William HILLS

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"WILLIAM HILLS, bapt. Upminster, Essex, 27th Dec, 1608; d.probably 1683; he was a passenger in the ship *Lyon*, William PEASE,Master, which sailed from Bristol 24th Jun, 163, and entered BostonHarbor, 16th Sep, 1632; on 14th May, 1634, was admitted aFreeman of Roxbury; removed to Hartford, Connecticit, 15th Oct,1635; m. August, 1632, Phillice LYMAN, d. before 1648, dau. of Richardand Sarah (OSBORBE) LYMAN from High Onger [sic], Essex,England, in 1631; m. (2d) the widow of Richard RISLEY; m. (3d) Mary(WARNER) STEELE, dau. of Andrew WARNER and widow of John STEELE, Jr.ISSUE BY FIRST MARRIAGE I. John, b. circa 1648; buried 15th AUGUST,1693; Captain of Militia, 1653; wounded at Hockanum, 1675; m. Sarah-----.. ISSUE BY SECOND MARRIAGE i. John, b. circa 1648; buried 5thApril, 1692; m. Jane BUSHNELL. II. Joseph, bapt. 17th Mar, 1650; d.8th Nov, 1713, at Glastonbury, Connecticut; m. Elizabeth -----.III. Benjamin, d. circa 1728; m. 11th Jan, 1688, Mary BRONSON,dau. of John BRONSON. IV. Susannah, b. 1651; d. Oct, 1701; m. 4thMarch, 1673, John KILBOURN, b. 15th Feb, 1651, d. 25th Nov,1711, was of Weathersfield [sic], Connecticut. V. Mary, b. circa1654. ISSUE BY THIRD MARRIAGE I. JONATHAN, b. circa 1665 [see underhis name]. II. Hannah, d. before Oct, 1712. III. Sarah, b. 1691,Newark, New Jersey." --- George Mackenzie, *Colonial Families of the USA ofAmerica*, v 4 p 181-182, 1912 (rep 1966, 1995) Note: William Hills and his brother Thomas were likely born in Upminister, Essex Co., England that having a great concentration of the name Hills and historical references. The Lyman family were from a neighboring parish in Essex, although William Hills and Phillis Lyman married in Roxbury, Massachussets. According to the "Hills Family in America," William and and his brother Thomas immigrated to New England on the ship "Lyon," arriving in Boston Sep, 1632. The ship's master was William Pearce. It sailed from Bristol 24 Jun 1632 and entered Boston harbor Sep, 1632. This date is confirmed in the "History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachussets, 1630-19084," by Walter Eliot Thwing. However, "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. II," by Robert Charles Anderson, 1995, indicates that William migrated in 1632 on the ship "William & Francis" and that it's not proven that he & Thomas were brothers. (According to another text, the Rev. John Eliot, Sr arrived on the ship "Lyon" in 1631; perhaps this is where the confusion arose from.) It is likely that both men became manservants indentured to clergyman Rev. John Eliot at Roxbury, having come on the same ship as Ann Mumford, intended wife of the same minister. Both John Eliot and Ann Mumford/Mountfort were originally from Essex Co. as well. Eliot was referred to as the "Apostle to the Indians." The church history cited above states that William Hills was a member between 1631 and 1650. He was a manservant who came to Roxbury in 1632. He married Phyllis Lyman; became a Freeman in Roxbury 14 May 1634. Rev. Eliot wrote the following about William: "Williams Hills, a man servant, he came over in the yeare 1632. he married Phillice Lyman, the daughter of Richard Liman, he removed to Hartford on Conecticott, where he lived seuerall years, whout giving such good satisfaction to the conscienes of the saints." [HISTORIC NOTE: The Massachusetts Bay Colony was formed in 1629. The period between that date and 1641, just prior to the English Civil War, is described as the "Great Migration" during which more than 13,000 left Old England for New.] Rev. Eliot owned a farm of 48 1/2 acres, 9 acres of salt marsh, 55 1/2 acres in another part of Roxbury, 39 acres in Dedham, Massachusetts and 2 other lots of more than 20 acres. It is likely that the Hills brothers worked on this property while in Eliot's employ. Thomas Hills, possibly William's brother, died in Nov or Dec, 1634 while still indentured. William is shown as a resident of Roxbury, a freeman, 14 May 1634. (Roxbury became part of the city of Boston in 1868.) His period of indenture was less than 2 years. He left Roxbury 15 Oct. 1635 with Richard Lyman, his father-in-law and moved to Hartford, Connecticut. They appear to have migrated with a group from the church of Cambridge which migrated as a body to Hartford with Rev. Hooker and originated the First Church of Hartford. William's name is listed on the Founders Monument in Hartford. [HISTORIC NOTE: Three areas of Connecticut were settled in 1634 as offshoots of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Wethersfield, Hartford and Windsor. CT became self-governing in 1639 and their Royal Charter was granted in 1662. The movement to CT was accelerated in 1636 when eminent minister Thomas Hooker brought a portion of his Cambridge congregation with him to Hartford. Hooker, formerly an English Anglican minister, had been exiled to Holland for a number of years before coming to the colonies. There he was "rival" to minister Joseph Cotton, the two differing on several doctrinal issues. While some followed Hooker for religious reasons, most were merely economic opportunists. From its beginning, then, CT was unlike the Bay Colony - CT was comprised mainly of young, unmarried men seeking to establish themselves on the land. It wasn't until later that the colony began to take on the demographics of the "parent."] In the Hartford land inventory of 1639/40, William held nine parcels of land, six of which were granted to him: one acre and one rood with dwelling house, outhouses, yards and gardens; sevens acres of upland; nice acres of upland; one acre and two roods in the South Meadow; another one acre and two roods in the South Meadow; one acre and one rood in the South Meadow; five hundred seventeen acres of upland in Hockanum "bought of Thomas Hosmore;" ten acres of meadow in Hockanum "bought of Thomas Hosmore;" and three acres, two roods and 29 rods of meadow in Hockanum "bought of Francis Andrews." In the records of the First Church of Hartford, Williams Hills is shown as one of the original members, later noted as "dismissed Jul 1683, moved to Hadley." Hadley, Massachusetts was the home of William's wife, Mary (Warner) Steele and William died in that month and that year: however, Williams' will was proved 6 Dec. 1683 in Hartford and it's believed that he never made the removal to Hadley; the will is dated 21 Feb. 1681. Jacobus states he died in Jul, 1683, the inventory being taken in August, totaling 274 pounds, 0s, 2d. He named his wife Mary and son Jonathan as executors. Prior to his death, he agreed to bring up the children of Richard Risley, children of his wife Mary, Risley's widow, and to give them their several portions. Barbour calls Mary Risley his 3rd wife, but she was more likely his 2nd, as Mary (Warner) Steele, who I believe was his 3rd wife, from from Hadley, Massachussets where they removed in about 1683. This order of marriage is confirmed by "The Descendants of Andrew Warner," 1919, by "The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth," N.G. Parke & D.L. Jacobus, 1960, pages. 144-45 and "Hale, House & Related Families," pages. 579-581.

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