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Esquire Thomas Hill, Sr.

Male Abt 1692 - 1768  (~ 76 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Esquire Thomas Hill, Sr. was born Abt 1692, Prudence Island, RI (son of Jonathan HILL, Jr. and Unknown Wife); died 20 Apr 1768, North Kingstown, RI; was buried , Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI.

    Notes:

    Thomas is called Deacon Thomas, dec'd, in the 1761 Warwick marriage record of his son Nathaniel. However, a Hill manuscript at NK Library says he died 20 Apr 1768. I think Nathaniel's marriage was recorded later, after his father had died.

    Thomas was a member of the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, from 1743; he was a deacon and frequently hosted meetings at his home. He contributed money to repair the meetinghouse in 1763 (source: "Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich," ed. Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, pub 2001 by RI Genealogical Society, p 490 etc.)

    Thomas Hill and Jabez Greene (1673-1741) of Potowomut built a dam to power a sawmill and gristmill. They also ran a forge, and I think that is where the name Forge Rd. came from.

    The will of Thomas Hill of NK was recorded 9 April 1768, proved 9 May (year burned away). It mentions wife Ann; sons Thomas, Matthew, Nathaniel dec'd, and Caleb; three dtrs (names burned away); and grand-dtr Mary Hill d/o of my son Nathaniel dec'd.

    Thomas married Elizabeth Allen 16 Dec 1716, North Kingstown, RI. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Allen and Anna Barnes) was born 29 Nov 1695; died 28 Feb 1726/27; was buried , Barrington, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Deliverance Hill was born Abt 1717; died 8 Jan 1718/19.
    2. Thomas Hill, Jr. was born 17 Oct 1723; died 9 Apr 1784, Scituate, RI.
    3. Caleb Hill was born 29 Mar 1725, North Kingstown, RI; died 6 May 1804, North Kingstown, RI; was buried , Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI.

    Thomas married Rebekah Allen 25 Mar 1731, North Kingstown, RI. Rebekah (daughter of Thomas Allen and Anna Barnes) was born 2 Sep 1701; died 12 Aug 1744; was buried , Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    HILL Thomas, and Rebecca Cole Allen, March --, 1731. Town Page Detail: Marriage (Vol. Unknown Original Volume & Page : Pg. 19779), North Kingstown, RI.

    Children:
    1. Matthew Hill was born 21 Jan 1732/33, North Kingstown, RI; died Abt Jun 1788, Scituate, RI.
    2. Nathaniel Hill was born Between 1735 and 1736; died 5 Mar 1763, East Greenwich Bay, RI.
    3. Rebecca Hill was born Between 1737 and 1739; died Aft 1816.
    4. Anna Nancy Hill was born 25 Jul 1741; died , Lansingburgh, NY.
    5. Mary Hill was born 25 Jul 1741; died 1821.

    Thomas married Anne Waterman 20 Oct 1745, Providence, RI. Anne (daughter of John WATERMAN and Anne OLNEY) was born 20 May 1696, Warwick, RI; died 1 Jan 1790; was buried , Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Anne (Waterman) Tillinghast was the widow of John or Charles Tillinghast when she married Thomas Hill as his third wife. They were married by Solomon Drowne, Justice.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jonathan HILL, Jr. was born Abt 1657, MA or RI (son of Jonathan HILL, Sr. and Mary SHERWOOD); died 5 Sep 1731, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

    Notes:

    On 24 Dec 1695 Jonathan said he was aged about 38 years.

    On 6 July 1703 Jonathan bought 1/4 of a farm in Cowesett (Warwick). On 16 Jan 1721 he deeded to son Thomas of Swansea 105 acres at Warwick.

    He had 8 children. His will was administered 15 Sep 1731; the executors were sons Jonathan & Caleb.

    (see Austin's "Genealogical Dictionary of RI" p98)

    (Also see "New England Families Genealogical and Memorial" Vol 2 p 677 by William Richard Cutter at Google Books)

    Jonathan married Unknown Wife Abt 1684. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Unknown Wife
    Children:
    1. Sarah Hill
    2. Jonathan HILL, III was born Between 1685 and 1686; died 9 Feb 1737/38; was buried , Town Hall Cemetery, Swansea, MA.
    3. Mary Hill was born Abt 1687.
    4. Patience Hill was born Abt 1689.
    5. Rebecca Hill was born Abt 1690; died Aft May 1735.
    6. 1. Thomas Hill, Sr. was born Abt 1692, Prudence Island, RI; died 20 Apr 1768, North Kingstown, RI; was buried , Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI.
    7. Caleb Hill was born Between 1700 and 1710; died Abt Dec 1754; was buried , Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.
    8. Ebenezer Hill was born Abt 1706; died 31 Oct 1753, St. Eustatius, West Indies.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jonathan HILL, Sr. was born Abt Jun 1640, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA (son of John HILL and Frances TILLESTON); died Bef Jul 1690, Prudence Island, Newport Co., RI.

    Notes:

    Note: I am not absulutely sure that Jonathan Hill of RI is a son of John & Frances Hill. However, I have linked him to this couple based on genealogical information sent to me by Hill descendants.

    Jonathan & Mary Hill lived at Warwick, Portsmouth, and Prudence Island.

    Jonathan & Mary may have had another son named Thomas in the early 1650s, as the book "The History of East Greenwich" tells of a Thomas Hill who was in Potowomut by 1680, in business partnership with James Greene.

    Jonathan may have been born earlier than 1640, possibly closer to 1630.

    It is believed that Jonathan married twice, to two women named Mary: Mary Sharwood (Sherwood) and Mary Bassett.

    From another genealogy: This or another Jonathan Hill may have died 2 Feb 1710, and his wife died 12 Sep 1715. (This needs more research.)

    Jonathan — Mary SHERWOOD. Mary was born Abt 1640. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary SHERWOOD was born Abt 1640.
    Children:
    1. 2. Jonathan HILL, Jr. was born Abt 1657, MA or RI; died 5 Sep 1731, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.
    2. Robert Hill was born Abt 1659; died Abt 1711.
    3. Henry HILL was born 24 Jun 1661, Warwick, RI.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John HILL was born Abt 1602, Chard, Somerset, England; died 31 May 1664, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA.

    Notes:

    John Hill came to America c 24 July 1633, when he was granted land in Dorchester, MA.

    John married Frances TILLESTON 3 Aug 1629, Taunton, Somerset, England. Frances was born Abt 1608, England; died 18 Nov 1676, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Frances TILLESTON was born Abt 1608, England; died 18 Nov 1676, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA.

    Notes:

    Her name has been given as Frances Tilleston or Tildon.

    Children:
    1. 4. Jonathan HILL, Sr. was born Abt Jun 1640, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA; died Bef Jul 1690, Prudence Island, Newport Co., RI.
    2. Hannah Hill was born Dec 1641, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; died 1734, Taunton, Bristol Co., MA.
    3. Mercy Hill was born Abt Jan 1641/42, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Ma.
    4. Ebenezer Hill was born Abt Feb 1644/45, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA; died 1696.
    5. Israel Hill was born Between 1647 and 1648, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Ma; died 31 Jul 1677.