Sally Hill

Caleb married Sarah Sally Greene 4 Jan 1784, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Greene and Mary Waterman) was born 8 Apr 1760; died 18 Oct 1839; was buried , Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sarah Hill is mentioned as a granddaughter in the will of Benoni Waterman.

According to her marriage record, she was "of Naussocut" (Nausauket).

According to the book "Descendants of Roger Williams, Book I," Waterman Line p. 34, Sarah died 1 Oct 1837.

Notes:

Hill Caleb, and Caleb, of North Kingstown, and Sarah Greene, of Thomas, of Naussocut, Warwick ; m. by Eld. John Gorton, Jan. 4, 1784; Town Page Detail: Marriage (Vol. 2 : Pg. 252), Warwick, RI.

Notes:

Caleb was a private in Col. Elliott's regiment of volunteers in the Revolutionary War. Also, he served as Lt. of an alarm company, 1778/79, in North Kingstown.

He was Justice of the Peace in 1780.

Caleb Hill hired a farm on the southern end of Prudence Island, where he lived for about 7 years (March 1743-March 1750); then he returned to the Quidnessett area of NK where he lived and farmed with his father. He was Justice of the Peace, Overseer of the Poor, and was both a private and a lieutenant in the Revolution. Like his father, he also was active in the Six-Principle Baptist Church -- donating money, hosting meetings, and petitioning the RI General Assembly concerning repairs. (source: Hill manuscript at NK Library)

The will of Caleb Hill of North Kingstown, yeoman, was proved 14 May 1804. It mentions wife Mary; sons Stukly & Caleb; dtrs Anna Remington w/o Hezekiah, Elizabeth Champlin, Sarah Bowen w/o Benjamin, & Rebecca Bowen w/o Stephen.

Caleb married Mercy Stafford 23 Mar 1755, Warwick, RI. Mercy (daughter of Stukely Stafford and Elizabeth Waterman) was born Abt 1730; died 6 May 1807; was buried , Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas lived in the Nausauket area of Warwick, RI. His second wife, Mary, was the widow of his brother.

Thomas married Mary Waterman 5 Feb 1758, Warwick, RI. Mary (daughter of Benoni Waterman and Sarah Wickes) was born 6 May 1726, Warwick, RI; died 8 Jun 1765, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

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]

Notes:

I have estimated the ages of the four children based on the order of names in the will; Stukely Jr. is mentioned as under 21 and two of the daughters under 18. The Roger Williams Descendants book has Stukeley, Sr.'s year of birth as 1669, but that is too early, based on his mother's age.

Stukely married Elizabeth Waterman Abt 1714. Elizabeth (daughter of John WATERMAN and Anne OLNEY) was born 18 Apr 1692, Warwick, RI; died 14 Jun 1764, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

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His gravestone reads: "4th gen, Fones Greene, son of Capt. James Greene, died July 29, 1758, aged 67 years." This would make his birth year c1691.

Fones Greene married first to Dinah Battey, who drowned a few days after their marriage in 1711. She was sailing across the Bay from Newport to Jamestown.

Fones's uncle Samuel Fones married Ann Tibbetts, aunt of his second wife Rebecca.

For a brief bio, see "Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts" by J.H. Beers & Co, p 1304.

Fones resided in the house which he inherited, built by his father c1687, in the Buttonwoods/Nausauket area of Warwick, RI, bordering on Greenwich Bay. A second house was built in its place in 1715, and is still standing today, in 2008. A large part of the Greene estate was sold in 1868 to the Buttonwoods Association, which developed the area with homes and a campground on the shore.

Fones married Rebecca Tibbetts 5 Feb 1712/13, Warwick, RI. Rebecca (daughter of Henry TIBBETTS and Rebecca MEDBURY) was born Between 1694 and 1695; died 18 Feb 1765; was buried , Historical Cemetery 66, Surgeon Greene Lot, West Shore Rd., Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Benoni's will mentions his wife Sarah; son John; daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Greene; and 8 grandchildren.

Benoni married Sarah Wickes 11 Feb 1724/25, Warwick, RI. Sarah (daughter of John Wickes, III and Sarah Gorton) was born 21 Sep 1700. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sarah Waterman is mentioned in her mother's will dated 13 March 1749.