William HILL

1576 - 1649  (73 years)

• Name	William HILL  [1]
  Birth	1576	Lyme Regis, Dorset., England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Sep 1649	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Notes	"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Deputy (Windsor) to Conn. Leg., Aug. and Sept. 1639, Jan 1640, Feb., Sept. and Nov. 1641, apr. and Aug. 1642, Mar. and Sept. 1643, Apr. and Sept. 1644. Son of James Hill of Lyme Regis, co. Dorset, England, who was Mayor of Lyme Regis, 1603. The Will of James 10 May 1620, proved 5 May 1621, named son William and dau. Mary Hill, with others. The will of Mary Godwyn of Lyme Regis, last of Mar. 1665, proved 6 June 1665, named her three cousins, William, James and Ynatius, sons of my brother William Hill in New England, L250 between them. He m. at St. Mary Archer, Exeter, co. Devon, 28 Oct. 1619, Sarah Jourdain, dau. of Ignatius and Elizabeth of Eeter, co. Devon; she was bapt. at St. mary Archer, 4 Mar. 1698/9 and m. (2) after 1663, Edmund Greenleaf of Boston. the will of Ignatius, 1 Mar. 1635, proved 16 Oct. 1640, named wife Elizabeth, children of son William Hull, and others, specifying Lyme as his birthplace. The will of Elizabeth, widow of Ignatius, 20 June 1645, proved 9 Mar. 1649, gave L20 to grandchild Joseph Hill. He came to Dorchester, Mass. by 1663, probably on "Mary and John" 1630; removed before 1639 to Windsor, and not long before his death to Fairfield, whre he d. in Sept. 1649. On 11 May 1654, lands were entered in Fairfield records, formerly given by the town to William Hill, Sr. Will 9 Sep. 1649, proved 15 May 1650; wife Sarah; children Sarah (has had portion), William, Joseph, Ignatius, James, Elizabeth. Inv. at Windsor, 24 Sep. 1649; at Fairfield, 16 Nov. 1649. Will of Edmund Greenleaf of Boston, 22 Dec. 1668 named his wife's three sons, William, Ignatius, and James Hill, to whom their aunt gave L50 apiece; he sent something to Ignatius in Barbadoes. On 1 Feb. 1673/4, the younger William Hill entered for record at Fairfield lands of which half were his portion, and the rest granted him by his father-in-law Greenleaf and his mother.
  Person ID	I28788	Main Tree

  
  

  Father	James HILL,   b. 1545, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, England d. 05 May 1621, Lyme Regis, Dorset., England (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Judith JOURDAM,   b. 1550, Lyme Regis, Dorset., England d. 1620, Lyme Regis, Dorset., England (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	1570	Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, England
  Family ID	F04898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah JOURDAIN
  Marriage	28 Oct 1619	St. Mary Archer, Exeter, co. Devon, England   [1]
  Children	1. Sarah HILL,   b. Abt 1620, England d. 23 Aug 1653, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 33 years)  [Birth]   2. William HILL   d. 19 Dec 1684  [Natural]
  Family ID	F23625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - Sep 1649 - Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02419] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;), 76-3279.