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estate of his wife's other husband, May
15, 1650. He is called of Hartford. His
wife's name was Sarah, and she was liv-
ing in 171 1. Henry Wakelee died in 1689
his will was probated July 11, 1689. Chil-
dren : I. Deliverance, married, Decem-
ber 13, 1678, Hannah Nash. 2. James, of
whom further. 3. Jacob, married Hannah
Peet. 4. Patience, married Timothy
Titterton. 5. Abigail, born in 1666, mar-
ried John Beardsley. 6. Mary, married a
Stevens. 7. Mercy.
(II) James Wakelee, son of Henry and
Sarah Wakelee, of Stratford, Connecticut,
was born about 1658, and died about 1710.
He married (second) Hannah Griffin,
February 26, 1701-02. Children: i. James,
born December 28, 1688. 2. Joseph, baptized
in June, 1689. 3. Henry, born May
15, 1691. 4. Ebenezer, of whom further.
5. Hannah, married, in 1728, Nehemiah
Allen.
(HI) Ebenezer Wakelee, son of James
Wakelee, removed to Wolcott, Connecticut,
which was at that time called "Big
Plains." He was one of the earliest set-
tlers there, and held considerable property
in the town. He married Elizabeth Nichols,
daughter of Joseph Nichols, of Waterbury,
Connecticut. Children: i. David,
married, February 21, 1788, Mary Parker.
2. Elizabeth, of whom further. 3. Sarah,
married, November 20, 1777, Josiah
Barnes.
(IV) Elizabeth Wakelee, daughter of
Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Nichols) Wakelee,
married, in 1769, Reuben Frisbie, son
of Elijah Frisbie (see Frisbie III).
(The Hill Une).
Arms—Gules, two bars ermine, in chief, a lion
passant or.
Crest—A lion passant or, holding in the dexter
paw a cross gules.
Hill is one of the oldest of English sur-
names, and can be said to have been de-
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rived from two sources. The iirst is
"hill," a derivation characteristic of a lo-
cality; secondly, it can be said that it
came from the old Norman hild, which
means war or strife. Early records in
the fourteenth century speak of Geoffrey
de Hil ; and Sir Rowland Hill was Lord
Mayor of London in 1492.
(I) Robert Hill, a member of this large
and noted family, embarked from Eng-
land, July 14, 1635, in the ship "Defence,"
Edmund Bostocke, master, sailing from
Boston, Massachusetts. He is called
twenty years old at this date, and was in
the service of Craddock, Governor of Massachusetts
Bay Colony. He was in Boston
until 1638, and at that time removed
to the new colony of New Haven, Con-
necticut, where he was one of the earliest
settlers. He was a signer of the compact,
June 4, 1639, and is recorded as having
inventoried his brother's (John Hill) es-
tate in 1647. He died in August, 1663.
He married (second), in 1662, Adeline,
widow of Robert Johnson. Children: i.
Abiah, baptized January 23, 1648; died
young. 2. John, of whom further. 3. Han-
nah, born January 18; baptized January-
's, 1653. 4. Ebenezer, baptized Augfust
12, 1655 ; married Mercy Brooks, in 1677.
5. Nathaniel, born May 22, 1659; died
young.
(II) John Hill, son of Robert Hill, was
born in New Haven, Connecticut, June 10,
1651, and was baptized January 12, 1652.
He married Hannah Grannis, daughter of
Edward and Hannah (Wakefield) Grannis,
January 12, 1681. Children: i. Abi-
gail, born December 24, 1681. 2. Sarah,
born January 29, 1684. 3. John, born November
5, 1687. 4. Mehitable, bom in
August, 1690. 5. Obadiah, of whom fur-
ther. 6. Stephen, born December, 1702.
(III) Obadiah Hill, son of John and
Hannah (Grannis) Hill, was bom in New