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Hill Ancestral History In 1639 a John Hill left England landed in Guilford, Connecticut. He died in 1689 and his wife Francis died in 1673. They had five children. Among their children was John (1644-1690) who married Thankful Stow. They had six children. He is believed to be the ancestor of James Hill. The other son was James who was born in 1648 and married Sarah and had nine children. James Hill was born in 1712 and died in 1793. On April 26, 1744 he married Hannah Nettleton. The History of Guilford refers to him in reguards to building a new church and in roster of the revolutionarry war. The 11th of their twelve children was Benjamin Hill (apparently a twin) born April 15, 1765 in Guilford. He went to Pittsfield Massachusetts to study medicine under Dr. Cone. He then returned to Connecticut where he studied medicine in Killingworth for approximately forty years. On Dec 16, 1795 he married Jemima Stannard of Middleton Connecticut. They had five sons and a daughter. In 1828 he and his wife and their youngest son William (1811-1887) migrated to Le Roy, New York near Pavilion, NY. He purchased over 600 acres that was part of the Holland Purchase know as the Triangle Tract which was bounded by Lake Ontario and the Genesee River. William his youngest son married Orphana Webb, the daughter of Benjamin Webb on November 24, 1831. William was the classmate of the famous Cyrus Field. Orphanna was descended from the Dutch of Mohawk and Hudson Valleys. William had four children one of whom was Ellsworth J. Hill (1833-1917). Sources: assorted notes Scott Hill, and Edna Owsley Hill.
Hill Coats of Arms, Crests, Mottos
Motto: "Avancez" (French) meaning "Advance"
Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th erm., on a fesse, sa., a castle, triple towered, arg. for HILL; 2nd and 3rd, per pale sa. and az. a cross-crosslet crossed between 2 acorns in bend, dexter, and as many fleurs-de-lis in bend sinister arg. for CLEGG. Crests:
1st, HILL, tower,
arg., surmounted with a garland of laurel, ppr.; 2nd, CLEGG, in front of two
branches of oak fructed in saltire, pprl, a cross-crosslet, crossed or.
Name:
From the Old English word "hyll" meaning hill.
Copyright © Milancie Hill Adams 2005
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