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cesses in the professions, men of keen
business intellect, and virtuous and capable
women.
(I) William Hill, progenitor of the
family in America, emigrated from Eng-
land, and arrived in Boston Harbor,
Massachusetts, on the ship "William and
Francis," on June 5, 1632. He was a man
of note, and settled with the company at
Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was made
a freeman of the Massachusetts Colony,
November 5, 1633, and elected a selectman
of Dorchester, in 1636. He received
an allotment of land from the town on
November 2, 1635. In 1636, or shortly
afterward, he removed to Windsor, on the
Connecticut river, where he was granted
a home lot and set out an orchard. In
1639 he was appointed by the General
Court to examine the arms and ammuni-
tion of the colony. He was auditor of
public accounts, and was elected deputy
to the General Court from 1639 to 1641
and again in 1644. After 1644 he removed
to Fairfield, Connecticut, where he lived
and died, and where his last will and testament
is recorded in an ancient volume
of the records of the "Particular Court
for Fairfield County" (to be found in the
Fairfield Library). In Fairfield he became
one of the leaders of the official life
of the town, serving as assistant, and later
being appointed collector of customs. He
was selectman in 1646. He and his son
William were granted by the town home
lots between Paul's Neck and Robert
Turney's lot on the northeast side of Dorchester
street and Newton square. Wil-
liam Hill died in 1649, as his wife is called
a widow at that time in the town records.
His will is dated September 9, 1649, and
was admitted to probate, May 15, 1650.
He bequeathed to his wife Sarah, and
children :
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Joseph, Ignatius, James, and Eliz-
(II) William (2) Hill, son of William
(1) and Sarah Hill, was born in England,
and accompanied his parents to America.
It is probable that he was with his father
in Dorchester and Windsor, for he accompanied
him to Fairfield, where he re-
ceived an allotment of land from the town.
He later became one of the most prominent
citizens of the town. He was town
recorder in 1650, and continued in that
office for several years. To him Roger
Ludlow delivered town papers of value
when he left Fairfield, in 1654. The town
records show that on February 1, 1673,
he received a portion of his father's estate
from his father-in-law, Mr. Greenleaf,
which would seem to indicate that his
mother married a second time. (The
term father-in-law was an equivalent of
step-father of to-day). William Hill re-
ceived from the town, on February 13,
1670, the Lewis lot on the northwest
corner of Newton square. He died on
December 19, 1684.
Mr. Hill married, at Fairfield, Connec-
ticut, Elizabeth Jones, daughter of the
Rev. John Jones. Their children were
William, Eliphalet, Joseph, John, of fur-
ther mention ;
James, and Sarah.
(III) John Hill, son of William (2) and
Elizabeth (Jones) Hill, was born in Fairfield,
Connecticut, and died in 1727. He
He owned consid-
married Jane .
erable real estate, and was prominent in
the town. He later removed to New
Haven.
(IV) Obadiah Hill, son of John and
Jane Hill, was born in October, 1697. He
married Hannah Frost, who was born in
June, 1706. Their children were: 1.
Eunice, born March 28, 1731. 2. Sarah,
born May 20, 1732. 3. Mary, born Octo-
ber 5, 1733. 4. Jared, of further mention.
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