Corporal Abijah Hill

Abijah" Hill {Nathaniel,^ Jonathan," John^), born Dec. 23, 1714

He served as private in four campaigns against Canada, in the French and Indian Wars, in 1758, 1759, 1760, and 1762,
a corporal in Capt. Frederick Pope's Easton Co., in the Revolution.
(Hist, of Easton.) In the muster-roll of Capt. Simeon Cary's company, I
in Col. Thomas Doty's regiment, in service from March 13 to Dec. 11, 1758: Simeon Cary, capt;. James Packard, Jr., sergt.; Lemuel Dunbar, 1st lieut. Privates. Edmund Pettingill. Adam Kingman. Isaac Packard, Jr. James Loring. Isaac Puller, Jr. Jonathan Snow. Archibald Thompson, Jr. John Packard. Abijah Hill. Ephraim Jackson. John McBride. Lemuel Kingman. Pay-roll of Capt. Lemuel Dunbar's company, December, 1762 : Lieut. Benjamin Snell. Abijah Hill. Ebenezer Allen. Benoni Hunt.

Also in the muster-rolls of Capt. Lemuel Dunbar's company, enlisted for an expedition to Crown Point, in service from March 4, 1762, to Dec. 5, 1762 : Lemuel Dunbar, capt.; Privates. Hugh Carr. Abijah Hill. Thomas Carr. John Pratt. Lemuel Fuller. Philip Reynolds. listed in DAR's Revoltionary soldiers

Reesided in Bridgewater until 1761, when he sold his homestead, and disappears from the records. (Plymouth Co. Deeds.)

He was located for a while in Easton, about this period. No settlement of his estate is on record in Plymouth Co.

He married, May 12, 1749, Sarah, baptized Sept. 24, 1727, daughter of David and Eleanor (Smith) Lawson of Hingham.

Children i. Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1751; d. Feb. 16, 1752-3. ii. James, b. Jan. 8, 1753; served as private in the Revolution, in 1775, from Bridgewater. (Mass. Archives.) iii. Robert, b. Oct. 26, 1756 ;

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Abijah Hill (1714 - aft. 1762)

Abijah Hill

Born 23 Dec 1714 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colon

Son of Nathaniel Hill and Hannah (Conant) Hayward

Brother of David Hill, Mary (Hill) Smith, Ebenezer Hill, Josiah Hill and Hannah (Hill) Snow

Husband of Sarah (Lawson) Hill — married 1747 [location unknown]

Father of James Hill and Robert Hill

Died after 1762 [location unknown]

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Biography

Abijah" Hill {Nathaniel,^ Jonathan," John^), born Dec. 23, 1714 resided in Bridgewater until 1761, when he sold his homestead, and disappears from the records. (Plymouth Co. Deeds.) He was located for a while in Easton, about this period. No settlement of his estate is on record in Plymouth Co. He served as private in four campaigns against Canada, in the French and Indian Wars, in 1758, 1759, 1760, and 1762. He married, May 12, 1749, Sarah, baptized Sept. 24, 1727, daughter of David and Eleanor (Smith) Lawson of Hingham. Children i. Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1751; d. Feb. 16, 1752-3. ii. James, b. Jan. 8, 1753; served as private in the Revolution, in 1775, from Bridgewater. (Mass. Archives.) iii. Robert, b. Oct. 26, 1756 ; a corporal in Capt. Frederick Pope's Easton Co., in the Revolution. (Hist, of Easton.) In the muster-roll of Capt. Simeon Cary's company, in Col. Thomas Doty's regiment, in service from March 13 to Dec. 11, 1758: Simeon Cary, capt;. James Packard, Jr., sergt.; Lemuel Dunbar, 1st lieut. Privates. Edmund Pettingill. Adam Kingman. Isaac Packard, Jr. James Loring. Isaac Puller, Jr. Jonathan Snow. Archibald Thompson, Jr. John Packard. Abijah Hill. Ephraim Jackson. John McBride. Lemuel Kingman. Pay-roll of Capt. Lemuel Dunbar's company, December, 1762 : Lieut. Benjamin Snell. Abijah Hill. Ebenezer Allen. Benoni Hunt. Also in the muster-rolls of Capt. Lemuel Dunbar's company, enlisted for an expedition to Crown Point, in service from March 4, 1762, to Dec. 5, 1762 : Lemuel Dunbar, capt.; Privates. Hugh Carr. Abijah Hill. Thomas Carr. John Pratt. Lemuel Fuller. Philip Reynolds. listed in DAR's Revoltionary soldiers

Sources

Mass Archives
A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887; By Conant, Frederick Odell, M.A., Privately Printed, Portland:1887 p. 173