Rev. Reuben Hill

Rev. Reubin Hill

• Born 17 Jun 1761 in Pennsylvania
• Died 16 Jan 1833 at age 71 in Maury, Tennessee, United States
• Son of Thomas Hill Jr and Mary Sarah Hamlin
• Husband of Sarah Joyce (Hanks) Hill — married 1788 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

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Joicey was 1st cousin to Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln the mother of President Abraham Lincoln. Reuben was a Baptist minister and a hatter by trade.

Origins

The following is from a letter written in May 1891 by Hanks Neville Hill to E. E. McClure: Portland, Oregon May 1891

Thomas and William Hill, my great-grandfather and his brother, came from England and settled in Pennsylvania in the early days of the colonies-- Grandfather, Thomas Hill, was born in Pennsylvania, married and lived there until my father, Reubin, was 4 years old. He was the 4th child of a family of 16. When father was 4 years old grandfather moved to Virginia, near Richmond, where my father was married to Joice Hanks. Grandmother Hill was a Hamlin.

Father, Reuben Hill's brother, Joseph, was the oldest, then came William, Allen, John, , who was captain in General Jackson's command and was killed during the "Cherokee War" about 1812. Allen was a Baptist minister. Other brothers of my father were Thomas, Daniel, and Delaware, of whom I know little except that Daniel lived on the French Broad, an affluent of the Tennessee. John was from Williamson Co., Tennessee; , Allen was in Jackson County, Tennessee, ; one went to Texas, after annexation, and one to Illinois.

References

• Johnson, Gladys Hanks,. Genealogy of the Hanks and allied families. Houston, Tex.?: unknown, 1990. Page 2-H https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30473426?h=e43bea
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hill-11988