The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
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! not, II he died in 1870. he rad been
married ut least twenty-three years. II
not more, and hence must have been
over forty years of age at time OF his
death Even II he were the son OF the
originally mentioned William IIill. he
: could scarcely have been the William,
| son OF William Hill mentioned Oh page
l?2 OF said records. rs dying In l7Is,
as he would then be at least seventy
seven years old, and his fathers name
would not have been mentioned after
| he had been dead scvcnty-seven years.
! See page 8 this data.
! The William Hill who died in 1870
was not the son Of Thomas Ill., since
mention Is mad, of children being born
| 10 William ana Frances Inn, as late
/, rs 1880. and Ii is considered conclusive
that this William Hill died In 1870.
| His wife Is believed TO have been the
| Ann or Anne Hill who died In 1926, for
several reasons. Had har husband been
/ living. the entry would have read:
| Anne. wife Of" etc, instead of simply
Anne I'LL dyed January ye IS, and
was buried January yc II. l726" On
page ls3, Id. records.
I While Ann the wife Of Thomas Hill,
and Ann. the wife OF william Hill,
were both living at the same time.
| still the wife OF Thomas Hill was in
vhriably called Ann liill. while in the
entry, in regard to the birth of Dianah,
the youngest child OF William and Ann
Htll, her name is spelled Anne, in
stead of Ann, and 1t is but reasonable
to suppose that II she was called Anne
| In her later years she is the person
| referred to when the entry Is made OF
the death OF Anne IIill in 1926 Fur
therinore, no mention has been made Of
| Ann. wife OF Thomas Hill, since the
year 1856. giving ground for the
natural, II not almost inevitable con-
clusion that she died many years be-
for, 1925. Hence the presumption that
Anne Hill, who died January is, 1895,
was the wife OF William HILL above
! mentioned.
The Register OF Christ Church above
and hereafter so frequently mentioned
and quoted, makes no further men
! ton of William Hill. his wife, Ann
! or Anne. or their children. so far as
| is now discovered They may have
! immisrated to some other portion OF
/ the country, as many other members
! OF the early Hill family are known to
have done. While many OF the mem
! bers of the family in those days are
known to have been men of means
and high standing. they were essential
ly soldiers and pioneers. men who
built up their communities, sold when
prices had advanced to suit them, and
moved further TO the frontier to again
select the most desirable locations and
rep>at their successful operations. For
further data, see pages this
data.
Richard IIill.-Who was her The on
ly entry concerning him is found OIL
page ISIS of the said records, and Is as
follows: Richard Hill. dyed January
.y-tA "a
! 1t is scarcely possible that this Rich
| ard was the son Of William and Fran
3 ces Needles Hill, who is supposed 20
have died on January 90, 1914. See
| page - this data, but nothing is
known positively concerning this party.
He Is probably from some nearby
county. or else the descendant OF some
collateral branch. II connected at all
! with the family here being traced.
Edward fHh--who was he? The
only entry concerning him In the
above mentioned records is the follow
Ing entry. on page 1872: "Ssnt to the
! Secret Ollce, October, 1877. Edward
Hin died February goth. 1896"
1saack Hill-Who was he: Whence
| came he? Where did he reside, and
what descendants did he leave?
The following Is the only entry in
the records hcreinabove mentioned con-
corning him. which Is found on page
81: "Isaack Hill and Margaret Jen-
! nings, yc esth OF July, 170S." under the
heading Marriages l70S. Wit
| From this entry. II might be in
ferred that he was born some time be-
tween 1850 and 1890 in all probability.
and hence. might possibly have been q
son of Thomas and Ann Hill. whose
birth was omitted from the records
above quoted. although there Is abso-
lutely nothing to indicate that such
was q fact.
| 1t Is more Probable that he was
raised in some nearby county. as there
had been citizens of that name in saw
| erai counties in the Tidewater sec
ttons OF Virginia, especially those por-
| lions now known as tho Peninsula"
and the Northern Neck" since 1920
whose descendants had scattered. south
| into Isle of Wight county, as far west
as what is now Brunswick county, at
least, and probably into North Caro-
lima: west as far as Amelia. Charlotte.
! Bedford and Aibcmarle counties at
least, and north, through Spotsylvania
and Stafford counties. and to the foot
f, of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In VIVA
! is now Orange. Madison and Culpepar
| counties; X not. also eastward to tho
eastern shore OF the Chesapeake Bay (:
hence. the presumption. In the absence
OF any other mention of this Isuack
! Hi, that ne was either q distant klns-
! man from some other county, or IL
/ from MiddlcscX county. descended from
some collateral branch OF the fam
lily, rather than IL close kinsman, as
above considered. Purely contectural,
however, III the absence of further evil
dcncc.
| Thomas Inn--Who has he? PROB
| ably II son Of the William Hill w,ho
! died in 1863. See page - this data,
but this Is not conclusivcly established.
| He * the most rcmot, ancestor OF the
| Hill family of Virginia. or at least OF
| those branches thereof hereinafter
mentioned and traced. thus tar dcHi-
nitcly aud satisfactorily traced. al
| though IL is trusted that further in
! designations may disclose further data
and conclusive evidence to sustain the
| same. Until further Information sus-
tanned by satisfactory proofs are dis
covered. this Thomas Hill wilI be
treated rs the immigrant aud founder
of the Hill family of Varginla, herein
after mentioned. Ills wife was Miss