Capt. Richard Hill

Parentage uncertain; cited without sources as "Henry Hill" and "Joan (nn)".

Richard was born in 1608 at England. Lucy Ames Edwards showed his birth as 1622 in England. However, Henrietta Dawson (Ayres) Sheppard in her extensive work entitled Ayres-Dawson and Allied Lines shows that Captain Richard Hill, a co-founder of the Province of Maryland, was born in England circa 1608-10..1,2

He came to Maryland in the Ark and the Dove expedition in 1633, one of 320 adventurers who, upon their arrival, founded the Province of Maryland. His name was first recorded in Maryland as Hills.

He served on a jury on 1 February 1643 at St. Marys Co, MD.

He married Mary Drake, daughter of Robert Drake and Joane Gawton, circa 1645.

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Son of Captain Sir Knight Richard Hill III and Lady Mary Drake

2nd Lord Court of Hill, Herring Creek Plantation, Herring Creek Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland

Order of the Knights Hospitaller

2 noted accounts of Captain Richard Hill's devotion to God and the Crown. One thing I would say they didn't know and understand about him at that August Court in the year 1689 at London Towne being so angered and outspoken of the rebellion, was that this Captain Richard Hill IV family now in America, even though a member himself, was the son of the last of the Hill line of Knight's Hospitaller Knighted by a King.

The order of Knights Hospitaller founded in Jerusalem in 1080, to provide care for poor, sick, or injured pilgrims to the Holy Land. One of those founders was Robert "Curthose" de Normandie, Duke of Normandy friend of Godfrey of Bouillon of France, 1st King of Jerusalem and leader of the First Crusade who Robert and sons were with him. He was also eldest son of King William "The Conqueror" of France and Captain Richard Hill IV 19th Great Grandfather and his father was Captain Richard Hill III Knighted on May 18, 1629 by Charles I became the 22nd Hill in direct line that was of the Order of Knights Hospitaller.

Order of Knights Hospitaller: MOTTO: "Not for us, My Lord, not for us, but to your Name give the glory ." When the Crusades began they became a religious/military order under its own charter, and was charged with the care and defense of the Holy Land and eventually the Vatican and the Crown. They never ceased to function as healers and care-givers, so their humanitarian work was sustained alongside their military function.

Ayres-Dawson and allied families : recording the ancestry of Richard Johnson Ayres, Jr. of Accomack Co., Va. and of his wife Elizabeth Hack Dawson of Loudoun Co., Va. by Sheppard, Henrietta Dawson Ayres. PublisherNew York : Am. Hist. Co., 1961-1963. 1216 pages

Page 147 Captain Richard Hill

he had become a master mariner, succeeding his father, and, so, became entitled to the designation of Captain:

"Att a Councill held the 16th day of August, 1690 Present The Rk HONOble Francis Nicholson esqw their may. LiEUk covk of Virginia, WILLIAM COLE ESQk, SEC. COLL. JOHN CUSTIS, COLL. JN. LEAR
The Lk Gov1, acquainting this Board that he had received a Letter from the Gentlemen that at present take on them to preserve the Peace & Execute the Laws in their Mas. Provinceof Maryland, wherein they Informed him that one Capk Rich: Hill an Inhabitant in that Province who was now on Board one of the Shipps in
the Fleete goeing for England, had uttered diverse Treasonable words against their Majs. and had raised Forces to oppose their Mas. Interest in the said Province, this Board takeing the same into their Considerations doe think fitt and accordingly desire the Lk Govr. to Send for the said Cap1. Hill, and to cause him to give
Securety for his tendering himselfe as soone as he arrives in England to the Rk HonobIe the Earle of Shrewsbury their Mas. Principall Secretary of State, or the other Principall Secret, of State, to answere such things as shall he objected against him on their Mas. behalf." [ Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia, v. 1, p. 128].

This Richard Hill, Jr., had left Accomack County, Virginia, before August 1687, and, before then, had settled in Somerset County, Maryland. This change is evidenced in the will of William Stevens, of Rehoboth in Pocomoke, Somerset County, Maryland, dated 29th
of August, 1687, wherein the testator refers to the "Plantation on which Richard Hill now lives as tennant of Edmund Howard." [Annapolis Land Office, Liber G. 1682-16S8, page 29G.]
Richard, Jr., seems to have received his patrimony long before his father died, and thereafter to have followed his own inclinations.

Mary (Drake) Hill, widow of Capt. Richard Hill, Senior, as seen, survived her husband. One of her last appearances in the court of Accomack County, was to make a deposition, which is recorded on page 10G of Order Book 1690-169'] , now in the Clerk's Office at Acco- mac viz:

"Att a Court held and Continued for Accomack County June ye 21th 1693 PTsent Coll. Cha: Scarburgh Capt. Geo. Nidi. Hack

"When Capt. Richard Hill III wrote his will on 26 Mar 1688 he did not name his son Richard Hill Junior. Evidently Richard Junior had gone to England; he had become a master mariner, succeeding his father and so became entitled to the designation of Captain. On 16 Aug 1690 the Lt. Governor of Virginia, Francis Nicholson, had received a letter from the gentlemen that preserve the peace and execute laws in Maryland wherein they informed him that one Capt. Richard Hill an inhabitant in Maryland who was now on board a ship in the fleet going for England had uttered diverse treasonable words against their Majesty and had raised forces to oppose their Majesty's interest in Maryland. This Richard Hill Jr. had left Accomack County before Aug 1687 and before then had settled in Somerset Co, MD. The 29 Aug 1687 will of William Stevens of Rehoboth in Pocomoke, Somerset Co, MD referred to the plantation on which Richard Hill now lives as tenant of Edmund Howard. Richard seems to have received his patrimony long before his father died and thereafter to have followed his own inclinations.

Found below in the History of Anne Arundel echoes that of the above statement from the Ayres-Dawson book:

"A history of Anne Arundel County in Maryland : adapted for use in the schools of the county BY Riley, Elihu S. (Elihu Samuel), 1845-1922.
Published Annapolis : C.G. Feldmeyer, 1905. Pages 46-47, 1-3"

1. There was but one Catholic family in Anne Arundel in 1689. The inhabitants of the county were composed almost entirely of Puritans and Friends, but the dissenting citizens of Anne Arundel did not approve of the Protestant Revolution that overthrew Lord Baltimore's government in 1689. A reason may be found for their loyalty to Lord Baltimore, in that, as Dissenters, the did not desire the ascendancy of the Churchmen in the Province. The county was so much apposed to the Revolution that it declined to send delegates to the Convention called by the Revolutionist to enact laws for the Province.

2. One of the incidents, growing out of this condition of public sentiment, was the arrest of Captain Richard Hill, a leading citizen of Herring Creek, in Anne Arundel. Captain Hill was charged, on the oath of John Hammond, that "at August Court" in the year 1689, at London Towne," with having a great difference with Hammond "concerning the present juncture of affairs here in Maryland, the said Hill was so enraged against the present proceedings here in Maryland, and that he swore he would prevent all such rebellion, and that it was rebellion in the highest degree in those persons that had taken up arms against Lord Baltimore or interest. Thereupon, the said Hill had advised the deponent not to forfeit his lands and estates, if not his life, under pretense of serving, he did not know how a King William (but pray) be not to hasty in serving Prince of Orange, before you are certain that he is King of England, which is to be questioned he is King of England, or not, and swore by his God, if he were so, he would not give account how he could come by the Crown of England by fair play, for he could claim no right, neither by descent, law or justice., and that it is treason to proclaim the Prince of Orange King of England, and that he would prove when called by good law, and quoted the Lord Coke; and that the said Hill some time after, in the month of September, did meet with the said deponent and did then insist the most of the above said words, with many scurrilous speeches."

3. Captain Hill who was further charged with haven taken up arms against the new government in Maryland, had to seek refuge in Virginia. He was, beside, accused of treason to his Majesty. In November, 1690, Captain Hill, with other leading citizens of the Province, presented a petition to the King, reciting that John Coode and his accomplices had seized the government in a tumultuous manner, and plundered the petitioners' estates and imprisoned their persons, and they asked that Coode with one Kenelm Cheseldyne, one of his accomplices, and both then in London, be summoned before the King to answer the complaint. Thomas Knighton, Samuel Chew, Thomas Tailler and Edward Dorsey, citizens of the Anne Arundel county, joined with Captain Hill in his remonstrance to the King. Coode and Cheseldyne made an answer to this remonstrance relating in full the proceedings of the revolutionists in taking possession of Maryland, and denying any knowledge of damage being done to the petitioners. On January 1st, 1690, the Lords of the Committee of Trade and Plantations in England reported to his Majesty, that they were of opinion that Co. Henry Darnell and Captain Richard Hill, who have given bond for their good behavior for words alleged to have been spoken against your Majesty before your accession to the Crown and the late Act of Indemnity, may be released of their bail, and discharged from any further attendance on that occasion. The King in Council was pleased to approve of the report and ordered the release of Col. Darnell and Captain Hill. Captain Hill retained the confidence of the people of his country, and represented them in the House of Burgesses in the sessions of 1698 and 1699.

Captain Richard Hill IV
Born: 1647 Hills Court Plantaton, Herring Creek Parish, St. Mary's Co., Maryland Now Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Died: 1722 Hills Court Plantaton, Herring Creek Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Father: Captain Sir Knight Richard Hill III
Mother: Lady Mary Drake
Wed: 1666 Saint James Parish Episcopal Church, Herring Creek Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Wife: Katherine Stone
Born: 1648 Hungars Parrish, Accomack Co., Virginia
Died: 1714 Hills Court Plantaton, Herring Creek Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland
Father: Captain William Henry Stone
Mother: Katherine Graves
Son: Captain Richard Hill V

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