Abijah Hill (1714 - aft. 1762)

Born 23 Dec 1714 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Abijah Hill was born Dec. 23, 1714.

He resided in Bridgewater until 1761, when he sold his homestead, and disappears from the records. (Plymouth Co. Deeds.)

He was located for a while in Easton, about this period. No settlement of his estate is on record in Plymouth Co.

He served as private in four campaigns against Canada, in the French and Indian Wars, in 1758, 1759, 1760, and 1762.

He married, May 12, 1749, Sarah, baptized Sept. 24, 1727, daughter of David and Eleanor (Smith) Lawson of Hingham. Children:

1. Hannah, b. Dec. 10, 1751; d. Feb. 16, 1752-3.
2. James, b. Jan. 8, 1753; served as private in the Revolution, in 1775, from Bridgewater. (Mass. Archives.)
3. Robert, b. Oct. 26, 1756 (1) a corporal in Capt. Frederick Pope's Easton Co., in the Revolution. (Hist, of Easton.) (2) In the muster-roll of Capt. Simeon Cary's company, in Col. Thomas Doty's regiment, in service from March 13 to Dec. 11, 1758: (3) In Pay-roll of Capt. Lemuel Dunbar's company, December, 1762 :

In the muster-rolls of Capt. Lemuel Dunbar's company, enlisted for an expedition to Crown Point, in service from March 4, 1762, to Dec. 5, 1762.

Sources

• Mass Archives
• A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887; By Conant, Frederick Odell, M.A., Privately Printed, Portland:1887 p. 173