Elizabeth (Jones) Hill (abt. 1635 - abt. 1694)

Born about 16 Apr 1635 in London, Middlesex, England

Wife of William Hill — married about 1658 (to about 1684) in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 1694 at about age 58 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Elizabeth (Jones) Hill immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Rev John and Sarah (Unknown) Jones, was baptized at St Stephens Church, London, England, 16 April 1635.^{[1] [2]} She was a babe in arms when her family sailed on the ship Defence from London, about 18 July 1635,^[3] landing at Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay Colony 3 Oct 1635.

Elizabeth married in Fairfield by 1661 William Hill (2), son of William Hill (1) of Fairfield, Connecticut.^[4] Their children (and grandchildren) were:^[5]

William Hill (3), m. Abigail, daughter of David Osborn of Eastchester 7 Oct 1691

Abigail Hill, b. 8 Jan 1694

Joseph Hill, b. 1 April 1699

William Hill, baptized 14 May 1699

William Hill (again), bapt. 12 July 1702

David HIll, 7 April 1706

Catherine Hill, b. 2 Jan 1717

Eliphalet Hill, m. Esther, daughter of William Ward. Died in 1695.

William Hill, b. 17 Nov 1692

Eliphalet Hill, b. 11 Jan 1694

Joseph Hill, died in 1696, childless

John Hill, m. Jane (Unknown)^[6]

Sarah Hill, bapt. 16 May 1701

John Hill, b. 29 June 1707

James Hill

Sarah Hill, m. Richard Widden, 15 April 1686 (Richard died 24 Oct 1690)

Elizabeth Widden, b. 19 Sept 1688

Sarah Widden, b. 29 Dec 1689

In 1650, William Hill was the town recorder for Fairfield.^[7] William was granted from the town of Fairfield on 13 Feb 1670 the Lewis lot on the n.w. corner of the Newton Square.^[8]

Elizabeth (Jones) Hill's father, the Rev John Jones, wrote his will 17 Jan 1664, in which he named his daughter Elizabeth Hill and left her an amount of his estate to be equally divided with her siblings.^[9] The inventory of Rev Jones estate was taken 9 Feb 1664/65.^[10]

William Hill died 19 Dec 1684, survived by his widow Elizabeth (Jones) Hill.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ The Rev. John Jones of Fairfield, Connecticut, page 53
2. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L, page 96
3. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L, page 92
4. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L, page 96
5. ↑ The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818, Vol 1, page 378-379
6. ↑ Families of Old Fairfield, Connecticut, page 282
7. ↑ The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818'', Vol 1, page 378
8. ↑ The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818, Vol 1, page 378
9. ↑ Rev. John Jones, First Minister of Fairfield, Conn., 1644-1664, pages 59-60
10. ↑ Families of Old Fairfield, Connecticut, page 344
11. ↑ The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818, Vol 1, page 378

• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) The Rev. John Jones of Fairfield, Connecticut, by Frederick C. Hart, Jr., C.G., TAG Vol. 71 (1996), page 52-54
• Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. page 92-97. John Jones
• Author: Elizabeth Hubbell Godfrey Schenck: The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818, database online at Google Books, (New York, Publisher: The author, 1889), Vol I page 378
• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Rev. John Jones, First Minister of Fairfield, Conn., 1644-1664, by John J. Latting, NYGBR Vol. 6 (1875) page 57-62
• Families of Old Fairfield, Connecticut. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus. 2 vols. New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932. Vol. I, page 343-344
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Genealogical Publishing Company, Vol. 1, page 280
• Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721 (n.d.) Page 170: 1684 Inventory of William Hill taken Dec. 25, 1684.