Elizabeth (Smith) Hill (abt. 1658 - 1705)

Born about 1658 in Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Wife of John Splitimber — married about 1677 (to before 1678) in Surry County, Virginia

Wife of Sion Hill — married before 1678 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 1705 at about age 47 in Surry County, Colony of Virginia

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Note: Her maiden name and parents are unconfirmed. Her birth date and place are unconfirmed. Her death date is unconfirmed. See Research Notes, below.

Biography

Elizabeth (Smith) Hill was a Virginia colonist.

Elizabeth married

1. John Splitimber (or Spiltimber/Spiltember), who died in 1677.^[1] His estate was administered by Sion Hill.
2. Sion Hill, who died in Surry County, Virginia in 1705.^[1]

Children of Sion and Elizabeth:^[2]

1. Robert Hill (1678-1765)^[3]
2. Sion Hill (1682- )^[3]
3. Richard Hill (1684-1723)^[3]
4. Capt Thomas Hill (1686-1737)^[3]
5. Michael Hill (168_-1755)^[3]

"In 1679 Sion Hill Administered estate of John Spiltimber...." On 9 February 1679/80, "Sion Hill of Surry County confirmed to Edmond Wickins land sold to the latter in Isle of Wight County.... This was also signed by Elizabeth Hill."^[4]

Elizabeth probably died in Surry County, Virginia.^[5]

Research Notes

• About Elizabeth Hill (Greene)

Southside Virginia Families, Volume 2 By Boddie, John Bennett Boddie, Pg. 84

'Sion Hill had married Mrs. Elizabeth Spiltember (Splitimber?), widow of John Spiltember, who died in 1677,’ Pg. 167

Robert3 Hill ('Sion 2', Robert1) is shown with a wife, Tabitha, in 1721 when he made a sale of land to Henry Browne (Ante). . . . He was styled "Junior" because his uncle Robert was residing nearby. . . .

Maiden Name

Elizabeth's maiden name is not known. This profile's LNAB should be changed to "Unknown", as no evidence to clearly support one of the several suggested maiden names has as yet surfaced. ~ Noland-165 21:40, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Most family trees use "Smith" as her last name at birth (LNAB), some saying her parents are Nicholas and Ann Smith. A few trees suggest Mizell as the correct profile/LNAB. J. B. Boddie in Southside Virginia Families states "Sion Hill married 1677 Mrs. John Spiltimber, nee Elizabeth (Green?)."^[3] Again no source is given for the suggestion of "Green" as LNAB.

Smith is discussed extensively elsewhere in this profile. The source for her being daughter of Nicholas and Ann may stem from this abstract from Surry County Wills and Administrations (page 86):^[6]

• "KING, Thomas: Est. - By Elizabeth Smith. 2 9br, 1680. Signed: Samuel Plow, Sion Hill, Elizabeth, the wife of Nicholas Smith, ye Relict of Thos. King, made oath that the inventory is correct. Book 2, p. 276."^[6][7]

Nicholas with wife Ann appears to be Smith-84288, whose profile says his will, "dated 19 Nov. 1695, mentions wife Anne and granddaughter (dau of Thomas Powell in Maryland), and her 2 daus.^[8]"

Mizell (from Mizell-72)^[9][6]

• The source cited for "Genealogy Report: Descendants of Luke Mizell I" states, without evidence, that Luke and Deborah [Mizell] "had a daughter Elizabeth who married a Mr. Skilltimber or Splitimber?"^[10] The daughter Elizabeth listed among the children on this page [the Genealogy Report] is said to have been born 1666 and died 1720. This could not be the Elizabeth who married Sion Hill in 1677, unless she married him at the age of 11.

Green?^[3] may be a confusion with Tabitha Green, who is thought to have been the wife of their son Robert Hill.^[11] Or perhaps from the online tree that has Sion Hill's wife as Elizabeth Green (no support for her maiden name).^[12]

Birth Date

No record has been located that gives a confirmed age or birth date for Elizabeth. Since her parents are unconfirmed, their marriage and/or other children cannot be used to determine her birth year. Most estimates are based on her age at marriage. She is known to have probably married second husband Sion Hill about 1677/1678. The date of her first marriage to John Spiltimber is not known, however he died in 1677 and they had no known children. It is likely she married Spiltimber about 1676.

Using these dates, and estimating her age at marriage about 18-20, we can arrive at a possible birth year of 1656-1658. The commonly used birth date of 1660 or even 1662, is perhaps a bit late since she would be about age 14-16 at marriage. I would like to suggest a compromise birth year of 1658. (Shirley Dalton 19:37, 9 November 2020 (UTC))

See Death / Changing FindAGrave Memorial (below) for conflicting information on her Find A Grave Memorial.

Locations

The trees that name her daughter of Nicholas and Ann Smith say she was born about 1658 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Sion Hill, her second husband, is named "of Surry County", Virginia, in a 1678/9 land record that also names his wife Elizabeth.

Marriages & Children

Elizabeth Smith is said to have married John Splitimber about or before 1677 in Virginia. It is unknown if they had children. Source for this marriage (and see statements below relating to marriage to S. Hill):

• Ancestry: Elizabeth Smith (b 1662) married John Splitimber (b 1660) in 1677 in Virginia.^[13]

Elizabeth married second Sion Hill about/after 1677 in Surry County, Virginia.^[14] No marriage record has been found. Children of Sion and Elizabeth named by J. B. Boddie are listed above.^[3]

Statements in Southside Virginia Families, J. B. Boddie, indicate a marriage in/after 1677 to 1679 in Surry County, Virginia.^[3]

"Sion Hill had married Mrs. Elizabeth Spiltember, widow of John Spiltember, who died in 1677.... Sion Hill married 1677 Mrs. John Spiltimber, nee Elizabeth (Green?)." (p 84, 164)

"Sion Hill (1654-1705), of Surry County, Va. On Feb. 9, 1679/80, Sion Hill of Surry County confirmed to Edmond Wickins land sold to the latter in Isle of Wight County.... This was also signed by Elizabeth Hill." (p 164)

"In 1679 Sion Hill Administered estate of John Spiltimber; ..." (p 164)

"Mr. Sion Hill and the relict of John Splittimber before or about 12 May 1667 - Notice of marriage..." Note: the 1667 date cannot be correct as stated on the referenced site as John Splittimber/Spiltimber did not die until 1677, see above references. It is possible there was a typographical error -- 1667 instead of 1677. I have not been able to locate and confirm the cited source.^[12]

Death / Changing FindAGrave Memorial

"Elizabeth Nancy Smith Hill" died in Surry County in 1705.^[15] Her husband Sion died in Surry County in 1705. She died about 1689, as Sion married (2) Hannah Cook after 1689. Or on February 10, 1709 and her burial location is unknown.^[15]

Note: His profile includes a comment:

• "Edit: Hannah Cook has been removed as wife of Sion Hill. No source has ever been found to indicate Sion had more than one wife. No source has been found to show Hannah Cook was his wife. "

Part of the confusion appears to be that the information in her FindAGrave Memorial has changed. Citations to the same memorial include "born about 1657" and death in 1705, but as of July 2018, the memorial has "born about 1660" and died "10 February 1709".

Nicholas Smith, father?

At one point, she was connected as the daughter of Mary Tibbals (of Connecticut & New York) and Nicholas Smith of Virginia. Mary was married to another Nicholas Smith & was disconnected as Elizabeth's mother & wife of the Virginia Nicholas Smith, who was then edited to be one of the three unrelated Nicholas Smiths of Virginia - one who did not have a daughter married to a Hill in 1695.

So Elizabeth is now parentless, but it seems her father may have been named Nicholas - the three in Virginia are:

• Nicholas Smith, of Petsworth parish, Gloucester county, Virginia, was a vestryman October 13, 1697, churchwarden in 1700. He left a son Captain Nicholas Smith, who was father of Colonel Frances Smith of South Farnham parish, Essex county, (q. v.).^[16]
• not her father (born after she was; Nicholas Smith, son of Nicholas Smith, and Efsobah, his wife, of the city of London, was born at London, September 4, 1666; a justice and coroner of Richmond county, one of the first justices of the new county of King George, member of the house of burgesses 1723, 1726, 1732-1734; lieutenant colonel of the King George militia; he died possessed of a very large estate, March 18, 1734, and is buried at his manor plantation "Smith's Mount" in Westmoreland county. His daughter and heiress Elizabeth married Major Harry Turner.^[16][17]
• not her father (not named in his will; Nicholas Smith, born 1636 in Isle of Wight county, Virginia; died after 16 Nov 1695 (date of his will) in Isle of Wight county, Virginia. Biography: Nicholas Smith of Isle of Wight was a justice and a member of the House of Burgesses for that county in 1659-60. His will, dated 19 November 1695, mentions his wife Ann, his granddaughter (the daughter of Thomas Powell in Maryland), and her two daughters, "who would thus appear to have been his only descendants. (Isle of Wight Records.)"^[18][16]

Another, non-Virginian not her father:

• Nicholas Smith, born 15 May 1629 in Reading, Berkshire, England; died 22 Jun 1673 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Married (1) Ann Unkown, (2) Mary Satchell/Shatswell. Father's name believed to be Richard Smith and mother Rebecca Buswell. (from his profile; no sources as of May 17, 2017).

Not Seversmith

Nicholas Smith of Isle of Wight County - was Smith-15482 now merged with previously named (not her father) Nicholas Smith aka Seversmith, which still has/had the Virginia information on his profile (following is both for Seversmith & the IoW Virginia Smith, from the Seversmith profile as of May 17, 2017):

Nicholas SEVERSMITH^[19][20][21] was born calculated 1635. He married^[22][23] Mary TIBBALS on 12 Jul 1664 in Milford, New Haven, CT.

Probate inventory on June 5, 1696. Appraisal on July 23, 1696.^[24]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Boddie, Southside Virginia Families - collaborative source needed.
2. ↑ Five children named by Boddie in Southside Virginia Families (Robert, Sion, Richard, Thomas, Michael).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Boddie, John Bennett. Southside Virginia Families. in 2 volumes. Redwood City, Calif., Pacific Coast Publisers, 1955 Volume 2, pages 84, 164
4. ↑ Boddie, Southside Virginia Families, page 164.
5. ↑ See Research Notes, above for a discussion of when she died.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} See also
   • Davis, Eliza Timberlake. Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia, 1671-1750. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980. Page 95 (Luke Mizell's will).
7. ↑ Of interest: Luke Mizell, Jr., whose widow Elizabeth married Robert Hill, was apprenticed "to a cooper named John King." (Source: Robert W. Baird, Notes on the Mizell Name, accessed 14 December 2021.
8. ↑ William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1. (Jul., 1897), pp. 41-52. "Genealogy of the Smith Family of Essex County, Virginia" compiled by C. W. Coleman (USGenWeb, accessed xx).
9. ↑ See Elizabeth (Mizell) Hill (1666-abt.1720), accessed 13 December 2021.
10. ↑ Genealogy Report: Descendants of Luke Mizell I
11. ↑ See Robert's profile: Robert Hill (1682-aft.1762).
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} As cited on Thomas Morrow Genealogy; Sion Hill (1654-1705). Text:
    • Isle of Wight Co., Virginia Warranty & Deed Book #1 p.435: In 1679 Sion was appointed administrator of John Splittimber's estate. In 1681 Sion Hill patented 430 acres in Surry County, Virginia (Land Office Book 7, page 3). Sion was born in 1654 at Surry County, Virginia. He was the son of Robert Hill and Mary Webb. He married Elizabeth Green at Virginia, in 1667. Surry County, Virginia Court notes: Mr. Sion Hill and the relict of John Splittimber before or about 12 May 1667 - Notice of marriage.. Sion died in 1705.
    • Children of Sion Hill and Elizabeth Green:
      • Michael Hill
      • Robert Hill (1678-Apr 1765)
      • Sion Hill (1682)
      • Richard Hill (1684)
      • Capt. Thomas Hill (1688)

    Citation ([S164]): 7/24/1998 Kathy Newton, ... Rockwood, MI 48173.

    Note that the Elizabeth Green in this tree does not name her parents or provide support for "Green" as her maiden name.

13. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7836 #1129136
14. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry Online Publication, 2004). Source type: Family group sheet (from "Gleanings"). Ancestry Record 7836 #1129138
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 November 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Nancy Smith Hill (1660–10 Feb 1709), Find A Grave: Memorial #46343677; Maintained by Richard Parker (contributor 47021994) Unknown.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} Smith, Tyler's Encyclopedia of Virginia Biographies
17. ↑ C. W. Coleman, "Genealogy of the Smith Family of Essex County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jan., 1917), pp. 170-183 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1915023). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915023
18. ↑ C. W. Coleman, "Genealogy of the Smith Family of Essex County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Jan., 1917), pp. 170-183 (Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; DOI: 10.2307/1915023). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915023 (accessed April 6, 2016; see page 170).
19. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 592.
20. ↑ Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 671. "Nicholas Smith (Silversmith) was a Dutchman and granted land in Milford 28 October 1662. He later removed to Huntington, L. I., N. Y. ... For more on this family see The American Genealogist for April 1949. Children born in Milford:."
21. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 553. "He was from Holland."
22. ↑ Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, p. 671.
23. ↑ Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 553. "July 12, 1666."
24. ↑ Probate record index page 52

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Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Beaman Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.
• Smith-61553 was created by Nalani Briggs through the import of Kupau-Vetu-Briggs Tree-4-13-2014-910PM.ged on Apr 13, 2014.
• WikiTree profile Smith-15481 created through the import of The Sammons Family Tree.ged on Jun 9, 2011 by Steve Sammons. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Steve and others.