David Walter Hill (abt. 1760 - aft. 1830)

Born about 1760 in Nova Scotia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1830 after about age 70 in United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

David HIll was born about 1760 in Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay Colony, or Nova Scotia. Possibly he was the son of Ahira Hill of Litchfield Connecticut.^[1][2]

Military Service

David Hill fought in Ebenezer Allen's Regiment, Captain Samuel Williams' Company, in the Vermont militia, during the American Revolution.^[3]

David Hill and wife Betsey are named in the DAR Patriot Index regarding her father's service.^[4]

Marriage and Children

David Hill married Betsey Brownell, daughter of Ichabod Brownell and Elizabeth Stanley.^[5]

Children of David HIll and Betsey Brownell:

1. Elizabeth HILL 5 Feb 1799
2. Minerva HILL 28 Jun 1801
3. Valentia HILL 28 Nov 1802
4. David W HILL 21 Oct 1804
5. Cynthia HILL 9 Nov 1806
6. William HILL 29 Aug 1808
7. David HILL, Jr 8 Apr 1810
8. Alonzo HILL 18 Feb 1812
9. Ichabod B HILL 4 Sep 1814
10. Jane A HILL 7 Feb 1817
11. Melissa D HILL 15 Dec 1818

Death

David Hill died sometime after the 1830 Colchester Chittenden County census. He is identified in the inscription on his wife's tombstone in Chicago as "David Hill of Colchester VT." ^[6] He probably died in the Colchester area prior to the family move west in 1837.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX1-741 : 4 December 2014), Ahira Hill in entry for David Hill, 24 Jun 1759; citing Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, ; FHL microfilm 1,901,559.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #45403754
3. ↑ Frances Henry Hill and Dorothy Hill Blust, Alonzo Hill and Susan Elizabeth Northern: Their Antecedents and Afterclaps, Brown County Genealogical Society, 1982.
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 23, 2020), "Record of Brownell, Ichabod", Ancestor # A200939.
5. ↑ Myrick list and Ichabod Brownell Probate pages 67-68: Brownell, Ichabod 1814 VT-4-370
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22220484/elizabeth-hill

• "United States Census, 1790", https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-2RR
• "United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRQ-2FC : accessed 19 May 2022), David Hill, Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont, United States; citing p. 370, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 51; FHL microfilm 218,688.
• "United States Census, 1810", Census Place: Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont; Roll: 64; Page: 198A; Image: 00371; Family History Library Film: 0218668
• "United States Census, 1820", Census Place: Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont; Page: 541; NARA Roll: M33_127; Image: 139
• "United States Census, 1830", Census Place: Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont; Series: M19; Roll: 186; Page: 227; Family History Library Film: 0027452

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KH87-V78