Alice Hill

Alice — Laban Bump. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

His birth record at Scituate says he was born in NK.

The names of Thomas's children were obtained from a list on the Hill Family Forum at Genealogy.com, posted by Gary Horlacher. I have roughly estimated their birth years. These names and dates need more research to confirm; however, the family seems to be well researched by the poster.

The following notes are from Rootsweb's Worldconnect, Phillip Pitzer's family tree (my editing):
Thomas Hill left Foster, RI, sometime around the year of 1782. He was listed in the tax roster of the town of Foster in the year of 1781 but no longer in the year 1787. Thomas and Susanna Hill are also listed on deeds in Scituate, RI, as follows:

Scituate Deeds, Vol. 6, p. 440, Christopher Cook and Thomas Hill Jr. of Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, plantation yeoman for 180 pounds from Jacob Philips, deed 44 acres, 71 rods in that part of town called Weitquanoid bordering Peleg Richmand's property. Rebecca Cook and Susannah Hill, wives of the said Christopher Cook and Thomas Hill Jr. yield right of dowry. 19 Sep. 1778. Witnesses: Elisabeth Angell, Jeremiah Angell, Thomas Hill, and Nehe Angell.

[My note: Rebecca Cook is Thomas's sister.]

Scituate Deeds, Vol. 6, p. 522, Thomas Hill Jr. of Scituate, Providence, RI, plantation clothier, for 3000 pounds paid by John Hill of the same place, clothier, sold one moiety or quarter part of a certain farm with a quarter part of a fulling mill and quarter part of a gristmill which fulling mill and grist mill are on the farm where on my honored father Thomas Hill Esquire now lives. And Sussannah Hill, wife of Thomas Hill yields her right of dowry in the premises. 8 March 1780. Witnesses: Samuel Wilber and Jeremiah Angell.

In the land records of Foster, RI, are the following two deeds:
Vol. 2, p. 10 Thomas Hill Jr. of Foster, Plantation yeoman, sold 47 acres 117 rods to Peleg Round fo 228 pounds 15 shillings silver which he purchased from Nehemiah Angell. Witnesses: Nathan Young and John Westcot. 23 April 1782.

Vol. 2, p. 24 Thomas Hill Jr. of Foster Plantation yeoman, sold 30 acres in Foster to Jonah Young for 90 pounds. Witnesses: Nathan Young and John Westcot. 23 April 1782.

The 1790 census of Westfield, Washington County, NY, listed three Hill families: Thomas Hill, Daniel Hill and Henry Hill. Shortly after this, Westfield Township was reorganized and the township of Hartford was organized out of part of Westfield. Thomas moved from Hartford, Washington County, NY, to Rutland, Jefferson County, NY, sometime around the year 1800. Land records in Washington County indicate that Thomas Hill and his wife Susannah sold 119 acres of land in Hartford for $250 to a Daniel Mason in October of 1798.

In the book "History of Jefferson Country in the State of New York" by Franklin B. Hough (1854) it states that an Asher Miller became an agent to sell new land in Rutland Township beginning in 1799. Some of the first people to to purchase land in this area were : Peter Cook, 92 acres in 1800; Jonathan Hill and Frederick Tyler 146 acres in 1800; Thomas Hill, 112 acres in 1801 and Charles Hill 120 acres in a year not specified.

In the 1800 census for Oneida County, NY, Thomas Hill is listed as over 45 and his wife as over 45 and having six children all under the age of 26. This area of Oneida County later became Rutland, Jefferson County, NY, 1805.

In the 1810 Jefferson County, NY, census for the township of Rutland, on p 35 there is a listing for a Thomas Hill and a Thomas Hill, Jr. living next to each other. The next household appears to be a Boudige Warner. In the Thomas Hill, Jr. household the 3rd and 8th column each had a one marked in them.

In the 1820 Jefferson County, NY, census in Rutland Township on Roll 72, Book 1 and page 254, Thomas is listed with 2 males 16-26 years of age and one greater than 45 years old. There is one female greater than 45 years old and 3 slaves.

In the book "The Story of Hartford: A History" by Mrs. Isabella Brayton (1929) it lists the following information about Thomas Hill and his family:
Thomas Hill married Susan Cook, daughter of the famous navigator. Daughters of Thomas Hill married respectfully Laban and Wanton Bump. There were three brothers, Laban, Wanton and Stephen Bump who settled in town. Laban married a daughter of Thomas Hill, first settled south of East Hartford on the Belcher Road. Wanton, b 1769, married a daughter of Thomas Hill, settled above East Hartford on the North Hebron Road.

Thomas moved back to Washington County and was buried in the Old Hartford Cemetery, Washington County, NY.

My notes:

This other marriage also seems to fit this particular Thomas, but the above Scituate records show his wife to be Susannah, so this must be another individual of the same name: Hill Thomas, of North Kingstown, son of Thomas, dec., and Elizabeth Vaughn, of West Greenwich, dau. of George; m. by Jonathan Niles, Justice, Nov. 2. 1784; Town Page Detail: Marriage (Vol. 2 : Pg. 206), West Greenwich, RI.

Thomas married Susannah Susie Cook Abt 1772. Susannah (daughter of Peter Cook and Mercy Wanton) was born Abt 1755, Scituate, RI; died 13 Jun 1848, Washington Co., NY; was buried , Old Hartford Cemetery, Washington Co., NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Susannah's name as wife of Thomas is found in Scituate land evidence (see notes for Thomas). Her gravestone is pictured at findagrave.com and gives her name as Susie.

I have estimated her birth year based on the birth years of her siblings. There is a photo of her gravestone at findagrave.com but I can't see if it has her age on it.

In the book "The Story of Hartford: A History" by Mrs. Isabella Brayton (1929) the following information is given: Thomas Hill married Susan Cook, daughter of the famous navigator.

The following Cook family births are recorded in Scituate: a son Joshua to Peter & Elizabeth Cook, 7 June 1744; and a son Charles to Peter & Mercy Cook, 24 Sep 1747. Susannah could be a daughter of one of these couples. According to findagrave.com she is d/o Peter Cooke and Mercy Wanton. I have made an assumption that this information is correct, based on my own additional, although inconclusive, research.

The surname is spelled as both Cook and Cooke in the records.

Notes:

Thomas learned his trade as a carpenter from Hugh Cole (source: An Historical Address, Delivered in Scituate, Rhode Island, July 4th, 1876, by Charles Cotesworth Beaman, p 52; Google Books).

He also was Justice of the Peace at Scituate, RI.

RI Genealogical Register, July 1979, Scituate Wills, Vol 2, p 15: "HILL, Thomas of Sc. Will dated 6 Mar 1784 pgs 485-487. Mentions: Wife Alse Hill. Sons Jonathan Hill dec'd, Benjamin Hill, Thomas Hill, John Hill, & Henry Hill. 3 daughters Elizabeth Tyler, Rebecca Cook, & Anne Angel. Grandsons Thomas, William, & Jonathan Hill sons of son Jonathan Hill dec'd. Granddaughter Sarah Hill under 18 daughter of son Benjamin Hill. Sarah Hill under 18 daughter of cousin Ebenezer Hill dec'd."

Thomas's 3 daughters -- Elizabeth Tyler, Rebecca Cook, and Ann Angell -- are also mentioned as kinswomen in the 9 June 1782 will of Thomas Miles of Scituate.

For more details on this family, please see the family tree of Susan Holman at Rootsweb's Worldconnect, including sources noted.

Thomas married Alse "Ales" Unknown Bef 1744. Alse was born Abt 1718; died 11 Feb 1794. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Her surname may have been Tibbetts or Thomas.

Notes:

This information is from findagrave.com:
Peter Cook was a "Licensed Innkeeper" in Scituate, RI from 1755 onward. He was Captain of the 1st Scituate Company of the Providence Regiment, in June 1769; and in 1770, he was Captain of the Scituate Troop of Horse of the Second Providence Company. He is mentioned in the "Records of the Colony of Rhode Island", Vol. VII, pg 283; and in "Colonial Families of the United States", Vol 2, page 213.

From James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Providence newspapers:
COOKE Peter, at Coventry, in 91st year, Dec. 22, 1810
COOKE Capt. Peter, at Foster, aged 91 years. He has left 400 descendants. Phenix of Jan. 5, 1811

Peter married Mercy Wanton Abt 1746. Mercy (daughter of John Wanton and Ann Redwood) was born 1725, RI; died Abt Feb 1789, Foster, Providence Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Note from findagrave.com:
She is known to be a grandchild of Governor John Wanton of Rhode Island, but there is no certainty of who her parents were. She received a legacy of 420 pounds in her grandfather's will [I have not been able to verify that]. There is a brief newspaper account of her death, listing her as "Marcy Cook, wife of Captain Peter of Foster."

The bequest of 450 pounds to granddaughter Mary Wanton is found in the will of Edward Wanton, not Gov. John Wanton (see the Genealogical Dictionary of RI by John Osborne Austin p 215 at Google Books).

I have made an assumption that she is d/o John Wanton (s/o John) and Ann Redwood (d/o Abraham). They had a daughter Ann b c 1727? who married Job Randall in Scituate. (see Supplement to Descendants to Roger Williams Book I Waterman Line, compiled by Dorothy Higson White, Roger Williams Family Assoc. 2003, p 9.)

There is a family connection to Scituate, and also Peter and Mercy named a son John Wanton Cook.

From James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI:
COOKE Mrs. Marcy, wife of Capt. Peter, in 61st year, at Foster. She has had 99 children and grandchildren, 78 of whom are now living. [Note. We think there must be a mistake in the age given here. J. N. A.] Feb. 20, 1789; Town Page Detail: Providence (newspaper report).

Findagrave.com lists five children for Peter & Marcy but I think there may have been at least three more, births recorded at Providence: Rhoda 1749, Elizabeth 1751, and Christopher 1753.

The children listed at findagrave.com are: Susanna, Charles 1747, Constant 1758, John 1762, and Hope 1764. The above three children recorded in Provdience fit into this list. Note that Mary, Marcy, and Mercy are sometimes interchangeable in the old records.

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]

John married Ann Redwood 10 Jun 1718, Newport, Newport Co., RI. Ann (daughter of Abraham Redwood and Mehitable Langford) was born Abt 1700. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

REDWOOD Ann, of Abraham and Mehitable, to John Wanton, of John, Newport, June 10, 1718; Town Page Detail: Marriage (Vol. Unknown Original Volume & Page : Pg. 32634).