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Sarah (Breck) Hill (abt. 1661 - 1699)

Sarah Hill formerly Breck
Born about in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , and
Wife of — married about 1688 (to 6 Jul 1699) in Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , and
Died at about age 38 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Sarah (Breck) Hill is related to US President William Howard Taft. Here is the trail.

Sarah (Breck) Hill was born in ~1661 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay. Her parents were Thomas Breckand Mary (Hill) Breck.[1]

Sarah married Eleazer Hill[1] in about 1688 in Massachusetts.

Their children were...

  1. Eleazer Hill (~1688 - 1781)
  2. Sarah Hill (1690 - <1725)
  3. Solomon Hill (1691 - ~1748)
  4. Nathaniel Hill (1693 - 1774)
  5. Ruth (Hill) Holbrook (~1696 - 1747)
  6. Moses Hill (1699 - 1735).

Sarah died on July 6, 1699 in Sherborn aged ~38.

Research notes

Sarah is the fifth great grandmother of US President William Howard Taft[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 2524: Estate of Thomas Breck, Notation of heirs, naming Sarah Hill
  2. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
  • Bent, Allen H. The Sherborn and Gardner, Mass. Brecks: Descendants of John Breck and His Son Thomas of Sherborn, 1856, with Notes Upon the Name in Great Britain. (1902), Page 5.
  • Torrey, Clarence Almon. "Some Ancestral Lines of William Howard Taft," The American Genealogist. (1945) Vol 22, Page 206. "BRECK: John1 m ______; Thomas2 m Mary Hill2; Sarah3 m. Eleazer Hill3"




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Wesley McAllister
Breck-1 and Breck-64 appear to represent the same person because: Same Husband and Children.
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