Sarah (Hill) Morgan (1675 - bef. 1734)

Born 22 Jun 1675 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Morgan — married 25 Oct 1694 in Beverly, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before Jul 1734 before age 59 in Beverly, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sara Hill, the daughter of Zebulon Hill and Eliazabeth (Dike) Hill, was born in Salem on 22 June 1675.^[1]

Sarah married Joseph Morgan on 25 October 1694 in Beverly, Massachusetts.^[2][3][4]

Sarah died in Beverly sometime between September 1732 and July 1734.^[5]

Research Notes

The will of her father, John Hill mentions Philip Hill. son; Elizabeth Marston, daughter; Abigail Allen, daughter; Sarah Morgan, daughter; Benjamin Ashby, grandchild; Elizabeth Ashby, grandchild; John Hill of Beverly, brother. He writes further, "... my will is that what was willed by my son Zebulon Hill to his Brothers and Sisters shall be in according to Said Will divided amongst ..." Witnesses to the will were Robert Hale, Abigail Hill, ?Abigail Grover. ^[6]

Image 49 of 600, for Philip Hill &c to Abigail Hill [Essex County (Mass) Deeds, 28:43]. Specifies this is "Articles of Agreement made & agreed upon & confirmed" the [24 May 1708] between "Abigail Relict widow of John Hill late of Beverly .. Cooper, Decd, & administratrix to ...sd John Hills Estate on ye one party" and particular relatives of John Hill as the other party listed as "Philip Hill of Salem …, Cooper"; "Joseph Allen with Abigail his wife, Neice to ye Deceased John Hill"; "Elizabeth ___ Widow of William Marston, late of said Salem, Mariner Dec'd & Neice also to sd John Hill"; and "Joseph Morgan, Junr of Beverley aforesd, Taylor, with Sarah his wife Neice also to ye sd Deceased John Hill." The relations so listed "renounce ... and forEver Quit Claim unto Abigail Hill ... all of sd. Deceased John Hill's Estate ..." [Separately, by the will of Zebulon Hill (1699), Philip Hill, Abigail (Hill) Allen, Elizabeth (Hill) Marston and Sarah (Hill) Morgan are known the surviving children of Zebulon Hill.] ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I -- Births. The Essex Institute, 1916. p. 433. Link to page at archive.org. Record reads, "[HILL,] Sara, d. Zebulon and Eliz[abeth], June 22, 1675," citing "CT. R." (otherwise, "court records, Essex Co. Quarterly Court").
2. ↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield Historical Society, 1907. p. 162. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
3. ↑ "Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700"; database, AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 2013), Joseph Morgan and Sarah Hill, widow (m . 1694) entry. Joseph Morgan and Sarah Hill, widow, married 25 Oct 1694; Beverly is location reference. She is remarked as his second wife; he d. 1732. AmericanAncestors.org version cites about three (3) sources as "Stone Anc. (1930) 38; R. Morgan Gen. 53; Tingley-Meyers 53."
4. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0760604.
5. ↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield Historical Society, 1907. p. 509. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
6. ↑ "Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1840," database and digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013), entry for Zebulon Hill, file 13310 (7 pp.); 1699[/1700]; in particular, indexed page "13310-2." ["Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1840" is one of the free collections available at AmericanAncestors.org.]
7. ↑ Philip Hill &c to Abigail Hill (1708), "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch FamilySearch.org : accessed 11 Oct 2013), Essex Deeds 1713-1716 vol 28-29.

See also:

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Towns Records, 1579-2001," images, FamilySearch FamilySearch.org : accessed 05 Oct 2013), Essex > Beverly > Births, marriages, deaths 1653-1890 > image 307 of 589, for Joseph Morgan and Sarah Hill family entries.
• Joseph Allen & Others to Barnabas Raymond, deed (1728/29), "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch FamilySearch.org : accessed 11 Oct 2013), Essex > Deeds 1734-1736 vol 68-70 > image 692 of 891, for Joseph Allen & others to Barnabas Raymond [Essex County (Mass) Deeds, 70:86]. Sale is 1/2 common right of property that "belongs to us descending from our hon'd father Zebulon Hill late of ye town of Salem aforesd, Dec'd..." Grantors as Joseph Allen, joiner, and wife Abigail [aka Abigail Hill], and Elizabeth Marston [aka Elizabeth Hill], all of Salem, and Joseph Morgan, taylor, and Sarah [aka Sarah Hill] his wife of Beverly. Witnesses were Jonathan Raymond and Zebulon Allen.
• Dean Crawford Smith, The Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway, 1744-1916, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1990), pp. 331-338, Hill family; in particular, p. 332 for Zebulon Hill (b. bef 1629), as son of ___ Hill, and family of Zebulon Hill.