Esquire Thomas Hill, Sr.
Abt 1692 - 1768 (~ 76 years)-
Name Thomas Hill Title Esquire Suffix Sr. Born Abt 1692 Prudence Island, RI 
Gender Male Died 20 Apr 1768 North Kingstown, RI Buried Thomas Hill Lot, Forge Rd., North Kingstown, RI Person ID I04921 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Jonathan HILL, Jr., b. Abt 1657, MA or RI , d. 5 Sep 1731, Prudence Island, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI (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 [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 (Age 60 years)3. Caleb Hill, b. 29 Mar 1725, North Kingstown, RI , d. 6 May 1804, North Kingstown, RI (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 [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 , d. Abt Jun 1788, Scituate, RI (Age 55 years)2. Nathaniel Hill, b. Between 1735 and 1736, d. 5 Mar 1763, East Greenwich Bay, RI (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 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 , d. 1 Jan 1790 (Age 93 years) Married 20 Oct 1745 Providence, RI [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
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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 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.
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Sources - [S012459] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 2, (Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor), 76.
- [S012627] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, North Kingstown -- Marriages.
- [S012459] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 2, (Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor), 78.
- [S012608] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Providence -- Marriages.
- [S012459] RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 2, (Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor), 76.