Generation 1

JOHN HILL (d. 1664) of Dorchester

Parents:

John Hill died on 31 May 1644. [Ref] He married Frances Unknown. [Ref] She was born about 1608. [Ref] She died between 13 Feb 1667/8, when she was taxed, and 1680. [Ref]

Frances was admitted to the Dorchester church about 1638. [Ref]

John is first mentioned in the Dorchester records on 6 Jan 1633/4. [Ref] He was granted land in Dorchester on 18 Feb 1636, 2 Jan 1637/8 and 18 Mar 1638. [Ref]

In his will, dated 11 Apr 1660, John mentions his eldest son John; his son Samuel; his daughter Mary; his wife Frances. [Ref]

Children of John Hill and Frances Unknown:

1. John Hill was born about 1630. [Ref] He died on 23 Jan 1717/8. [Ref] He married first Hannah Unknown. [Ref] She died in Nov 1690. [Ref] He married second Elizabeth, the widow of Benjamin Bullard of Sherborn. [Ref] She died on 1 Dec 1719. [Ref]
2. Frances Hill was born about 1632. [Ref] She died on 18 Nov 1676 in Dorchester. [Ref] She married, as his second wife, Jonas Austin, Sr. of Taunton, on 14 Dec 1667. [Ref] Jonas died on 30 Jul 1687 in Taunton. [Ref]
   Frances was dismissed to the church in Taunton on 28 Jun 1674. [Ref]
   
3. Rebecca Hill was born about 1634 in Dorchester. [Ref] She died on 13 May 1676. [Ref] She married Joseph Gray of Taunton on 25 Feb 1667/8. [Ref]
   Rebecca was dismissed to the church in Taunton on 12 Feb 1664/5. [Ref]
   
4. Mary Hill was born about 1636. [Ref] She died on 15 Aug 1726. [Ref] She married Thomas Breck on 12 Feb 1656/7. [Ref] Thomas died on 23 Apr 1703. [Ref]
   Thomas and Mary lived in Sherborn. [Ref]
   
5. Samuel Hill was born and baptised in 1638. [Ref] He died on 12 Jan 1708/9. [Ref] He married Martha Unknown about 1667. [Ref] She died on 13 Sep 1715 in Dorchester. [Ref]
   Samuel was a husbandman. [Ref]
   
6. Jonathan Hill was baptised on 12 Jul 1640 in Dorchester. [Ref] He married Mary Unknown. [Ref]
   Jonathan was a tailor of Bridgewater. [Ref]
   
7. Hannah Hill was baptised in Dec 1641. [Ref] She married Daniel Fisher of Taunton about 1662. [Ref]
   Hannah was dismissed to the church in Taunton on 18 Feb 1671/2. [Ref]
   
8. Mercy Hill was baptised on 8 Jan 1642/3. [Ref] She died on 7 Jul 1709. [Ref] She married Elkanah Willis of Bridgewater. [Ref] He died on 12 Dec 1711. [Ref]
9. Ruth Hill was born in Aug 1644. She died on 1 Sep 1736 in Sudbury. She married Roger Willis.
10. Ebenezer Hill was born about 1644 in Dorchester. [Ref] He died in the spring of 1696. [Ref] He married first Ruth Bailey about 1683. [Ref] Ruth was the daughter of Guido and Elizabeth Bailey of Bridgewater. [Ref] Ebenezer married second Sarah Unknown about 1692. [Ref]
11. Israel Hill died before 31 Jul 1677, when administration on his estate was granted to his brother Ebenezer. [Ref] He was killed by the Indians. [Ref]
    Israel was a carpenter of Dorchester. [Ref]
    
12. Martha Hill was baptised on 20 Aug 1648. [Ref]
13. Mehitable Hill was baptised on 18 Feb 1650/1. [Ref] She died, unmarried, on 5 Mar 1679. [Ref]

Generation 2

RUTH HILL (1644 - 1736)

Parents: John Hill and Frances Unknown [Ref]

Ruth Hill was born in Aug 1644. [Ref] She died on 1 Sep 1736 in Sudbury. [Ref] She married Roger Willis on 19 Jul 1664. [Ref][Ref][Ref]

John Hill's children sold their interests in his rights to land in Stoughton by a deed dated 14 Feb 1733/4; one of the signers, on behalf of her eight children, was Ruth Willis of Sudbury, "Widow of Roger Willis of Sudbury, Yeoman". Ruth acknowledged her signature on 15 Apr 1734. [Ref]

References

Bartlett, J. Gardner, "John Hill of Dorchester and his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 58, 1904, 157-168.

McTeer, Frances and Frederick C. Warner, "The Willis Family of Sudbury, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register," 114, 1960, 22-43, 96-113.

No author, "Marriages, Births and Deaths in Dorchester, Mass, 1648-1683," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16, 1862, 152-158.