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(Wilson) WilcOX, was horn in Siinshtiry,
Connecticut, April 22, [702, and died
there December 27, 177-' Like his father
he was a leader in religious activities, and
one of the foremost citizens of the town.
lie married, May _'. [723, Thanks Adams,
who was probabl) a daughter of Daniel
and Mary Adams, of Simslmry.
(V) Lieutenant William 1
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Wilcox,
son of Deacon William (3) and Thanks
(Adams) Wilcox, was horn April 1, 1728,
in Simslmry, Connecticut, and settled
about 1750 in West Simslmry, where he
died in 1775. He was among the minute
men who marched from Simslmry on the
Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. He
married Lucy Case, horn Octoher 17,
1732, died in 1805, daughter of John (3)
and Abigail (Humphrey) Case, granddaughter
of John (2) Case, and greatgranddaughter
of John (1 ) Case, founder
of the family.
(VI) Daniel Wilcox, son of Lieuten-
ant William (4) and Lucy (Case) Wilcox,
was born in West Simslmry. March
25, 1772, and died in 1833, in Weatogue,
where he spent his latter years. He mar-
ried Esther Merritt, who was born on
March S, 1771, died November 10, i860,
at Weatogue. She was a daughter of
James and Hannah (Phelps) Merritt. the
latter a daughter of Thomas and Mar-
garet (Watson) Phelps, of the ancient
Windsor family of that name. Daniel and
Esther (Merritt) Wilcox were the par-
ents of ten sons and one daughter.
(VII) Averit Wilcox, son of Daniel
and Esther (Merritt) Wilcox, was born
January 25, 1793, and was a prosperous
farmer of Simsbury, where he died Janu-
ary 23, 1866. He married, August 21,
[821, Sally Tuller, who was born Febru-
ary 10, 1799, in Simsbury. daughter of
Elisha and Elizabeth (Case) Tuller.
(VIII) Elizabeth Esther Wilcox, daugh-
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ter of Averit and Sail \ (Tuller )
WilcOX,
was horn in Simsbury, Connecticut. She
married. January !. 1851, Seth Porter
Norton, of Collinsville, Connecticut, and
they were the parents of Harriet Eliza-
beth Norton. 1
HILL, Junius Fayette.
See
Norton V I
Builder, Contractor.
Arms—Sable a fess argent between three leop-
ards passant it, spotted sahlc. The fess is
charged with three escallops gules. Supporters
I»e\ter a leopard gules, spotted "r, ducally col-
lared or. Sinister, a stag, attired gules.
Crest—A stag's head and neck, azure, attired
gules, on a wreath, over a ducal coronet.
Motto— Per Deutn ei femtm obtinui.
The family of Hill have been well
known and prominent in England since
the middle of the fourteenth century, and
especially eminent for their antiquity and
worth, in the counties of Stafford, Devon,
Somerset, and Salop. Since the time of
Queen Elizabeth it has been of great note
and esteem in the counties of Down and
\ntrim, in Ireland. The family has pro-
duced in every generation soldiers, statesmen
and diplomats of note, and has had
its chief seats in the county of Down,
Hillsborough; North Alton, in Oxford-
shire; and Twickenham, in the County of
Middlesex.
The American branch of the family
ranks among the foremost of our great
Republic, holding a place of prominence
in the only aristocracy which America
knows—that of sterling worth and
achievement. The Hill family of Con-
necticut, of which the late Junius F. Hill,
of Waterbury, Connecticut, was a mem-
ber, traces its history through a period of
two hundred and eighty years, through a
line of stern and rugged patriots, who in
time of need have served their country
well, men who have gained notable suc-