Mary Adelaide (Spencer) Hills (1840 - 1910)

Born 26 Nov 1840 in South Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Francis Hills — married 17 Sep 1863 in South Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1910 at age 69 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Whitney Rapp [send private message] and Michael Spencer [send private message]

Biography

Mary Adelaide Spencer was born Nov 26, 1840 in South Manchester, MA, the daughter of Owen or Oscar Spencer and Mary H Pitkin of Connecticut. She married Henry Francis Hills, a straw goods manufacturer, on Sept 17, 1863 and they had five children: Leonard M, Mary P, Emily A, Caroline C and Susan C. Mary died June 11 1910 in Amherst

She was known as Adelaide in the Hills family. Her mother died when Adelaide and her sister were quite young. The children were raised by "Grandma Pitkin" (Mary Hollister Pitkin). In 1893, Addie S Hills wrote down the history of a highboy and a linen wheel that came to her through her grandmother's family. The note has been kept in a drawer of the highboy ever since. It reads:

"This 'Highboy' belonged to a Mrs. Forbes of South Glastonbury - 1750 in 1800 was given to my great, great Grandmother Hollister with $500.00 "The linen wheel was bought for Aunt Harriet Hollister year 1818 Grandmother Hollister + my Grandmother Pitkin spun the linen thread for her sheets and pillowcases when she was married. "Grandmother Pitkin born 1798 Aug. 30th. "Addie S. Hills. 1893"

Spencer-11850 was created by Michael Spencer through the import of Silas_Spencer_2016-02-01.ged on Feb 1, 2016.

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Record for M Adelaide Spencer

Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980, Record for Adelaide S Hills

Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915; Record for Mary A Spencer

Year: 1910; Census Place: Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_593; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0676; FHL microfilm: 1374606; Record for Adelaide S Hills

Sources

• No. 2359, pg 313 - Hollister Family of America compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, MD 1886 -

• Find A Grave Memorial ID # 127611176 [1]

• Hills, William Sanford and Hills, Thomas, The Hills Family in America (The Grafton Press, NY 1906).
• A Listing of the Descendents of Henry Francis Hills, compiled by Henry Hills Skillings, July 22, 1984.