William Hills

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hills-42

William Hills Jr. was born about 1640 at Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut to William and Phillis {Lyman) Hills. (According to sources, he was aged 17 1/2 on February 24, 1657/8 and aged 18 on March 14, 1658/9.)

He married Sarah ______ (some say Elson, but have provided no evidence) about 1666 at Hartford. They resided in the Hockanum district of Hartford.

William was shot by the Indians and badly wounded in 1675 at the beginning of King Philip's War. In 1684, he was granted 20 pounds by the General Court to compensate for his wounds and expenses while being cured. In the records, he states that his family was impoverished while he was being cured.[1]

Children

William and Sarah (Elson) Hills had, in Hartford and East Hartford, at least seven children, based on the probate records, [5] and [6]

1. Mary, b. 1667, buried 15 Aug 1693
2. Phyllis/Phillis, b. 1669, m. John Parsons
3. Hannah, b. 1672, m. William Butler
4. Ebenezer, b.1676
5. John, b. 1679, m. Margaret Dix
6. Esther, b. 1681
7. Joseph, b. 1683, m. Abigail Curtis, removed to Farmington

and, suggested by others but ruled out by Jacobus:

1. William, b. circa 1690
2. Sarah
3. Benjamin

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21-August-2021-NOTE---I'm not too keen on making changes, but geni.com provides some different information: Parents -- Thomas & Sarah (Scarborrow) Hills. Also, B:27-December-1608, and died 15-August-1683. Also, tombstone record lists him as Sr.

• 'Full text of "The Hills family in America; the ancestry and descendants of William Hills, the English emigrant to New England in 1632; of Joseph Hills, the English emigrant to New England in 1638, and of the great-grandsons of Robert Hills, of the parish of Wye, county of Kent, England, emigrants to New England 1794-1806"
• http://www.archive.org/stream/hillsfamilyiname03hill/hillsfamilyina...
• http://www.archive.org/details/hillsfamilyiname00hill
• http://www.archive.org/stream/hillsfamilyiname00hill#page/3/mode/1up
• It has been generally accepted as a fact that Mary, the widow of the emigrant of 1632, was his second wife, but it appears by probate records that she had two predecessors. The distribution of the estate of Thomas Bunce shows that one parcel of real estate, about four acres on the east side of the great river, had been bought by the decedent of William Hills, and that the lot was " formerly Richard Risley's, and came to said Hills by right of his wife relict of said Risley, as appears by a writing under said Hills hand, dated Feb. 26, 1680," witnessed by James Steele and Thomas Watts. The inventory of the Risley estate was filed October 17, 1648. The court records show there were three children, the eldest less than eight years old, "William Hill bringing them up and giving security to the court " for their several portions of their father's estate.
• The wife who probably survived William Hills was, before her last marriage, Mary, the widow of John Steele, Junior, who died about 1653 leaving two sons, John and Samuel. The inventory of his estate was taken March 11, 1654. The Warner genealogy states that Mary, daughter of Andrew Warner, of Hadley, Mass., married John Steele, January 22, 1646, and that her second husband was William Hill, of Hartford. When the widow Steele again became a wife is unknown. It was before the 25th of January, 1669, for at that date the Steele estate was settled, and in the instrument of distribution she is referred to as Mary Hill, and William Hill, her husband, " having taken upon himself to administer the estate, is to make good to the children as they come of age." That her second husband was William Hills, of Hartford, and that she was living some twelve years later, appear from the will of the emigrant of 1632, which is dated February 21, 1681, in which he refers to the revenues of the lands in Farmington as those he has " right unto by and in right of my wife," and provides that they be " demanded and received " for her. She probably was the mother of Jonathan ( born about 1664 ), youngest son of the emigrant. ...........................
• http://www.archive.org/stream/hillsfamilyiname00hill#page/4/mode/1up
• 1. William1, born in England came in ship " Lyon," arrived in Boston, September, 1632; probably died at Hartford, 1683, where his will was probated, December 6 of that year. Married 1st, Phillis Lyman, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Osborne) Lyman who emigrated from High Onger, Essex County, England, in 1631. He married, 2d, the widow of Richard Risley, who died prior to October 17, 1648, the date of the inventory of his estate. The date of her death is unknown. He married, 3d, Mary, widow of John Steele, Jr., of Farmington, who died there, 1653-4, daughter of Andrew Warner of Hadley, Hampshire Co., Mass., who was living in 1681.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/hillsfamilyiname00hill#page/5/mode/1up
• Children of William Hills, the emigrant of whom record has been found :
  • 2. 'William, b. Hartford, about 1646; d. (Savage says buried at Hartford, Aug. 15, 1693).
  • 3. John, b. Hartford, about 1648; d. (buried April 5, 1692).
  • 4. Joseph, bapt. March 17, 1650; d. Glastonbury, Conn., Nov. 8, 1713.
  • 5. Benjamin, b. Hartford, — ; d. Hartford (not before 1726, not after 1728).
  • 6. Susannah, b. " 1651; d. — Oct., 1701.
  • 7. Mary, b. Hartford (Porter Gen. says 1654); d. — .
  • 8. Lt. Jonathan, b. Hartford, about 1665; d. Hartford, Sept. 29, 1727.
  • 9. Hannah, b. Hartford, — ; d. before Oct., 1712.
  • 10. Sarah, b. " — ; d. Newark, N. J., 1691.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/hillsfamilyiname00hill#page/5/mode/1up
  • 2. 'William2 (William1), b. Hartford, Conn., about 1646 ; d. (buried at Hartford, August 15, 1693). Married, Sarah ___.
  • Children of William and Sarah ( ) Hills :
    • 11. Mary, b. Hartford, — 1667; d. 1693.
    • 12. Phillis, b. " 1669; m. John Parsons.
    • 13. Hannah, b. " 1672, m. William Butler.
    • 14. Ebenezer, b. E. Hartford, 1676; d. Feb. 12, 1750.
    • 15. John, b. " " 1679; m. Margaret Dix.
    • 16. Esther, b. " " 1681 ;d.—.
    • 17. Joseph, b. " " 1683; d. 1751.
    • 18. William, b. " " about 1690; d. 1782.
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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 13 2019, 18:07:33 UTC

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 13 2019, 17:13:27 UTC