plantation] (Wikipedia)
* O'Hara, William T.: ''Centuries of Success'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=AA3v2f6X1L8C&pg=PA135 page 135]. (No longer available in preview)
* Stanard, W.G.: in ''V.M.H.B'', Vol. 4, no. 3 (Jan 1897), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241966?seq=4 page 316], no 293, account of the Scarburgh family. Corrections and more information in the next issue: Vol. 4, no. 4 (April 1897), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241988 page 421].
* Gravestone: ''Old Tombstones in Charles City County'', W&MQ, Vol 4 no 3 (Jan 1896), [https://archive.org/stream/jstor-1914945/1914945#page/n5/mode/2up page 147].
* Source: S-2079732332 Repository: [[#R-2141739429]] Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=25994358&pid=723 * Repository: R-2141739429 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
=== Acknowledgments ===
Thank you to [[Bairfield-1 | Michelle Bairfield]] for creating WikiTree profile Hill-9885 through the import of Strain Family Tree(1).ged on Oct 7, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michelle and others.
Planter, tanner, tavern-owner, businessman, sheriff, jailer and militia colonel.
Sided with Governor Berkeley during Bacon's Rebellion of 1676, and was attacked and plundered by rebels.His original tombstone was recorded by Dennis C. Stewart at Shirley
Plantation on Oct. 31, 2009. It reads,"Here lyeth interred the body of Edward Hill Esq. one of his Maj. Hon. Councell of State, Collonel and Commander in Cheife of theCounty of Charles Citty and Surrey, Judge of his Majestyes HighCourt of admiralty and sometimes Treasurer of Virginia who dyed
the 30 day of November in the 63 yeare of his age anno
dom 1700".The present Carter family at Shirley Plantation (2019) only allows tour visits to the family cemetery every Oct. 31 (Halloween).
The name of his first wife appears to be unknown. He married 2nd Mary (Aston) Cocke, widow of Richard Cocke.Southall, James C: "Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virginia", in ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'', Volume 3, no. 4, published April 1, 1896, [https://archive.org/stream/jstor-4241922/4241922#page/n1/ p. 405], footnote. No primary source is indicated. Note this Edward Hill's father, another Col. Edward Hill, had married Mary's mother or stepmother, Hannah, widow of Lt. Col. Walter Aston. Marriages of step-siblings are not unusual, but can also be a source of confusion. Rather late in life (pre-nup 1696) he married Tabitha (Scarburgh), of similar age, as her 4th husband. She survived him by over 15 years, but didn't marry again and was eventually buried at Shirley.
===Name===: Name: Col Edward Hill Source: pg 25, Southern Kith and Kin, written by Jewel Davis Scarborough
===Birth===
: Date: 1637
: Place: Charles City, Virginia Colony
===Death===
: Date: 30 Nov 1700
: Place: Accomac County, Virginia Colony
===Burial===
: Date:
: Place: Shirley, Charles City, Virginia Colony
: Cemetery: Shirley Plantation
: FAG URL: http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53384894
===Marriage===
: Spouse: Tabitha Scarborough
: Date: 1696
: Place: Accomac, Virginia ColonySource: pg 25, Southern Kith and Kin, written by Jewel Davis Scarborough
===Note===Virginia, one of the original 13 colonies, ratified the Constitution, Wednesday, June 25, 1788, prior to that it was referred to as the Virginia Colony
== Sources ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Plantation Shirley Plantation] (Wikipedia)
* O'Hara, William T.: ''Centuries of Success'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=AA3v2f6X1L8C&pg=PA135 page 135]. (No longer available in preview)
* Stanard, W.G.: in ''V.M.H.B'', Vol. 4, no. 3 (Jan 1897), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241966?seq=4 page 316], no 293, account of the Scarburgh family. Corrections and more information in the next issue: Vol. 4, no. 4 (April 1897), [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241988 page 421].
* Gravestone: ''Old Tombstones in Charles City County'', W&MQ, Vol 4 no 3 (Jan 1896), [https://archive.org/stream/jstor-1914945/1914945#page/n5/mode/2up page 147].
* Source: S-2079732332 Repository: [[#R-2141739429]] Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=25994358&pid=723 * Repository: R-2141739429 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
=== Acknowledgments ===
Thank you to [[Bairfield-1 | Michelle Bairfield]] for creating WikiTree profile Hill-9885 through the import of Strain Family Tree(1).ged on Oct 7, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michelle and others.
Events
| Birth | 1637 | Charles City, Virginia Colony | |||
| Marriage | 1666 | Virginia Colony - Mary Aston | |||
| Death | 30 Nov 1700 | Accomac County, Virginia Colony | |||
| Reference No | 6637769 | ||||
| Reference No | 6859690 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Aston (1629 - 1693) |
| Father | Edward Hill (1590 - 1664) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Boyle (1585 - 1685) |