The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28

Dntn Coprernins the EnrIy i'm Fam
lily of MiddIcscx County, Va, AMI
TheIr Posterity. Who Settled In
CuIpeper aud Mudinon Counties,
Wi
william Hill. died In Mlddlcsex coun.
". Va, In 1859. and was buried in
the churchyard OF old Christ Church.
In st, Margarsts Parish, Mitidlcscx
county. Vn. C"William Htil was buried
In the Chrch Yard ncDruary i.th.
1863" The Register OF Christ Church.
Middl>scN county, Va. edition.
page i0) No other record Of the said
William Hin appears In the records
mentioned. and it is the earliest men
ton OF any person by that name con-
TUNED therein
| " no was this William Iflll, and who
were his ancestors? Whence came hn :
| When waH he born. when and to whom,
married. IL married al all. and what
descendants left he? Was he the Inn
migrant? Possibly so. since his burla.
was not quite sixty-two years after the
! ffrst settlement at James town. and
considering the manner in which the
early settlements were almost, /. not
I entirely destroyed by diseaS2 and
were slow IN again building up, II is
rhisAly improbable that he was born
/ ana reared In the colony or colonies.
{ hhen this Is one of the very first en-
tries In the record: hence the presump-
ton that this settlement in MiddlcS,S
county had not been long founded and
ne was among tho first settlers If not
actually the first of his name and
family. Again, 81 was customary to
/ give In the record the names OF the
| parents In conn sction with birth mar
! riage and death entries. which, not
being done II: this case again supports
presumption that he was the Irnmi-
grant.
II is said by some that lis wife was
Ann and that he left a son.
Thomas Hill (see page &. this aatal,
but this Is coniecturai and urproven,
although possibly tru..
Susannah Hill.--Who was she? A
sister of Thomas Hill, hereinafter men
TONED? Possibly so: but there is no
evtisnce now produced establishing
, her identity. The only entry concern
Ing her Ia found OH page II of Tho
Register OF Christ Church." abovc
mentioned. which is as follows: Ed
ward Ellis and Susannah Hi, both of
this pish. was married It'll July. 1873.
This was the same year In which the
first mention is made of the birth OF
a child to Thomas Hill, and from this
II lis inferred that sac was about his
age; possibly few years Younger
her fathers name is not mentioned.
that he was then dead. In all proba-
billy. Hence the William Hill who
was buried in 1863 (see page l. this
data} might have been her IA Their.
Surprising, for sake of argument, thai
the said William Hill died leaving "A
largo family of children not then
grown. 1t might be assumed that those
children would be OF maria geabie
age when Thomas Hit tpage g., SUI
sannah Hill. above mentioned; Eliza
Fill tsee posD, Dorothy Hill (see
post) and William Hill tsce page 81
were married. He might have been
their father. and these persons all
brothers and sisters; but this. in tho
absence OF evidence stronger than the
fact that their names do not dupiicnte
and that they were apparently OF the
same generation Is purely conjecturaI.
Eliza Hill.-Who was she? The fol-
/ lowing entry in the records mentioned
on page Il is the only mention of her
that has been found thus far: Thomas
Thompson and Eliza Hill, OF this par
ish, was married 18th OF September,
1852"
| Dorothy Hill,-who was she? The
| following entry, on page 81 of the
above mentioned records. is the only
entry found thus far: William Tignor.
tun'r, OF Northumberland, and Dorothy
Hill, of this parish. was married 18th
of July, 1852"
Note.-The investigation into the
Hill family OF Middlesex county having
bean undertaken with especial refer
ence to that or those branches that
afterwards removed to Culpeper and
/ Madison counties. further inyestiga-
! ton into tn, descendants OF Susanna
Hill Ellis, Eliza Hill Thompson and
Dorothy Hill Tignor Is now postponed.
! William Hll.-Who was he? was
| ne son OF the 0'illfam Hill who died
and was buried In 1863? Was he a
brother of Thomas Hill?
! He might have been either or both,
| but no evidence has thus far been pro
: duced to prove that he was or was no.
eitheT. When was he born? Where
was ne reared? Whom did he marry?
His wife's given name was Ann, but
y, her maiden name and parentage Is not
known. He IS presumed to have bea
severa! years younger than Thomas
Hill. hereinafter mentioned (see pages
d and !, this data), inasmuch as T,nomas
was father in the year 1878, Will,
this man was father in 1895. In
fact. 1t has been presumed by sons
! that he was i son rc the said Thomas
/ lIill. hut that cannot be. since Thomas
son William was born In 1891, only
/ fourteen years before the birth as ,aIs
mans first mentioned child, and also
/ William. son Of Thomas IInl, IS be-
! yond question the man who rnarri "a
| Frances Needles (scc page 8, this
J data).
No entry occurs n said records with
reference TO the marriage OF this Wii-
liam Hill, which might have taken
/ place in another parish, and in ali
J probability did.
| The following entries appear show
| ing births OF his children:
| I), Isabella TIill.--"Isabella Hill The
daughter of william and Ann mn
was born the first of May. 1896" Ia
records. page t6.
| CD. Ann Hill-"Ann Hill, the dalght-
| er of William and Ann Hill, baptized
| 3Oth. March. l7oi." ID. records. page
is.
(&). Elizabeth IEiil.-"I3lizabeth. W
, daughter of William Hill ana Ann. his
! wife, was baptized yo same davs a. C.,
March sc edD, 1907" Id. records. page
| 60.
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