Mary Hill (bef. 1665 - 1726)

Born before 1665 in Poundstock, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Salmon — married 14 Nov 1677 in Michaelstow, Cornwall, England

Wife of Robert Allen — married 27 Apr 1693 in St Breward, Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died 1726 after age 61 in St Breward, Cornwall

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Biography

Mary, eldest child of Christopher Hill and Julianna Holman, was born in 1652. Her baptism is recorded in the Poundstock parish register.^[1]

Baptistata erat Maria hill filia Christophori et Juliana. This entry was written in the hand of her father Christopher Hill.

She married William Salmon, vicar of St Breward in 1677. Their marriage is recorded in the St Breward parish register.^[2]

Guillimus Salmon, hujus Parochiae Vicarius, & Maria Hill, dau. of Christopheri Hill, Michaelstoniensis Rectoris.

Their marriage is also recorded in the Michaelstow parish register.^[3]

William died in 1690. Mary would have needed somewhere to live after the death of her husband enforced a move from the vicarage.

A lease was drawn up on the 27th August 1691 between Mary Salmon, widow of St.Breward, and Humphrey Nicoll esquire of Penvose, for a "tenement" in Churchtown, St. Breward, in the Manor of Hametethy. The lease was for 99 years or three lives. The lives being Mary's children John, William and Margaret. The initial payment was £4..10 shillings; the rent 4 pence and the Heriot 1 shilling. The witnesses were John Blake, John Hawken and Lewes Hawken. Mary Salmon's signature is on the lease.^[4]

In 1693 she married Robert Allen a yeoman farmer. Their marriage is recorded in the St Breward parish register.^[5]

Mary was mentioned in her mother's will as Mary Allen, and Robert Allen, with others, held money for his sister-in-law Ann.^[6]

She passed away in 1721. Her burial is recorded in the St Breward parish register.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NLV6-TBH : 30 December 2014, Maria Hill, 09 Apr 1652); citing POUNDSTOCK,CORNWALL,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1441034 IT 17, 254469.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NJ1V-498 : 10 December 2014), Guillimus Salmon and Maria Hill, 04 Nov 1677; citing Saint Breward,Cornwall,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 496,683.
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NJ1V-8L9 : 10 December 2014), William Salmon and Mary Hill, 14 Nov 1677; citing Michaelstow,Cornwall,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 496,683.
4. ↑ Lease, tenement in Churchtown, St Breward, 27 Aug 1691, Cornwall Record Office, Truro, citing Reference Number BRA833/10.
5. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NFZ7-Z4L : 10 December 2014), Robert Alline and Mary Salmon, 27 Apr 1693; citing Breward, Cornwall, England, reference 21, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,545,325.
6. ↑ Probate record AP/H/2532, Juliana Hill of Michaelstow, widow, 27 March 1695, proved 4 May 1696, Archdeaconry Court of Cornwall, CRO, Truro, FHL film 1,566,002.
7. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J894-K2K : 24 December 2014), Maria Allen, burial 22 Jan 1721; citing Breward, Cornwall, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,545,325.