Margaret (Colville) Hill (abt. 1810 - 1859)

Born about 1810 in Ballystrudder, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland [uncertain]

Wife of James Hill — married 13 Jan 1832 in 1st Islandmagee Presbyterian Church, County Antrim, Ireland

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1859 at about age 49 in Portmuck, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland [uncertain]

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Biography

Margaret was born about 1810, probably in Ballystrudder, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland.

In 1832 she married James Hill in 1st Islandmagee Presbyterian Church. He was a farmer from Portmuck, Islandmagee and she was from Ballystrudder, Islandmagee.^[1]

She passed away in 1859, probably in Portmuck, Islandmagee, aged 49 years, and was buried with her husband in the Hill family grave in Ballypriormore Graveyard, Islandmagee. Five other unnamed children are commemorated on the gravestone - presumably they died in infancy.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ 1st Islandmagee Presbyterian Church Marriages 1829-1906. Transcribed by the North of Ireland Family History Society www.nifhs.org.
2. ↑ Gravestone Inscriptions, County Antrim, Volume 1, Islandmagee. Compiled by George Rutherford (1977).

   Erected by Isabella Hill in memory of her beloved husband John Hill who died 12th March 1897 aged 59 years. Also her son James who died 11th Feby. 1882 aged 17 years. Also her father-in-law James Hill who died 25th Jany. 1858 aged 60 years. And his wife Margaret who died 24th Novr. 1859 aged 49 years. Also five children. The above-named Isabella Hill died 2nd July 1918 aged 86 years. Susan Hill, died 8th Feb. 1967 aged 91 years.