William Hill, of Poundisford

William Hill (1515-1594) married first about 1540, Anne, daughter of John Trowbridge of Colyton, Devonshire; she died about 1560; he married second, about 1563, Lucy, daughter of John Ryves of Dorset.

Children by first wife:

i. Roger,4 b. about 1542, eldest son.

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• ROGER HILL, of Taunton, Somerset, Merchant. Will dated Jan. 6, 1544, proved Apr. 8 1546, by Margery the relict. [7 Alen.] To the High Awter in Mawdelyn Church, 20/. Bequest for divers religious services. To an honest priest to sing for my soul for 20 years, for every year L5. In alms, L100. To Alice my daughter, L100 at 21 or marriage. My sons William & Robert. My daughter Margaret. My daughter Jone, that was at Buckland, 40/. My eldest son, John Hill. Alexander Togwell, my son in law, a pack of wre cloths. Residue to Margery my wife. William Portman, Exq'r, & Alexander Togwell, Overseers, L4 each. My wife to be Extrix, & if she refuse, then William, Robert, Marg't, & Alexander, my four children, to be Exors, & my wife then to have L500.
• MARGARET HILL, of Taunton, Somerset, widow. Will dated June 1, 1548, proved Feb. 14, 1550, by the Exors. [5 Bucke.] To be buried in S't Mary Magdalen, Taunton, near my husband. My son William Hill's three children. The three children of Alex. Togwell. My god-daughter Mary Portman, & to Henry Portman, L3. 6. 8 each. To my son in law, John Whyt, L3. 6. 8. To Sir John Hill & his sister Joan Hill, 10/ each. My apparell between my four daughters. My late husband, Roger Hill, "whose soul Jesu pardon," by his last will constituted me his Extrix. Residue to my son Robert Hill, Exor. Sir William Portman, kn't, my son William Hill, & Alexander Togwell, my son in law, Overseers. To John Cuffe & Will. Halley, 20/ each.
• A. 33. B. 50. WILLIAM HILL, of Poundsford, Somerset, Esq'r. Will dated June 6, 1592, proved Apr. 20, 1594, by Roger Hill. [31 Dixy.] My daughter Ellinor Hill, 200 marks. My daughter Luce Lawrence, L100. My son Gabriel Hill, 100 marks. My son John Hill, L100. Tho's Hill, L20. Benjamin Hill, L40. My son Alexander2. Residue to my son Roger Hill, Exor. M'r John Colles, & my son Alexander, Overseers.
• ROGER HILL, of Poundsford, Somerset, gent. Will dated Dec. 22, 1606, proved May 24, 1609, by W'm Hill. [42 Dorset.] To be buried at Pitminster. My father, William Hill, dec'd. My wife Mary3, an annuity of L30, & to have rooms in my dwelling house at Poundsford. My son Roger Hill. My son John Hill, under 21. My daughters, Ann Shute, Frances Shaplin [Chaplin], & Elizabeth Sampson, three angells each, for three rings. My son William Hill, Exor. My friend John Pyne, esq'r, & my brother Alexander Hill, gent., Overseers.
• ALEXANDER HILL, of Taunton, Somerset, Gent. Will dated Dec. 12, 1613, proved Jan. 28, 1613-14, by Robert Hill. [3 Lawe.] My wife Alice4. My daughter Elizabeth Hill. My daughter Godsall. My son Robert, Exor. Overseers, John Symes, esq., & Thomas Strowde, gent, both of Pitminster.
  • 2. Alexander and Roger were sons by 1st wife.
  • 3. Daughter of John Hassard of Lyme.
  • 4. Daughter of John Hassard of Lyme.
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• ROGER2 HILL of Taunton, born about 1470-1475, who became a merchant of that place and died in 1546. His will, dated Jan. 6, 1544-5, mentions wife Margery, eldest son John; sons William and Robert; daughters Margaret and Joane; daughter Alice not of age; and son-in-law Alexander Togwell. [7 Alen.] He married first about 1500, Alice, daughter of John Toose of Taunton; he married second about 1510 Margery ___, who died in 1550. In her will, dated June 1, 1548, she mentions "the three children of my son William Hill"; children of Alexander Togwell; son-in-law John Whyte; Sir John Hill and his sister Joane; son Robert Hill; late husband Roger Hill. [5 Burke.]
• Children by first wife:
  • i. SIR JOHN,3 living 1548; d. s. p.
  • ii. JOANE, living 1548; d. s. p.
• Children by second wife:
  • iii. ROBERT, b. about 1512; lived in Taunton, where he d. in 1581. He m. first, Alice, dau. of Thomas Clarke of Wookey; he m. second, Eleanor, dau. of James Marvin; and had issue by both wives.
  • iv. William, b. about 1515.
  • v. MARGARET, m. Alexander Togwell.
  • vi. MARY, probably m. John White.
  • vii. ALICE, under age in 1644.
• WILLIAM3 HILL (Roger,2 William1), born about 1515, established himself at Poundsford in Pitminster, where he died in 1594, having been granted in 1570 the coat of arms mentioned above. Three children of his large
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• family were born before 1548 . . . . He married first about 1540, Anne, daughter of John Trowbridge of Colyton, Devonshire; she died about 1560; he married second, about 1563, Lucy, daughter of John Ryves of Dorset.
• Children by first wife:
  • i. Roger,4 b. about 1542, eldest son.
  • ii. ALEXANDER, second son, lived in Taunton; m. Alice, dau. of John Hansard of Lyme Regis, and had issue.
  • iii. ELIZABETH, m. first, a Hobbs; m. second, a Murifey; m. third, a Martin; d. s. p.
  • iv. WILLIAM, d. s. p.
  • v. ROBERT, d. s. p.
  • vi. HENRY, d. s. p.
  • vii. AMBROSE, d. s. p.
  • viii. GABRIEL, living 1592; d. s. p.
  • ix. SUSAN, d. s. p.
  • x. ELEANOR, m. after 1592, a Gravitt.
• Children by second wife:
  • xi. BENJAMIN, b about 1564; m. and had at least a dau. Anne, living unmarried in 1657, mentioned in the will of her cousin Roger5 Hill of Taunton.
  • xii. LUCY, m. before 1592, William Lawrence of Dorsetshire.
  • xiii. THOMAS, b. about 1568; lived in Chard, where he d. in 1629 probably unmarried. His will, dated Nov. 20, 1628, gives to cousins (i. e. nephews) John Hill and Jonathan Hill, yeomen of Chaffcombe, sons of brother John, 10L each, and 5L more to each on marriage; cousin (i. e. niece) Anne Hill, dau. of brother Benjamin, 5L; to the poor of Pitminster 10s.; residue to friend Thomas Legg of Chard who was executor. [Wells Reg.] [This Thomas Legg of Chard was also intimate with John and Walter Deane of Chard who came to New England, being a witness and overseer of the will of their father William Deane in 1634.]
  • xiv. John, youngest child, but of age in 1592; b. probably about 1570.
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• HILL OF SPAXTON.
• Since the notes on this family were published in the Antiquary of June last, they have been found to need correction in various ways, and the annexted tabular pedigree may be of interest as being more exact, it is believed, than previous attempts. It is founded mainly an that printed in Nichols' Collectanea (i. 409) from one compiled about 1530, and on those in Sir J. Maclean's Trigg Minor (i. 42), and Lieutenant Colonel Vivian's Visitations of Cornwall (p. 227).* The chief blemish of the two latter is the identification of Robert Hill, of Spaxton (not Spraxton) with his contemporary namesake Sir Robert Hill, of Shilston, as Judge of the Common Pleas, and last husband of Joan, the daughter and heir of Sir Otto de Bodrugan. This mistake was made by Foss in his Lives of the Judges, and has thus crept into the Dictionary of National Biography; so that it is well to point out (1) that Robert Hill, of Spaxton, died "on Sunday, on the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist," in the first year of Henry VI., i.e., on April 25, 1423, while his namesake, the judge, was acting in 1425; and (2) that Isabell Hill (Fychet) was married to Robert Hill in 1396, and was still living in 1416, being mentioned in Dame Latymer's will, while Joan de Bodrugan had married the other Robert Hill before 1408, and died about 1428.
• The property of John Hill, of Spaxton, was, according to Sir J. Maclean, divided among the four heirs in 1529. The Waldegraves seem to have received the bulk of the Somerset property, and the Cloptons that in Devonshire and Cornwall. William Clopton, however, sold his share, and thus (about 1562) the Rouses, of Devonshire, had possession of Halton and Dittesham; the last of the Clopton family at Liston seems to have been Dr. Poley Clopton, who died in 1730. Robert Hussey, of Sleaford, was the second (or third) son of Sir William Hussey, Chief Justice of the King's Bench; Thomas Hussey left a daughter and heir, Elizabeth, who married Thomas Stidolph, of Mickleham in Surrey, and their son, Sir Francis, was a man of some note in the first half of the seventeenth century (Manning's Surrey, ii., 651). George Babington, who married Helen Ellis, seems to have been the second son of Sir Anthony Babington, of Dethick, by his second wife (Katharine Ferrers); if this be so, he must afterwards have married Anne Constable, who on his death, became the second wife of Sir Anthony Thorold. George Babington left no children. . . . . .
• Hill, of Poundisford. This family having been mentioned, an outline of their pedigree is annexed, based on the Somerset Visitation of 1623, and Le Neve's Pedigrees of the Knights (Harleian Society), the confused account in Toulmin's History of Taunton (1822), and the monumental inscriptions in Lipscombe's History of Buckinghamshire (iv., 445).
• (1) William Hill 'c. 1450-1510), probably a grand-son of Robert Hill, of Spaxton, settled at Taunton. He married Eleanor __ , and was succeeded by his son,
• (2) Roger Hill, of Taunton, who married Margery , by whom he had three sons and two daughters. One son, Robert, resided at Yard, or Yard House, near Taunton ; a name suggestive of the manor of Yarde, in Combe Flory, held by Robert Hill, of Spaxton, one of the few properties in the long list of his possessions {Cal. Inq. Post Alortem, iv., 70), which may have been patrimonial. This Robert Hill, of Taunton, was twice married ; one son, Hugh, is described as " of Splot," and had a son James. Another of Roger's sons, apparently the younger, was
• (3) William Hill, of Poundisford, in Pitminster, a village to the south of Taunton. He also was twice married, and had fourteen children. One of these, Alexander, lived at Taunton, and his monument stated that he died December 14, 1613. The heir, however, was
• (4) Roger Hill, of Poundisford. In the Somerset Visitation his mother is said to have been Anne, daughter of John Trowbridge, of Colyton, in Devon,
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• but in the Dorset Visitation, Lucy, daughter of John Ryves, of Dorset. Roger Hill married Mary, daughter of John Hassard, of Lyme, and had three sons -- William, Roger (of Taunton), and John (of Dorchester), and six daughters. He was followed at Poundisford by .... etc.
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• William Hill
• m. Eleanor
  • 1. Roger Hill of Taunton Visitation (Weaver, Somerset, 1551+1575+1595, Hill) identifies Roger's wife and mother of her children as Alice Towse, Visitation (1623) shows the mother of Roger's children as a Margery so we presume that Alice Towse was Roger's 2nd wife.
  • m1. Margery
    • A. William Hill of Poundsford, Somerset
    • m1. Ann Trowbridge (dau of John Trowbridge of Clyton)
      • i. Roger Hill of Poundsford m. Mary Hasard (dau of John Hassard or Hansard Lyme) etc. ....
      • ii. Alexander Hill of Taunton m. Alice Hassard (dau of John Hassard of Lime) etc. ....
      • iii. Elizabeth Hill m1. __ Hobbs m2. __ Murifey m3. __ Martin
      • iv. Eleanor Hill m. __ Gravit of Berkshire
      • v.+ other issue (dsp) - William, Robert, Henry, Ambrose, Gabriel, Susan
    • m2. Lucy Ryves (dau of John Ryves of Dorset)
      • xi. Lucy Hill m. William Lawrence of Dorset
      • xii.+ other issue - Benjamin, Thomas, John
    • B. Robert Hill of Yard near Taunton
    • m1. Alice Clark
    • m2. Eleanor Martyn (dau of Sir James Martyn)
    • C. John Hill (dsp)
    • D. Margaret Hill m. Alexander Togwell
  • m2. Alice Towse (dau of John Towse of Somerset (by Joan Combes), m2. Sir Thomas Grenville of Cornwall)
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William HILL born 1519 ENG

Spouse: _________

Children: James born 1547; William ; Ignatius/Ynatius removed to Barbados

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3. WILLIAM**(-2)3 HILL (ROGER**(-32 )HILL, WILLIAM**(-4)1 HILL) was born 1515 in OF, POUNDSFORD, S, ENGLAND (OR BORN-1525), and died June 06, 1592 in POUNDSFORD, OF PITMINSTER, ENGLAND (OR DIED-1594). He married (1) ANNE TROWBRIDGE 1540 in PITMINSTER, ENGLAND. She was born Abt. 1520 in OF COLYTON, DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND, and died 1560 in PITMINSTER, ENGLAND. He married (2) LUCY RYVES Abt. 1563 in OF, POUNDSFORD, SOMMERSET, ENGLAND, daughter of JOHN RYVES and ANN HARVEY. She was born 1530 in OF, POUNDSFORD, SOMMERSET, ENGLAND.

More About WILLIAM**(-2) HILL:

Burial: GRANTED COAT OF ARMS IN 1570

Children of WILLIAM**(-2) HILL and ANNE TROWBRIDGE are:

i. ROGER4 HILL, b. Abt. 1542, PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; ELDEST SON INHERITED POUNDSFORD; d. 1609, POUNDSFORD, OF PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; m. MARY (?) HILL.

ii. ALEXANDER HILL, b. Abt. 1544, PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; 2ND SON; m. ALICE HANSARD; b. OF LYME REGIS.

More About ALEXANDER HILL:

Burial: Resided in Taunton, England

More About ALICE HANSARD:

Burial: HAD CHILDREN

iii. ELIZABETH HILL, b. Abt. 1546, PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; d. d.s.p.; m. ---- HOBBS.

More About ELIZABETH HILL:

Burial: MARR#2- --- MURIFEY; MARR#3 ---- MARTIN

iv. WILLIAM HILL, b. Abt. 1548, PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; d. d.s.p..

v. ROBERT HILL, b. Abt. 1550, PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; d. d.s.p..

vi. HENRY HILL, b. Abt. 1552, PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; d. d.s.p..

vii. AMBROSE HILL, b. Abt. 1554, PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; d. d.s.p..

viii. GABRIEL HILL, b. Abt. 1556, PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; d. LIVING 1592; d.s.p..

ix. SUSAN HILL, b. Abt. 1558, PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; d. d. s. p..

x. ELEANOR HILL, b. Abt. 1560, PITMINSTER, ENGLAND; d. ALIVE 1592; m. ---- GRAVITT, Aft. 1592.

Children of WILLIAM**(-2) HILL and LUCY RYVES are:

xi. LUCY (-1)4 HILLS, b. 1565, POUNDISFORD, SOMERSET, ENGLAND; m. LAWRENCE WILLIAMS, Abt. 1585, POUNDISFORD, SOMMERSET, ENGLAND.

4. xii. BENJAMIN (-1) HILLS, b. Abt. 1563, POUNDISFORD, SOMERSET, ENGLAND; d. Bef. February 27, 1656/57, LIVING UNMARRIED IN 1656.

5. xiii. THOMAS**(-1) HILLS, b. Abt. 1568, OF, UPMINSTER, E, ENGLAND; d. 1629, Resided in CHARD, ENGLAND.

6. xiv. JOHN (-1) HILL, b. Abt. 1571, POUNDISFORD, SOMERSET, ENGLAND; d. Bef. 1629, ENGLAND; ALIVE 1592.

William Hill - Lucy Ryves

William Hill was born at of Poundesford, Sommerset, England 1523. His parents were Roger Hill and Margery .

He married Lucy Ryves at England . Lucy Ryves was born at of Poundesford, Sommerset, England Abt 1530 daughter of John Ryves and Fem. Ryves .

They were the parents of 1 child: John Hill born Abt 1571.

William Hill died 6 Jun 1592 at England

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William Hills BIRTH 1515 England DEATH 1594 (aged 78–79) Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

William Hill Gender: Male Birth Date: 1525 Birth Place: Poundisford, Som, England Death Date: 20 Apr 1594 Father: Roger Hill Mother: Margery Margaret Toose/Towse/ Spouse: Lucy Ryves Children: John Hill Spouse Father: John Ryves

Possibly the same as William Hill, of Poundisford who married Lucy Hill but evidence is needed.

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William Hills BIRTH 1515 England DEATH 1594 (aged 78–79) Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England

William Hill Gender: Male Birth Date: 1525 Birth Place: Poundisford, Som, England Death Date: 20 Apr 1594 Father: Roger Hill Mother: Margery Margaret Toose/Towse/ Spouse: Lucy Ryves Children: John Hill Spouse Father: John Ryves