John Hill

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John Hill IV [uncertain]
Born 16 Sep 1717 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of David Hill and Sarah (Thayer) Hill
Brother of Isaac Hill, Mary (Hill) Aldrich and Huldah (Hill) Aldrich
Husband of Thankful (Underwood) Hill — married 4 Jun 1744 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of David Hill, Sarah (Hill) Crane, David Hill, Mary (Hill) Cheney and Mary Hill
Died about 1790 at about age 72 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

John Hill was born on September 16, 1717, in Sherborn, Massachusetts, to David and Sarah Hill.[1].

John's father, David Hill, born June 1, 1694, was a husbandman, and resided in Holliston and later in Bellingham, where he died in 1745. On Mar. 19, 1744-5, David Hill, yeoman, of BeUingham, conveyed eight acres of meadow in Wrentham to his two sons John and Isaac, both of Holliston. (Suffolk Co. Deeds.) Oct. 15, 1745, John Hill, of Holliston, was appointed administrator of the estate of his father David Hill, late of Bellingham. Settlement papers name sons John and Isaac, daughter Mary and daughter Huldah Aldrich (Suffolk Co. Probate). He married, Dec. 17, 1716, Sarah, born Feb. 11, 1694-5, daughter of Lieut. Samuel and Mary (Bass) Thayer of Mendon.[2][3]

John Hill was a husbandman, and lived in Holliston until about 1754, when he settled in Mendon, where he resided some years and then removed to "Warwick. He served in the Crown Point expedition of 1755, in Capt. John Jones's Co., as " centinel," from Apr.5 to Sept. 8, and as Sergeant, from Sept. 9 to Dec. 17. He also served in Capt. John Stebbins's Co., from July 26 to Aug. 18, 1756, when he was discharged, being sick at Fort Edward. (Mass. Archives.) [3]

John married June 4, 1744, Thankful Underwood, b. Feb. 8, 1718-19, daughter of Lieut. Joshua and Mercy (Fairbanks) Underwood of Sherborn. they had six children, [3][4]

His daughter Sarah was born on March 6, 1746, in Holliston, Massachusetts. His mother Sarah passed away on June 19, 1749, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, at the age of 74. His daughter Sarah passed away on September 11, 1819, in Canton, New York, at the age of 73.

John Hill died in Warwick, Massachusetts.[5]

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↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Sherborn Volume 1, page 45. Subscription
↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 58 The Society, 1904 - New England. Vols. 37-52 (1883-98) include section: Genealogical gleanings in England, by H. F. Waters.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 JOHN HILL OF DORCHESTER, MASS., AND HIS DESCENDANTS John Hill Reprinted from New-Eng. Historical and Genealogical Register, for July, 1904.
↑ Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles. Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America, 1633-1897. published 1897 - 882 pages. Found at: Google Books: Thankful Underwood
↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3ZK8-8T9 : accessed 2017-09-11), entry for John /Hill/.
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