Esquire Thomas Hill, Sr.

Male Abt 1692 - 1768  (~ 76 years)


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  • Name Thomas Hill 
    Title Esquire 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born Abt 1692  Prudence Island, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Apr 1768  North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04921  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Jonathan HILL, Jr.,   b. Abt 1657, MA or RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1731, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Mother Unknown Wife 
    Married Abt 1684 
    Family ID F02276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Allen,   b. 29 Nov 1695,   d. 28 Feb 1726/27  (Age 31 years) 
    Married 16 Dec 1716  North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Deliverance Hill,   b. Abt 1717,   d. 8 Jan 1718/19  (Age ~ 2 years)
     2. Thomas Hill, Jr.,   b. 17 Oct 1723,   d. 9 Apr 1784, Scituate, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     3. Caleb Hill,   b. 29 Mar 1725, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1804, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01872  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rebekah Allen,   b. 2 Sep 1701,   d. 12 Aug 1744  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1731  North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    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,   b. 21 Jan 1732/33, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Jun 1788, Scituate, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     2. Nathaniel Hill,   b. Between 1735 and 1736,   d. 5 Mar 1763, East Greenwich Bay, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 28 years)
     3. Rebecca Hill,   b. Between 1737 and 1739,   d. Aft 1816  (Age ~ 80 years)
     4. Anna Nancy Hill,   b. 25 Jul 1741,   d. Lansingburgh, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Mary Hill,   b. 25 Jul 1741,   d. 1821  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F02267  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Anne Waterman,   b. 20 May 1696, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1790  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1745  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    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.
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F02275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012459] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 2, (Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor), 76.

    2. [S012627] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, North Kingstown -- Marriages.

    3. [S012459] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 2, (Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor), 78.

    4. [S012608] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Providence -- Marriages.