Twelfth Generation

2636. William HILLS was born on 27 Dec 1608 in Upminster, Essex Co., England.⁶⁷² ! (1) "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England
1620-1633," by Robert Charle s Anderson (NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts,
1995) 2:941-946
Cites:
(a) "Roxbury Land and Church Records, " 6th Report of the Boston
Record Commissioners (Boston, 1884) p.77,78.
(b) "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in
New England, 1628-1686," ed. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff (Boston,
1853-1854) 1:368.
(c) "The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636- 1776"
(Hartford, 1850-1890) 1:181,240-241, 2:410,472,479,519.
(d) "Hartford Town Votes, Vol . 1, 1635-1716," "Collections of the
Connecticut Historical Soc." (Hartford, 1897) p.69.
(e) "Origina l Distribution of Lands in Hartford Among the Settlers,
1639," Collections of the Connecticut Hist. So c., Vol. 14 (Hartford,
1912; rpt. Bowie, MD, 1989) p.262-264.
(f) Hartford Probate District , Connecticut State Archives, Case
#2724.
(g) "The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & His Wife, Emma Arabell a
Bosworth," by Nathan Grier Parke II, ed. Donald Lines Jacobus
(Woodstock, VT, 1960) p.144 . (h) "Records of the Particular Court of
Connecticut, 1639-1663," Collections of the Connecticut Hist. Soc., V
ol. 22 (Hartford, 1928; rpt. Bowie, MD, 1987) p.12,30,62,63,81,121,
143. (i) "A Digest of th e Early Connecticut Probate Records,"
Hartford Probate Dist., 1635-1700, comp. Charles Willia m Manwaring
(Hartford, 1904) 1:31,123.
(j) "Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the C onnecticut
River Valley," by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman
(Hartford, 1952 ; rpt. Baltimore, 1978) p.579-611.
(k) "The American Genealogist," 12:102, 25:233. (l) "The O riginal
Lists of Persons of Quality...," ed. John Camden Hotten (London, 1874;
rpt. Baltimore , 1974) p.149.

(2) "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," comp. by
Charles William Manwaring , Vol. 1, Hartford District 1635-1700
(Hartford, 1904) p.321-322. Cites: (a) Vol. IV, p.143-1 45.

! Birth: (1) Based on estimated date of marriage, by about 1607. (1g)
May be s/o Thomas HILLS that was baptized at Upminster, Essex, 27 Dec
1598. Upminster in near High Ongar, the home of his future wife.
Marriage to Phillice LYMAN: (1a) (1) By about 1638.
Marriage to Mary __: (1i,k) Widow of Richard RISLEY. Late 1648.
Marriage to Mary WARNER: (1) Widow of John STEELE. Late 1655 or early
1656.
Death: (1f) Will dtd 25 Feb 1680/1, Hocanum, Hartford Twp.,
Connecticut. Inventory dtd Jul 1683, Hartford, Connecticut. (2a) Will
dtd 21 Feb 1680/1.

(1l) 1632: Came to New England on the "William & Francis." (1a)
William Hills, a man servant, came over in the year 1632.
(1) Settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts.
(1b) 1634, 14 May: 11th in a sequence of 12 Roxbury men who were
admitted to Massachusett s Bay Colony as Freemen.
(1) 1636: Removed to Hartford, Connecticut. (1a) Removed to
Connecticut, "where he lived several years, without giving such good
satisfaction to the consciences of the saints."
(1e) 1639/40, Feb: In the Hartford land inventory, William HILLS held
9 parcels of land , 6 of which were granted to him: 1 acre 1 rood with
dwelling house, outhouses, yards and gardens; 7 acres of upland; 9
acres of upland; 1 acre & 2 roods in the South Meadow; another 1 a cre
2 roods in the South Meadow; 1 acre 1 rood in the South Meadow; 517
acres of upland in Hockanum bought of Thomas HOSMORE; 10 acres of
meadow in Hockanum bought of Thomas HOSMORE; an d 3 acres 2 roods and
29 rods of meadow in Hockanum bought of Frances ANDREWS. At the end o
f this list of parcels is an additional entry, undated: William HILL
grants to William HILL his son, to John HILL, Joseph HILL, Benjamin
HILL & Thomas KILBORN, that they, their heirs & successors shall
forever have free liberty to pass through the said William HILL's lot
from th e highway on the east to Hoccanum Meadow on the west on the
south side of William HILL's lot , to pass with cart & horse according
as they shall have occasion.
(1h) 1640, 4 Jun: William HILL of Hartford was fined 4 pounds for
"buying a stolen piece o f Mr. PLUM's man and breaking open the
cobbler's hogshead & pack."
(1i) 1648, 7 Dec: In the probate of the estate of Richard RISLEY,
William HILLS is required to post bond for the payment of legacies to
the RISLEY children and to provide for their ed ucation.
(1h,i) 1650: Edward HARRISON by a nuncupative will gave William HILLS
his chest and content s because HILLS "was his countryman and that he
had no other that he knew in the country."
(1d) 1643/4, 29 Jan: Appointed Hartford Constable.
(1h) 1644, Dec: William HILLS sued Peter BASSAKER, Hartford,
Connecticut.
(1c,h) 1649, 24 Apr: Richard FELLOWS sued him for 39s. HILL failed to
appear and lost the c ase.
(1h) 1650, 25 Jan: Servant Richard HARROW was assigned over to William
HILL of Hartford fo r his remaining time by Thomas ALLCOTT of
Hartford.
(1c) 1653, 18 May: Connecticut General Court ordered that the
inhabitants of the east side of the Great River are exempted from
training with the towns on the west side, and are to meet on the east
side as William HILL shall appoint & train there together. William
HILL to return the names of those that do not meet according to
appointment, as notice shall be given them.
(1h) 1655, 7 Jun: William HILL sued Edward ANDREWS over the loss of a
mare.
(1c) 1669, Oct: William HILLS Sr. on a list of freemen on the south
side of Hartford.
(1c) 1675/6, 18 Feb: The Council reported that the "enemy having come
to Hoccanum and shot at William HILL and sorely wounded him, the
Council sent forth a party of soldiers to make search for the enemy."
Later inquiry identified the Indian who shot HILL and assaulted other
English men.
(1) John ELIOT described him as "without giving such good satisfaction
to the consciences o f the saints."
(1f) 1680/1, 25 Feb: (2a) 1680/1, 21 Feb: (1f,2a) William HILLS Sr. of
Hocanum within the t ownship of Hartford wrote his will. Called
himself weak in body through old age. Made wife Ma ry HILLS and son
Jonathan HILLS joint executors. Gave wife the use and improvement of
1/2 of my house & lands that I now live in & upon, and half of all my
stock cattle and moveables during her natural life, which said lands
are 8 acres on the east side of my dwelling house an d 18 acres on the
west side of my said house; also the use and improvement of 1/2 of 17
rods of unimproved lands and 8 acres at the 3 mile lots during her
natural life. Gave to son Jonathan HILLS the other full half of the
aforesaid houses and lotments, and after wife's decease that land left
to her, with all the cattle stock and moveables; that my son Jonathan
behav e himself suitably to his mother after my death, hoping she will
encourage him that he may so do. Any disagreements to be settled by
the overseers. Gave to daughter Mary HILLS 2/3 o f a 25 rod lot
abutting on the Widow ANDREWS' house lot on the west, running to the
end of the 3 mile lots east, abutting on the country Highway on the
south & on the Widow ANDREWS' lot north that she bought of Deacon
William HOLTON, one third part being taken off which I have sold to
Mr. William PITKIN; the other third to daughter Hanna KILLBERN. Gave
to Mary land I bought of Thomas HOSMORE of Hartford in the south
division which I have not yet taken up . A parcel of sixscore acres
near the end of the Three Mile lots, abutting on Benjamin HILLS &
Joseph HILLS on the west, & on James CURTICE on the south, & on my
lands on the north, be queathed to son William HILLS, to son John
HILLS, to son Joseph HILLS, and to son Benjamin HILLS, to daughter
Sarah WARD and to daughter Suzanah KILLBURN in equal proportions. At
the death of son William HILL, that proportion I give and bequeath to
my grandson the eldest son of my son William who is of the same name.
One year after the death of my wife Mary HILLS, son Jonathan HILLS
shall pay out of the estate 10 pounds to daughter Mary HILLS. In case
of Jonathan's death before the death of my wife without issue,
overseers to distribute to my surviving children according to their
good and sound discretion. Loving friends Maj. John TALCOTT , Mr.
Jonathan GILBERT and Corporal John GILBERT appointed overseers with
power of survivorship. The revenues of the lands in Farmington that I
have right unto by and in right of my wife that it be duly demanded
and recevied for the help of my wife. (2a) Wits. John HILL, Thoma s
KILBOURN, John GILBERT.
(1f,2a) 1683, Jul: (1f) The inventory of the estate of William HILLS
Sr., deceased, was taken, the value being given as 274 pounds 2d, but
incorrectly summed, including real estate valued at 259 pounds 14s.:
the dwelling house and half the barn, 42 pounds; 31 acres of upland
fenced in & improved, 196 popunds; 217 acres of land, 21 pounds 14s.;
and more upland lying near the widow ANDREWS, "we are not informed how
many acres," no value stated. (2a) Inventory taken by Bevel WATERS,
Nath. WILLETT, townsmen.
(2a) 1683, 6 Dec: Will proved. He emigrated in Sep 1632 from England.⁶⁸⁴ William, born in England came in ship "Lyon", arrived in Boston, Sept.
1632

**********The Lyman Family and 2 Hills brothers, William and Thomas,
sailed on the same ship--the Lion (Lyon) in 1632. The Hills brothers
were attached to household of Apostle John Elliot at the time. Thomas
died later in the house of Rev. Elliot --Nov/Dec 1633. WHen they
landed they joined the church at Cambridge, MA. When the church left
enmass for Ct, the HILLS and LYMAN families went too. The HILLS and
LYMAN families were group that founded E> HARTFORD< CT in 1635/1636.

He came over as an indentured servant to Rev. Eliot in Massachusetts,
but when his indenture was complete, he had a falling out with Rev.
Eliot, and left and went to Connecticut. He had a brother named John
who died young--Sylvia Bales

According to the "Hills Family in America," William and and his
brother Thomas immigrated to New England on the ship "Lyon," arriving
in Boston September, 1632. The ship's master was William Pearce. It
sailed from Bristol 24 June 1632 and entered Boston harbor September,
1632. This date is confirmed in the "History of the First Church in
Roxbury, MA, 1630-19084," by Walter Eliot Thwing. However, "The Great
Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. II," by
Robert Charles Anderson, 1995, indicates that William migrated in 1632
on the ship "William & Francis" and that it's not proven that he &
Thomas were brothers. (According to another text, the Rev. John Eliot,
Sr arrived on the ship "Lyon" in 1631; perhaps this is where the
confusion arose from.) It is likely that both men became manservants
indentured to clergyman Rev. John Eliot at Roxbury, having come on the
same ship as Ann Mumford, intended wife of the same minister. Both
John Eliot and Ann Mumford/Mountfort were originally from Essex Co. as
well. Eliot was referred to as the "Apostle to the Indians." He died on 15 Aug 1683 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.⁶⁷² William Hills is listed as an original proprietor of Hartford and
much is
found on him. He was captain of the first trainband on the east side
of the
river, in 1653; freeman in 1669, and was shot by the Indians and
wounded him
(Mary K. Talcott, THE ORIGINAL PROPRIETORS, Hartford: Soc of the
Descendants
of the Founders of Hartford, 1998 electronic reprint). He had his estate probated on 6 Dec 1683 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.⁶⁸⁴ William HILLS and Mary ARNOLD were married in Dec 1648 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.⁶⁷² Late in the year
1. Robert Charles Anderson, THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS, IMMIGRANTS
TO NEW ENGLAND
1620-1633 Vol II G-O (New England Historic Genealogical Society,
Boston 1995).
Page: p. 943

2637. Mary ARNOLD was born about 1619 in England.^672,685 ! (1) "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England
1620-1633," by Robert Charle s Anderson (NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts,
1995) 2:943. Cites: (a) "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Pro bate
Records," Hartford Probate Dist., 1635-1700, comp. Charles William
Manwaring (Hartford , 1904) 1:31. (b) "The American Genealogist,"
25:233.
(2) Ancestral File, FHL (1996).
(3) "The Pioneers of Massachusetts," by Charles Henry Pope (Reprint
1900. Genealogical Pub . Co., Baltimore, 1969) p.21.

! Birth: (2) May 1672, d/o Rev. Samuel ARNOLD/Sarah WEBB. (NOTE: Not
confirmed by source 1. ) (NOTE: Birth date by source 2 later than
marriage or death date.)
Marriage to Richard RISLEY: (1a,b)
Marriage to William HILLS: (1) Late 1648. (2)
Death: (1) About 1655, presumably at or shortly after the birth of her
son Benoni
She died about 1655 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.⁶⁸⁵ Children were:

1318	i.	Joseph HILLS.
	ii.	Susannah HILLS was born about 1651 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.672 ! (1) Ancestral File, FHL (1996). (2) "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, " by Robert Charles A nderson (NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995) 2:944. Cites: (a) Medical Journals of John Winthrop Jr., 16 57-1669, manuscript, Massachusetts Hist. Soc., Boston, Massachusetts, p.88,148. (b) "Hale, House and Related Famili es, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley," by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman (Hartf ord, 1952; rpt. Baltimore 1978) p.657. (c) Wethersfield Vital Records, Barbour Collection, C T St. Lib., Hartford, Connecticut, p.174. (3) "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," comp. by Charles William Manwaring , Vol. 1, Hartford District 1635-1700 (Hartford, 1904) p.321-322. Cites: (a) Vol. IV, p.143-1 45. ! Birth: (1) 1651, Hartford, Connecticut, d/o William HILLS/Mary ARNOLD. (2a) Age 6 on 24 Feb 1657/ 8 (b. 1651/2). Age 7 on 14 Mar 1658/9 (b. 1651/2). In her 50th year at death on 23 Oct 1701 ( b. 1651). d/o William HILLS/Mary. Marriage to John KILBOURNE: (1) 4 Mar 1674, Connecticut. (2b,c) 4 Mar 1673/4, Wethersfield, Connecticut. Death: (1,2b) 23 Oct 1701. (2b) Glastonbury, Connecticut. (1) 1680/1, 25 Feb: (2a) 1680/1, 21 Feb: (1,2a) William HILLS Sr. of Hocanum within the tow nship of Hartford wrote his will. Bequeathed a parcel of sixscore acres near the end of the T hree Mile lots abutting on Benjamin HILLS & Joseph HILLS on the west & on James CURTICE on th e south & on my land on the north, to son William HILLS, to son John HILLS, to son Joseph HIL LS, and to son Benjamin HILLS, to daughter Sarah WARD and to daughter Suzanah KILLBURN in equ al proportions. She died in Oct 1701 in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT.672,674
	iii.	Benjamin HILLS was born about 1653 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.672 * ! (1) "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," by Robert Charles Anderson (NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995) 2:944. Cites: (a) Medical Journals of John Winthrop Jr. , 1657-1669, manuscript, Massachusetts Hist. Soc., Boston, Massachusetts, p.88,148. (b) "The American Genealogist, " 39:120-121. (2) Ancestral File, FHL, 1996. (3) "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," comp. by Charles William Manwaring , Vol. 1, Hartford District 1635-1700 (Hartford, 1904) p.321-322. Cites: (a) Vol. IV, p.143-1 45. ! Birth: (1) s/o William HILLS/Mary. (1a) Age 4 on 24 Feb 1657/8 (b. 1653/4). Age 5 on 14 Ma r 1658/9 (b. 1653/4). Marriage to Mary BRONSON: (1b) 11 Jan 1688/9, Wethersfield, Connecticut. Death: (2) 1727, Hartford, Connecticut. (1) 1680/1, 25 Feb: (2a) 1680/1, 21 Feb: (1,2a) William HILLS Sr. of Hocanum within the township of Hartford wrote his will. Bequeathed a parcel of sixscore acres near the end of the Three Mile lots abutting on Benjamin HILLS & Joseph HILLS on the west & on James CURTICE on th e south & on my land on the north, to son William HILLS, to son John HILLS, to son Joseph HIL LS, and to son Benjamin HILLS, to daughter Sarah WARD and to daughter Suzanah KILLBURN in equ al proportions. ! (1) "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," by Robert Charle s Anderson (NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995) 2:944. Cites: (a) Medical Journals of John Winthrop Jr. , 1657-1669, manuscript, Massachusetts Hist. Soc., Boston, Massachusetts, p.88,148. (b) "The American Genealogist, " 39:120-121. (2) Ancestral File, FHL, 1996. (3) "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," comp. by Charles William Manwaring , Vol. 1, Hartford District 1635-1700 (Hartford, 1904) p.321-322. Cites: (a) Vol. IV, p.143-1 45. ! Birth: (1) s/o William HILLS/Mary. (1a) Age 4 on 24 Feb 1657/8 (b. 1653/4). Age 5 on 14 Ma r 1658/9 (b. 1653/4). Marriage to Mary BRONSON: (1b) 11 Jan 1688/9, Wethersfield, Connecticut. Death: (2) 1727, Hartford, Connecticut. (1) 1680/1, 25 Feb: (2a) 1680/1, 21 Feb: (1,2a) William HILLS Sr. of Hocanum within the tow nship of Hartford wrote his will. Bequeathed a parcel of sixscore acres near the end of the T hree Mile lots abutting on Benjamin HILLS & Joseph HILLS on the west & on James CURTICE on th e south & on my land on the north, to son William HILLS, to son John HILLS, to son Joseph HIL LS, and to son Benjamin HILLS, to daughter Sarah WARD and to daughter Suzanah KILLBURN in equ al proportions. He died about 1727 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.672
	iv.	Benoni HILLS was born about 1655.672 b. about 1655 (aged two and three-quarters on 24 February 1657/8 [WMJ 88]; aged four years on 14 March 1658/9 [WMJ 148]); treated by John Winthrop Jr. on [WMJ 163]; no further record (Anderson, GMB). ! (1) "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," by Robert Charle s Anderson (NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995) 2:944. Cites: (a) Medical Journals of John Winthrop Jr. , 1657-1669, manuscript, Massachusetts Hist. Soc., Boston, Massachusetts, p.88,148,163. ! Birth: (1) s/o William HILLS/Mary. (1a) Age 2 3/4 on 24 Feb 1657/8 (b. 1655/6). Age 4 on 1 4 Mar 1658/9 (b. 1654/5). (1a) 1659, 8 Jul: Treated by John WINTHROP Jr. No further record after this date. ! (1) "The Great Migration Begins - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," by Robert Charle s Anderson (NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995) 2:944. Cites: (a) Medical Journals of John Winthrop Jr. , 1657-1669, manuscript, Massachusetts Hist. Soc., Boston, Massachusetts, p.88,148,163. ! Birth: (1) s/o William HILLS/Mary. (1a) Age 2 3/4 on 24 Feb 1657/8 (b. 1655/6). Age 4 on 1 4 Mar 1658/9 (b. 1654/5). (1a) 1659, 8 Jul: Treated by John WINTHROP Jr. No further record after this date.