Tabitha (Green) Hill (1690 - aft. 1765)

Born 1690 in Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Wife of Robert Hill — married about 1705 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1765 after age 75 in Halifax County, North Carolina

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Biography

Tabitha was the daughter of Abner Green.

Tabitha (Green) Hill was born in Virginia.

Tabitha Green was born in 1690^[1] or 1696.^[2]

Name

• Tabitha Green^[3][4][5]
• Tabitha /Greene-Brown/^[6]

Birth

• 1678, Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States^[6]
• 1690, Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States^[3][4][5]

Marriage

1721 --- U. S. AND INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGES 1550-1900 --- Name: Robert Hill -- Gender: Male - Birth Place: Virginia - Birth Year: 1678 - Spouse Name: Tabitha Greene - Spouse Birth Place: Virginia - Marriage Year: 1721 - Marriage State: Va. - Number Pages: 1. --- Source Citation: Source number: 529.060; Source type: Family group sheet (from "Gleanings"), listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. --- Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. --- Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

Family

Tabitha Greene-Brown married in Virginia in 1721^[6]

• Child: Abner Hill^[6]

Robert Hill and Tabitha Green married 1703 or 1713, Isle of Wight county, Virginia^[3][5][7]

• Green Hill (living 1765)^[8]
• Mary Hill
• Abner Hill (living 1765)^[8]
• Sion Hill (living 1765)^[8]
• Ann Hill
• Thomas Hill
• Tabitha Hill
• Lewrania Hill/Luraina Mary Hill
• Agnes Hill/Rebecca Agnes Hill
• Milbry Hill (living 1765)^[8]

Death

• after 18 June 1762^[9]
• Apr 1765, VA, Halifax, North Carolina^[3]

Notes & Leads

Green-19547 has Tabitha's middle name as Browne.^[10]

Tabitha was detached as a daughter of Thomas Abner and Elizabeth (Marston) Green. (And detached again 13 Oct. 2020.)

One online tree (citing Ancestry's OneWorldTree) has her father as Abner Abraham Green (and mother as Abner Green).^[11]

An Abner Abraham Green is named son of Thomas Green in his 1805 will (according to transcript posted, which also shows executors included Abner Green & Abraham Green). Same webpage has transcript of Thomas Marsten Green's will, dated December 5, 1812.^[12]

Her FindAGrave memorial says that she died in 1765 and was buried in the Robert HIll Family Cemetery in Halifax County.^[13]

Research Notes

Estimated Dates

Birth date varies, but location is generally believed to be Virginia, although the FindAGrave memorial for Tabitha says she was born about 1680 in Halifax County, North Carolina.^[13]

• Source needed: Birth year is also given as 1678 or 1690. No sources for these dates or the c1680 date given by FindAGrave.

Marriage in 1703 is possible, but 1713 seems more likely, although the profile attached as daughter Hannah has a 1705 birth year (based on Edmund West Family Data Collection - Births, 2001, of her son Thomas in 1721). The 1721 marriage date given by another profile is not feasible if Hannah married in 1721 & is her daughter. However, that is the year when she is named as wife of Robert Hill in deed involving land in Isle of Wight County.^[14]

Death date is uncertain, given most often as 1762 or "Apr 1765" (apparently Robert's death date). Location sometimes given as Virginia, but usually as Halifax County, North Carolina.

Robert's will mentions "my wife" but does not name her. Profiles for her have included dates from 1762 (date of her husband's will), 1765 (year he is said to have died), and 1766 (year his will was probated). These dates all assume that "my wife" in the will refers to Tabitha.

Abstracts and transcriptions of her husband's will conflict. If she was the wife mentioned (but not named) in Robert's will, written in 1762 and proved in April 1766, then she died after 1762. The following abstract for her husband's will names her and four children:

1765 Hill, Robert, wife Tabitha; Green, Sion, Abner, Milory^[8][15]

A transcription of Robert's will says "... to son Sion Hill the plantation we now live on south side of Blue Marsh, after decease of my wife, to son Abner Hill... to daughter Tabitha Chapman..."^[16]

Robert Hill's 1765 Will

"He [Robert Hill] made his will in Halifax on June 18, 1762, probated April, 1766 [sic] as follows: to son Green Hill a negro called Simon; to son Sion Hill the plantation we now live on south side of Blue March, after decease of my wife, to son Abner Hill a negro called Peter; to son Thomas Hill fifty pounds Virginia currency; to daughter Tabitha Chapman and daughter Agnes Harrington a negro each; to daughter Lewraina Chapman two pounds, 10 shillings; daughter Ann Steed a negro; daughter Mary Bryant land on both sides of Red Bud Creek below mouth of Crab Tree; and daughter Milbry all land above Crab Tree. Cattle to grandson, John Chapman. Sons Abner, Sion, and Green Hill Executors (Book 1, p.159)."^[17]

• Source shows his death as April 1765 and probate as April 1766. It shows Tabitha (his wife) died after 1730.^[17]
• I believe that Tabitha "The Elder" was not mentioned in her father's will as her death proceeded his in 1762. [Boren-314]
  • Robert's 1762 will names daughter Tabitha. Perhaps the statement meant to say "her husband's will". Robert's will mentions his wife, but not by name. One source says she died in 1730 (Morrow, citation below). Southside Virginia Families notes that Robert "is shown with a wife, Tabitha, in 1721" and "Other children of Robert and Tabitha are mentioned in the will."^[14] The profile for daughter Milbry shows her birth as 1735 in Bertie.

Locations:

Birth location of "Surry, Surry, Virginia" implies Surry, the county seat of Surry County. (there was never a Surry Parish).^[18] Surry County was formed in 1652 "from a portion of James City County,"^[19] and Surry's Wikipedia article shows it was created 1652 also.^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Nalani Marie Kupau Briggs, Saturday, April 19, 2014.
2. ↑ Birth in 1696 marked certain. Ancestry, source citation for WikiTree profile Green-25857 created 28 Jan 2018 by John Britton Boney
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Source: #S-869848842
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Source: #S-869860441
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Source: #S-877412760
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} #S-1325005334, from Ancestry Family Tree, source citation for the WikiTree profile Greene-Brown-1
7. ↑ Source: #S845368369
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4} USGenWeb, Halifax County will Abstracts, file contributed by Connie Ardrey (accessed 30 July 2018)
9. ↑ Abstract of Robert Hill's will, posted on the web page Slaves named in Wills: Halifax County, North Carolina, 1758-1854; King George County, Virginia, 1721-1804: Halifax County Will Book Volume 1, 1758-1774 (p.159-60), Robert Hill....to my Beloved wife Tabitha Hill the use of three Negroes to wit Sambo, Sarah and Bess...I also lend her six cows and calves and all the household goods...two horses...to my son William Hill a Negroe girl called Dealse...to my son Green Hill a Negroe called Simon that he is now possessed with....to my son Sion Hill the plantation ...also two Negroes one called Toney the other called Pompey...to son Abner Hill a Negroe called Peter and a girl called Bibby...to Daughter Tabetha Chapman a Negro fellow called Jammy that she is now possessed with...Daughter Agnes Arrington a negroe called Jack that she is now possessed with...Daughter Ann Steel a Negro girl called Tuggy...Daughter Mary Bryant a negro girl called Daffeny that she is now possess'd with and also I give her a negroe wench called Jenny...Daughter Milbry my plantation...two Negroes one Named Hannah the other named Barbey and all the cattle I have given her. 18 June 1762. signed. April Court 1766.
10. ↑ Green-19547 source Ancestry ; Robert Hill
11. ↑ Online tree, citing OneWorldTree
12. ↑ Jefferson County, MS wills
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #159910708
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Boddie (citation below), page 167
15. ↑ Either Milbry or Milory is a mistranscription. Boddie's transcription of his will shows "daughter Milbry" (see Boddie, citation below, page 168).
16. ↑ Boddie, page 168 (citation below)
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} From Thomas Morrow Genealogy Project, apparently from Southside Virginia Families (Boddie, citation below)
18. ↑ Freddie Spradlin, Parishes of Virginia
19. ↑ Category:Surry County, Virginia
20. ↑ Wikipedia: Surry, Virginia

• John Bennett Boddie, Southside Virginia Families Volume 2 Google Books (accessed 30 July 2018)
• USGenWeb, Halifax County will Abstracts, file contributed by Connie Ardrey (accessed 30 July 2018)
• Thomas Morrow Genealogy Project (accessed 30 July 2018)

See also:

These sources were provided for this or a merged profile, some of which are cited in the text for this biography, but are not considered reliable (online trees and compilations that include user-submitted information).

• image of record from Edmund West source for Hannah's son Thomas, born 1721
• S-869848842: Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Ancestry Online publication, 2000; APID: 4725::0). Text (APID 4725::4229922): Birth 1682, Isle Wight County, VA. Death 1765, Halifax County, NC; Marriage 1713, Isle Wight County, VA. Text (APID 4725::4229919): Birth 1678, Surry Co, VA. Death 1762, Halifax Co, NC. Marriage 1714, Surry Co, VA. Text (APID 4725::4229920) Birth 1678, Surry, VA. Death 1765, Halifax, NC. Marriage 1721, Isle of Wight, VA. Text (APID 4725::4229921): Birth 1680, Surrey Co, VA. Death 1762, NC. Marriage 1703.
• S-869860441: Heritage Consulting. Millennium File (Ancestry Online publication, 2003; APID: 7249::0). Text (APID 7249::105510087): Birth 1700.
• S-877412760: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry Online publication, 2004). Original data...extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. (APID: 7836::0) Text (APID 7836::494113): Source number: 529.060; Source type: Family group sheet (from "Gleanings"), listed as parents. Birth 1678, VA; Marriage 1721, VA. Text (APID 7836::576733): Source number: 40.000; Submitter Code: TM1. Birth 1678, VA; Marriage 1721, VA.
• S-899753593: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).
• S536813853: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).
• Source: S845368369: Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Ancestry Online publication, 2000; APID: 1,4725::0) . Text (APID 1,4725::4229919): Birth 1678, Surry Co, VA. Death 1762, Halifax Co, NC. Marriage 1714, Surry Co, VA
• S-1325005334: Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry Online publication, 2004). "Original data...extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases." APID 1,7836::576734, 1,7836::494113 text: Submitter Code...Text: Birth 1678, VA; Marriage 1721, VA

Acknowledgements

• A WikiTree profile for this person was created through the import of Beaman Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011. Source citations: #S-869848842, #S-869860441, #S-877412760, and #S-899753593 (pretty sure those were from this gedcom - if you need to know for sure, check through edits from the Changes tab).
• The WikiTree profile Green-2704 was created through the import of Harrington _ McLaurin .ged on Aug 1, 2011 by Linda Griffin. Source citations: #S845368369, S536813853.
• The WikiTree profile Green-10425 created on April 19, 2014 by Nalani Marie Kupau Briggs.
• The WikiTree profile Greene-Brown-1 was created through the import of CussonHawkinsHillHughesSurrell.ged by Nancy Cousins on Jul 29, 2013.

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