Godfrey
Hill
Born about in Henrico Co., Colonial Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of James Hill II
and Ann (Fowler) Hill
Husband of
Edith (Clark) Hatcher
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Nancy (Hill) Cheatwood and Elizabeth (Hill) Douglass
Died after
after about age 40
in Chesterfield Co., Colonial Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2015
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Biography
3› Godfrey Hill [1656.2.3] (-1761), with slave Bett, was a tithable in Chesterfield County in 1756. Hill, a defendant in a court martial, paid his fine in October 1760.
Godfrey married Edith Clarke. He left a will in Chesterfield that remembering Edith and naming two children (will dated 21 Dec. 1760, recorded 1 May 1761).
Chesterfield County appointed Henry Hatcher the guardian to the young orphans in May 1768 and ordered the division of Godfrey’s estate in September 1774. Edith was Hatcher’s wife 13 October 1780 when together they sold land in Chesterfield County.[1]
Will Chesterfield County Will Book 1749-1774, abstracted and compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger III:
p. 383 Will of Godfrey Hill of Dale Parish Dec. 21, 1760
Lend to wife Edith for widowhood and then to daughters Nancy Hill and Betty Hill (who are to have 2 years of schooling), negroes and plantation where I live, 200 acres, and items. Rest to be divided among children
Executors: wife Edith, Edmund Logwood, Henry Hatcher, Jr. Wit: Lewis Soublet, Henry Baker, Thomas Logwood
p. 385 Inventory of Godfrey Hill not totaled, by Francis Moseley, John Burton, Nath'l Lacy
Chesterfield County Virginia Wills, abstracted and Compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger III:
p. 182 May 8, 1769 Henry Hatcher appointed guardian to Betty and Nancy Hill, orphans of Godfrey Hill. [2]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Godfrey by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Godfrey:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Godfrey by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Godfrey:
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~0.78%
Douglass Gilbert
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A371231 [compare], Ancestry member Douglass_Gilbert
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~0.39%
~1.56%
RK Munson :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Bill Sigmund :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A032770 [compare], Ancestry member bsigmund70
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~0.39%
Alice Ann Fesmire :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A375139 [compare], Ancestry member aliceannaa1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A375139 [compare]
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~0.39%
Arthur Fesmire :
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