The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-03


 visits at the Frost home To add to the pleasures of these visits 1t happened that
 the major had a charming daughter,
 Mary, who in the course of a few months consented to become the wife of Capt.
 John. A letter, still extant, written by
 Major Frost to his son-in-law, Capt. John
 Hill, prays God to keep him from the
 rage of the enemie.'' The letter is signed "Your loving father-in-law, Frost
 and addressed to Capt. John rHill, at Saco
 Fort. hast post hast" Major Frost was to the whole province and espesely to his family. Mistress Frost Is very full of sory,' says the old record
 The New York state Hills are descend ed from Nathanial Hill, who came from the north of Ireland. where he was born in 1705. He settled as young man on the west frontier of the settlement of Scotch-Irish settlers on the banks of the Hudson. He was very large land holder. He married Susanna Armstrong and had the following children. James, William, Peter, Catherine, Mary, Martha, Eleanor, Margaret. and Susanna. Of these, the third son. Peter, was a captain in the Revolutionary war when he was but 24. He took part in the defense of Fort Montgomery, where he distinguished him self for gallantry. His son, Nathaniel.
 was a lieutenant in the war of 1872, when he was stationed at Harlem Heights. He married Mathilda Crawford, and had Sarah, Nathaniel R, Isabella, and Peter.
 There are many descendants of this valiant family to be found throughout New York state.
 There was a president of Harvard named Hill, and one might think that he came from one of the notable New England families of the name. But on the contrary, he was the son of an Eng fish tanner who settled in New Bruns- wick early In the nineteenth century. The son, Thomas Hill. was born there in ISIS, and was early left an orphan. At 12 he was apprenticed to a printer, and later to an apothecary in the same town but finally by dint of much hard work managed to get to Harvard, where he received his education. He became a Unitarian minister, but his interest all ways lay in things mathematical rather than in theology, and later. as president of his alma mater, he was one of the most intellectually gifted mem who ever l held that post. His son. Henry Baker Hill, was a well-known chemist. There was a governor of New York named Hill, who traced his descent to Adam Hill. of County Derry, Ireland, whc came to Schenectdy, N. Y., where he | died in 1764. He had many descendants | in New York state. including David Hill the governor.
 l The Hills have always been well rep resented in our wars, but the family has
 the reputation of being peacemakers
 and is found acting in this capacity 1T various local histories. One of tho besl known of these peacemakers was Rich ard Hill of Pennsylvania, who did much | to help the cause of tho Society o1 ! Friends in that colony.
 There are some fourscore possibls
 coats-of-arms for the Hill family and four for the Hills family. The one here reproduced is gules, two bars ermine in chief lion passant. per pale or anc argent. The crest Is . feur de lys ar l gent.
 The motto, which is always an optfona
 matter, is ''Esse quam videri'-nteraily
 '.To be rather than to seem," or freely
 Better to be than to seem to be-"