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Joseph Hill

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Saco, York, Maine, USA
Death: July 12, 1743 (72-73)
Wells, York, Maine, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Roger Hill of Wells and Mary Hill, of Wells
Husband of Hannah Hill and Sarah Hill
Father of Benjamin Hill; Nathaniel Hill; Peninah Hill; Hannah Jefferds; Joseph Hill and 1 other
Brother of Samuel Samuel Hill; Sarah Brown; Hannah Cross Storer; Captain John Hill, I; Samuel Hill, I and 3 others

Managed by: Eddy Jones
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About Joseph Hill

  • Family 2  Hannah Littlefield,   b. 1670,   d. 10 Oct 1738   (68 years)  Married  24 Jan 1693/94  Wells, York, Maine, USA  

Children 

  1. Joseph Hill,  b. 12 Dec 1695, Killed by Indians
  2. Benjamin Hill,  b. 17 Nov 1697, Killed by Indians
  3. Hannah Hill,  b. 08 Mar 1703/04, 
  4. Nathaniel Hill

biographical notes

Joseph Hill, born 1670, resided in Wells, where he died in July 12, 1743. He married Sarah (Hannah) Bowles in 1689, daughter of Joseph Bowles of Wells and sister of Mary, the wife of Major Charles Frost of Kittery, who was killed by the Indians in 1697. [From record below, Joseph married Hannah Littlefield Jan.24, 1694 Hannah Littlefield was first child of Francis Littlefield and Meribah Wardwell, born abt 1673, died Oct. 10, 1738, and then married Sarah Sayer in 1738.]

NOTE: The history of Joseph Hill differs in several particulars from the record as given in “Memoirs of Captain John Hill” by Tristram Frost Jordan. In this account, differences are: Joseph Hill was born April 5, 1670. He first married Hannah Littlefield and secondly Sarah Sayer, daughter of Daniel Sayer of Wells.

This Joseph Hill, Sr., served as lieutenant under this brother Captain John, at Saco Fort and he held various offices in the town and parish, and was Collector of Customs.

Sources

  1. The Hill Family in Maine 1633-1945 By Samuel A. Hill, Bangor Maine April 9, 1945

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Joseph Hill's Timeline

1670
1670
Saco, York, Maine, USA
1695
December 12, 1695
Wells, York, Maine
1697
November 17, 1697
1699
November 17, 1699
Wells, York, Maine
November 28, 1699
Wells, York, Maine
1705
March 8, 1705
Wells, York, Maine
1743
July 12, 1743
Age 73
Wells, York, Maine, USA
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