The Hill Family, From 1651 to 2000 Twelve Generations In America Edition 5.0, 2000 by James D. Hill *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm *********************************************** The Hill Family - From 1651 to 1999 Twelve Generations In America Edition 5.0 SYNOPSIS Hill, James D.: The Hill Family From 1651 to 2000 - Twelve Generations In America, Ed. 5.0, 2000. Traces the descendancy of colonial ancestor Luke Hill from his marriage in 1651 at Windsor, Connecticut to the present day, with emphasis on the line leading to William Henry Hill (b:1875 Morning Sun, IA). All the descendants of W.H. Hill to 2000 are included, as well as several generations of maternal ancestors: Hoyt, Phelps, Ladieu, Eggleston, Kilby, Dickinson, Dix, Haight, Guenther, and Smith. Places Ref: sndx surname dates places E242 Eggleston 1587-1732 Settrington,Eng; Windsor,CT; Canton,CT. H230 Haight 1749-1942 Duchess Co., NY; Bolton, NY; DesMoines Co., IA; OR; CA. H400 Hill 1651-1999 Windsor,CT; Simsbury, CT; Canton,CT; Jefferson Cnty, NY. H400 Hill 1850-1999 Canton,CT; Jefferson Cnty, NY Co., IA; Miles City, MT; CA; MD; FL; NC. H300 Hoyt 1590-1636 Dorchester, Eng; Windsor,CT; Fairfield,CT. L300 Ladieu 1662-1708 Touloise, Fra; New Rochelle, NY. P412 Phelps 1520-1672 Tewkesbury, Glouc,Eng; Windsor,CT; Simsbury,CT. AUTHOR'S RELEASE The following statement may be required by some distribution methods or repositories in works which they accept. I, James D. Hill, hereby give free license to reproduce and distribute my work The Hill Family from 1651 to 1999, Twelve Generations In America, Edition 5.0, in whole or in part, to anyone, as long as: (1) it is distributed at no charge, or at a fee representing only the reasonable cost of reproduction and distribution, which in 1999 would be a maximum of $15.00; (2) only current pages (i.e. those with the footing: "The Hill Family (1651-1999) - 4th Edition", or later edition, are used; and (3) the title page, or credits indicating the title and my name and address, are included. This is in case a reader desires to contact the original source - since this work may be unpublished and unavailable elsewhere. on January 7, 2000 by James D. Hill 9804 Longford Dr. Raleigh, NC 27615-1538 Table Of Contents REF PAGE Index of Illustrated Pages 5 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Introduction - Format and conventions used . . . . . . . 9 The Early Colonists LUKE HILL [1613-1696] (8HLJ-GR) Windsor, CT DESCENDANTS (fr. Mary Hoyt ) . . . . . . . . . . . 1H0 10 Maternal Ancestors of John Hill . . . . . . . . . . . 1H1 JOHN HILL (1st) [1668-1740] (8X15-8C) Windsor, CT DESCENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2H0 13 Reference <15> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maternal Ancestors - Phelps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2P1 JOHN HILL (2nd) [1702-1771] (8X13-37) Of Simsbury, CT DESCENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3H0 18 Maternal Ancestors - Ladieu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3L1 JOHN HILL (3rd) [1725-1795] (8X14-KR) Simsbury, CT DESCENDANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4H0 20 Maternal Ancestors - Egglestone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4E1 JEDEDIAH HILL [1761-1841] (8X14-PS) ( Revolutionary War Patriot ) DESCENDANTS (fr. Abigail Kilby) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5H0 27 CHRONOLOGY Jedediah and Abigail Hill . . . . . . . . 5H1 SUMMARY Jedediah's pension file . . . . . . . . 5H3 CENSUS DATA Connecticut and New York 1790-1850 5H6 Maternal Ancestors of John H.Hill - Kilby, Dix, Gibbs 5K1 46 Maternal ancestors of John H. Hill - Dix, Gibbs . . . . . . . . . 5D1 47 The Pioneers JOHN HENRY HILL [1786-1869] (VETERAN - WAR OF 1812) DESCENDANTS (fr. Sarah Ann Haight) . . . . . . . . . . . 6H0 48 CHRONOLOGY John Hill and families . . . . . . . . . . . . 6H0-1 SUMMARY John's pension file - War of 1812 . . . . . 6H0-3 CENSUS DATA Iowa 1840-1870 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6H0-5 Maternal Ancestors of John W. Hill - Hoyt/Haight . . . . . . . . . . 6Ha 57 Descendants of Cornelius Haight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Ha1 63 JOHN WILLIAM HILL [1850-1941] Kossuth, Iowa (Pioneer, Midwest) DESCENDANTS (fr. Mary Ellen Fox & Laura Jane Miller) 7H0 73 MATERNAL ANCESTORS (John Fox / Margaret Bevans) . . 7F1 75 MATERNAL ANCESTORS (Bevans) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7B1 MATERNAL HALF/BROTHERS AND SISTERS (Wilder) . . 7W1 77 SUMMARY - "The Wilder Family . . . . . . 7W2 Census Data - Wilder Family & W.H. Hill . . . 7W4 Contents (Continued) WILLIAM HENRY HILL [1875-1969] (Cowboy/Rancher, Montana) DESCENDANTS (fr. Bessie Olive Guenther) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8H0 81 CHRONOLOGY W.H. Hill Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8H1 RECOLLECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8H3 REFERENCES Obituaries, letters and <2> . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8H4 MATERNAL ANCESTORS (Guenther) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8G1 88 Twentieth Century Descendants (of William Hill & Bessie Guenther) DESCENDANTS of CHARLES VICTOR HILL [1901-1968] 9H1 89 DESCENDANTS of ALMA EVELYN HILL [1905- ] 9H2 90 DESCENDANTS of EDSON HAROLD HILL [1912- ] 9H3 91 EARL EDWARD HILL SR. [1908-1991] Montana Highway Engineer . . . . 9H5 92 DESCENDANTS (fr. Elizabeth Campbell Anderson) * EARL EDWARD HILL JR. [1931- ] and descendants . . . . . . . . . 10H1 94 JAMES DALLAS HILL [1938- ] and descendants * . . . . . . . . 10H3 95 References and Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Appendix A - Contributors and Correspondents A-1 103 Appendix B - Old World Ancestors of Jemima Waters (wife of Aaron Haight Jr.) B-1 104 Appendix C - Old World Ancestors of Elizabeth Shute (wife of Moses Hoyt Jr.) C-1 106 The Cover Page - The over-simplified migration map shows only a few of the ancestors and the paths which their descendants followed. The main point to be illustrated is - that in this country of pioneers and their footloose offspring - one can find descendants of the Simsbury Hill-s just about anywhere in the U.S. After just four generations since W.H. Hill settled in Montana, his great grandchildren are spread far and wide and can be found on both coasts of this great nation, and many of the states in between. * Additional information available on the James D. Hill family and their ancestors includes: - The Descendants of John Joseph Anderson of Newcastle on Tyne, England - The Ancestors of Susan Peck - Thirteen generations in America from 1616 to 2000 Peck, Shank, Easton, Lemmon, Winchester, Doosing, Hanson, Van Boskirk, Brainard, Serrin, Neilson, Lindtveit, and Clemmentsen The Hill Family Illustratrated Pages Index Insert color Source after or # File (.lwp) chart# b/w pgs Contents Jedhouse 5H2 b/w 1 Picture & description of Jedediah Hill House in Rural Hill, NY JHHill 6H0 b/w 1 pictures of portrait of John Henry Hill (3) in Heritage Museum, Oregon CHHill 6H1 b/w 1 Cornelius H. Hill & fam; Luella Jane Fox & Bessie; Marguerite Hill-Jern Wilder0 7W1 b/w 1 C.G. Wilder; Mary Ellen Fox-H-Wilder(2); Dale & Florence(wed) WildDale 7W1 b/w 1 Dale & Florence (abt. 1990); Dale & entire family (abt.1935) WildDal2 7W1 b/w 1 Wilder Girls; Dale & sons; Eric & Harriet Newman & fam WildGrac 7W1 b/w 1 Grace & Alec Noble; family (abt.1917 & abt. 1947) Wilder1 7W1 b/w 1 Mary Ellen F-H-W (abt. 1933); Jesse Noble; Banister fam. WHHill1 8H0 b/w 1 Wm. H. Hill; Bessie Guenther (young); Wil & Bessy with all children WHHill3 8H0 b/w 1 Wil (professional); Bessie (2); Wil & Bessy, w/ grandchildren. WHHill2 8H0 col 1 Wil & Bessie (60th wed. anniv.); Edson & Ruth (H.S.) Ruth & Carlton (3); 3 generations at ranch (abt. 1941). WHHother 8H0 b/w 1 Wil (abt. 11); Jack Streuger; Wil with trail drovers WhhUnk1 8H0 b/w 1 Unidentified photos (incl. John W. Hill family? & Nancy McMullen?) WhhUnk2 8H0 b/w 2 Unidentified photos from W.H. Hill collection Gunther 8G1 b/w 2 a Grace & Sam Rice w/fam; John Guenther; Ed & Pearl G. " " " b Mary & Wirt Egge, Rice(2), Thelma Liebinger fam., Marjorie Wall fam. HillCha1 9H1 col 2 Charles; Esther; & H.S. pics of Mary; Edwin; and Dorothy. Charles with childr.; Smith parents; Esther (older); adult childr. HillCha2 9H1 col 2 Mary & John Pfaff and family; Lenore; Sharon; Mark; Lenore & Mike (wed) Dorothy & Keith Wilhelm & fam (3); Mary, Ed, & Dorothy (teens). HillEd 9H1 col 2 a Ed & Marie & Children (3) b Ed & JoAnne; JoAnne's paintings (2); Ed's sculptures in wood (3). Wilson1 9H2 col 1 Eric & Alma; HS pics of Lenore; & Marlene; Lenore, & Dick Marshall & family, Jim & Ellen Marshall Wilson2 9H2 col 1 The Yosts (abt. 1970); Wilsons in 1985; Ellen & Ed Baird; Lenore Edson 9H3 col 2 a Ed & Arline; Gilbert Waller; Lynn (young); Edson (1977). col b Lynn & Gene Warren; Lynn's artwork (3). EEH1fam 9H5 col 1 Earl (HS); Betty (HS); H.S. grad. pics of Earl; Ray; & Jim. HillMidi 9H5 b/w 1 Midshipman pics of Earl; Ray; & Jim (academy graduation) RayHill 9H5 col 1 Ray; Barbara; Lynn; Los Robles; Ray in 87; Ray & Barb. EEH2fam 10H1 col 2 a Earl & Bruce; Ardath & children; Bruce & Jan; Brad & Molly; Doug, Linda, Andy, & Jason; Logan & Becca. col b Becky; Linda; Becky, Betty, Jed & Zach; Andy & Jason; Jed & Zach; Earl & Triscut JDHfam 10H3 col 2 a Jim & Sue; HS grad pics of Tracy & Eric b Thanksgiving '98; Jim '97; Tracy '91; Sue & Jim'79; Eric '82 Ericfam 10H3 col 1 Eric & Karen; Eric & DJ; DJ, Erica, & Sarah (school pics '99) PREFACE - Edition 5.0 This edition continues the emphasis on including biographical data and photos of individuals, where available. The most significant changes in Edition 5 are: - Additional information on decendants of Jedediah's other children; - Additional biographical information on Jedediah in the years 1807-1825; - Pictures of Jed's "Hill House"; John Henry Hill's portrait; Sarah Hill, & others; - Extension of the Haight & Hoyt ancestors to very early Old World lines. If anyone is interested in extending this work, I have the machine readable files used to produce the printed pages (in Lotus WordPro or Microsoft Word format) and will supply them if requested - under the release below the synopsis at the front. Many of the charts are available on the Family Tree Maker website at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/i/l/James-D-Hill/index.html and I have submitted an FTM database that incorporates virtually all the family group data from the following pages. I remain interested in corrections or additions, so if any reader discovers errors of any type, or has additional information, such as letters, newspaper clippings, obituary notices, etc., please send them to me at the address following the synopsis. I again thank all who have taken the time to respond to my queries, and I want to express special thanks to Alma Wilson and Lynn Hill Hayes for contributing newspaper clippings and letters; to Bruce Bannister for supplying charts on the Wilder family; to all the correspondents and contributors listed the References section; and to all who have lent the photos included herein. I view the Hill family history as being divided into three parts: - the colonial (pre-Revolutionary) period from Luke Hill to John, Jedediah's father; - the pioneer and westward expansion period from Jedediah to William Henry Hill; - and the descendants of W.H. Hill to present day (Twentieth Century Hill-s). Each period is characterized by the different types of source material available and the research strategies that must be used. PREFACE - Edition 5.0 The Early Colonists - 1651 to 1783 Luke Hill, my earliest ancestor of the Hill name that is confirmed so far, arrived some time before 1651, when his marriage was recorded in Windsor, CT. His successors lived in the Windsor / Simsbury / Canton area of Connecticut (NE of Hartford) for the next four generations. He may have been the son of William Hill, an early settler of Simsbury, but this has not yet been proven. Much of the information in the this period (Luke to Jedediah) comes from the Mormon Ancestral File, verified and supplemented by published works such as the town records from Windsor and Simsbury, probate files, early marriage lists, genealogies, etc. The generation of John Hill 3rd , Jedediah's father, was the most difficult to verify since it falls after most of the early genealogies end, but before census information was available. Some additional information on early Simsbury and Windsor has been obtained from the historical societies in that area, and more may be located eventually. More information on the early colonists, especially on the maternal ancestors of the Haight/Hoyt line (Budd, Shute, Deval/Deuel, Waters) has been discovered which extends to ancient England. The Pioneers - 1783 to 1902 This period includes the establishment of Jedediah's family in Simsbury, Connecticut, his move to the Sixtowns area in western New York, and the subsequent settlements in Iowa, Texas, and Montana. Jedediah's pension file for his service in the War Of The Revolution was very helpful in confirming the linkage between the Hill families of Simsbury, Connecticut and those of Jefferson County, New York. The Historical Association of South Jefferson in Adams, NY also provided much needed biographical information on Jedediah and his descendants. This is the first period for which census data is available and much useful information was extracted from it. The data for the period from John Henry Hill to W.H. Hill was initially compiled from Mrs. Robertson's original history (ref <1>), newspaper clippings, obituaries, and notes from Earl and Betty Hill. It was then supplemented and cross-referenced to census data; records of marriages, births, and deaths; information retrieved through genealogical societies; and military pension files. I was fortunate to make contact with descendants of the Haights, Morgans, and siblings of Jedediah to expand those lines, some of them to the current day. The internet has been a marvelous tool and resource in this endeavor. At this point all of the names and relationships of this period are established to my satisfaction except the Bevans, Fox, and Smith ancestors, and this ongoing work will attempt to better define these families in the future. Twentieth Century Hill Descendants The data on descendants of William Henry Hill to the present was compiled from many sources, but references 1, 2, and 5 were the most comprehensive. The best source remaining is correspondence from the readers of this history. Census data is of limited usefulness since the detail on individuals is sealed for 72 years for privacy reasons. Departments of vital records for the various states can generally provide birth, death, and marriage registrations since 1910, depending on the state. Some states restrict access to immediate family members, especially for birth certificates, unless proof is provided that the individual is deceased. PREFACE - Edition 5.0 Date Formats and Conventions The Gregorian calendar was not adopted by England until 1752, and the colonialists continued using the old system until the late 1700's. Early dates were recorded using the old system where the year ran from March 25 to March 24, with dates between January 1 and March 24 being reckoned as the previous year. Thus the use of "1755/1756" and "1725 or 1726". Most of these dates have been changed in this version to assume the later year if the date was between Jan 1 and Mar 24. Also, in the Mormon Ancestral File, some dates were inferred from others. These are usually prefixed with "abt.", "after", or "before", or are enclosed in square braces (e.g. [1784]). The standard date format used in this document is DD MMM YYYY (e.g. 15 MAR 1995). Hereditary Societies Descendants of Jedediah Hill or Aaron Haight Jr. are eligible for membership in The National Society, Daughters (or Sons) of the American Revolution, Founders and Patriots, Sons of the Revolution, and many other societies. Descendants of John Henry Hill are also eligible for membership in either the National Society, U.S. Daughters of 1812 or The General Society of the War of 1812 (for sons), and the Iowa Pioneers. I am currently Vice President of the North Carolina Society, Sons Of The American Revolution, and any other descendants of William H. Hill wishing to join the SAR or DAR may refer to my member number (National Society # 144801), which documents the descendancy from Jedediah Hill to Earl E. Hill Sr.. The address of the SAR is: The National Society, Sons of the American Revolution National Headquarters 1000 South Fourth Street Louisville, Kentucky 40203 The DAR address is: National Society - Daughters of the American Revolution Administrative Building 1776 D Street NW Washington DC 20006-5392 The National Societies can provide the name of the nearest local chapter and contact persons. They SAR also has a home page on the World Wide Web at: http://www.sar.org with links to many of the other hereditary societies. Introduction Format The general idea behind the format used for the charts was to: 1. Collect all the information for a generation of onto a single page, and include sufficient information so it is easy to see at a glance where this family fits into the overall structure. In general this meant that three to four generations are presented on one chart. I felt that the duplication of some information was justified in order to get a complete picture of a family without a lot of page flipping. The most complete information on an individual appears on the page where they are listed as head of a family or as the nearest generation to a family head. 2. Provide a framework of off-page connectors to facilitate references between charts. The first digit of Hill charts reflects the generation relative to the first generation in America (Luke Hill) as 1. For maternal ancestor charts the first digits are the generation of Hills they relate to. The middle character(s) are 'H' for Hill, 'A' for Anderson, or "Ha" for Haight (if required for uniqueness) etc.,. The last digits are the page sequence within a series of related charts. In most cases, except for the most prolific of our forebearers, there is sufficient space for biographic notes on the chart pages. Where additional space was required, additional pages are inserted using the same prefix as the chart on which they appear as the head of a family. 3. Use of standard format for the various data elements. This highlights the facts which are missing, and also allows others to more easily add information into an established framework as more facts are discovered. This also improves the readability and usefulness of the document. The format of the data elements and abbreviations are: B. or b: Born (birthdate, place ) D. or d: Died (date, place, and bur. burial place (if different)). M: or Mar: Married (on date at place) followed by spouse's entry (+) R: Current residence (Street, city, state, zip) (city, state only - if living) References as numbered in "References & Acknowledgements" * Comments generally follow the person they relate most directly to [1635] Dates in square brackets are approximate (abt. or ca. assumed) Within a generation the sequence of information is generally: Male heir chart, Biography or chronology, memorabilia, letters, and clippings Census data Maternal ancestors of the next generation Early Colonists [ 1H0 ] Descendants of LUKE HILL Gen. LDS ID# 1. Luke Hill B. [1613] of Windsor, CT (8HLJ-GR) D. 1696 , Simsbury, CT <39> * Immigrated to Windsor, CT in 1651. Moved fm Old Windsor to Massaco and was Freeman there in 1669. <31> Operated "Hill's Ferry" on Pent Road. Ferry site sold to Timothy Woodbridge in 1742. The old "Hill House" was torn down by later owner Benejah Roots & replaced with present one in 1762. <58> Mar: on 6 May 1651 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut (he - 38, she- 21 ) <31,40> + Mary Hoyt B. 1630, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT <31> uses Hout/Hoyt/Hart <==[ 1H1 ] (8HLJ-HX) D. 1696, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT m/f Children: f 2. Lydia Hill B. 18 Feb 1652, Windsor, CT <40> D.05 Oct 1696, Simsbury, CT <39> (MGQ5-RJ) M: on 5 May 1670 at Simsbury, CT. to <4,39> Arthur Henbury B. 1648, Hartford, CT <4> f 2. Mary Hill B. 20 Sep 1654, Windsor, CT <40> D. (8HK6-DX) M: on 30 Jul 1677 at Windsor,CT. to <4> John Saxton B. 4 Mar 1650 <40> m 2. Eleazer Hill B. 07 Mar 1657, Windsor <27> D. 1725 M: on 29 Dec 1679 at Simsbury to <4,31,39> Sarah Gillett B. 13 Jul 1651 Children: Elizabeth 29 Jul 1681, Mary 1685-97, Eliezer Jr. 20 Jul 1694 <39> m 2. Tahan Hill B. 23 Nov 1659, Winsor, CT <40> D. 16 Dec 1692 <13> <31> "Tahay" <31> M: Hannah Parmelee B: [1667] Hartford, CT (lived in Guilford?) <31> m 2. Luke Hill (2nd) B. 06 Mar 1661/2, Windsor, CT <40> D. 20 May 1740, Wallingford, CT M: Hannah Butler B. [1687] Simsbury, CT (see <13> for children) <31> f 2. Abigail Hill B. 16 Apr 1664, Windsor, CT <40> M: Caleb Parmelee B. 1663-75, Guilford, CT f 2. Elizabeth Hill B. 08 Oct 1666, East Hartford, CT <40> M: William Buckland B. 1649 East Hartford, CT m 2. John Hill (1st) B. 28 Nov 1668, Windsor, CT <40> D.01 Nov 1668, Windsor. <15,39> (8X15-8C) M(1): ca. 1696 at Simsbury to Sarah Phelps <31> 3. Children: Sarah 1697, infant 1701, John Hill 2nd 1702 <39> ==>[ 2H0 ] M(2): on 22 Apr 1708 in Simsbury to Sarah Terry B. 16 Nov 1668 <39> 3. Children: Elizabeth 10 Dec 1710, Hannah [1712], Mary [1714] * Most information except flags is from LDS Ancestral File <6>. Refs 27, 31, and 4 confirm the names and birthdates of Luke's children. Ref<27> also confirms John's move to Simsbury and Mary Hoyt's name. * Windsor, settled in 1635, is 8 mi. NE of Hartford. Simsbury ( 1670) is 10 mi. NW of Hartford & 15 mi. WNW of Windsor. Luke Hill Some researchers believe that Luke Hill may have been the son of William Hill, who appears in the town records of Simsbury, CT. The following entry was abstracted from the FTM home page of Stephen McLain Olds - "Olds & Converse Family Home Page" e-mail: smolds@foxinternet.net 0. William Hill B: 1598 in England; D: 1649 in CT (?). Mar: Sarah ___ Bef. 1613 in England. Child of William Hill and Sarah is: 1. Luke Hill B:1613, Windsor, CT; D: 1696, Simsbury, CT; Mar: Mary Hoyt on May 06, 1651 in Windsor, CT. Information from <58> indicates that Luke moved from ancient Windsor to Massaco in 1669, and operated "Hill's Ferry" there at the Pent Road site across a tributary of the Connecticut River. With the first settlers on the east side of the river and the main development of Simsbury on the west side, a ferry was essential. The site was called "Hill's Ferry" in the land records for nearly 100 years. The first toll bridge was built at Simsbury in 1734 and the Hills sold their property in 1742 to Timothy Woodbridge, who died shortly afterwards and his heirs sold the property to Thomas Marvin, who re-established the ferry at Pent road in 1756. John Marvin was the ferryman for ten years. The rates were: "For man, horse, and load - one penny; Single man or single horse - one-half penny; Neat cattle - (per head) one-half penney; Sheep and swine: (per head) one farthing" In 1757, only a year later, Thomas Marvin sold his "house and home lot and meadow land" and his 'right' in Said Simsbury and privilege of a ferry across the River between Hopmeadow and Terry's Plain" to Rev. Benejah Roots. Mr. Roots tore down the old Hill house and built the present one in 1762 and Pent Road is presently a dead end street. The same map that shows the site of Hill's Ferry in 1723 shows the location of one of the historic "long lots", 660 feet wide and over two miles deep, which was owned by Luke's son, John Hill, in 1723. We are told that every Simsbury farm was practically a self contained economic unit at that time. From it came food, timber for shelter and furniture, and livestock for meat and transportation and trading. Eventually though, after the property had been divided between the heirs, the farms became too small to permit families to keep expanding. It was customary for the oldest son of a farmer to raise his family on the farm of his parents. In time the parent would become too old to operate the farm and the son would then take over. After several generations had bought up all the land, there was no more farmland left. The Hill family resided in the Connecticut River Valley for over 150 years before moving to the Sixtown area of Jefferson County, New York. The shortage of land, as described above, and the fact that the land was probably getting depleted, with the farming practices of the day, may explain why Jedediah, four generations later, moved on to the West. Ancestors of Mary Hoyt [ 1H1 ] Wife of Luke Hill Mary Hoyt, wife of Luke Hill, is believed to be the daughter of Simon Hoyt, although several references list her husband as Thomas Lyon, with children's birthdates that overlap those of Luke Hill. The spelling Hoyt is used in the Stiles' History of Windsor and Savage's A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, but she and her father are referred to in various other sources as Hout, Huit, Haight, Hait, and Hart. The variety of spellings could have been the result of either orthographic errors or confusion in the pronunciation. Recent research on the Hoyt/Haight line has been done by Robin Bush, an English researcher, in the districts of Somerset Co. and Upway, Dorsetshire in England. A series of charts beginning with [6Ha], following the section on John Henry Hill, reflects this new information - which replaces the previous data from the Mormon Ancestral File. The Haights of SE Iowa, ancestors of John William Hill, are also descendants of Simon Hoyt, through his granson, Moses Jr. This line can be traced back through some of the maternal ancestors to very ancient beginnings in England and Scotland. Some lines pass through the nobility of England and Scotland back to the second century AD. see [ 6Ha0 ] for the ancestors of Mary Hoyt ==> [ 6Ha0 ] Banks (Ref. 28) lists Simon Hoyt (or Haight, or Hait, or Holt) as arriving on either the ship Lions Whelp from the English parish Upway bound for Charleston and Salem Mass, or the Abigail (1629) bound for Dorchester and Windsor, Conn. (ref. Historical Record of Putnam Co. NY). Savage (Ref. 27) indicates that Simon, or Simeon, moved a number of times. - He is initially thought to have been from Dorchester - before 1629, moved to Charleston where he was admitted as freeman on 18 May 1631. (this was confirmed by Ref. 29) - From 1633 to 1636 he lived in Scituate, where Benjamin was born - about 1650, moved to Fairfield - and later - to Stamford, where he died in 1659. The "New England Marriages Prior To 1700" <31> lists two marriages for Simon Hoyt [1590-1657]. 1st - to Deborah Stowers [1593- ] on 2 Dec 1612 in Salem, Dorchester, or Scituate, Mass. 2nd - to Susanna Smith [....-1694] before Apr 1635 in Dorchester or Windsor * The abbr. "Dorch." = Dorchester, on the south coast of England, west of Bournemouth. Dorset is a county in southern England. * Salem, Scituate, and Dorchester are all towns in Massachusets that were settled before 1633. Descendants of John Hill (1st) [ 2H0 ] Gen. LDS ID# 2. John Hill 1st B: 28 Nov 1668, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT (8X15-8C) <==[ 1H0 ] D. 01 Nov 1740, Hartford Co., CT <15> * In 1723 owned a "long lot" (660 ft. wide and 2 mi. deep) near the Hill Ferry in Massaco. Mar(1): [1696] at Simsbury, CT <31> Sarah Phelps B. __ May 1672 "of Simsbury" (8X15-9J) <==[ 2P1 ] D. abt. 1707, Simsbury, CT m/f Children of (1): f 3. Sarah Hill B. 28 Jul 1697 Simsbury, CT bapt. 28 Nov <39> D. bef 1740 Mar: on 28 Jul 1720, Simsbury to Samuel Strickland B. [1697] <39> 3. (infant) B. 29 Jan 1701, Simsbury, CT D. at birth <39> m 3. John Hill 2nd B. 02 Apr 1702, Simsbury, CT (8X13-37) ==>[ 3H0 ] D. 01 Aug 1771, Simsbury, CT <39> * another infant of John Hill 1st died 2 Apr 1702 (twin of John 2nd ??) M(1): on 17 Feb 1724/25, Simsbury + Jane LaDieu B. [1708] D. 08 Nov 1732 <39> Children: 4. John Hill 3rd (1725-1795) ==>[ 4H0 ] 4. Eleazer B: 21 Oct 1727 D: betw. 1790 & Feb 1812) M(2): Elizabeth ______ B. __ D. 21 Sep 1738 4. Children: Martha 1730, Mary 1732, Seth 1734, Benoni 1736 M(3): Abigail Wilcoxson B. [1708] D. 1715 4. Children: Sarah 1740, Phebe 1746, Darius 1749, Mary 1753 Mar(2): on 22 Apr 1708 at Simsbury, CT <39> (he-40, she-40) Sarah Terry B. 16 Nov 1668, Windsor, CT Father: Lt. John Terry <39> m/f Children of (2): f 3. Elizabeth Hill B. 14 Dec 1710, Simsbury, CT M: Joseph Hoskins B. [1708] f 3. Hannah Hill B. [1712] "of Simsbury" D: 8 Jun 1766, CT M: Ephraim Wilcoxson B. [1710] f 3. Mary Hill B. [1714], Simsbury, CT M: Jacob Reed on 9 Apr 1724 in Simsbury, CT <39> B. [1712] Reference <15> from "Probate Records of Hartford Co., CT [2H0-1] Vol XIII" page 284. Distribution of John Hill (1st)'s property after his death. Page 253 - 325 (in the original records) Hill, John, Simsbury. Died 1st November, 1740. Invt. £1339-09-07. taken 25 November, 1740, by Joseph Case, Joseph Case Jr., and Michael Humphrey. Court Record, Page 78 - 3 December, 1740: The widow, Sarah Hill, having been notified that Adms. would be granted, and not appearing, letters of Adms. were granted to John Hill and Ephraim Wilcockson of Simsbury. Recog., £600 with Jacob Reed. Page 86-7 April 1741: Sarah Hill, the widow, asked this Court to set out her dower. And this Court appoint John Humphery, James Case and David Holcomb to set out 1-3 part of the lands and buildings of sd. deceased. Page 8 (Vol. XIV) 6 July, 1742: John Hill and Ephraim Wilcock, Adms., exhibit an account of their Adms. Accepted. Order to distribute as follows: £ s d To Sarah Hill, the widow, her thirds 71-06-02 To John Hill, eldest son, his double part 47-10-08 To the heirs of Sarah Strickland, 23-15-05 to Mary Read, to Hannah Wilcock, and to Elizabeth Hoskins, to each of them the sum of, 23-15-05 And appoint James Case, Jonathan Case and Andrew Robe distributors. Ancestors of Sarah Phelps [ 2P1 ] Wife of John Hill 1st (1668 - 1740) This section was revised to summarize or delete the family groups which weren't directly related to the Hill line, and to include more biographies. I was fortunate to discover reference <37>, Our Family Tree by Deborah Rothery that included some interesting, and apparently carefully researched, information on the Phelps families of Windsor and Simsbury, Connecticut. This, and some of the data from Simsbury and Windsor town records, have eliminated the uncertainty in previous editions. To keep the entries brief, the county and state have been dropped from most Simsbury and Windsor locations. They are both in Hartford County Connecticut about 8 miles (NW and NE respect.) of Hartford city. Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England is similarly shortened to Tewkesbury. Sarah Phelps, wife of John Hill, the son of Luke, was of the Phelps family of Windsor, which was founded by two brothers who emmigrated from England in 1630 on the ship Mary and John. (Refer to the notes on 4E4 following John Hill 3rd for a description of the Mary and John and the settlement of Windsor.) Sarah's father, Joseph Phelps Sr., was the son of William Phelps II and was born in England as were the previous two generations of Phelps. The following biographies are entirely abstracted from ref<37>. The family groups are also from <37> but have been supplemented from other sources where the additional information seemed reliable. JOSEPH PHELPS SR. [1629] was accepted as a freeman in 1664. He was one of the first settlers of Simsbury, CT. Simsbury was settled in 1670 and was burned by the indians in 1676. The inhabitants, including Joseph, fled to Windsor but returned the following year. Joseph had five children and twenty grandchildren. Gen. 1. JOSEPH PHELPS SR. b. [1629] Porlock Minehead, Somersetshire, England <==[ 2P2 ] d. 1684 Simsbury, Hartford Co., Conn. M1: Hannah Newton on 20 Sep 1660 in Windsor, Hartford Co. Conn. b. d. 1675, Simsbury Children: 2. Joseph Phelps Jr. b. 27 Aug 1667, Windsor M: three times, 7 children 2. Hannah Phelps b. 2 Feb 1669, Windsor d. young 2. Timothy Phelps b. 18 May 1671, Simsbury M: Rachel Moore, 1 da.? * 2. SARAH PHELPS b. May 1672, Simsbury d. prob. bef. 1708 M: John Hill (I), b. [1668-1740] son of Luke ==>[ 2H0 ] two children who survived childhood 3. JOHN HILL (II) b. 1702, and 3. Sarah Hill b. 1697 2. William Phelps b. May 1672|74, Simsbury d. 8 Oct 1689 M: Ann Ruggles * Some references state Sarah and William were twins but others state William was born 1674. Ancestors of Sarah Phelps (Cont.) [ 2P2 ] WILLIAM PHELPS Jr., father of Joseph Sr. was probably from Somerset of Dorsetshire, England where he m:(1) Elizabeth and had been an original member of the church of Rev. Warham in Plymouth, England. Rev. Warham was one of the two Puritan ministers who led the migration in the Mary and John. In 1630 William arrived on that ship to Dorchester, Mass. with his first? wife, five children, younger brother George, and probably another brother Richard. He settled first in Dorchester where he applied for freemanship 19 Oct 1630 and where he was, from the beginning, a leading citizen. On 9 Nov 1630 he was one of a jury empaneled for the trial of Walter Palmer for the murder of Austin Brotchus - the first jury trial in New England. 27 Sept 1631 he was appointed constable of Dorchester. 4 Mar 1634 he was one of three appointed by the General Court to arrange the bonds between Dorchester and Boston and explain what each town wants. 1635 he was one of eight men chosen by the Court of Massachusets to govern the new colony of Connecticut for the first year. In spring 1636, his wife having died in Dorchester, he moved with his children to Windsor, where his brother George is understood to have preceeded him, in the first migration of Rev. Warham's church in the fall of 1635. In Windsor he ranked as an honored and active citizen and was a member of the first court held in Connecticut in 1636 and 1637, which declared war against the Pequots. From 1638 to 1642 he was a magistrate; in 1643 foreman to the first Grand Jury; Deputy to the General Court 1645-51/57, and in 1658 was again made magistrate which office he held another four years. He was frequently named on the Petit Jury. In 1641 he was appointed, together with Mr. Welles of Hartford, to a committee on lying. According to Spear, Volume II, after this "lyers" were fined or punished with "body correction". His reputation was as a pious, upright man in his public and private affairs and truly "a pillar of church and state". A man of property, he subscribed to a fund for the poor. Not being able to prove title and payment for land he bought from the indian, Sehat, he paid for it a second time. The paper describing the transaction is dated March 31, 1665 and payment of two trucking coats, 40 s. in wampum, six bushels of indian corn, and an additional thirty shillings in wampum, "at six a penny", is to be made to Sehat's kinsman Nassahegan, Sachem of Paquanick. The document is signed by Coggernosset, and three sisters of Nassahegan: Asuthnew, Patackhouse, and Amawer. William's residence in Windsor was 3/4 mi. northwest of Broad Street on the Poquonock. Gen. 0. WILLIAM PHELPS Jr. b. 28 Feb 1599 Porlock, Somerset, England <==[ 2P3 ] bapt. 19 Aug 1599 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England d. 14 July 1672 Windsor, CT M1: bef. 1619 in England * Elizabeth (Marshall?) b. bef. 1604 (prob. in England) d. bef. 1636 at Dorchester, Mass Children: 1. Richard Phelps bapt. 26 Dec 1619, Tewkesbury. (see foll. note) 1. William Phelps III b. [1620] Eng. M: twice but no children 1. Sarah Phelps b. [1623] Eng. M: 1658/9 William Wade, no children 1. Samuel Phelps b. betw 1623-5, M: 1650 Sarah Griswold, 11 children 1. Nathaniel Phelps b. [1627] Eng. M: 1650 Elizabeth Copely, 6 children * 1. Joseph Phelps Sr. b. [1629] (see above family group) ==>[ 2P1 ] Ancestors of Sarah Phelps (Cont.) [ 2P3 ] Gen. 0. WILLIAM PHELPS Jr. (Continued) M2: abt. 1638, Windsor. *Mary was a fellow passenger on the Mary & John. Mary Dover b. bef.1625, Eng.; d. 14 Jul 1672 Windsor, CT Children: 1. Timothy Phelps b. 1 Aug/Sept 1639 Windsor; d. 1719 * Timothy was freeman in 1664, a captain in 1696, and fought in Queen Anne's War in 1707. M: Mary Griswold on 19 May 1661, b. 1644; da. of Edward Griswold 1. Mary Phelps b. 2 May 1644 Windsor; M:1683 Lt. Thomas Barber Jr. eight children Other Notes: William 2nd may have been married three times - the first in about 1618, the second is said to have been either Elizabeth ___ or Anne. If Anne, it may have been Anne Dover, who married a William Phelps in Crewkerne, Somerset. If so, she may have been the sister of Mary Dover, his last wife. Richard Phelps, eldest son of William II, is often confused with his uncle, who was on the Mary and John. It is said that he embarked for Barbados May 1635 and nothing more was heard of him. -1. WILLIAM PHELPS Sr. bapt. 4 Aug 1570, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England * was mayor of Tewkesbury in 1607 and bailiff in 1607. M: Dorothy ________ d. 1613 Children: 0. Marie Phelps bapt. 23 Apr 1588 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Eng 0. Thomas Phelps bapt. 24 Jan 1590 Tewkesbury 0. Dorothy Phelps bapt. 29 Feb 1595 Tewkesbury * 0. William Phelps Jr. b. 1599 (see preceeding group) ==>[ 2P2 ] 0. James Phelps bapt. 14 Jul 1601 Tewkesbury 0. George Phelps bapt. 0. Richard Phelps b. 12 Dec 1609 Tewkesbury Father of William Phelps Sr. -2. JAMES PHELPS b. 1520-30, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England d. 1588/89 M: Joan b. d. Children: * -1. William Phelps Sr. bapt. 1570 (see preceeding group) -1. Thomas Phelps bapt. 24 Jan 1590 Tewkesbury -1. George " bapt. 5 Sep 1566 Tewkesbury -1. Alice " bapt. 24 Seo 1572 Tewkesbury M: 1595 John Hope -1. Edward " bapt. 14 May 1578 Tewkesbury -1. Kenshire " bapt. 16 Oct 1580 Tewkesbury -1. Richard " bapt. 10 Oct 1583 Tewkesbury -1. Robert " bapt. 18 Jul 1584 Tewkesbury James had a half-brother, Francis Phillipe, of Nether Tyne, Checkley, Stafford sixty miles from Tewkesbury. Francis was possibly the son of Richard Phillipe of Nether Tyne. Descendants of John Hill (2nd) [ 3H0 ] Gen. LDS ID# 3. John Hill 2nd B. 02 Apr 1702, Simsbury, Hartford Co.,CT (8X13-37) <==[ 2H0 ] D. 01 Aug 1771, Canton, CT <39> Stone reads 08 Aug <45> bur. Dyer Cemetary in Collinsville, CT (formerly Canton) <45> Mar(1): on 17 Feb 1724 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT <45> Jane Ladieu B. [1708], New Rochelle, NY (or 1700) <45> (8X13-4D) <==[ 2L1 ] D. 08 Nov 1732, Simsbury, CT <39> or 02 Nov <45> m/f Children: m 4. John Hill 3rd B. 03 Feb 1726, Simsbury, CT ) <39, 58> (8X14-KR) ==>[ 4H0 ] D. 09 Oct 1795, CT <45,58> Mar(1): Isabell Alford (____-1733) 5. Children: Mary 1753, John [1751] Mar(2): Isabel Eggleston (1732-1818) 5. Children: Elijah [1754], Chloe [1755], Keziah [1759], Anna [1761], Jedediah 1761, Wealthy 1767 <58> m 4. Eleazer B. 21 Oct 1727, Simsbury, CT <39> (8X13-OP) D. aft. 1790 Mar(1): Aphia B. [1731], New Hartford, CT 5. 1 child: Jenny Hill (f) B. 04 Aug 1756, New Hartford, CT Mar(2): Zervia B. [1731], "of Simsbury" 5. Children: Zeruiah (f) 06 Jun 1763, Aphia (f) 1764, Asenath (f) Oct 1766, Cynthia (f) 1776, Eleazer Jr. [1778] All of Simsbury, CT M(2): Elizabeth ______ B. [1700] D. 21 Sep 1738 Children: f 4. Martha B. 21 Jun 1730 D. young <39> f 4. Mary B. 28 Feb 1732 D. 12 Nov 1733 <39> m 4. Seth B. 20 Oct 1734 D. 18 Mar 1736 <39> m 4. Benoni B. 09 Jun 1736 D. 21 Nov 1737 <39> Mar(3): on 21 Feb 1739 Abigail Wilcoxson B. 1708, "of Simsbury, CT (or 15 Dec 1715, Simsbury, CT) Children: * duplicate M.A.F. entries (8X15-WH & FKX1-81) m 4. Sarah Hill B. 06 Jan 1740 , Simsbury, CT <39> M: Dailey B. [1737] * listed in 1800 census f 4. Phebe Hill B. 17 Jul 1746, Simsbury, CT <39> M: Hezekiah Harringden B.[1744] m 4. Darius Hill B. 04 Dec 1749, Simsbury, CT <39> M: Lois Moses B. 05 Dec 1749 Children: Lois 1770, Darius 1772, Arden 1775, Sarah 1778, Elias 1780, Rachel 1784, Asa 1787 f 4. Mary Hill B. 18 Aug 1753, Simsbury, CT <39> M: Ozias Case B. [1757] * Base information was from the Mormon Ancestral File <6>. Flagged < > items were confirmed or supplemented by the reference indicated. <39> is the Bates transcription of the Simsbury town records. Maternal Ancestors of John Hill (3rd) [ 3L1 ] Ladieu / Ladue / Ladu / Ladou / Ladew Gen. 2. Pierre LADUE B. [1662], Touloise, , France (N05H-SD) (Ladieu) D. bef. 28 Apr 1713, New Rochelle, NY <45> Mar: abt. 1691 in France +Martha Anneraud B. [1673], , , France <45> (N05H-WW) D. aft. Nov 1747, , NY <45> m/f Children f 3. Elizabeth (Hannah) LADOU B. [1692], , , France m 3. Daniel LADU B. [1695], , , France Mar: Mary Canby B. 1695 f 3. Magdelaine Ladou B. [1697], New Rochelle, , NY f 3. Judith Ladou * * B. [1700], New Rochelle, , NY (listed as Jane by <45>) m 3. Pierre Ladou (Peter Jr.) B. 06 Dec 1702, New Rochelle, , NY m 3. John Stephen (Estienne) Ladou B. [1703], New Rochelle, , NY Mar: Sarah B. [1703] f 3. Marthe (Susanna) Ladou B. 1704, New Rochelle, , NY m 3. Ambroise Ladou Chr. 10 Aug 1705, New Rochelle, , NY f 3. Jeanne Ladou B. 1707/1708, New Rochelle, , NY (listed as Judith by <45>) ==>[ 3H0 ] f 3. Marie Ladou B. 1708/1709, New Rochelle, , NY * * Reference <45> reverses the birth dates for Jeanne and Judith and lists Jane Ladieu [1700] as the wife of John Hill 2nd (1702-1771) and uses the spelling Ladieu. It may be equally likely that Jeanne (1707), as listed in the MAF, is the Jane Ladu that John Hill 2nd married 17 Feb 1723/24 in Simsbury. Regardless of birthdates, it would seem that Jeanne as, pronounced by a frenchwoman, is easily converted to Jane by the colonial record keepers. There are no other males listed under Ladieu, Ladue, Ladu, or La Due who were born between 1630 and 1690 who would be candidates as Jane's father, so this would appear to be the correct family. Note that Jedediah's son's name was spelled Ladue. * New Rochelle, NY is on the Long Island Sound, very near New York City, about 50 miles from Simsbury, CT (as the crow flies). Descendants of John Hill (3rd) [ 4H0 ] Gen. 4. John Hill, 3rd B. 03 Feb 1726, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT <39,58> <==[ 3H0 ] D. 09 Oct 1795, CT bur. Canton, CT * <45> * The Brown Book indicates that John settled in the East Hill district of Simsbury on the farm later owned by Nelson Aldridge (in 1855). Jedediah was living next to this farm at the 1790 census. Mar(1): abt. 1748 # The entries for this marriage in the Mormon Ancestral File are duplicated and overlap the birthdates of the children of Isabell Eggleston. I believe they can be disregarded. Isabell Alford B. __ ___ 1733, Simsbury, CT D: 1818 Children: 5. Mary Hill B. 18 Aug, 1753, Simsbury, CT * Note: same as child of John 2nd 5. John Hill B. [1760], Burlington, Hartford Co.,CT Mar(1 (or 2#)): between 1753 and 1754 (8X14-LX) Isabel Eggleston B. 11 Apr 1732, Windsor, CT <58> D. __ ___ 1818, Canton, CT <45> <==[ 4E3 ] m/f Children: m 5. Elijah Hill B. [1754], Simsbury, CT <45> uses [1763] 1. Mar: Esther Tuler B. [1753] f 5. Chloe Hill B. [1755], Simsbury, CT <45> uses [1765] Mar: Rufus Garrett abt. 1773 B. [1755] f 5. Keziah Hill B. [1759], Simsbury, CT <45> uses [1769] D. 1827 <45> Mar: Thaddeus Tuller B. [1772], Simsbury, CT f 5. Anna Hill B. [1761], "of Simsbury", CT <45> uses [1771] Mar: Nahum Barber B. [1761] m 5, Jedediah Hill B. 29 Mar 1761, Simsbury, CT <17,18,58> (8X14-PG) ==>[ 5H0] D. 28 Apr 1841, Lorraine, NY (at son Jed Jr's home) <17,18,58> Mar: Abigail Kilby on 13 Mar 1783 6. Children: Jedediah Jr. 1784, John Henry 1786, Riley 1787, Eben 1791, (infant) 1793 Ludlow 1794, Abigail 1797, Polly 1800, Ladue 1803, Isabel 1806. m 5. Wealthy Hill B. 10 Mar 1767 , Simsbury, CT D: 22 Nov 1852, Sandisfield, Mass. Mar: Jabez Oman Gleason on 30 Sep 1792, West Simsbury, CT * Current day Canton, CT occupies part of the land previously listed under Simsbury. Simsbury, West Simsbury, Canton, and Avon form a quadrangle about 3mi x 5 mi. Maternal Ancestors of Jedediah Hill [ 4E1 ] The Egglestons of Windsor, CT Isabel Eggleston, mother of Jedediah Hill, was of the Eggleston family from Windsor, Connecticut. This family was established by Bygatt Eggleston, one of the earliest settlers of Windsor in 1635-1636, and his sons: Samuel, James, Joseph, and Benjamin. Samuel moved to Middletown and raised a family of 3 sons and five daughters. Joseph moved to Stonington around 1670 and another son, Thomas, apparently died without children of his own. The Egglestons of Windsor were the descendants of James and Benjamin. My investigation of the Egglestons of Windsor started as a search for Thomas, born around 1707, who the Mormon files indicated was Isabel's father. After searching the town records of Simsbury and Windsor and other sources, my emphasis shifted to finding Isabel because: (1) There are no Egglestons listed in Simsbury and (2) none of the Thomas Egglestons found had a daughter Isabel born ca. 1733. The Isabel accepted by most reliable sources as the wife of John Hill,3rd and mother of Jedediah, is the daughter of Jedediah Sr.(1696), who was the son of Thomas (1661) and the grandson of James Eggleston Sr. (1617) ). So, Thomas was her grandfather rather than her father, as the Mormon files indicate. Jedediah, which was an unusual name at the time, would have been the name of Jed Hill's grandfather and a cousin, Hannah Loomis's son. Isabel was not a common name either so it is likely that Jedediah Hill's mother was named for her aunt, Isabel Eggleston. Continuing the reuse of names, Jed Hill's son, Eben, may have been named after Ebenezer Phelps, the husband of Isabel's aunt Mindwell, or after Ebenezer Egglestone, the son of Samuel. Abigail Hill was probably named after her mother, Abigail Kilby, but there were also several Abigails in the Eggleston family. Abigail, though, was fairly common at that time. The last name is variously spelled: Eggleston (most common in <40>), Egglestone, Eglestone (common in probate records <15>), Eaglestone (Thomas), and Egleston (John and James Sr.). All of the Eggleston name variations appeared in the Windsor town records and probate court records. The connection to the Egglestons of Windsor is an interesting one because some researchers believed Bygatt's ancestors were from a very well recorded and researched population, the nobility of England and northern Europe. This possibility was explored in the appendices of a prior edition, and may provide an incentive for some readers to study some English history from the period 1000 A.D. to 1600. Contact the author for copies of this information (not included herein). An abbreviated set of family charts are on the following pages. The data is mostly from the Windsor town records <40> and the DonEggles list <44>. No attempt was made to list all the descendants of Bygatt here, as this information is available from several other sources in much more comprehensive form than this history could attempt. The county or parish names are not repeated after the first listing of a town on a page. The numbers on the left represent the generation number relative to Bygatt (which is different from the convention used elsewhere in this history). Maternal Ancestors of Jedediah Hill [ 4E2 ] The Egglestons of Windsor, CT Gen. -1. Bygatt Eggleston Bapt. 20 Feb 1587, Settrington, Yorkshire, Eng. D. 01 Sep 1674, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT (at age 80) * will probated in Hartford Co. on 24 Oct 1674 * AKA: Bygod, Bigod, Begat, and Bagget Mar(1): abt. 1612 in Norwich, Norfolk, Eng. Name unknown. She died bef. 1630 * Bygatt and sons Samuel and James immigrated to Mass. in 1630. Children: 1. Samuel Eggleston B. 13 Apr 1612, D. abt. 1691 (based on ages of children in probate record) Mar(1): Sarah Disbrough B. 1620 2. Children: Samuel (1663), Sarah (1670), Susanna (1674), Nicholas (1676), Mercy (1679), Mary (1681), Ebenezer (1684) 1. Mary Eggleston Bapt. 4 Feb 1613, Norwich Mar: Edward Saunderson at Watertown,MA Mary & Edward may have returned to England 1. James Eggleston B. 1617, <45> st. 1616-1619 Exeter, Eng. D. 01 Dec 1679, Windsor, CT Mar(1): Hester Williams B. 1636, Hartford, CT 2. Children: James Jr. 1657, John 1659, Thomas Sr. 1661, Esther 1663, Nathaniel 1666, Isaac 1669, Abigail 1671, Deborah 1674, Hannah 1676 Mar(2): Mary Talcott (or Aylett?) betw. 1630-1637 Dorchester, Mass or Windsor, CT B. 1611, Braintree, Essex, Eng. D. 08 Dec 1657, Windsor, CT (will probated) Children of (2) - Bygatt & Mary T.: 1. Thomas (1630|8-1697), Mercy (1641-1680), Sarah (1643-1665), Rebecca (1644-1669) Abigail (1648-1689), Joseph (1651), Benjamin (1653-1732) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Thomas Eggleston Sr. B. 27 Jul 1661, Windsor, CT (<45> st. 28 Jul 1666) D. 06 Apr 1732, Windsor, CT (will probated 9 May 1732) <15> Mar: bef. 1687 in Windsor, CT <31> +Grace Hoskins B. 28 Jul 1666, Windsor, CT da. of Anthony Hoskins <45> D. 27 Mar 1739, Windsor, CT <31> Children: 3. Grace Eggleston B 11 Nov 1687 M: Nathan Whaples of Hartford, CT. <6> 3. Hannah " B. 07 Feb 1692 M: Isaac Loomis B. 1694, Windsor <6> 3. Thomas " Jr. B. 16 Jan 1693 died unmarried 3. Jedediah " Sr. B. 14 Jun 1696 M: Sarah Moore B. [1700] ==> [ 4E3 ] 3. Isabel " B. 25 Jan 1697 M: Abraham Loomis B.1696, Windsor <6> 3. Deborah " B. 10 May 1700 M: Aaron Loomis B. 1696, Windsor <6> 3. Mary " B. 13 May 1702 M: John Brown B. [1700], Windsor <6> 3. Mindwell " B. 24 Nov 1703 M: Lt. Ebeneezer Phelps [1702] <6> 3. Joseph " B. 04 Apr 1706 M1: Naomi Phelps M2: Mary Winchell 3. Ephraim " B. 03 Mar 1708 M: Isabel Loomis B. [1712] 3. Esther " B. 19 Oct 1710 M: Edward Eggleston B. 1707, Windsor Maternal Ancestors of Jedediah Hill [ 4E3 ] The Egglestons of Windsor, CT Gen. 3. Jedediah Egglestone Sr. B. 14 Jun 1696, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT D. 15 Jul 1766, Windsor, CT <45> Mar: on 06 Apr 1726 at (Windsor ?) +Sarah Moore B. 14 Jul 1703, Windsor da. of Joseph Moore and Sarah Brown D. 15 Jul 1766 Children: 4. Sarah Eggleston B. 16 Mar 1726 D. 7 Nov 1761 (at 35) M: Rememberance Sheldon Jr. B. 1728 son of Remembrance Sheldon & Hannah Drake 4. Lydia Eggleston B. 12 Jan 1728 D. 1789 M: Solomon Dill of Canton 4. Grace Eggleston B. 12 Jan 1730 D. 30 May 1736 4. Isabel Eggleston B. 11 Apr 1732 D. 1818 ==>[ 4H0 ] M: JOHN HILL of Canton 4. Jedediah Eggleston Jr. B. 07 Jul 1736 4. Thomas Eggleston Bapt. on 28 Sept 1740 4. Lois (or Eunice) " 4. Grace Eggleston (again) Bapt. 17 Jun 1744 M: Thomas Eggleston 4. Thomas (again ?) B. 26 Sep 1746 M1: Rebecca Drake on 13 Feb 1766 da. of Samuel Drake & Amy Kent M2: Ann Clark on 26 Mar 1778 * ten children between the two marriages. Revolutionary War Veteran. Owned the best fishing spot on the Connecticut River, north of Middletown - still known as Thomas Eggleston's fishing place. The Ship Mary And John - and the Settlement of Windsor, CT [ 4E4 ] The Mary and John left Plymouth, England on 20 March 1630 with a group of approximately 140 men, women, and children on board. There were several middle aged gentlemen with their adult families and a number of young bachelors. They had been brought together through the efforts of Rev. John White of Dorchester, England. The passengers came mainly from England's western counties, i.e. Devonshire, Dorsetshire, and Somerset. Two ministers had been chosen to lead them, Rev. John Maverick of Devon and Rev. John Warham of Exetor. Both were ordained members of the Church of England and had joined the Puritan movement. Our ancestors aboard the ship included Bygatt Eggleston, widowed at that time, and his two sons, James and Samuel, and possibly a daughter, Mary. Bygatt married two more times after arrival in New England and had many more children. ** Also aboard were William and George Phelps, and probably their brother, Richard. William brought with him his wife, Elizabeth - who died before 1636, and children William, Sarah, Samuel, Nathaniel, and Joseph. William later married another passenger, Mary Dover. Stephen Terry was aboard also, a young bachelor who returned to England to marry Jane Hardey, bringing her back to New England on the Recovery, sailing from Weymouth, England on 31 March 1633. Stephen's mother was Mary (White) Terry, sister of Rev. John White who had organized the voyage. "So we came" writes Roger Clapp in his Memoirs, "by the good Hand of the Lord, through the deep comfortably; having preaching or expounding of the Word of God every day for ten weeks, together by our ministers. When we came to Nantasket, Capt. Squeb, who was captain of our great ship of four hundred tons, put us on shore and our goods on Nantasket Point, and left us to shift for our selves in this wilderness." Actually, the original intent had been to land the immigrants at the Charles River, but a dispute with Captain Squeb caused the whole company to be put ashore at Nantasket. The Mary and John was the first ship of the fleet of 1630 (the Winthrop Fleet) to arrive at the Bay and at that time there was no chart of the channel, nor were there pilots to guide them up the river. Capt. Squeb probably did not want to endanger his ship in the uncharted waters. The company landed on the south side of Dorchester Neck, or South Boston, in Old Harbor. Ten men found a small boat and went up-river to Charleston Neck. They continued on up the Charles River as far as what is now Watertown and returned several days later. Their co-passengers had found pasture at Mattapsa for their cattle. The settlement there was later called Dorchester, after Rev. John White of Dorchester, England. Roger Clapp wrote. "The place was a wilderness. Fish was a good help to me and to others. Bread was so scarce that I thought the very crusts from my father's table would have been sweet, and when we could have meal and salt and water boiled together I asked 'who could ask for better?' The settlers lived largely on clams and fish, and Indians brought baskets of corn to them." After five or six years many of our ancestors found themselves unhappy at Dorchester. The group of settlements around Massachusets Bay was dominated by clergymen and officials. The Governor, John Winthrop, had little sympathy for common folk. "The best part (of the people) is always the least, and of that best part, the wiser is always the lesser" he wrote. Rev. John Cotton stated, "Never did God ordain democracy for the government of the church or the people". - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ** Reference <45> states that Bigod is not listed on the passenger manifest of the Mary and John which was printed in The Boston Transcript, Genealogical Column about 1930. Col. C.E. Banks, in his "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630", indicates that Bigod came to New England in some unidentified vessel of the Winthrop fleet in June or July of 1630. The Settlement of Windsor, CT - (Continued) [ 4E5 ] Wishing a more liberal life, many of the passengers of the Mary and John wanted to resettle elsewhere. They wanted more land and were also influenced by a great smallpox epidemic which had raged among the Indians, killing many and reducing the menace from that quarter. The settlers looked toward the Connecticut Valley for their new home. Early in the summer of 1635 a group under Roger Ludlow set out and reached the Plymouth Trading House which had been erected near the junction of the Connecticut and Farmington rivers. A little later sixty men, women and children with their farm animals came overland from Dorchester. Winter that year was fierce and many returned to Dorchester. The following spring many of these returned with more emigrants who were leaving for Connecticut. By April 1636 most of the members of the Dorchester Church had settled near the Farmingham River along a hill overlooking the Great Meadow. They built rude shelters dug out of the ground along the edge of the river bank. The town was later named Windsor. Thanks to The Mary and John: The Founding of Dorchester, Mass, 1630 by Maude Pinney Kuhns - as quoted in Our Family Tree , 1990 by Deborah Rothery (LDS MicroFisch 6101299) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BYGATT EGGLESTON (notes from ref <37>) Bygatt Eggleston's name was variously spelled Bygod, Bigod, Begat, Beget, or Bagot. He was married first in England about 1611. In 1612 his father willed him only six pounds, even though he was the eldest son, and a house and land were left to younger brothers. Nothing is known of him in England and he may have left home before his father's death. When he arrived on the Mary and John in 1630 he was one of the few passengers that was not from the West Country of England and he may have moved there a few years before departure. His first wife, and mother of the twins, Samuel and James, died in England between 1620 and 1630. He was 44 when he and his two sons settled in Dorchester, Mass. where he applied for freemanship on 19 Oct 1630 and took the oath on 18 May 1631. He was granted land in Dorchester. He moved to Windsor, Conn. with the first settlers of that place about 1636 and married a woman probably years younger than he, who bore him seven more children. His second wife may have been Mary Talcot (or Talcutt, or Aylett) but these have been disputed. On 6 June 1645 Bygatt was fined 20 shillings, at age 59, for "bequeathing his wife to a young man, George Tuckye," who was also fined 40 shillings for "his misdemeanor in words to Eggleston's wife". Tuckye probably complimented Bygatt's wife and Eggleston, in jest, bequeathed her to him, but it reached the ears of the straight-laced authorities. At age 70 he was a widower with many young children at home and married again, possibly to Mary Wall. A descendant who died in 1865 had collected the names of 16,000 descendants (Burton W. Spear: Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John ). The wife of James Eggleston, Esther Williams, is thought to be the first white child born in Connecticut . The Will of Thomas Eggleston Sr. [ 4E6 ] (Son of James Sr., grandfather of Isabel) From Hartford County Probate Records, Vol III (1729-1732). Eglestone, Thomas, Windsor. Invt L363-07-08. Taken 9 May, 1732 by Nathaniel Drake, Job Loomis and Henry Allen. Will dated 4 February 1731-2. (Abstracted) The will bequeaths to "my wife Grace" so much of the moveable estate as she shall see cause to improve or make use of . . . and 1/3 part of my housing and land during her natural life. To son Thomas - 2 acres ... and 10 acres ... and 1/4 part of the undivided lands in Windsor Common (not to be sold without offering first to brothers). To son Jedediah - the lot on which he dwells . . . 1/2 of my lott in the Western lands, and 1/4 part of the undivided lands in Windsor Common (as above). Also 1/2 of my lott in the Great Meadow, he paying my daughters the sum of 8 pounds. To son Joseph - my dwelling house and barn and homelott, 1 acre of land adjoining thereto, 1/2 of the 1 1/2 Mile Division of Town Commons, and 1/2 of my lott in the Great Meadow, he paying my daughters the sum of 50 pounds. To son Ephraim - 10 acres at Mile's Hole, the meadow lott east of the Great River, 1/2 of my land in the 1 1/2 Mile Division, and 1/4 of the undivided lands in Windsor, he paying to my daughters the sum of 12 pounds. . . . my will is that my six daughters, viz. Hannah, Isabel, Deborah, Mary, Mindwell, and Esther, have paid to them by my sons, Jedediah, Joseph, and Ephraim Eglestone, the sum of 70 pounds money. . . . and pay to my daughter, Grace Whaples, the sum of 10 shillings money, and to her children, viz. Thomas and Abigail Whaples of Hartford, the sum of 5 pounds each. . . . The remainder of the moveable estate is to be divided equally between the sons and Grace is appointed as executor. The Pioneers Jedediah Hill and Descendants [ 5H0 ] Gen. 5. Jedediah Hill B. 29 Mar 1761, Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT <17,18,58> <==[ 4H0 ] D. 28 Apr 1841, Lorraine, Jefferson Co., NY (at son Jed Jr's home) <17,18> bur. in Woodside (Mixer) Cemetary, Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., NY * <11> * Veteran - Revolutionary War (and War of 1812?) <17,18, 42, 45> Mar: on 13 Mar 1783 at Avon, Hartford Co. CT by Rev. Rufus Hawley, Congregational Church of Avon (Avon was formerly part of Farmington). <17,18> + Abigail Kilby B. 29 Jul 1760, Farmington, Hartford Co. CT <==[ 5K1 ] D. 03 Nov 1859, Henderson, Jeff., NY (at age 99) Bur: Woodside Cem. * <45> lists Wethersfield, CT as birthplace and Ellisburg as place of death. m/f Children: m 6. Jedediah Hill Jr. B. 11 Feb 1784, Simsbury, CT M: Susanna ==>[ 5H0-1 ] * Veteran - War of 1812 <45> m 6. John Henry Hill B. 29 Jan 1786, Simsbury, CT D.23 Feb 1869 ==>[ 6H0 ] * Veteran - War of 1812 <45> <58> states bd: "Jan" vs "Jun" Mar(1): Esther Adams on 22 Feb 1809 [1787 - 1848] No children Mar(2): Sarah Ann Haight on 30 Oct 1849, DesMoines Co, Iowa <==[ 6Ha1 ] Children: John William 1850, James Riley 1852, Cornelius 1854, Esther Ann 1857 m 6. Riley Hill B.09 Mar 1788, Simsbury, CT D.18 Sep 1806, Canton, CT <45,58> m 6. Ebben Hill B.30 Mar 1791, Simsbury, CT D.07 Mar 1876, Kossuth, IA <45,58> * Veteran - War of 1812 <45> Bur. under military stone, Kossuth Cem. Mar(1): Anna ____ B.06 Sep 1789 D.14 Mar 1846, bur. Kossuth Cem., IA <54> 7. Ebben Hill Jr. B. betw. 1811-1815, NY? Mar: Eliza Haight ==>[ 6Ha2 ] and 7. John 1811-15; Harry 1825, William 1827, Lurissa 1829-1855, & Hiram 1831 ==>[ 5H0-2 ] ? 6. Baby Hill B.01 Jun 1793, Simsbury, CT D.22 Jun 1793 <49,58> m 6. Ludlow Hill B.06 Aug 1794, Simsbury, CT D.12 Jul 1873 Wonewec, WI <41,58> * Veteran - War of 1812 <45> M: Lydia Presley on 01 Jan 1821, NY ==>[ 5H0-3 ] 7. Nine children - 5 boys and 4 girls <41, 56 57> f 6. Abigail Hill B.20 May 1797, Simsbury, CT D.26 Jan 1815, Ellisburg, NY <49,58> M: Calvin Leonard D: 21 Feb 1838, Both Bur. Woodside Cem. <58> f 6. Polly Hill B.16 Aug 1800, Simsbury, CT D.21 Sep 1806, Simsbury, CT <49,58> m 6. Ladue Hill B.04 Apr 1803, Simsbury, CT M: Elizabeth Amelia Taylor ==>[ 5H0-1 ] 7. Eleven Children, incl: Henry Hill & Emily Welthy Hill Mar: Asa Burbank; <23> f 6. Isabella Hill B.14 Mar 1806, Simsbury, CT D.06 Mar 1860, Henderson, NY <49> M(1): Sylvenas Crittinden M(2): David Boice ==>[ 5H0-1 ] f 6. Abigail Leonard (Hill) (adopted) B.21 Jan 1815 D.21 Feb 1838 Bur: Woodside Cem. * Daughter of Abigail Hill-Leonard, adopted by Jed and Abby after her mother's death on 26 Jan 1815. * Woodside Cemetery in Rural Hill, is also known as Mixer Cem. because it is on Mixer Road, at the intersection east of Rural Hill on Mixer Rd. northwest of Ellisburg. * John, Eben, & Ludlow were privates in Allen's 55th Regiment, New York Militia, War of 1812 Jedediah (Jr.?) is listed as a private in Carver's 61st Reg., NY Militia, War of 1812. <45> Descendants of Jedediah Hill [ 5H0-1 ] 6. Jedediah Hill Jr. B: 1788 * all following from <58> <==[ 5H0 ] D: 26 May 1858, Lorrine, NY Bur: Lyman Cem., Lorrain, NY Mar(1): Susanna Case Mar(2): Betsy (Risley) Hitchcock, widow of George Hitchcock children: 7. Susan Hill B: D: 1806 7. Riley Hill B: D: 7. Milo Hill B: D: 7. Polly Hill B: Dec 1808 D: 1 Nov 1892, Ellisburg, NY Bur: Maplewood, Mannsville Mar: Hiram Wheeler 7. Sophronia 7. Julie 7. Lorinda 7. Clorinda B: 1823 D: 6 Sep 1905, Mannsville, NY Bur: Maplewood Cem. 7. Matilda 7. Orpha 7. Rhoda 6. Isabella Hill B.14 Mar 1806, Simsbury, CT D.06 Mar 1860, Henderson, NY <==[ 5H0 ] M(1): Sylvenas Crittinden Isabel bur: Hungerford Cem., Henderson, NY <49,58> 7. Abigail Crittinden <58> M(2): David Boice 7. Fred E. Boice b: 1841 7. Helen Cornelia Boice b: 3 Feb 1843 d: 30 Apr 1864; bur: Hungerford Cem. 7. Charlotte Alida Boice b: 23 Jan 1848 d: 4 June 1868; bur: Hungerford Cem. 6. Ladue Hill B.04 Apr 1803, Simsbury, CT D: 16 May 1890, Wauconda, IL <==[ 5H0 ] Mar: on __ ___ 1825 in CT? Elizabeth Amelia Taylor B: 4 May 1807, New Haven, CT D: 27 Sep 1886, Wauconda, IL * Ref <58> states M(1) to Eliza Aurelia Taylor in 1823 ; moved to Ohio in 1830, then to IL where he owned a farm and gristmill. His farm in Wauconda was on a lake. (Eleven children) <58> 7. Henry Hill B: 20 Jan 1827, Ellisburg, NY <59> Mar: July 14, 1851 to Martha Ann Virgin <59, 49b> * One of the founders in Independence, Oregon . Journeyed by wagon train from St. Joseph, MO to Oregon in 1847. The Heritage Museum in Independence, Ore had an account of his history (see following page). He was a state senator in OR. and is buried in Pioneer Cem. near Independence. 7. Emily Welthy Hill B: 1826, Ellisburg, NY D: 21 Apr 1875, Coffeyville, KS * Descendants of Emily from ref <23>, DAR application # 493512 of Lurissa Hanold (1963) Mar: on 28 Oct 1842 + Asa Wakefield Burbank B: Aug 1819, PA D: 22 Feb 1872, Coffeyville, KS 8. Lurissa Rosalia Burbank B: 21 Jul 1845, Elgin, IL D: 11 Nov 1924, Coffeyville, KS Mar: Jacob Staats Jr. B: 25 Dec 1832, Ripley, WV D: 17 Dec 1898, Coffeyville, KS 9. Lester Loring Staats B: 28 Jan 1874, Coffeyville, KS D: 20 Feb 1953, Wash. Co.,OK +Eugenia Diana Hollenbeck B: 11 Apr 1882, Niobrara, NB D: 1957, OK 10. Lurissa Rosalia Staats Hanold B: 19 Dec 1911, Wann, Nowata Co., OK +Cristoph Henry Hanold on 9 Nov 1940 at Caney, KS B:07 Jul 1908 Biography - Henry Hill This article, and the one that follows were obtained from the Heritage Museum in Independence, Ore. by my sister-in-law, Mimi Dykeman, January 12, 1999. The address of the museum is: 112 South 3rd St., P.O. Box 7, Independence, OR 97351 The phone is (503) 838-4989 (but they are only open Wednesdays and Saturdays 1-5 PM and Thurs. & Fri. 1-4 PM). Ref <59> Page 1 Henry and Martha Hill (of Independence, OR) Henry Hill's family probably typified the westward expansion of the population of the United States from coast to coast, which continues to this day. Some of Henry's ancestors.came to the New World as Freeman with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 seeking not only religious freedom, but increased opportunity. They soon found the religious constraints in Massachusetts becoming as bad as those they had left in England, so they crossed the almost unknown wilderness of western Massachusetts to the Connecticut River valley near Hartford,where they found more freedom. After the American Revolution in which Henry's grandfather Jedediah Hill served, his father moved from Connecticut to western New York near Ellisburg on Lake Ontario where Henry was born January 20, 1827. The family moved to Ohio, then to Illinois. The love of the land - the beauty, challenge, and care of it-was strong, and most of Henry's ancestors remained farmers. His father owned a farm and grist mill in Illinois. With a good education for that time (his mother had been a school teacher), twenty year old Henry left for the Oregon Territory in a wagon train in which his married sister, Emily and her husband, Asa Wakefield Burbank and children traveled. They left April 4, 1847, arrived at Willamette Falls (Oregon City) November 10, 1847, and at Independence November 14, 1847. Henry staked his claim number forty-five on the west bank of the Willamette, south of the junction of the river with Ash Creek, marking it in the custom of the day with stakes at the corners,and blazes on the trees. He also built a small log cabin. In 1848, he went to the California gold fields, but when he returned, he found others had arrived in the interim and "annexed" some of his claim, however he liked the location, so continued to develop it, although it contained only 463.63 acres instead of the 640 acres in the usual donation land claim. At the time of his death in 1904, he owned approximately one-thousand acres improved land in the area plus land in Harney and Crook counties on which he ran stock. Henry Hill was married July 14, 1851 to Martha Ann Virgin who had also traveled west in 1847. Henry came by way of the Columbia River; Martha by way of the Applegate trail and southern Oregon. Martha was born in Kentucky December 18, 1834 and lived in Missouri until her parents both parished in an epidemic in 1846. The three younger children accompanied their married sister Nancy Goff and husband Samuel Ford Goff to Oregon to join his father David Goff. Henry and Martha Hill - page 2 Nine children were born to Mr. & Mrs. Hill: Roseltha, who died at age nine while attending boarding school in Dallas, Ladue, Reason, Elizabeth, and Lucy, both of whom died as toddlers, Nelly Hill Denlinger, Homer, Verd, and Garlin Hill Cohrs. There were eleven grandchildren. Henry and Martha Hill were actively interested in the community. He served on the early school board; was appointed a commissioner to locate a Polk County Territoial Road; served in the Oregon Militia during the Civil War. After the disasterous 1861 flood which wiped out much of Independence, then located north of Ash Creek, the citizens asked Mr. Hill to plat a town on his higher ground. He gave land for stores, churches, school,park. The "New Town" grew rapidly and was incorporated in 1878. In 1882, "Old Town" as it was then known, was annexed. Mr. and Mrs. Hill wanted a good education for their children. They gradually collected a large library, and reading was a big part in the life of family. Their nine children were spread out over almost thirty years, and the education available in Oregon changed dramatically over those years. Roseltha, their eldest child,was sent to an Academy at Dallas. An epidemic swept through the children, and she passed on when she was nine - a great sadness to the family. The remaining children were sent to local schools. The younger children had the advantage of tutoring and college prep courses which became available locally as the younger half of the family reached their.teens. The daughters were given equal.- educational opportunities in a time when that was rare. Of the three daughters to reach adulthood, two went to college: Nelly, reportedly the first woman law student at Stanford and Garlin who graduated from Oregon State University - then Oregon Agricultural College, and taught high school in Washington The children recalled that "Papa" said he didn't want his daughters marrying just to get married for he had seen too many men of that era abuse their wives and children. They should marry for love, and to fine - upstanding men, or not at all. They also worked and hoped for an equal sufferage amendment. To quote Martha Hill in a letter to her daughter Garlin in Washington dated 1911 "I see by the papers women can vote in Washington. The Holy men of Oregon did not let us vote. Never mind. This is not all of the voting years." Mrs. Hill was then 77 years old and she expected to have some "voting years". In a time when women wore corsets and laced themselves tightly to obtain a small stylish waist, the Hills deplored that fashion - they felt it was unhealthy, as indeed it was. Their daughters rode horses and ran and played freely with their brothers, and did not wear corsets. Mr. and Mrs. Hill were warm and caring people who sheltered many relatives and friends in their large homes. They were called "Uncle" Henry and "Aunt" Martha by many who were not relatives, but who felt their solicitude. ##### Aug 3, 1977 - Sun-Enterprise Newspapers, Section I, Page 9 Students uncover 'mystery' image Four OCE (Oregon College of Education) students working at Heritage Museum have discovered something in a slide picture that was not apparent when the picture was taken. Exactly what that something is remains a mystery. The four, Dot Smith, Chris Trauss, Jerry Strauss, and Connie Jones are photographing every item in the museum as part of a class they are taking in education media. Each item is numbered, labeled, described on a card, and filed. Although three of the students hold teaching degrees, they are not quite sure how to describe one photo they took. The 'mystery slide' was taken of the late John Hill, who was an uncle to Henry Hill, founder of Independence. When the slide was developed, two white ghostly figures appeared inside the frame, on either side. How the figures got into the picture and what they are has yet to be determined. "I think we have photographed an energy field" chris Strauss said. "It may be the first time anyone has taken a picture of a ghost", another added. In addition to photographing, labeling, and filing, the group is setting up records for loaned and donated items to keep track of where items come from and how long they are on loan to the museum. Chris Strauss is also putting together a handbook for volunteers. The program is directed by Richard Forcier, who is head of the Ed Media Program at OCE. On site supervisor is Dennis Eberly of Monmouth. Funds for the project came through the museum's tour of homes. Chris and Jerry Strauss are from Denver, Colo. He is a junior high teacher and she taught fifth grade. Dot Smith, also a fifth grade teacher, is from Davenport, Iowa. Connie Jones is an undergraduate student from Portland. Each member of the group works between 35-40 hours a week at the museum and without pay. They are receiving college credit. The three out-of-staters are enjoying their eight week stay in Oregon, even though the summer school hours are long. Jerry Strauss said he especially appreciated all the fresh fruit and the cool nights. Dot Jones added, "It's nice to be away from all the tornados and the humidity." As for the apparition, whatever it is, it does make the work of labeling and filing more interesting, the students are convinced. Descendants of Jedediah Hill [ 5H0-2 ] 6. Ebben Hill, Sr. B.30 Mar 1791, Simsbury, CT D.07 Mar 1876, Kossuth, IA <45> <==[ 5H0 ] * Veteran, War of 1812, pvt., Capt. George W. Clark's 55th Reg., NYV Militia 2/8/1813 - 3/17/1813 * Pension # 11973 Mar(1): on 16 Jun 1816,NY + Ruth Ann Barney "Anna" B.06 Sep 1789, NY D.14 Mar 1846, bur. Kossuth Cem., IA <58> Children of Ebben Hill and Anna 7. Ebben B. Hill Jr. B: betw. 1811-1815, NY Mar: Eliza Haight D.27 Nov 1856, OR ==>[ 6Ha4 ] * "The Oregon Trail" lists: HILL, Eben B., DLC #3305 Polk Co., born 1821 Jefferson Co., NY 7. John Hill B: betw. 1820-1825, NY Mar: Armilda Harper *moved to Ore. <48> * "The Oregon Trail" lists: John Hill b: 1823 Jeff. Co. NY, d: 1854 * and wife Armilda - Mar: 1 Aug 1846, DesMoines Co., IA 7. Harry Hill "Hervey" B: 1825, NY * Oregon Trail List: HILL, Harvey, DLC #342 Linn Co.,OR; born 1826 Jefferson Co., NY 7. William Hill B: 1827, NY Mar. a dau. of Abraham Banta <48> 7. Lurissa Hill B: abt Jan 1829, NY D. 07 Aug 1855, bur. Kossuth Cem. unmarried teacher 7. Hiram Hill B: 1831 * Presbyterian minister, moved to CA <48> * 1830 NY census lists Ebben (1791) & Anna (1789) with a girl (1811-1815 - Anna, 1813 of the 1870 census?) and six other children. The ages match for Ebben Jr., Harry, William, & Lurissa (see [ 5H7 ] ). Anna had two children from her previous marriage and the girl may have been one of them. Mar(2): Mrs. Malvira "Fannie" Toole (aftr. 1846) in IA * Malvira is on Lurissa's gravestone <48> * Eben's pension record (War of 1812) lists his wife as "Francis". 7. Francis Hill B: 1842 7. Judson Hill B: 1854 7. Luther Hill B: 1856 * 1870 IA census lists Ebben (1791) with Anna (1813), Francis (1842), Judson (1854), & Luther (1856). (Extract: Yellow Springs and Huron, by J. W. Merrill, self published in Mediapolis, IA. in 1897...pgs 138, 139) EBEN HILL - "About 1840, Eben Hill and George W. Bergen came to Yellow Spring township from Dover, Lee County, IA, where they had been neighbors for a year or two. Both were soldiers in the war of 1812. They found the NE 1/4 sec. 24, 72, 2, a little too far prairieward, but entered it, Hill taking the west half. He lived here some fifteen years, and then sold to Rev. Joseph Kern; he moved to Franklin township, and married his second wife, Mrs. Toole. He died there in 1876. His oldest son, Eben, married Eliza Haight, and John married Armilda Harper and both moved to Oregon. John died there, and his widow married Dr. S. R. Bergen. William married a daughter of Abraham Banta. Lurissa was a popular teacher, died unmarried, in 1855, and is buried at Kossuth. The record of the next son, Hervey, I am unable to give. Hiram graduated at Yellow Spring College, class of '58, entered the ministry of the Presbyterian church and removed to California. The second wife had two sons, but they never were residents here. " Extract from <58>: Eben moved with his wife and six children to Ohio sometime before 1839. <58> includes a long letter from Eben to his brother Ludlow postmarked May 1, 1839 in Centerville, OH (with Killian on the heading). The letter indicates that he was in financial trouble and did not receive the assistance from his brothers in time - so he had to sell his property in Ohio, and was renting land (or planting it for a half-share) until he could execute his plan to move to Missouri territory - to the Iowa country. He urged his brothers to raise all the money they could and buy property in Iowa.. <58> also states that after his first wife, Anna, died, Eben married Francis Toole and they had two children. The Index to the War of 1812 Pension Files lists: Soldier: Hill, Eben, Widow: Hill, Francis. Private. Cap't George W. Clark Co., New York Militia and Cap't Solomon McCumber Co.; S.O. 11973, W.O. 38051, W.C. 27856. Descendants of Ludlow Hill [ 5H0-3 ] 6. Ludlow Hill B.06 Aug 1794, Simsbury, CT <==[ 5H0 ] D.12 Jul 1873 Wonewec, WI <41> * Veteran, War of 1812, pvt., Capt. George W. Clark's 55th Reg., NYV Militia 2/8/1813 - 3/17/1813 Mar: on 01 Jan 1821 + Lydia Presly B: 24 Oct 1800, Hoosic, NY D:12 May 1880, Wonewoc, WI * Da. of Matthew and Abi Presley. * NY census of 1830 lists Ludlow with 5 boys and 2 girls (see 5H7 ) 7. Ludlow Hill Jr. b: 1821, Ellisburg, NY d: young ? Bur: Woodside Cem. <57,58> 7. Orin Rice Hill b: 11 Oct 1823 d: 31 Jan 1908, Kenosha, WI M: Susanna <57,58> 7. Lydia Case Hill b: 1825 d: 18 Apr 1838 Bur: Woodside Cem. <57,58> 7. Ludlow Presly Hill b: 19 Oct 1829, Ellisburg, NY d: 10 Oct 1915, Kenosha, WI * - - Descendants of Ludlow Presley Hill fm DAR applic. # 425656 of Cecelia Hill Best (1954) <41> + Cecelia Seaman b: 30 Apr 1835 d: 14 Jan 1900, Wonewoc, WI 8. William Wallace Hill b: 16 Oct 1853, Drummond, MI d: 25 Aug 1949, Kenosha, WI + Christy McLeod Hill b: 3 May 1862, Lochiel, Ont, Can d: 25 Mar 1926, Kenosha, WI 9. Cecelia Hill Best b: 21 Jul 1891, Fish Creek, WI 7. Armanda Hill b: 1831 d: young Bur: Woodside Cem., Belleville, NY <57,58> 7. Abigail Amanda Hill b. 04 Feb 1832, Ellisburg, NY d. 12 Nov 1869, Wonewoc, WI * - - Descendants of Abigail Amanda are from Sgt. James Babcock - Ref <56> + Robert Ludlow Alcott M: abt. 1850, Berrington, IL b: 03 May 1828, England. * <58> states that this Abigail m: John L. Rowin (reversed with entry below) 8. Lydia Abi Alcott b. 21 Jul 1851, St. Charles, IL 5 more generations ==>[ 5H0-4 ] M: 19 Oct 1871 d: 26 Oct 1922, Wonewoc, WI + Mark Cook Bell b. 19 May 1847, Independence, Warren Co., NJ d: 04 Jul 1917, Wonewoc, WI 7. William Riley Hill b: 24 Jan 1835, Ellisburg, NY <57,58> 7. Abigail Hill "Abi" b: 30 Oct 1836, Jefferson Co., NY d: 26 Sep 1916, Wonewoc, WI <57,58> Mar: on 1 Jan 1856 to John Leroy Rowin B. 12 Mar 1832 Ft. Winnebago, WI ==>[ 5H0-4 ] * <58> states that this Abigail m: Robert Alcott nine children born in Wonewoc: Orilla, Orin, John, Abi, Cecelia, Ladue, Lafayette, Bell (Lillian), Eugennie 7. Jedediah Hill b: 11 Nov 1839, St. Charles, IL M. Eliza Seaman <57> or Eliza Malissa Shaw <59> LudLow Hill Biography [ 5H0-3 ] Shortly after Lydia's death in 1838, Ludlow moved his family to Illinois. The following is taken from the Wonewoc Reporter, July 17, 1919. " Something more than three quarters of a century ago, Ludlow Hill and his wife, Lydia Presley Hill, left Sackets Harbor, on the shores of aLake Ontario just above where the St. Laurence River starts on its journey to the sea, and with their family set sail on a lake boat to make a new home in the distant West, of which they had heard glowing accounts from adventurous spirits who had preceded them. Even in that early year the desire for land in the old state of New York had become greater than the supply, and this Ludlow Hill's father, Jedediah Hill, had only one farm on the bank of Sand Creek to the East of Sacketts Harbor, whereas his family was large. . . . " " The boats carrying this family were several weeks traversing the waters of Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan, but in time they landed at a trading point now grown to the great city of Chicago. Moving inland, Ludlow found a tract of land to suit him along the Fox River, not far from where Elgin, Ill is now located. There he prospered for a timeand then became ensnared by representatives of some Mormon missionaries. He sold his lands and moved to Beaver Island, in the northern part of Lake Michigan. This island was, at that time, colonized by Mormons, with a man known as King Strang at their head. It seems that he resembled a king only in a few respects, and was in reality a pirate chief. His chief occupation was to lure people of property to his island and there hold them and plunder them. The story of the island is one of robbery, rapine, and murder. He ruled his subjects with an iron hand, and ourside boats were not allowed to land until he had satisfied himself that they would cause him no trouble. The unfortunate members of his colony were thus rendered prisoners, and their condition was, for years, unknown to the outside world. Mr. Hill had invested his fortune on the island immediately after reaching there, but soon became disgusted with Mormonism as practiced. At the earliest opportunity he got his family away, but was compelled to abandon his property to do this, and thus lost the savings of the productive years of his life. He then located at Racine, Wisconsin for a time while he sought a place for a new home, and early in the 1850's he moved to Wonewoc in central Wisconsin. Here land was cheap, and with the means at his disposal he was able to secure enough land for a small farm for each of his four sons and two daughters." Descendants of Ludlow Hill are eligible for a Pioneer Certificate issued by the Kane County Pioneer Committee, and part of the Elgin Genealogical Society. To be eligible for a certificate the ancestor must have been born or settled in Kane County on or before 1840. The address is: Kane Co. Pioneers EGS, P.O. Box 1418, Elgin, Illinois 60121-0818 During the next fifteen years the love of the land - the beauty, challenge and care of it - remained strong in Ludlow's family, and religion once more became the dominant motivating factor. " (The text goes on to refer to two letters and a narative written by Ludlow's son, Ludlow Presley Hill, that relates most of the religious story later in the book.) Descendants of Ludlow Hill [ 5H0-4 ] 7. Abigail Amanda Hill b. 04 Feb 1832, Ellisburg, NY <==[ 5H0-3 ] d. 12 Nov 1869, Wonewoc, WI + Robert Ludlow Alcott M: abt. 1850, Berrington, IL b: 03 May 1828, England. * - - - - - - - - - - - - - Descendants of Abigail Amanda are from ref <56> Sgt. James Babcock 8. Lydia Abi Alcott b. 21 Jul 1851, St. Charles, IL M: 19 Oct 1871 d: 26 Oct 1922, Wonewoc, WI + Mark Cook Bell b. 19 May 1847, Independence, Warren Co., NJ d: 04 Jul 1917, Wonewoc, WI 9. Amanda Luella Bell b: 05 Jan 1873, Wonewoc, WI M: 18 May 1898 d: 03 Mar 1931, Gary, IN + George Wilson Todd b: 08 Sep 1873, Campbellsford, Canada d: 11 Oct 1925, Gary, IN 10. Florence Bell Todd b: 18 May 1908, Cape Britton Is., Nova Scotia M: d: 24 Feb 1995, Tarpon Springs, FL + James Edward Shay b: 03 Sep 1907, Morgantown, WV d: 27 Jun 1983, Holiday, FL 11. Linda Lee Shay b: 22 Mar 1938, Gary, IN M(1): Emery Shaffer on 15 Mar 1957 12. Laurie Kevin Shaffer b: 26 Oct 1959 + Barry Wilbur M: on 30 Jun 1984 13. Danielle Wilbur b: 07 Feb 1985 13. Mathew Robert Wilbur b: 13. Ashley Lindsey Wilbur b: 19 Jan 1989 12. Shelley Lynn Shaffer b: 24 Jul 1963 M(2): Benjamin Herman Babcock on 30 Jun 1971 B: 01 Apr 1923, MT. Morris, MI. 12. James Wesley Babcock b: 07 Aug 1972, Dunedin, FL M: on 14 Nov 1998 + Judith Marie Supperer b: 02 Oct 1975, Philadelphia, PA 13. Shelley Marie Babcock b: 12 Aug 1993 13. Jamie Lee Babcock b: 20 Nov 1995 7. Abigail Hill "Abi" B: 30 Oct 1836, Jefferson Co., NY <==[ 5H0-3 ] Mar: on 1 Jan 1856 D: 26 Sep 1916, Wonewoc, WI <57> + John Leroy Rowin B. 12 Mar 1832 Ft. Winnebago, WI * - - - Descendants of Abigail Amanda are from ref <57> Linda Dahlke children - all born in Wonewoc, WI 8. Orilla Rowin b. 1856 M: Peter Minster in Wyoming 8. Orin Rowin b. 1861 M: Olive Jane Irr 8. John Rowin b. 1862 8. Abi Rowin b. 1865 8. Cecelia Rowin b. 1867 8. Ladue Rowin b. 1869 8. Lafayette Rowin b. 1872 8. Bell (Lillian) Rowin b. 1874 8. Eugennie Rowin b. 1878 Chronology [5H1] Jedediah Hill Family The following chronology for Jedediah Hill and his family is not yet verified in all respects but represents the data available so far. The census data from 1790 to 1840 did not list the names of family members, only the heads of the family, so the names of the children or people living with the family are from other sources. 1761 - Jed was born as the fourth or fifth child of the second marriage of John Hill 3rd. If the first marriage is factual, Jed was the seventh of eight children. All the children except John 4th of the first marriage are listed as being born in Simsbury, CT. 1779-1782 - Jed served two enlistments as a private in the Revolutionary War. He was 18 and lived in West Simsbury at the time of recruitment into the Connecticut State Troops. See the following summary of his pension file for details. 1783 - Jed (age 22) married Abigail Kilby of Farmington, CT. 1790 - The first census lists Jedediah Hill living in Simsbury, CT, where his father and grandfather were born. Jed was living with his wife and three sons under 16. (Jedediah Jr. (6), John Henry (4), and Riley (3)) They were probably farmers. 1800 - Jedediah was not found in the 1800 census of Simsbury, CT or in Ellisburg, NY (Ellisburg was in Oneida County in 1800). They may have been in Canton, CT, where Jed's father, John 3rd is buried. 1806 - Riley, Polly, ___ and an uncle, died within about a month of each other In September. 1807 - Jedediah and his family moved from Connecticut to Sixtown, Jefferson County, New York. The Sixtown area included 17 mi. of shoreline on Lake Ontario and extended 27 mi. inland. It included the towns of Ellisburg, Lorraine, Adams, Henderson, Rodman, and Worth. Ellisburg is abt. 20 mi so. of Sacket's Harbor. The move to western New York was probably part of the general migration which took place after the Revolutionary War. Many of the land grants that had been given out by the English were nullified and the land sold, mostly to large developers and speculators who resold it to individuals. The farms in New England were nearly exhausted and the lure of better, fresh land caused many New England farmers to move West to New York between 1795 and 1820. In 1807 Jefferson County was a vast forest. Even the indians didn't try to live there during the cold and snowy winters caused by the lake effect of Lake Ontario. The first settlers walked to the Sixtown area on Indian foot trails. After a summer of clearing land and building log cabins they returned home for the winter. The next year the returned to Sixtown with their families, carrying all their tools, furniture, clothing, and some food in ox-drawn wagons. The Hill tradition has it that Jedediah settled on the bank of Sandy Creek to the East of Sackets Harbor in 1807. Jedediah Hill Family Chronology (Continued) [5H2] 1810 - The 1810 census shows Jed living in Jefferson County, NY, where he was buried in 1841. In 1810 the family included: 1 man over 45 [ Jed was 49 ] 1 woman over 45 [ Abby was 50 ] 5 men 16 - 26 [ Jedediah Jr (25), John (24), Eben (19), & ?____ & ?_____ 1 boy 10 - 16 [ Ludlow was 15-16 ] 1 girl 10 - 16 [ Abigail (13) ] 1 boy 0 - 10 [ Ladue was 7 ] and 1 girl 0 - 10 [ Isabel was 4 - later Isabel Hill-Boice ] Total = 11 * Polly, and Riley were deceased by 1810 1812 - At the time of the War of 1812 Jedediah and his family were residing near Sackets Harbor on the shores of Lake Ontario. They were farming in that district and during the winter months crossed into Canada to make charcoal for commercial use. The war revived the danger from Indian tribes, who sided with the British. The Hill's, with other settlers, joined in constructing a log blockhouse at Sackets Harbor for their protection. Later, John, Eben and Ludlow Hill enlisted under Captain George Clark and Capt. Solomon McCumber in a New York militia unit which they had organized. The general index to the veterans of the war lists John, Eben and Ludlow as privates in the 55th Reg. (Allen's), and Jedediah Hill as a private in the 61st Reg. (Carver's). Their first taste of war came soon after, when a British fleet of five lake ships, headed by the Royal George, sailed up to Sackets Harbor and attempted to bombard the fort. The blockhouse stood on a bluff above the lake shore so the Britishers were unable to elevate their cannon for efficient fire on the fort. The Americans had similar difficulties, as the balls for their cannon were too small and would not stick in the barrels when the pieces were depressed. They remedied that somewhat by wrapping the balls in cloth. Later a ball from the British cannon was found to fit the American guns. They scored a direct hit on an attacking vessel and the British withdrew. Ludlow, having turned eighteen just two months after the war began, in June of 1812, was required to serve in the militia, as were all men from 18 to 45. Only elected officials, slaves, and prisoners were exempt from this duty. Ludlow was stationed at Horse Island and stood guard many a night on the High Rocks from Sackets harbor and along the shore. He also served at the Scotch Settlement and when the British were laying the blockade off of Point Pensholz to ward the big Galues. He is listed in the index as "Ludd Hill" and in some of the family records as "Lud". See [6H3] for an account of John's service on the Forseyth Expedition to Frontenac, Canada. 1814 - The historic battle of "Big" Sandy Creek took place in the spring of 1814 and the area around the Hill farm remained in the war zone until the end of the war. Jedediah's son, Ladue, was ten or twelve when he went squirrel hunting and heard cannon at Stony Point. He picked up English musket balls and used them for his squirrel gun. The War of 1812 was ended by the signing of a treaty in Ghent, Belgium in December of 1814, but news of the treaty didn't reach Sackets Harbor until the spring of 1815. 1815 - Jed's daughter Abigail Hill died 26 Jan 1815 and jed and Abby adopted her daughter, little Abigail born on 21 Jan 1815. (Little Abigail later married Calvin Leonard and died 21 Feb 1838 at the age of 23 yrs. & 1 mo. Her headstone in Woodside Cemetery has the inscription "Erected by her friend, Amasa Hungerford".) After the war and the death of his daughter, Abigail, Jedediah was the first settler in Rural Hill. Jedediah Hill Family Chronology (Continued) [5H2] 1820 - The 1820 census recorded Jed, still in Ellisburg, NY with a family of: 1 man over 45 [Jed Sr. (59)], 1 man (18-25) [Ludlow (25)], 1 boy (10-15) [ Ladue (17) ], 1 girl (10-15) [Isabel (14)], 1 girl ( 0-10) [ Abigail(5)- adopted ], & 1 woman over 45 [Abigail (60)]. Three are farmers. Also listed in Ellisburg in 1820 are: Hill, Jedediah Jr., a man 26-45 (then 35) living with a wife 26-45, and 2 sons, and 5 daughters. Two people were farmers, (Jed Jr. and older son?) Hill, John (a man and wife 26-45 with 1 boy 0-10) (John was 34 - See note on 5H0-4) Hill, Eben (man and wife 26-45 with 1 boy 0-10) (Eben was 29) Not in census were: Riley (dec.), or Ludlow (25) (with Jed Sr.) 1825 - Jedediah constructed the brick house in Rural Hill. The family home is still there and is now a national historic site. The following is taken from The Watertown Daily Times. " One of the most attractive of Jefferson County's old homes is the one of red brick, said to have been built in 1825 by Jedediah Hill, at the four corners, which is the hamlet of Rural Hill in the town of Ellisburg. The Bellville lake front road crosses the Woodville-Henderson road to make the four corners and there Jedediah Hill was the first settler about 1815. It is said that he was a Mormon a few years later, one of several that embraced that belief in the 1830's. According to tradition his brick house was built for a tavern with six rooms on the first floor, fireplace, bake-oven, etc., and upstairs there was a ballroom with a spring floor. Jedediah Hill eventually transferred the mansion, along with the farm on which it stood, to his son, Eben, and after a time Eben conveyed it to his brother, John. John and Esther sold the property, amounting to 66 acres, on April 4, 1836 to Amasa Hungerford, one of the best known early residents of Ellisburg. When Amasa Hungerford died on June 10, 1848, the mansion and farm went to his son Philo in the resulting distribution of the estate." The name of the hamlet was taken from the "Rural Hill Store" and post office. It was also known as "Buck Hill". 1830 - No census index was available locally, but a search of Jefferson Co. found John, Ludlow, and Eben Hill. Only heads of family are listed so Jed and Abigail may be living with another family. Listed in John Hill's family are John (44), a 70-80 year old woman, a boy and girl 15-20, (the boy from the 1820 census and the adopted Abigail?), a man 20-30 (Ladue?), another man 40-50, and a woman 40-50 (Esther). Jed and Abigail may be living with Eben or Jed Jr. 1832 - Jed, age 71, living in Ellisburg, applied for soldier's pension. This pension was not granted and the papers were lost. The deposition was witnessed by Pitt Morse, clergyman, and Ebben Hill. 1840 - Neither Jed Sr. or Abigail are found in the NY census. Jed (then 79) and Abigail (80) were probably living with Jed Jr. in Loraine. Jedediah Hill Family Chronology (Continued) [5H2] 1836 - John and Esther sold the Rural Hill house and farm to Amasa Hungerford. 1838 - Ludlow moves his family from Sackets Harbor to Illinois, and later to Wisconsin 1841 - Jedediah died at Jed Jr.'s home in Loraine (per deposition of Ephraim Wright in Jed's pension file) and is buried in Mixer Cemetary, Ellisburg, NY (per ref <11>). After Jed's death Abigail lived with her brother, Allen Kilby, and his wife Theda Kilby in Henderson, NY. 1849 - Aug, Abigail, living in Henderson, filed for a widow's pension. 1849 - Oct, Abbigail enlisted the aid of a lawyer and a congressman. 1849 - Nov, Abbey was granted pension benefits under four different acts. 1850 - Abigail, age 90, is listed in the 1850 census living with her daughter Isabel and son-in-law David Boice in Henderson, Jefferson Co., New York. Jedediah Hill Jr., age 65, is also listed, living with William Hitchcock of Lorraine, Jefferson Co., NY (possibly a son-in-law) along with Bitsey Hill (age 55). 1855 - Abigail, living in Henderson, applied for a bounty land warrant. 1859 - Abigail died on November 3, 1859 at the age of 99 years and five months and was buried in Woodside Cemetery beside her husband, Jedediah. Jedediah's Pension File [5H3] The following is a summary of the Pension file of Jedediah Hill found in frames 181 to 253 of microfilm# M804-1276 of the National archives - Revolutionary War Pension Files. (Copies and/or transcripts of the items flagged with "*" are available from the author.) Frame 181 - Cover page 183 - notes and cover page * 184 - Certificate of Pension issued Nov 15, 1849 for $80/yr under act of Feb 2, 1848 to begin Mar 4, 1848 for life * 185 - Certificate of Pension issued Jun 25, 1850 for $80/yr (pay to widow) under act of Jun 2, 1832 to begin Mar 4, 1831 & end 4/28/1841 * 186 - Testament of Ephraim Wright on Sept 29, 1849 (fellow soldier) * 188-189 Testament of John Pettingell on Sept 28, 1849 (fellow soldier) * 190-191 Testament of T. C. Chittenden on Oct 10, 1849 (congressman) * 192 Abigail admitted for pension of $80/yr 193 Note from John T Slingerland, attorney * 194-195 Testament of Samuel Woodworth on Oct 05, 1849 (fellow soldier) * 196-198 Testament of Billings Worden (fellow soldier) * 199-200 Testament of John Bartlett on July 18, 1849 (pastor) 201 Testament of Allen Kilby * 202 " " Theda Kilby on Sept 29, 1849 * 203-204 " " Jedediah Hill Jr on Sept 27, 1849 * 205-206 Letter from Abigail to J.P. Slingerland, attorney requesting help 207 duplicate of 209 * 208-209 plea on behalf of Abigail's claim (from Slingerland - the attorney?) 210 cover page - Abigail's file * 211-214 Testament of Abigail Hill on May 5, 1855 (for bounty land claim) and designation of T. C. Chittenden as her attorney 215-216 Legal brief of "Hill vs State of New York" filed by Chittenden * 217-218 Testament of Jedediah Hill Sr. on Apr 25, 1833 219 cover page - pension papers * 220-224 Affidavit of Jedediah Hill Sr. on Sept 11, 1832 225-228 Declaration by Abigail Hill on Feb. 02, 1848 * 229-230 Letter from Pension Office in response to inquiries for info. 231 cover page 232 blank 233 Letter from Abigail on May 13, 1850 asking for any further benefits * 234 Certificate of Pension issued Nov 15, 1849 for $80/yr under acts of 1843 & 1844 to begin Mar 4, 1843 & end 1848 235 blank * 236 Certificate of Pension issued Nov 15, 1849 for $80/yr (Albany roll) under act of July 7, 1838 to begin Mar 4, 1836 end 3/04/1841 * 238-244 Inquiry letters requesting info from pension office * 245 Summary of Jedediah's service 246-248 brief objections 249-250 * 251 letter from Slingerland dated Nov 6, 1849 252 cover letter to following request from R. Halloway * 253 request for increase in widow's pension. (last page) from Hon. R. Halloway (congressman from New York) Jedediah's Pension File [5H4] The facts gleaned from the file are: First Enlistment Jedediah Hill served two enlistments in the army during the Revolutionary War. He first enlisted in October, 1779 while a resident of Simsbury, Hartford, CT. He served as a private in the Connecticut State Troops under the Regiment of Colonel Enos in the company of Captain Amasa Miles (or Miels) from October, 1779 until November of 1781. Jed reported to the regiment at Farmington, CT. The regiment then moved through New Haven, Stratford Ferry, Milford, Norwalk, and Greenwich - finally arriving at Horse Neck, near Long Island Sound, where it remained for some time in November until the following March. At Horse Neck Jedediah assisted in capturing Captain Mead of "the Refugees" who was later hanged. There were six to seven hundred troops at Horse Neck and General Washington visited several times. General Rufus Putnam also visited the camp. General David Waterbury may have been commandant (per ltr. of 13 Sep 1781 fm. Waterbury to Putnam while he selecting a site). In March the regiment left Horse Neck and went from one place to another (including New Rochelle, Danbury, and White Plains, NY). In November of 1781 the troop had returned to Stratford, CT where Jed received a written discharge from Col. Enos (which Jed lost soon after). Second Enlistment When his first enlistment was up Jedediah stated his intention to go back to Connecticut to get married. Capt. Miles wanted him to re-enlist and so granted Jed a furlough to get married. Jed re-enlisted in the fall of 1781 and took his furlough from November '81 to March '82. Abigail refused to marry him while he was still a soldier so he returned to Capt. Miles' company and served there from March, 1782 until the company was discharged in New Haven, CT. Billings Worden served in the same company as Jedediah under Capt. Miles and Colonel Canfield from March 1782 until discharge in March 1783. From Spring 1781 to spring 1782 - Ephraim Wright, John Pettingell, and Samuel Woodworth were in the same regiment. Wright and Woodworth were in Capt. Smith's company. Pettingell was in Capt. James Dana's company under Major Shipman. Battalion Cdrs were Maj Humphry and Maj Shipman. John Pettingell recalled the action at Frog Point (also called Frog Neck) where Jedediah Hill also fought. The Connecticut Troop captured a British cannon mounted on a wire swivel so it could be fired in any direction. They killed several of the British and drove the rest off. Fearing that the cannon might be recaptured, the patriots smashed the cannon to pieces on the rocks below. Jedediah's Pension File [5H5] Jedediah's Marriage to Abigail Kilby John Bartlett, pastor of the Congregational Church of Avon, Conn. in the County of Hartford, testified in July, 1849 that he held the record of the marriage of Jedediah Hill of West Simsbury, Conn to Abigail Kilby of Farmington on March 13th, 1783, written in the hand of Rev. Rufus Hawley who was then the pastor. Theda Kilby, the wife of Abigail's brother Allen Kilby, testified in Sept, 1849 that Jedediah and Abigail moved from Connecticut to Jefferson County, NY about 42 years previously (about 1807). She verified the marriage and Jed's death, and recalled Abigail telling her that she and Jed were engaged to be married in the spring of 1782, but when he came home on furlough she refused to marry him as long as he was still a soldier. After Jed returned from his second enlistment they were married, in March of 1783. Pension Applications from Jedediah and Abigail Jedediah applied for a soldiers pension in 1832 which apparently was not granted and the papers were lost after the magistrate died and his papers were burned. Abigail applied for a widow's pension in 1848 but no action was forthcoming on it so she enlisted the services of a lawyer and later a congressman to assist her is obtaining benefits. The lawyer filed a suit against the State of New York and the congressman wrote an empassioned plea to the War Pensions Bureau. With the application of the additional pressure, the claims were quickly granted and in November 1849 Abigail was granted pension benefits under four different acts of congress. These allowed her to draw a pension of $80/yr retroactively from Jedediah's death. Inquiries sent to the Director of Pensions or War Pensions Bureau in Washington, DC. and filed with Jedediah Hill's pension file. Jan 24, 1910 - Mrs. Anna D. Boomer - Vice Pres., Deborah Champion Chapter D.A.R Oct 25, 1919 - from Mrs. Geo{rge} F {or T} Stackpole - Riverhead, NY Jan 25, 1921 - from Miss Carolyn White - Registrar Beaverhead Chapter D.A.R. 436 South Idaho Street, Dillon Montana Dec 20, 1932 - from Mrs. Paul Johnson - Great Grand Daughter of Jedediah and Grand Daughter of John Hill of the War of 1812 and daughter of Esther Ann Hill Morgan. (Esther was 75 in 1932, was an Honor member of the Daughters of The War of 1812, and was last living pensioner) [This was a second request, the first being filed in 1930] CENSUS DATA [5H6] JEDEDIAH HILL FAMILY ============================================================================ Approximate Family and ages / birthdates to identify individuals on census dates Approx born 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 DIED AGE Jedediah 3/1761 29 39 49 59 69 79 -- 1841 80 Abigail 7/1760 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1859 99 Jed Jr. 2/1784 6 16 26 36 46 56 66 aft.1841 John H. 6/1786 4 14 24 34 44 54 64 1869 83 Riley 3/1787 3 13 - - - - - 1806 11 Eben 3/1791 9 19 29 39 49 59 1876 85 (infant) 6/1793 - - - - - - 1793 0 Ludlow 8/1794 5 15 25 35 45 55 1873 79 Abigail 5/1797 3 13 - - - - 1815 18 Polly 8/1800 ? - - - - - 1806 6 Ladue 4/1803 7 17 27 37 47 1890 87 Isabel 3/1806 4 14 24 34 44 1860 54 * Abigail 1/1815 (adopted gr.da.) 5 15 - - 1838 23 ============================================================================ ----- free white only ---- (includes heads of family) 1790 Census males males females Head of Household 16+ 0-16 (all) Slaves TOTAL SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT --- ---- --- --- --- => Hill, Jedediah 1 3 1 5 (Jed Jr=6, John H.=4, Riley = 3) Hill, John [John III (1726)= 63+ 1 4 5 or[John IV (1751)= 38+ Hill, Darius (1749 -son of John II ) 1 3 4 8 Hill, Eliazer(1727 -son of John II ) 2 1 2 5 Hill, Elijah (1754 -son of John III) 1 1 4 6 Hill, Jediah 1 1 2 4 heads of families 424 Total Simsbury Population 657 649 2 2576 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1800 Census - Hartford Co. CT Hill s listed in index to microfilm were: Asa (son of Darius Hill Sr.?), Eleazer (son of John II), Gayar, Lois, Miles, Phiney, Ruth, & Sarah. No Jedediah or John ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1810 Census - Hartford Co. CT, No Hills listed in Simsbury 1810 Census - Microfilm Roll # 28, Jefferson Co. New York |<------ MALES ----->| Females members of household | 0 10 16 26 over| 0 10 16 26 over| slaves between ages of | -9 -15 -25 -45 45 | -9 -15 -25 -45 45 | Page Henderson/Ellisburg |--- --- --- --- --- |--- --- --- --- --- | 016 - Hill, Jedediah [49] 1 1 5 - 1 1 1 - - 1 0 (no Jed Jr. or Eben Hill listed in Jefferson Co. & no John Hill of matching age) CENSUS DATA [5H7] JEDEDIAH HILL FAMILY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1820 Census Microfilm Roll #72, Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., New York |<------- MALES -------->|<---- Females ----->|working Head of | 0 10 16 18 26 | 0 10 16 26 | as Household age | -9 -15 -17 -25 -44 45+ | -9 -15 -25 -44 45+|farmers Page |--- --- --- --- --- --- | --- --- --- --- ---|------- 396 - Hill, Jedediah Sr.59 | - 1 - 1 - 1 | 1 1 - - 1 | 3 396 - Hill, Jedediah Jr.36 | 1 1 - - 1 - | 4 1 - 1 - | 2 396 - Hill, John 34 | 1 * - - - 1 - | - - - 1 - | 1 396 - Hill, Eben 29 | 1 - - - 1 - | - - - 1 - | 1 * Ref[1] indicates John Henry married Esther Adams in 1809 but had no children. 1820 and 1830 censuses indicate a boy born between 1810-1820. Note that all 5 of the young men that were 16 to 26 in 1810 have now moved out from Jed Sr.'s home. ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- 1830 Census Microfilm Roll #92 , Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., New York (Ellisburg is on pages 23 - 56) | |<------ Persons between ages ------------->| Head of | | 0 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80| Household |Sex| -4 -9 -14 -19 -29 -39 -49 -59 -69 -79 + | Page | |--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---| 46 - John Hill 44 | M | - - - 1 1 - 2 | F | - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 46 - Ludlow Hill 35 | M | 2 - 1 2 - 1 | F | - 1 - 1 - 1 46 - Eben Hill 39 | M | 2 2 - 1 - 1 - - 1 | F | 1 - - 1 1 - 1 - 1 Note: In John's family - the boy (15-19) is the one from the 1820 census. The man (20-29) could be Ladue (24) and the girl (15-19) could be Abigail (adopted, age 15). The other man (40-49)is unknown. The older woman may be a mother-in-law. Abby was 70 but was probably living with Jed Sr. at either son Jed Jr.'s home in Loraine or with Eben (above). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1840 Census Microfilm Roll # , Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., New York Hill s listed for Ellisburg, Jefferson County are: Page 9 James A. Hill Ellisburg (born in R.I. per 1850 census) 23 Elisha Ellisburg 23 Daniel Elisburg No Jedediah, John, Jedediah Jr., Eben, Ludlow, or Ladue in Jeff. Co. Abigail and Jed Sr. are probably living with Jed Jr. in Loraine, NY. Eben is in Iowa. Depositions in the pension file state that Jedediah Sr. and Abigail lived with Jedediah Jr. for some time before Jed Sr.'s death in 1841. Ref<17> also indicates John was in Illinois by 1849. CENSUS DATA (Cont.) [5H8] JEDEDIAH HILL FAMILY 1850 Census Microfilm Roll #515, Henderson, Jefferson Co., New York As of Aug 1, 1850 Abigail Hill (age 90) was living in Henderson with: Page House # 372 age sex Occupation birthplace Property Attend 241 - Family # 379 Evaluation School - David Boice 65 M $3000 - Isabel " 44 F ? [1805] - Daniel S. " 20 M Sailor /) - S?????? " 17 M Farmer /) - Mortimer " 15 M /) - Neostimu ? " 11 M /\ - Cornelia " 7 F /) - Charlotte " 2 F - Abagail Hill 90 F Conn. - Nearion Neubbard 18 F Isabel was Abbey's daughter and David Boice her son-in-law. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Reel 516 368 - Hill, Jedediah (Jr.) living in Lorraine, Jefferson Cnty., NY with family 2372 (home 2343) William Hitchcock 34 M Chlorinde 27 F Nancy 9 F M/N?earyette 7 F Harmon Cambell 18 M Jedediah Hill 65 M [1784] Bitsey Hill 55 F [1795] ? Chlorinde and William Hitchcock may be Jed Jr.'s daughter and son-in-law. In 1850 John Henry Hill was remarried in Iowa. Eben was also in Iowa from about 1839 on. No Ladue, or Ludlow Hill is listed in 1850 N.Y Riley Hills are listed in Hamilton, Walworth, Liberty & Fallsburg,NY Ancestors of Abigail Kilby [ 5K1 ] Charts 5K1 & 5D1 are primarily from Balluff <49> * "Wethersfield, Hartford, CT" abbr to Wethersf., CT 2 John Kilby +Rebecca Simpkins ... 3 Ebenezer Kilby b: 25 Jun 1711 in Boston, Suffolk, MA d: 28 Nov 1788 Wethersfield.Hartford, CT m: 07 Apr 1733 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA ...... +Bathsheba Allen b: 01 Aug 1710 in Braintree, Norfolk, MA d: 28 Sep 1783 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT ........ 4 Ebenezer Kilby b: Abt. 1736 d: 30 Nov 1776 Wethersf., CT Mar: on 11 May 1761 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT ........... +Jerusha Dix b: 05 Mar 1723/24 in Wethersf., CT ............. 5 Abigail Kilby b: 28 Jul 1762 in Farmington, Wethersf., CT d: 1860 NY ................ +Jedediah Hill b: 29 Mar 1761 in Simsbury, Hartford, CT ==>[ 5H0 ] d: 28 Apr 1841 Lorraine, Jefferson Co., NY ............. 5 Jerusha Kilby b: 09 Mar 1764 in Wethersfield Twp, Hartford, CT ................ +Ebenezer Severance m: 12 May 1805 in Wethersf., CT ............. 5 Ebenezer Kilby b: 22 Oct 1766 in Wethersf., CT ............. 5 Huldah Kilby b: 04 Jan 1770 in Wethersf., CT ............. 5 Allen Kilby b: 15 Aug 1772 in Wethersf., CT Mar: Theda d: 27 Aug 1854 Henderson, Jefferson, NY bur: Carpenter Cemetery, Henderson, NY ............. 5 Ebenezer Kilby b: 21 May 1775 in Wethersf., CT ............. 5 Seestiles Kilby b: Abt. 1762 in Wethersf., CT ........ 4 John Kilby b: Abt. 1734 ........ 4 Thomas Kilby b: 08 Jul 1738 d: 31 Dec 1819 Wethersf., CT ............. 5 Thomas Kilby b: 07 Mar 1765 ............. 5 Thomas Kilby b: 15 Jan 1768 ........ 4 Elizabeth Kilby b: 11 Feb 1738/39 in Wethersf., CT ........ 4 Richard Kilby b: 24 Sep 1742 in Wethersf., CT d: Abt. Dec 1814 bur: 12 Dec 1814 Wethersf. CT ........ 4 Katherine Kilby b: 31 Jul 1744 in Wethersf., CT ........ 4 Christopher Allen Kilby b: 21 Mar 1746/47 in Wethersf., CT d: 06 Sep 1819 Wethersf., CT ............. 5 Elizabeth Kilby b: Abt. 1774 in Wethersf., CT d: Bet. Jul 1833 - Oct 1838 Sewayneco ? ............. 5 Sarah Kilby b: Abt. 1778 ............. 5 Richard Kilby b: Abt. 1778 ............. 5 Miriam Kilby b: Abt. 1782 ............. 5 Polly Kilby b: Abt. 1781 ............. 5 Stephen Kilby b: Abt. Jul 1791- 24 Jul 1791 in Wethersf., CT ............. 5 Abigail Kilby d 1: 01 Sep 1798 Wethersf., CT (in childhood) ............. 5 Ebenezer Kilby b: Abt. 1798 in Wethersf., CT ............. 5 Emily Kilby b: Abt. 1798 ........ 4 Thankful Kilby b: 29 Dec 1749 in Wethersf., CT ........ 4 Mary Kilby b: 17 Sep 1752 in Wethersf., CT ........ 4 Rebecca Kilby b: 26 Feb 1756 in Wethersf., CT d: 25 Jan 1799 Wethersf., CT Dix - Ancestors of Abigail Kilby [ 5D1 ] Maternal Ancestors of John Henry Hill 1 Leonard Dix b: 1624 in England d: December 07, 1711 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT ... 2 Sarah Dix b: Abt. 1659 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT ... 2 Mercy Dix b: Abt. 1665 in Wethersf., CT ... 2 William Dix b: Abt. 1667 in Wethersf., CT ... 2 Hanna Dix b: Abt. 1671 in Wethersf., CT ... 2 Samuel Dix b: Abt. 1662 in Wethersf., CT ... 2 Elizabeth Dix b: Abt. 1669 in Wethersf. CT ... 2 John Dix b: Bet. 1660 - 1661 in Wethersf., CT d: Nov 02, 1711 Wethersf., CT ........ 3 Rebecca Dix b: Mar 17, 1685/86 in Wethersf., CT ........ 3 Elizabeth Dix b: Apr 03, 1691 in Wethersf., CT ........ 3 John Dix b: Feb 20, 1683/84 in Wethersf., CT d: Mar 06, 1770 Wethersf., CT ........ 3 Leonard Dix b: Jan 27, 1687/88 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT d: Jul 11, 1730 mar: April 15, 1714 ........... +Abigail Gibbs b: Oct 03, 1694 in Windsor Twp, Hartford, CT <== from below ............. 4 Abigail Dix b: Jan 25, 1713/14 ............. 4 Leonard Dix b: May 25, 1717, Wethersf., CT ............. 4 Hannah Dix b: Nov 14, 1719, Wethersf., CT d: Mar 15, 1803 Canaan, CT ............. 4 Rebecca Dix b: Apr 10, 1722, Wethersf., CT ............. 4 Jacob Dix b: Apr 14, 1727, Wethersf., CT d: May 27, 1790, Wethersf., CT ............. 4 Charles Dix b: Jul 11, 1730, Wethersf., CT ............. 4 Leonard Dix b: Dec 25, 1731, Wethersf., CT ............. 4 Jerusha Dix b: March 05, 1723/24 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT ................ +Ebenezer Kilby b: Abt. 1736 m: May 11, 1761 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT d: November 30, 1776 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT .................. 5 Abigail Kilby b: Jul 28, 1762, Farmington, CT d: 1860 NY ..................... +Jedediah Hill b: 1761 d: 1841 ==>[ 5H0 ] .................. 5 Jerusha Kilby b: March 09, 1764 in Wethersfield Twp, Hartford, CT ..................... +Ebenezer Severance m: May 12, 1805 in Wethersfield Twp, Hartford, CT .................. 5 Ebenezer Kilby b: October 22, 1766 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT .................. 5 Huldah Kilby b: January 04, 1770 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT .................. 5 Seestiles Kilby b: Abt. 1762 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT Ancestors of Abigail Gibbs 1 Giles Gibbs B. 1595 St. Sidwell, Devon, Eng. D. 21 May 1641, Windsor, CT 2 Jacob Gibbs b: Abt. 20 Mar 1629/30 in Exeter, Devonshire, England d: 1708 Windsor, CT ... 3 Mary Gibbs b: 21 Apr 1659, Windsor, CT ... 3 Jacob Gibbs b: 01 Dec 1664, Windsor, CT d: 01 Dec 1664 Windsor, CT ... 3 Jacob Gibbs b: 22 Jun 1666, Windsor, CT d: 18 Mar 1708/09 Windsor, CT ... 3 Sarah Gibbs b: 28 Feb 1667/68, Windsor, CT d: 25 Oct 1741 Wethersf., CT ... 3 Elizabeth Gibbs b: 01 Apr 1670 in Windsor Twp, Hartford, CT ... 3 Elizabeth Gibbs b: 13 Sep 1672 in Windsor Twp, Hartford, CT ... 3 Esther Gibbs b: Abt. 1674 in Windsor Twp, Hartford, CT ... 3 Abigail Gibbs b: 03 Oct 1694 in Windsor Twp, Hartford, CT Descendants of John Henry Hill [ 6H0 ] Gen. 6. John Henry Hill B. 29 Jun 1786, Canton, Connecticut <==[ 5H0 ] D. 23 Feb 1869, DesMoines Cnty, Iowa, bur. Kossuth Cem. <42,54> * Veteran: War of 1812 Mar(1): Esther Adams on 22 Feb 1809 in NY B. [1787] <54> No children D. 20 Dec 1848, bur. Kossuth Cem, <54> Mar(2): on 30 Oct 1849 in DesMoines Cnty, Iowa by Thomas Kirkpatrick, Methodist Minister <26> + Sarah Ann Haight B. 29 Jul 1829, Marieta Ohio <16,42,47,49,50> <==[ 6Ha1 ] "Sally Ann" D. 01 Apr 1895, Sperry, DesMoines Co., Iowa; Bur: Loper Cem., Sperry <42, LB> * Sarah and the children are listed in the censuses of 1860, 1870, & 1880 in Kossuth, IA Children of (2) 7. John William Hill B. 27 Sep 1850, Kossuth, DesMoines Co., IA ==>[ 7H0 ] D. 17 Jun 1941, Cherryville, Montgomery Co., Kansas See ref <3> on 7H5-3 for biographical sketch Mar(1): on 21 Feb 1875 in Des Moines Co., IA by A.J. Belknap <25> Mary Ellen Fox B. 17 Oct 1858 D. 04 Sep 1946, Billings, MT 8. William Henry Hill B. 25 Dec 1875, Morning Sun, IA ==>[ 8H0 ] Mar(2); on 18 May 1882 in Shawnee, OK Laura Miller B. 26 Aug 18__, Mercer Co., IL 8 children ==>[ 7H0 ] 7. James Riley Hill B. 12 Aug 1852, DesMoines Co., IA D.24 May 1906 * injured his spine in a fall from a wagon Bur: Loper Cem., Sperry, IA with mother Sally Mar: on 9 Nov 1886 in Des Moines Co., IA Mar: Malinda J. Calloway B: 1869 D: 3 Feb 1890, Age 21 Ys, 6 ms, 8 Ds bur: Kossuth Cem. 8. (girl) ? Ester M. Hill B: 10 Sep 1887 (or 1889), Yellow Springs, IA 7. Cornelius H. Hill B. 09 May 1854, DesMoines Co., IA D.23 Jun 1933 ==>[ 6H1 ] Mar: on 14 Jun 1876 in Cairo, IL + Louise Jane Fox (Luella) B: 15 Aug 1855, D: 25 Aug 1933 7. Esther Ann Hill B. 19 Mar 1857, DesMoines Co., IA D. 12 Mar 1946, Independence, OR (at 89) * Esther Ann was the last living pensioner of the War of 1812 (see pension file on 6H0-3) and was an "honor member" of the Daughters of 1812. Mar: bef. 1880, DesMoines Co.?, IA +James Morgan B. 1853 in Alton, Madison Co., Ill a tile factory worker in 1880 D. 1945 in Independence, OR Children: 8. Jesse Riley Morgan B. 14 Jun 1893 Mar: Mildred Rose Laird D. Mar 1953 9. Child: J. Laird Morgan B. 15 Dec 1932, Independence, OR Mar: Lillian Florence Bruner B.31 Oct 1934, Oakland, CA 10. Child: Loretta Anne Morgan B. 14 Jan 1953, Jacksonville, FL Mar: William? St. George (* Author of ref <45>) 8. Mrs. Paul Johnson R. Independence, Ore in 1932 * Morning Sun is now in Louisa Co., IA. Kossuth and Sperry are in Des Moines County, IA and are abt. 10 mi. SE of Morning Sun Descendants of John Henry Hill [ 6H1 ] All data on this chart is from Laura Balluff, ref<49> 7. Cornelius Haight Hill B. 09 May 1854, DesMoines Co.?, IA <49> <==[ 6H0 ] D: 23 Jun 1933 Mar: on 14 Jun 1876 in Cairo, IL + Louise Jane Fox B: 15 Aug 1855, IA "Ella" or "Luella" D: 25 Aug 1933 8. Mary Jane Hill B: 2 Jul 1880, IA D: 30 Sep 1904, Mt. Pleasant, Henry, IA Mar: on 20 Oct 1897, Wapello, Louisa, IA Bur: Forest Home Cem. + Aurther Luther Gillis B: abt. 1869 * son of Jas. R. Gillis & Augusta Moore 8. William John Hill B: 26 May 1877, Kossuth, Louisa, IA Mar: Mary K. ____ D: May 1943, Chicago, IL Bur: Hannibal, MO 8. Nellie Hill B. 21 Sep 1882, Wapello, Louisa, IA + Frank DeVore Mar: on 26 Dec 1905, Cass Co., IL 9. Dale DeVore B: 15 May 1901 D: 28 Mar 1996, WA 9. Dayton DeVore B: 15 Mar 1911, IL? D: 16 Jan 1997, Oquawka,IL 9. Donald DeVore B: D: 8. Maude Leoto Hill B: 1 Oct 1884, Port Louisa, Louisa, IA + Edward Rademaker Mar: bef. 1910 8. Marguerite Louise Hill B: 26 Feb 1885, Jefferson Twp., Louisa Co.,IA "Maggie" D: 05 Feb 1959, Pomona, CA; Bur: Chapel Hill Cem., Dixon Lee Co.,IL + Charles Oscar Jern B: 17 Jan 1881, Christianstad, Sweden D: 19 Feb 1958, Mt. Morris, Ogle, IL 9. Vivian Rosalie Jern B: 26 Jun 1917, Mt. Morris, Ogle, IL D: 09 Feb 1956, Mt. Morris, Ogle, IL Mar: on 12 Dec 1935 + Franklyn Baird Balluff B: 10 Sep 1914, Malta, De Kalb, IL 10. Dennis Michael Balluf B: 04 May 1939, Freeport, Stephenson, IL + Marsha Rhoda Wark Mar: on 03 Aug 1963 in Philadelphia, PA 11. Laura Rosalie Balluff B: 16 Sep 1964, St.Louis, MO * author of ref <49> 11. Tammara Margaret Balluf B: 30 Jul 1970, St. Louis, MO 8. Ada Victoria Hill B: 4 Feb 1889, Wapello, Louisa, IA Mar(2): ______ Kinsey da. Forrest Kinsey Mar(3): Charlie Williams da. Ruby Williams Mar: (bef. 1941) to Emmett Hawkins 8. Bessie Lyle Hill B: 1 Dec 1891, Wapello, Louisa, IA Notes: Family photo follows 6H1. Cornelius and family appear in the 1900 IA census and also in the 1910 census of Oquawka, Henderson Co., IL <49> CHRONOLOGY [ 6H2 ] John Henry Hill Family The following chronology for John Henry Hill and family is not verified in all respects but represents the data available to date. JUN 1786 - John Henry was the second son born to Jedediah Hill and Abigail Kilby-Hill, probably in Simsbury or Canton, Connecticut. 1807 - John (age 21) moved to Jefferson County, NY with his father's family. FEB 1809 - John (age 22) married Esther Adams 1812 - John served in the army in the War Of 1812. He saw action at Sacketts Harbor, NY, Lake Ontario, and at the Battle of New Orleans (Jan 8, 1815) under General Andrew Jackson. (see 6H3 for service) 1820 - Census lists John Hill in Ellisburg, NY, age 26-44 (John was then 33) living with a woman (age 26-44) and a boy (0-10). Several sources indicated that John had no children from his first marriage. 1830 - Census lists John Hill in Ellisburg, NY. The family consisted of two men 40-50, one woman 40-50, a boy and a girl 15-20, a man 20-30, and a woman 70-80. John was 43; the boy (15-20) is probably the boy from the 1820 census; the girl (15-20) is probably the adopted Abigail Leonard and the man (20-30) may be brother Ladue (age 27). Ladue and Abigail Leonard were previously living with Jed Sr. The other man (40-50) is unknown. 1836 - John and Esther Sold the house and land at Rural Hill, NY, which had been built by Jedediah in 1825, and later moved to bounty land in Iowa. John is not listed in the 1840 census for either NY or Iowa. (Extract: Yellow Springs and Huron, by J. W. Merrill, self published in Mediapolis, IA. in 1897...pgs 138, 139) JOHN HILL - Was an older brother and came later (than Eben), direct from his home in New York. He bought on the prairie adjoining Eben. His wife, Esther had no children. She died in 1848. He sold his prairie farm after his wife's death, and moved to the northern part of Benton township. By his second wife, Sarah A. Haight, were three sons, John, Cornelius, and Riley, and a daughter, Esther, wife of Jas. Morgan. Eben and all his family except Hiram, were orderly, earnest members of the Baptist church. John was an outsider, his expressed creed was: "Fear God and keep the commandments, and by jiminy, I'll insure the salvation of every one of you." He died near Burlington. He had been a soldier in the war of 1812, and his widow drew a pension till her death in 1895" Note: ? In 1999 Benton is in So. central IA. There is a Bentonsport in SE. IA, but it is 40 mi. from Kossuth. 1848 - Esther Adams-Hill died in Des Moines County, Iowa. She is buried in Kossuth Cemetary, Yellow Springs Twp., Des Moines Co., Iowa. The stone reads: "Esther, wife of John Hill. d. 20 Dec, 1848 age 61 y____ " (the rest is buried). CHRONOLOGY - John Henry Hill Family (Cont.) [ 6H2 ] Oct 1849 - John Henry Hill married Sarah Ann Haight on 30 October, 1849 in DesMoines County, Iowa by Thomas M. Kirkpatrick, minister of the Methodist Church. They were married in Morris Bridges house. The record in Des Moines County Marriage Book #3 states "John Hile (62) to Sally Ann Haight (20)", but the researcher for the Des Moines Gen. Society says the handwritten "Hill" was probably misinterpreted. Sarah (Sally) was born in Marieta, Ohio. (The 1895 census listed her birthplace as Athens, OH and her religious preference as Presbyterian). 1850 - John Hill Sr. is listed in the 1850 census living in Des Moines County, Yellow Springs District, Iowa as a 60 year old farmer born in Connecticut living with Sally Ann (age 21) and Mary Jane (age 19), both from Ohio. Mary Jane Haight is Sarah's niece. The estimated value of their property is $500. 1850 - Also listed in the Yellow Springs District in 1850 is Eben Hile, (John's brother) a farmer born in Connecticut, with four children born in New York: Harry (25), William (23), Louisa (21) and Hiram (19). (Eben Jr. is married & in OH or OR) SEP 1850 - John William Hill was born in Kossuth, Des Moines Co., IO 1852 - James Riley Hill was born Aug, 1852 1854 - Cornelius H. Hill was born May, 1854 1856 - Esther Ann Hill was born Mar, 1857 1860 - The census lists Sarah Ann Hill living with four children: John, James, Cornelius, and Esther, in the Yellow Springs District of Des Moines County, Iowa. The estimated value of their real estate is $475 and personal property is estimated at $75. John was found in the 1860 census of Jackson Twp., Des Moines Co., IA living with Milton and Clarissa Saliday (Sally's sister). 186? - John went into Missouri and "laid" the remaining two land warrants in Oregon County, planning to leave the land for support of his family. According to Esther, he returned ill from the journey and never gave much information about the land he had taken up. FEB 1869 - John Henry Hill died at age 83 at the county poor farm in Des Moines County, Iowa. He is buried in Kossuth Cemetary, Des Moines Co., Iowa. The military stone reads: "Hill, John, Pvt. N.Y. Militia. War 1812 d. 23 Feb, 1869" From <58> per Esther Ann Morgan: "After John's death Sarah continued to raise her little family as best she could. She never went to the expense of looking up and claiming the Missouri land. Attempts to locate it failed. Years later it was found that Oregon County, MO had been divided and that the land was located in Shannon County. When it was finally traced down, it was found that a suit to quiet title had been brought, and that the timber had been cut off by the Moss Land and Tie Co. The Hill family never received any benefits from it." 1870 - The census lists Sarah Ann Hill with the same four children as in the 1860 census, still in the Yellow Springs District, Des Moines County, Iowa. CHRONOLOGY - John Henry Hill Family (Cont.) [ 6H2 ] Oct 1875 - Sarah Hill is one of the heirs of John Haight (her uncle), and the deed of Aaron Haight lists Sarah Hill, Mary Jane Haight, Clarissa Saladay, Delia R. Randall, Zelda Ketchum, and Moses Haight. (See the Des Moines Co. Real Estate Register #1 following [6Ha6-2]. 1876 - John's brother, Eben, died and was buried in Kossuth Cemetary. The Military stone reads: "Hill, Eben, Pvt. N.Y. Militia. War 1812 d. 7 Mar, 1876". 1880 - The census lists Sarah, John W., James and Esther living in the same place. Esther's husband, James Morgan, is living with them. Cornelius (age 26) has married and moved out. 1895 - The census of Des Moines County, Franklin Township lists (Dwelling #32, Family # 33) Name Age Race sex Marital. Place of birth Religious Pref. Sarah Hill, 65 white female widowed Oh, Athens Presbyterian. James R. Hill, 43 white male, widowed IA, Des Moines Methodist Subject to military duty: Yes, Entitled to vote: Yes. Esther M. Hill 6 white female IA, Des Moines Methodist. Andrew C. Calaway 37 white male single IA, Desmoines Methodist Subject to military duty: Yes, Entitled to vote: Yes. * Esther is presumably James's daughter and Andrew is the brother of his deceased wife. APR 1895 - Sarah Ann Haight-Hill died at age 89 in Des Moines County, Iowa. MAR 1946 - Esther Ann Hill-Morgan died at age 89 in Independence, Oregon and was the last living pensioner of the War of 1812. Esther Ann's daughter, Mrs. Paul Johnson lived in Independence, OR in 1932. The Pension File of John H. Hill [ 6H3 ] I finally received copies of the documents in John Hill's pension file on 31 Jul 1995. My first request was in March '94, so if you ever have dealings with the Department of Veterans Affairs, be patient. The File, XC2707589, was in the Veterans Administration (as opposed to the archives). The contents were somewhat disappointing, as they did not give much further information about John or his parents and were mostly concerned with the pensions of Sarah Hill, the widow, and Esther Ann Morgan, John's daughter. Most of the documents regarded the fact that Esther Ann was still receiving a pension so long after the war was over and many were queries from people who also wanted pensions for themselves, followed by patient letters from the bureau stating the policy and the fact that Esther Ann's pension was allowed only due to a special act of congress in 1927 that granted it because she was the "helpless and dependent" child of a veteran. A few useful facts, however, were uncovered. A Newspaper clipping attached to one of the query letters (ca.1939) stated: "DAUGHTER OF VETERAN OF 1812 STILL LIVING - ... Mrs. Morgan of Independence, Ore., clear-eyed and hearty despite her 80 years, draws a federal pension of $20 monthly for her father's two enlistments in that conflict. Her grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War and enlisted again with his four sons in 1812." A Certificate Of Marriage from State of Iowa, Des Moines County states: "I Hereby Certify that on the 30 day of October A.D.1849 I did solemnize the Marriage of Mr. John Hill aged sixty two years to Miss Sally Ann Haight ages twenty years at the house of Morris Bridges in said County" signed by Thomas M. Kirkpatrick, minister M.E.C. on 7 Nov 1849. A letter from the Memorial Branch of the Quartermaster General, written in response to an application for John Hill's headstone states: - The date and place of birth of John Hill, and names of his parents were not stated. - John Hill enlisted at Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, New York, and served as private in Capt. G.W. Clark's company of the N.Y. militia from 28 Feb 1813 to 17 Mar 1813 and in Capt. S. McCumber's company of N.Y. militia from July 29, 1814 to August 21, 1814. (another letter in response to the House Committee on Invalid Pensions indicated that John was honorably discharged from both enlistments and never requested a pension). - On account of this service he was allowed one hundred sixty of bounty land, on his application executed July 9, 1855, at which time he was sixty-seven years old and a resident of Des Moines County, Iowa. - John Hill died 23 Feb 1869 in Des Moines County, Iowa at age 82. Other letters indicated: - John Hill's first wife, Esther Hill, died in 20 Dec 1848, near Kossuth,Iowa. There were no children from the first marriage and she was buried in Kossuth. | - Cornelius Hill and John W. Hill were residents of Wapello, Iowa in 1888 - Esther Ann Hill Morgan was living in Oregon in 1917, 1927 and 1936 - Esther Ann enlisted the help of D.E. Flethcher, an attorney in Independence, Or. and Senator McNary to get the special bill of 1927 passed. Her initial request letter to the Commissioner of Pensions was on 30 Oct 1917. - Esther Ann received a $20/month pension beginning on 17 Feb 1927. The Pension File of John H. Hill (Continued) [ 6H3 ] Letters from Esther in 1941, addressed to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Director of Claims pleading for an increase in her pension also indicated: - John's 1st enlistment was under Capt. George Clark, N.Y. Militia. His second enlistment at Sacketts Harbor was under Capt. Solomon McCumber in the 55th Volunteer Regiment of New York. John furnished his own clothes and served without pay. - From <58> For his service he received three land warrants for 160 acres each, one for each of the two enlistments and one for furnishing his own clothes. He apparently used one of the land warrants in Iowa. The other two were claimed in Oregon County, Missouri, but after his death the family was unable to get possession of it. Also from <58> John also served with an American expedition to Frontenac, Canada, for a successful attack on the British stonghold there. The expedition travelled by boat and is described in the following exerpt from the account of Forseyth's Expedition: "The Vigilant Captain Forsyth made a bold dash into Canada late in September, having been informed that a large quantity of munitions were in a British storehouse at Gananoqui, on the shores of the Lake of the Thousand Islands, in Canada, and were not heavily guarded. Forsyth obtained permission from General Brown to make an attempt to capture them. (Gananoqui is just below old Fort Frontenac on the St. Lawrence River.) He organized an expedition of one hundred and four men, consisting of seventy riflemen and thirty-four militia, the latter officered by Capt. Samuel Mc'Nitt, Lieut. Brown, and Ensigns Hawkins and Johnson. They set out from Sackett's Harbor on the 18th of September. On the night of the 20th they left Cape Vincent in boats, threading their way in the dark among the upper group of the Thousand Islands. They landed a short distance from the village of Gananoqui, only ninety-five strong, without opposition. As they approached the town they were confronted by a party of sixty British regulars and fifty Canadian Militia, drawn up in battle order, who poured heavy volleys upon them. Forsyth dashed forward with his men without firing a shot until within a hundred yards of the enemy, when the latter fled pellmell to the town, closely followed by the invaders. There the fugitives rallied and renewed the engagement. They were again compelled to flee, leaving ten of their number dead on the field, several wounded, and eight regulars and four militiamen as prisoners. Forsyth lost only one man killed and one slightly wounded. For his own safety, he broke up the bridge over which he had pursued the enemy, and then returned to his boats, bearing away, as the spoils of victory, the eight regulars, sixty stand of arms, two barrels of fixed ammunition containing three thousand ball cartridges, one barrel of gunpowder, one of flints, forty -one muskets, and some other public property. In the storehouse were found one hundred and fifty barrels of provisions, but having no means of carrying them away, Capt. Forsyth applied the torch and storehouse and provisions were consumed. The public property secured on this occasion was given to the soldiers of the expedition as a reward for their valor." (Exerpt from The Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812. as quoted in <58>) John Hill took part in several other skirmishes, serving two years in all. (see 6H0) He received no compensation from the government for his war service except three land warrants for 160 acres each. One for each of the two enlistments and the third as compensation for furnishing his own clothing. The Pension File of John H. Hill (Continued) [ 6H3 ] - Esther was afflicted with an eye infection at age 7 and lost the sight in one eye. By age 85 she was mostly blind, had been sick over a year, and needed assistance in her daily life. The requested increase in pension was to pay someone to help her. - Esther's husband served as an errand boy in the civil war as he was too young to enlist - Sarah Hill filed for a $12/mo pension on 16 Nov 1888, under the Act of Mar 1888 and was receiving it at the time of her death (1 Apr 1895 at Sperry, Iowa). - The Daughters of 1812 wrote the Veterans Dept. and Senator Rufus Holman in Jan 1944 requesting an increase in Esther's pension from $20 to $50. A special bill was introduced in congress to effect this, but responses to inquiries as late as June 1946 indicate that there was no authority to increase the pension above $20/mo. - Senate bill S.626 of the 77th Congress, 1st session, introduced by McNary dated 27 Jan 1941 reads: "A BILL Granting an increase of pension to Esther Ann Hill Morgan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Administrator of Veterans Affairs be, and is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Esther Ann Hill Morgan, helpless and dependent daughter of John Hill, late of Captain G. W. Clark's company, New York Militia, and of Captain S. McCumber's company, War of 1812, and pay her a pension at the rate of $50 per month in lieu of what she is now receiving." - Sarah A. Hill, pension #35106, was dropped from the pension rolls on 5 Sep 1895 due to her death at Sperry, Iowa in Apr 1895. - A letter from Mrs. H.F. Hayes in Willsville Kansas on 18 Feb 1935 requested a pension for John W. Hill, son of John Hill and Sarah Ann Haight, who was past age 83 and in need of finances. (The response was negative) - The Superintendant of the Des Moines County Poor Farm stated that John Hill died at said poor farm on 23 Feb 1869 at age 82. (affidavit of Milton Barnett) From <58> An article appeared in The Enterprise of Independence, Oregon on January 15, 1932. "Independence Woman on International News Reel". The article states that "The International Newsreel has used pictures of Mrs. Morgan and her father, John Hill, on the screen and The San Francisco Call-Bulletin has published a feature story using the pictures with added data as to the remarkable record." The balance of the article refers to John's service and the fact that Esther Ann was still receiving a pension more than 116 years after the end of the War of 1812. CENSUS DATA [ 6H4 ] JOHN HENRY HILL FAMILY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Approximate Family and ages / birthdates (* = confirmed date) 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 John Henry 1786* 4 14 24 34 44 54 64 74 Sarah Ann 1829@ 1 11 21 31 41 John William 1850 10 20 @ Sarah Ann Haight's birthdate of 1829 is from ref [1] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kossuth is in Des Moines County in the southeastern corner of Iowa about 12 mi. S.E. of Morning Sun. It is in the Yellow Springs census district (dist #3). Morning Sun has been in Louisa County since 1836. Iowa was made a state in 1846. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1840 Iowa Territorial Census No John Hill listed in Des Moines Co. listings for John Hill in Linn Co. (East-Central Iowa)and Van Buren Co. (South Eastern Iowa) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1850 Census, Des Moines County, Iowa, Yellow Springs District. Microfilm roll #183, Frame 384 Property Page Family # 318 age sex Occupation birthplace Evaluation ---- ---------------- --- --- ---------- ------------ ---------- 384 Hill, John Sr. 60 M Farmer Conn $500 Sally Ann * 21 F Ohio Mary Jane 19 F Ohio ? Sarah's sister * census taker accepted nickname "Sally" vs "Sarah"? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1860 Census, Des Moines County, Iowa, Yellow Springs District. Microfilm roll #319, Volume 5 (541-1056) frame/page 822 Real Personal Page Family # 184 age sex Occupation birthplace Estate Property ---- ---------------- --- --- ---------- ---------- ------- -------- 822 Sarah A. Hill 30 F Ohio * $400 * $75 John " 9 M Iowa James " 7 M Iowa * not wealthy Cornelius " 6 M Iowa compared to Esther " 3 F Iowa their neighbors --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1870 Census, DesMoines County, Iowa, Yellow Springs District. Microfilm roll #388, Volume 8 (232-607A) frames 566-587 Census page dated 19 July 1870. Page Family # 213 age sex Occupation Birthplace ---- ---------------- --- --- ---------- ------ 580 Sarah A. Hill 41 F keeping house Ohio John W. " 19 M farmhand Iowa James R. " 17 M farmhand Iowa Cornelius " 16 M farmhand Iowa Esther Ann " 13 F at home Iowa ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1880 Census, Kossuth Iowa (per Morman file 1,245,337 in Salt Lake <3>) Sarah Ann Hill is listed as living with: John William Hill 29 a millhand in a sawmill James Riley Hill 27 Esther Ann Morgan 23 James Morgan 23 a tile factory worker * note that Cornelius has moved out. Maternal Ancestors of John William Hill [ 6Ha ] Hoyt / Hoite / Hait / Haight / Hayte/ Huit The Hoyt / Haight ancestors were some of the earliest immigrants to the New World. The Hill lines intersect the Hoyt lines at least twice. Mary Hoyt, wife of Luke Hill, was the daughter of Simon, and Sarah Ann Haight (Sally), wife of John Henry Hill, was a descendant of Simon Hoyt's grandson, Moses Jr. To orient the reader to the following, here is a brief plot of the Hill connections. 0. Simon Hoyt (1593, Eng - 1657, Stamford, CT) and wife Susanna Smith 1. Mary Hoyt (1630-1696) wife of Luke Hill (b. abt. 1613; d. 1696, Windsor, CT) 1. Moses Hoyt Sr. (1634-1712) Mar: Elizabeth Budd 2. Moses Hoyt Jr. (1662-1711, Fairfield, CT) Mar: Elizabeth Shute 3. Aaron Haight Sr. (1700-1779, CT) Mar: Meribah Deval 4. Aaron Haight Jr. (1750-1816, CT) Mar: Jemima Waters 5. Cornelius Haight (1783-1873, IA) Mar: Abigail Attwood 6. Sarah Ann Haight (1824-1895, IA) Mar: John Henry Hill 7. John William Hill 8. William Henry Hill * Recent research on Simon Hoyt in England by Robin Bush indicates that the Mormon ancestral files were incorrect, and that Simon's ancestors are as in the following: per ref <68> For more details on the Hoyt line, see the FTM home pages of David W. Brown http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/r/o/David-W-Brown/GENE11-0018.html or those of: Mark W. Stevens, Mala Brown, or Frank Leroy Grant Gen. -3. Walter Hoyte -2. Thomas Hoyte Mar: Isabell _____ Res: Seavington St. Mary, So. Petherton, Eng -1. daughters: Mary, Christine, and -1. sons: John, Robert, Thomas (d. 1612), Thomas (again, d.1615), Roger, and -1. Michael Hoyte ( _- 29 Jan 1623) M: Agnes __ Res: Seavington, St. Mary, So. Petherton, Eng 0. daughters: Ann, Elizabeth, and Thomasine (1581-1623), and 0. sons: John, Richard, and 0. Simon Hoyt b: abt. 1593, West Hatch, County Somerset, Eng. d: 1 Sep 1657, Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT Mar(1): Jane Stoodlie before 1618 in Marshwood, Dorset Co., Eng. 1. Christopher Hoyt b: 1613 d: 1618, West Hatch, Eng. 1. Walter Hoyt b: Nov 1618, Eng d: 9 Jun 1698, Norwalk, CT 1. Nicholas Hoyt b: 7 May 1620,Eng d: July 07, 1655 in Windsor, CT 1. Deborah Hoyt b: 09 Aug 1620, Upway d: 1628 * no record in West Hatch 1. Alexander Hoyt b: bef. 28 Dec1623, West Hatch, Eng 1. John Hoyt b: abt. 1625 d: 1684 in Rye, Westchester, N. Y. Mar(2): Susannah Smith before Apr 1635 at Dorchester or Windsor, CT <31> 1. Mary Hoyt b: 20 Sep 1635, Charleston, MA d: 1696, Windsor, CT ==>[1H0] 1. Moses Haight Sr. b: 1634 or 1637 d: abt. 1712, East Chester, NY ==>[6Ha0] 1. Joshua Hoyt b: 1641 | 39, Windsor d: 9 Nov 1690, Stamford, CT 1. Miriam Hoyt b: 1645 | 41, Windsor d: 17 Apr 1671 1. Samuel Hoyt b: abt. 1643 d: 1720 1. Benjamin Hoyt b: 2 Feb 1644/45, Windsor d: 26 Jan 1735/36, Stamford, CT 1. Sarah Hoyt b: abt. 1646 d: 1713 1. (infant) Hoyt b: 1647 d: 1647 * Ref <31> "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" also lists a marriage between Simon Hoyt and Deborah Stowers on 2 Dec 1612 in Salem, Dorchester, or Scituate. Notes on Simon Hoyt In Drakes History of Boston we find Simon Hoyte on the "List of the names of such as are known to have been in Salem and about the north side of the MA Bay before and in the year 1629." The name Simon Hoyt appears on the first list of 'such as took the oath of freeman' in MA, 5-18-1631. We find Symon Hoite mentioned in the Dorchester records of 1633. On the 8th of October, in the same year, Symon Hoyte was chosen one of that town's committee to 'see to fences' for the east fields. A Biographical Album of Prominent Pennsylvanians, First Series, The Am. Biographical Pub. Co., 1888, Philadelphia. Simon apparently sailed to Charlestown from Gravesend on the "Abigail" with Gov. John Endicott, arriving Sept 6,1628. Info from "Passengers & Ships" and "The Hancock Genealogy". Other sources suggest he came on the Higginson Fleet, "George" or "Lyons Whelp", 1629 . Simon was one of a group which travelled from Salem through the woods to establish the town of Charlestown in the summer of 1629. He was also one of the first settlers of Dorchester in 1630. From the Dorchester Records, " April 3, 1633, Symon Hoite is given on a list as having two cows, and is therefore required to put up 40 feet of fence on the marsh. Oct. 8, 1633, Symon Hoyte is one of the two appointed to 'see to the fences....for the east field.' Jan 6. 1633, 'it is ordered, that the marsh and swamp before Goodman Hosford and davy Wil(ton) shall be devided among themselves and Symon Hoyte.' May 24, 1634, Symon Hoyte is one of the two appointed to 'view the pales' (fences) of the north field. June 2, 1634, 'it is ordered that Goodman Witchfeild and Goodman Hoyte shall have to be devided betweene them the marsh that lies in the north side of the necke, towords Boston, over agaynst m,. Rainsfords house, in Boston, being for 8 acres, by estimation.' Feb. 10, 1634, Symon Hoyte is mentioned as keeping one bull. April 17, 1635, 'it is also ordered that the lott of medow that was Symon Hoytes, next to Boston side, Joyning to John WitchLeild, shall be devided betwixt m,. Rodger Williams and Gyles Gibbes' " He moved to Scituate in the spring of 1635, as "Symeon Hayte" and his wife joined the Scituate church 4-19-1635. "Goodman Haites" house was built there between 9-1634 and 10-1636. He then moved on to Windsor, Conn. by 1639, where he was granted 80 acres 2-28-1640. This land, known as Hoyt's Meadow, was away from the other settlers. He and his family had enough to do to protect themselves from the Indians, so were excused from 'watch and ward', or traveling a long distance to guard those who lived in the village. There was a Hoyte child that died in Windsor, 1647, and an "Onld Goode Hoyt (or Hayt)" that died there in 1644. The identity of these cannot be determined. In 1646, Simon sold land in Hoyt's Meadow, with house, barn, etc. to William Thrall, who moved to it the same year. Simon moved to Fairfield by 3-6-1649, when he is recorded as having obtained several parcels of land there. Some of this may have been obtained earlier, and only recorded then. Simon moved to Stamford by 1657, where he died. Inventory of estate was taken 10-9-1657, and entered 3-24-1659. ************************** For many years Simon was believed to have a different ancestry (HHH by David Hoyt - 1671; Journal of Rev. Silas Constant, by E. W. Roebling, 1903), which placed him and family from Upway, Dorset and his first wife as Deborah Stowers. The New Hoyt Ancestry is from research by Robin Bush, 1994-1996 as reported in "Hoyts Issue"; and in " The Great Migration Begins", by Robert C. Anderson, 1995. Simon sold the West Hatch property in 1632-33, three years after he emigrated, and Thomas Coleman, his Tenant paid off Hoyt's Entry Fine. This indicates he waited until he was permanently settled in the New World before divesting himself as such in England. Maternal Ancestors of John William Hill [ 6Ha0 ] Descendants of Moses Hoyt Sr. Gen. 1. Moses Hoyt Sr. B: bef. 1634, Dorchester, MA D: 1712, East Chester, NY <==[6Ha] Mar: abt. 1660 + Elizabeth Budd B: abt. 1638, Fairfield Co., CT <==[6Ha0d] 2. Moses Hoyt Jr. B: bef. 1662, Fairfield, CT D: 14 Mar 1711, East Chester, NY Mar: abt. 1691 + Elizabeth "Elinor" Shute B: 03 Sep 1672, East Chester, Orange Co., NY <== Appendix C * Da. of Richard Shute (b. 1639, MA) and Sarah Sanford * The Shute family can be traced in the LDS MAF <6> through the Sanford, Botiller, Holland, and LaZoache lines to Wm. Longspee (1173) and Henry II, and through the Scottish royalty to Coilus, King of Britain (abt. 125 A.D.). It can also be traced through Richard Sanford to Maud Mainwaring, to Roger De Mainwaring (1250) and his mother, Amicia De Mechines(1167), to Henry I and beyond. Children of Moses Jr. & Elizabeth 3. Abigail (1692), Eleanor (1694), Moses 3rd (1696), Rachael (1698), Solomon (1702-1712), 3. Joshua ( - abt. 1797), Caleb (abt. 1707 - 1779), Mariam (1709 - ), and 3. Aaron Haight Sr. B: 27 Mar 1701, East Chester, Orange, Co., CT D: 1779 Mar: 13 Apr 1744 in Crum Elbow, Dutchess County, NY + Meribah Deval (Deuel) B: 21 Oct 1707, Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA <==[ 6Ha0b ] Children of Aaron Sr. & Meribah 4. Lydia Haight b: 1745 4. Meribah Haight b: 1747 and 4. Aaron Hoyt/Haight Jr. B: 01 Nov 1750, Crum Elbow, Duchess,NY <52,60> or B: 11 Jan 1750, Dutchess Co., NY <68> d: 3 Sep 1816, Dutchess Co., NY * Patriot, US Revolution; Pvt. CT NY Mil Mar: Jemima Waters B: 10 May 1744, Hebron, Tolland Co., CT <61> <==[ 6Ha0b ] * The dates of Jemima's marriage & death in the SAR Patriot Index (1769) are erroneous * The Waters family can be traced in the LDS MAF <6> back to 1572 (James), and by following the Manning line from Phebe - back to 1235 (Simon of Bettreds Castle, Kent, Eng). See Appendix B for more Old World ancestors of Jemima Waters. Children of Aaron Sr. & Jemima 5. Mary [1770], Ann [1772], Aaron Haight 3rd [1774], Eunice [1776], <68> 5. Phillip (1780-1830), Henry [1785], Clara [1778], <68> and 5. Cornelius A. Haight b: 10 Oct 1783 Duchess Co., NY d: 1873 ==>[6Ha1] * <52> indicates that Aaron Jr. was expelled from the Quakers before he moved West. The Quakers removed all references to he and his family from their records (making it difficult to verify he was the son of Aaron Sr.). Maternal Ancestors of John William Hill [ 6Ha0b ] Ancestry of Jemima Waters - Wife of Aaron Haight Jr. The ancestors of Jemima Waters can be traced back to very early roots in England. The direct Waters line extends to Henry Waters, born early in the 1500's. The ancestors of Richard Waters can be traced through his mother, Phebe Manning, another nine generations back to Simon Manning (b: Abt. 1235) of Bettreds Castle in Kent, England. Another line extends from Richard's grandmother, Agnes Petley, through five more generations to Richard Petley (b: Abt. 1321) of Downe, Kent, England. Agnes's mother, Christiana Philipots may also be traced back for six generations, though few details are known of them so far. From the web page of e: mail: %20SteveH2Os@foxinternet.net <61> http://www.foxinternet.net/web2/steveh2os/sld008.htm Gen. -2. Henry Waters (Dorothy Stephenson/Agnes Mounk) : England -1. James Waters B: 29 Aug 1568 London Eng, D: 1616/17, London + Phebe Manning b: Abt. 1566 Downe, Kent, Eng d: Abt. 1642 , Salem, Essex, MA Mar: 1592 London, Middlesex, , Eng. ==>[ 6Ha0c ] 0. Richard Waters C: 3 Mar 1604 St. Botolph, Aldersgate, London, , D: Jun 1677 Salem MA, R: Watertown 1636 Mar:: Rejoice Plaise in 1630 1. James Waters B: 1638 ENG, D: 1704 Essex, MA Mar(1): Mary Stalworthy 24 Mar 1669 Topsfield,MA ; MAR(2) Rachel Hart 22 May 1695 2. Ens. Samuel Waters B: 22 May 1679 Salem MA, , D: 12 Feb 1743 Hebron CT or Essex, MA Mar: Annie Sterling in 1702 3. Samuel Waters B: 29 May 1719 Hebron CT, D: 24 Apr 1782 Amenia, NY Mar: Jemima Howard on Apr 1740, CT, 4. Samuell Waters B: 28 Feb 1742 CT 4. Jemima Waters B: 10 May 1744 CT M: Aaron Hoyt/Haight Jr. 4. Olive Waters B: 27 Apr 1752 Hebron, CT 4. Mindwell Waters B: 9 Jul 1754 Hebron, CT 4. Sterling Waters B: 9 Sep 1757 Hebron, Tolland Co,CT M:Elizabeth Reynolds Notes on the Manning Family on the following page: - from "The Ancestors of Reverend Henry Whitfield, BD of New College, Oxford; Rector of Ockley, Surrey; Minister, and one of the Founders of Guilford, Connecticut" Simon Manning - The earliest ancestor of the Manning name, was in the third crusade against the Saracens under Richard I. His name derived from the town of Manning in Saxony. Three sons. Katherine Chaucer - wife of Simon Manning (1344); was sister of the famous poet Geoffrey Chaucer. She was living in 1383. John Manning (1365) was appointed collector of taxes in 1430. He lived in Cowdham., or Cudham, Kent. Margaret ? Brandon wife of Hugh Manning (1432); was probably the da. of Sir William Brandon and and Elizabeth Wingfield. Her name was either Margaret or Elizabeth. George Manning (1520) - his brother, Henry Manning, was marshall of the royal household to King Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Queen Mary (and Elizabeth ?). Maternal Ancestors of John William Hill [ 6Ha0c ] Ancestry of Jemima Waters - Wife of Aaron Haight Jr. (The generation #'s on this page are not related to those used in the rest of this document) From the Mormon Ancestral File: Direct Descendants of Simon MANNING 1 Simon MANNING b: Abt. 1235 Of Bettreds Cstl, , Kent, Eng. + _____ _____ b: Abt. 1239 Of Cstl Bettreds, , Kent, Eng. m: Abt. 1269 2 Stephen Manning b: Abt. 1270, Kent, Eng. d: 1310 (ob 3 Edward 2) + ____ ____ b: Abt. 1274, Kent, Eng. m: Abt. 1300 3 William Manning b: Abt. 1301, Codham, Kent, Eng. d: 1344 , Codham, Kent, Eng +____ De Chyrfold b: Abt. 1314, Codham, Kent, Eng. m: Abt. 1343 4 Simon Manning b: Abt. 1344, Codham, Kent, Eng. +Katherine Chaucer b: Abt. 1348, London, Middlesex, Eng. 5 John Manning b: Abt. 1365, Codham, Kent, Eng. +Alice Walden b: Abt. 1369, Codham, Kent, Eng. m: Abt. 1401 6 John Manning b: Abt. 1402, Codham, Kent, Eng. d: 1436 +Juliana Brockhill b: Abt. 1406, Downe, Kent, Eng. m: Abt. 1431 7 Hugh Manning b: Abt. 1432, St Mary Cray, Kent, Eng. d: 1502 + __ Brandon b: Abt. 1436, St Mary Cray, Kent, Eng. m: Abt. 1480 ? ? 8 John MANNING b: Abt. 1481, Downe, Kent, Eng. d: May 10, 1542 , Down, Kent, Eng +Agnes PETLEY b: Abt. 1502, Downe, Kent, Eng. <== Petley 9. George Manning b: 1520 St Cray, Kent, Eng d: May 08, 1582 Downe, Kent, Eng m: August 13, 1540 St Mary Cray, Kent, Eng. +Joan WALLIS b: 1524, Downe, Kent, Eng d: June 05, 1582 Downe, Kent, Eng 10. Phebe Manning b: Abt. 1566 Downe, Kent, Eng d: Abt. 1642 , Salem, Essex, MA m: 1592 London, Middlesex, , Eng. +James Waters b: 1572 St Botolph, Aldersgate, London, Eng d: Feb 02, 1616/17 , London, Eng. 11. Richard Waters b: March 03, 1603/04 St Botolph, Aldersgate, London, Eng. d: July 16, 1676 , Salem, Essex, MA Also from the Mormon Ancestral File: Direct Descendants of Richard PETLEY 1 Richard PETLEY b: Abt. 1321, Downe, Kent, Eng. + ___ PETLEY b: Abt. 1325, Downe, Kent, Eng. 2 John PETLEY b: Abt. 1353, Downe, Kent, Eng. d: 1394 +Juliana Troumer b: Abt. 1354, Downe, Kent, Eng. 3 Thomas PETLEY b: 1377 , Downe, Kent, Eng. d: 1422 +Isabella b: Abt. 1392, Downe, Kent, Eng. 4 John PETLEY b: Abt. 1420, Downe, Kent, Eng. d: 1467 +Alice BRAMPTON b: Abt. 1424, Downe, Kent, Eng. 5 John PETLEY b: Abt. 1465, Downe, Kent, Eng. d: 1518 , Downe, Kent, Eng. +Christiana Philipott b: Abt. 1469, Downe, Kent, Eng. 6 Agnes PETLEY b: Abt. 1502, Downe, Kent, Eng. ==> Petley (above) +John MANNING b: Abt. 1481, Downe, Kent, Eng. d: May 10, 1542 , Down, Kent, Eng. 7 Richard Manning b: Abt. 1512, Greenwich, Kent, Eng. d: May 08, 1582 , Downe, Kent, Eng. Maternal Ancestors of John William Hill [ 6Ha0d ] Ancestors of Meribah Devol / Deuel / Davol - Wife of Aaron Haight Sr. From FTM Home Page of Patrick Darren Deuel <62> http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/e/u/Patrick-Darren-Deuel/index.html 1 RICHARD DEVOL b: 1530 in Spalding, Lincolnshire, ENG d: Abt. 1624 in Spalding, Lincolnshire, ENG +Margaret Iden m: October 6, 1560 in Spalding, ENG d: Nov 30 1581 in Spalding, ENG 2 THOMAS DEVOL, SR. b: Sep 18, 1565, Spaulding, ENG d: Abt. 1637 in Spaulding, ENG + Margaret ???? d: February 2, 1615/16 in Spalding, ENG 3 WILLIAM DAVOL b: June 4, 1615 in Spalding, ENG d: Aug 29, 1680 in Newport, RI + Ann Beckerstead m: Jan 14, 1636/37 in Spalding, ENG d: June 23, 1639 in Spalding,ENG * 2nd Wife of WILLIAM DAVOL: + Isabel Anderson b: 1621 in Spaulding, ENG m: August 29, 1639 in Spalding, ENG d: 1722 in RI 4 JONATHAN DAVOL, SR. b: 1647 in Newport, RI d: Aft. 1737 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA + Hannah Odlin b: August 29, 1643 in Boston, MA m: July 27, 1674 in Portsmouth, RI d: Abt. 1717 in Newport, Newport County, RI 5 JONATHAN DAVOL, JR. b: Abt. 1675 in Newport, Newport County, RI d: August 8, 1709 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA + Mariah (Mary) Clark b: Abt. 1676 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA m: 1697 d: Abt. 1711 6 MERIBAH DEVOL b: October 21, 1707 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA + Aaron Haight Sr. m: 13 Apr 1744 in Crum Elbow, Dutchess County, NY From the Mormon Ancestry File <6>: Ancestors of Elizabeth Budd - Wife of Moses Hoyt Sr. Direct Descendants of John (Bude) BUDD 1 John (Bude) BUDD 1450 - +Elizabeth BISHOPPE 1454 - 2 William BUDD 1479 - +Katherine SAUNDERS 1480 - 3 Nicholas BUDD 1500 - +Elizabeth WRIGHT 1504 - 4 Richard BUDD 1528 - +Margaret SYMONS 1532 - 5 Thomas BUDD 1550 - +Margaret WEST 1560 - 6 Thomas BUDD 1575 - 1609 +Sarah JOHNSON 1594 - 7 John BUDD 1619 - 1670 +Karen(Katharen) BROWN 1610 - 1670 8 Elizabeth BUDD 1641 - 1712 +Moses Hoyt Sr. 1637 - 1712 ==>[6Ha0] Maternal Ancestors of John William Hill [ 6Ha1 ] Descendants of Cornelius Haight Gen. 5. Cornelius A. Haight b: 19 Oct 1782, Duchess Co., NY <52>(bible) <==[ 6Ha0 ] d: 12 Aug 1873,Mediapolis, DesMoines Co. bur. Kossuth Cem., IA <48,55> Mar: Abigail Attwood b: 24 Apr 1785, Duchess Co., NY <54,55> or 2 Apr 1782, Sharon, CT <52> d: 26 Sep 1856, bur. Kossuth Cem.,IA (at 74) <48,55,68> * The da. of James Attwood and Mary Simmons (1769) & gr.da. of Job Simmons (1720) & Abigail Parris <52> 6. Mary Haight b: 14 Mar1801, Kingsbury, Wash. Co., NY ==>[ 6Ha2 ] 6. James Haight b: 25 Jun 1802 Livingston, Wash. Co., NY ==>[ 6Ha3 ] 6. Sidney Haight b: 09 Jan 1804 Bolton, Washington Co., NY ==>[ 6Ha2 ] 6. Moses Haight | b: 01 Feb 1806 Bolton, Washington Co., NY ==>[ 6Ha7 ] | twins 6. Aaron Haight | b: 01 Feb 1806 Bolton, Washington Co., NY 7 children d: Abt. 03 Aug 1868 Burlington, DesMoines Co., IA ==>[ 6Ha7 ] Mar: Lovilla Wilson on 11 Mar 1847 in Burlington, DesMoines Co., IA 6. Julia Haight b: 08 Sep 1808, Bolton, Washington Co., NY Mar: George Terrill 7. Ruben Terrill <50> 7. Abegale Terrill b. 18 Mar 1835 Mar: William Henry Welbourn <50> 8. Mattie Cornelia ==> ______ => Pearlie Moulden <54> & Cindy Kenyon <55> 6. Phillip Haight b: 04 Jun 1810 Bolton, Washington Co., NY d: young * thrown from a horse <65> 6. Clary Elizabeth Haight b: 18 Jan 1812, NY d: 21 Apr 1888, Yellow Springs, IA <48,49,47> Mar: Davis Morris Bridges <48,52> ==>[ 6Ha4 ] 6. Cornelius Haight, Jr. b: 03 Jan 1814 Bolton, Washington Co., NY <52> d: 1891, MO <48> Mar:? Clara Attwood <69> ==>[ 6Ha5 ] 6. John Haight b: 18 Jan 1816 Schayhikook, Branster, NY <47,48,49,50> d: 15 Oct 1875 DesMoines Co., IA <50> Mar: Minerva Bridges d: 1878 <48> no children (probate is ref <50>) 6. Job (or Joe) Haight b. 21 Jun 1818, OH <49> (Job <48,49,52>, Joe in <50>) ==>[ 6Ha6 ] 6. Abigail Haight b. 26 Nov 1819, OH <49> Mar: _ Tyson & moved to NY <48,50> 6. Eunice Haight b. 24 Jul 1822, OH <49> Mar: Miles Todd d: 1891 <48,50> 6. Sarah Ann Haight b. 26 Jul 1824, Marieta?, OH <52> <16,42,47,4950> Mar: John Henry Hill ==>[ 6H0 ] 6. Elizabeth Haight (Liza) b: 10 Jul 1825, OH <47,48,49,50> ==>[ 6Ha4 ] Mar: Eben B. Hill (Jr.) on 09 Jan 1845 in DesMoines Co., IA <49> <==[ 5H0-1 ] Descendants of Cornelius Haight [ 6Ha2 ] The Families of Mary & Sidney Haight Gen. 6. Mary Haight b: 14 Mar1801, Kingsbury, Wash. Co., NY d: abt. 1870 <==[ 6Ha1 ] * children and spouses from <50> Mar: John Bickford on 08 Dec 1818 (of Yellow Springs & Huron Twps. , <48>) 7. Harriet Bickford Mar: ____ Norton d: ____, Washington Co., ? 7. Mary Bickford 7. Mellisa Francis Bickford Mar: ____ Travers 7. Benjamin Bickford 7. Cornelius Bickford 7. Clarissa Bickford Mar: ____ Vinton 7. Cornelius Thompson (adopted ?) 7. Mahala Bickford Mar: Charles Ellenwood on 5 Dec 1839 <52> 6. Sidney Haight b: 09 Jan 1804 Bolton, Washington Co., NY d: bef. 1875 <==[ 6Ha1 ] Mar: _______ _______ * children and spouses from <50> 7. Richard Haight 7. Henry Haight bur: 09 Dec 1887, Burlington, DesMoines, IA 7. Mary Ellen Haight Mar: ____ Fetrow 7. Anna Marie Haight b. 1 Feb 1831, Ohio, d. 3 Mar 1890, Orion, Gove, KS., m: on 25 Feb 1855, , Burlington, IA + John George Shipley b. 25 Oct 1829, NH d. 15 Jul 1918, Santa Cruz, CA. 8. John Shipley m(1): 3 Aug 1850, OH, Orrilla P. Carr (Kerr), b. abt 1831, d. 1854. * Two children of John & Orilla that were raised by Anna Marie. 9. Ella Almira Shipley 9. William Wallace Shipley. Children of Anna Marie Haight and John George Shipley: 9. Alice Nina Shipley b: 10 Sep 1858, Chariton, IA d. 1 Apr 1935, Lineville, IA M: James Harvey Sears on 14 Oct 1877, Corydon, IA 9. Warren Lincoln Shipley b: 28 Nov 1860, d. 2 Mar 1948, Gove, KS M: Minerva "Minnie" Dawson on 25 Mar 1883, Ballard Falls, KS child?: Deffie 9. Dora Venetia Shipley b: 4 Feb 1863, Chariton, IA d.11 Feb 1945, Mansfield, MO M: Peter Peterson Lund on 1 Sep 1881, Marysville, KS 9. Henry Stanton Shipley b: 21 Mar 1865 Chariton, IA d. 18 Jun 1943, Santa Cruz, CA M(1): Mary Ann Hapes on 25 Apr 1889, Oakley, KS., M(2): Bertha L. Erickson on 3 Apr 1916, Santa Crux, CA., -- no children 9. Raymond Rollin Shipley b: 23 Jun 1868, Chariton, IA d. 6 Sep 1870 Lineville, IA 9. Rosamond Inez Shipley b: 20 Nov 1872, Spring Valley, IA d. 15 Dec 1919, Santa Cruz, CA M: Reinhart Waldner on 27 May 1897, Lincoln Co., KS b: Switzerland Children: 10. John William Waldner b. 12 Mar. 1898, Lincoln Co., KS d: 5 May 1977, Arcata, CA M: Marjorie Alice Haynes in 1919 at Coquille, OR 11. Kathryn Ellen Waldner b: 9 Dec 1921, Santa Cruz, CA d: Oct 1976, Hoopa, CA 11. Rosaline Doris Waldner b: 14 Nov 1923, Kent, OR M: Harold Briscoe Preston on 14 Sept 1942 10. Ethel Rose Waldner b. 1907, Santa Cruz, CA Descendants of Cornelius Haight [ 6Ha3 ] The Family of James Haight Gen. 6. James Haight b: 25 Jun 1802 Livingston, Wash. Co., NY <==[6Ha1] Mar: on __ 1826 in Athens, OH d: 12 Apr 1879 Smith River, Del Norte, CA + Lydia Howard (Fulton) <64> b. 1802, NY d: 1852, Fort Hall, Bannock Co., ID <60> 7. Henry H. Haight. <52> b. 13 Jan 1827 in Marietta, Athens Co.,OH. <64> d. 9 Dec 1887, Des Moines Co. IA <48,52,49b,66> Mar(1): 18 Nov 1847 Des Moines Co. IA * Henry's family is from Glorianne Eads <66> +Sarah Ann Eads b. 2 Jul 1829 OH d. 18 Apr 1867 Des Moines Co. IA Children by Sarah: * Sarah's parents: William Eads & Catherine Henderson 8. George Haight b. 1850 M1: Marth Moore, 1870 M2: Eva Rogers, 1874 8. Laura M. Haight b. 1852 M: John Erickson 8. Daniel L. Haight b. 5 Apr 1854 d. 3 Aug 1878 M: ___ McVay <52, 49b> 8. Margaret Haight b. 1855 mar: John Cornick 8. Mary Elizabeth Haight b. 1858 d. 1928 mar: Prince Albert Gray da. Catherine M: my husband's grandfather's brother, Oscar Eads <66> 8. Julia Abigail Haight b. 18 Oct 1861 d. 6 Jul 1944 M1: William Welbourne M2: Joseph M. Keller in 1877 8. James W. Haight b. Apr 1862 M: Catherine Downey 8. John R. Haight b. 24 Apr 1865 M: Lettie A. Westfall 8. Sarah Ann Haight b. 1 Nov 1866 d. 18 Apr 1867 (buried with mother) Mar(2): 4 Sep 1872 Des Moines Co. IA +Margaret E. Gibson b. 11 Aug 1837 d. 14 Feb 1906 8. Martha A. Haight b. 24 Sep 1873 d. 21 Sep 1953 M: Thomas J. Stapleton <65> b: 1873 d: 1949 <67> 8. Henry Charles Haight b. 12 Feb 1875 d. 22 Aug 1904 or d: 21 Sep 1953 <67> 9. son James Haight <49b> father also listed as "Charles Henry Haight" 8. Jessie Dorothy Haight b. 1 Oct 1877 d. 25 Oct 1947 M: Dr. Arthur D. Newberry 7. Daniel Haight b: 2 Apr 1829, Marietta, Ohio See <64> on following page Mar: 1 Mar 1868 to Mrs. Fannie (McVay) Adams (a widow with four children) 8. Lydia; Laura; Ada; Letsy; Henrietta; Frank; Fred <64> Joan Luetzow of Milwaukee, WI is a descendant. <52> 7. Minerva Haight b: 18 Apr 1836, Marietta, OH Mar: on 8 Jan 1854 <60> d: 13 Jun 1914, Spokane, WA <60, 49b> +Henry Harry Burbank b: 3 Aug 1828, Astabula, Astabula Co., OH d: 8 Mar 1908, Spokane, WA 8. Minnie Inez Burbank b: 7 Mar 1871, Maxie, WA Mar: on 14 Apr 1892 d: 7 Oct 1950, Victoria, BC, Canada <60, 49b> + James Mathew Smith b: 18 Sep 1860, Franklin, PA 9. Betty Pauline Smith b: 1898 M: on 1922 Ralph Carlton Fraser b: 1896, Spokane, WA 10. Ralph James Fraser M: Barbara June Twigg SAR Member (da's: Susan, Ann, Nancy) Biography - James Haight (b:1801, son of Cornelius) The following transcript was provided by Pearlie Moulden <53> from "The History of Del Norte, California" by Ruth Smith. Reference <64> " The first white men to be seen in the Smith River Valley were James Haight and his son Daniel who had arrived in Crescent City in May 1853 and soon afterwards settled in the Smith River Valley. This was not their first trip to California, for on April 2, 1850, James Haight with his two sons, Henry and Daniel, and three brothers, Moses, Cornelius, and Jacob Haight with an Uncle Eben Hill had arrived in Hangtown, California, on September 5, 1850, after a journey of five months and three days from their Iowa home. An account of this trip was left by Henry Haight and kept by his daughter, Mrs. Martha (Haight) Stapleton of Burlington, Iowa. The account told of their mining and the gambling places; the hangings were described, as well as a talk by Brigham Young at Salt Lake. Near Salt Lake, the party had stayed with a Haight cousin who had exchanged their tired, worn-out oxen for fresh ones. The men rested there for several weeks before they returned to Iowa where Henry Haight purchased his Iowa farm with the gold he had found in California. On account of his wife's health, James Haight and his son Daniel again started for California, but were detained at Fort Hall where the wife died and was buried along the trail. Father and son drove their oxen team across her grave to hide it from the Indians and continued their journey to the west. James Haight b. 6-26-1801 in Dutchess County, New York, son of Cornelius and Abigail (Atwood) Haight, went with his parents who first settled in Athens County, Ohio, in 1816, and in 1837 moved to Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa, where a branch of the family continue to live. James Haight m. 1826 in Athens County, Ohio, Lydia Howard Fulton. Their two children were: Henry b. 1-13-1827 in Marietta, Ohio, m. Margaret Givson; Daniel b. 4-2-1829 in Marietta, Ohio, became the first white settler in the Smith River Valley, where he was married 3-1-1868 to Mrs. Fannie (McVay) Adams, a widow with four children. Her husband had been killed in Newton County, Missouri, prior to the trouble between the states at the time of the Civil War. In 1866, her brother Joseph McVay had returned to Missouri for her and her orphaned children, and brought them west to join the rest of her family who had been living in the Smith River Valley since 1860. On the way west, the children had the whooping cough, and at San Francisco they missed the monthly steamer to Crescent City. Joseph McVay, ever a resourceful pioneer, took his charges to Sacramento where they caught the stage for Jacksonville, Oregon. There Joseph bought a team of horses and a wagon and drove them to Smith River over that early road that could scarcely be called one. The Adams children were: Elizabeth m. William Hargraves; Benonia b.10-2-1860 m. Martha Smith; Sophronia m. James Hursh; Eddie b. 8-27-1864 in Newton County, Missouri, named for her father, Edward Adams, who was killed in 1864, m. in Del Norte County, William Westbrook. The children of Fannie McVay and her second husband, Daniel Haight, were: Lydia m. Riley Packard; Laura m. 1st Bert Thomas, m. 2nd Frank Cassidy; Ada m. Joseph Hursh; Letsy m. Lot Beckstead; Henrietta m. Milo Woodruff; Frank m. Mae Plaisted; Fred m. Stella Trumble; Fred Haight, present supervisor of Del Norte County from Smith River. In the "Haight-Hoyt Genealogy" by D. W. Hoyts and in the "Haight Genealogy" by Aaron Haight may be found the lineage of James and Daniel Haight whose ancestors are traced many generations into the New England states and into England. Aaron Haight was the Revolutionary War ancestor b. 1-11-1750 in Dutchess County, New York. (See D.A.R. number 136213). The descendants of James and Daniel Haight are also eligible to join the Society of the Magna Charta through the lineage of the wife of Aaron Haight. Her name was Jemima Waters,a descendant of Richard de Manning, Crusader Richard I, 1190 A.D. Downe, Kent, Eng.; King Edward I of England was also an ancestor. It is said that once a lineage has been traced back into these royal lines, it is well recorded and defined back to Adam. " Descendants of Cornelius Haight [ 6Ha4 ] The Family of Elizabeth Haight & Eben Hill Jr. Gen. 6. Elizabeth (Eliza) Haight b: 10 Jul 1825, OH <47,52> <==[6Ha1] d: 15 Dec 1856, Oregon, bur. Burch Cem., Polk Co., OR <52> Mar: on 04 Jan 1845 in Burlington, DesMoines Co., IA <47> +Eben Hill Jr. b: [1811-1815], Jefferson Co., NY <==[ 5H0-1 ] or b: 1821, Jefferson Co., NY d: 27 Nov 1868, Oregon <47> 7. Armilda Abigale Hill b. Mar: ____ Anders <50,52,47> 7. Annie Hill b. Mar: ____ Hammer <47,52> 7. Ester M. Hill b. Mar: ____ Banton <47,52> 7. Larrisa Hill b. <50> 7. Lafayette F. Hill b. 28 Jun 1855 d. 1935, Inglewood, CA <47,50,52> Mar: Emma Mellissa Locke * whose parents came to OR in 1845 on the Oregon Trail 8. Roy LaFayette Hill b: 1883; 8. Emma Aurelia Hill b: 1886; 8. James Lester Hill b: 1889; 8. Eva Esther Hill b: 1891; 8. Erma Julia Hill b: 1894; 8. Lolita Fay Hill b: 1900; 8. Luella Florence Hill b: 1900; 8. Dale Herschel Hill b: 1902; 8. Bertram Ladue Hill b: 1905; 8. Herbert H. Hill b: 1910; and 8. Claude Locke Hill b. 21 Jul 1884, Independence, OR d. 1969 9. Ruby Alice Hill b. 13 Mar 1910 Mar: __ Sherman 10. Mary Lou, 10. Laura Lee, 10. John Jay & 10. Paula Jean Sherman-Bowden b. 28 Jun 1949 Author: ref <53,> 7. ?Vina Hill-Kelso * mentioned in the reunion narrative as da. of Ebben Hill <49b> * Ebon B. Hill Jr., son of Eben Hill (1791), moved to Ohio after he married and went West in 1842 on the Oregon Trail, settling in to Hillsboro, OR. Eben Jr's wife, Eliza, is bur. is about one mi. SE of Rickreall, OR. Lafayette and Emma settled in Independence, OR, later homesteaded in Washtucna, WA after Erma was born and moved to CA aft. 1923, as did several of their children. 6. Clarissa Elizabeth Haight b: 18 Jan 1812, NY <47,48,49> <==[ 6Ha1 ] d: 21 Apr 1888, Yellow Springs, IA Mar: Davis Morris Bridges <48,52> 7. James A. Bridges <48> 7. Abigail Bridges B: M: Silas Bridges 7. John D. Bridges B: 14 Feb 1845, Yellow Springs, IA <48> Mar: Marcie J. Vincent on 02 Mar 1867 B: Wash. Co., OH 8. Wesley D. Bridges 8. Frederick G. Bridges 8. Minnie J. Bridges 8. John Morris Bridges 8. Sadie A. Bridges Descendants of Cornelius Haight [ 6Ha5 ] Cornelius Haight Jr. and Family Gen. 6. Cornelius Haight, Jr. b: 03 Jan 1814 Bolton, Washington Co., NY <52> <==[ 6Ha1 ] d: 1891, MO <48> Mar:? Clara Attwood <69> M: Clara Atwood, b: ,England, father James Atwood (Cherakee Co. Iowa). Children: 7. Corneilus Haight. 3rd b: 18 Sept. 1842 Cherokee Iowa, d: 26 February 1926 Corvallis, OR; bur: Kings Valley, OR M: Adleline Elizabeth Burbank 14 Feb 1866. => Eloise Oster <69> 7. Martha Haight d: 1915, she lived in Coulteville, California. 7. Angiline Haight m: Asa Burbank 5 Jul 1869 7. Sara Haight 7. Clara Haight * Corneilus Haight crossed the plains as a small boy to Oregon in a covered wagon (1852). His sisters were probably born in California. Descendants of Cornelius Haight [ 6Ha6 ] The family of Job Haight 6. Job Haight b. June 21, 1818, Ohio <==[ 6Ha1 ] Mar: on September 16, 1841, Warren Township, Iowa <52> + Eliza Bridges b. 1820/21, Ohio (da.of Benjamin Bridges and Abigail Ellenwood) * Eliza's sister - Minerva Bridges-Haight, mar: John Haight (b. 1816). 7. Jacob Austin Haight b. Jan 1843, Iowa d. 10 Nov 10, 1928, Crescent City, Del Norte Co., CA Mar: Jane E. Jenkins on April 15, 1871 in Del Norte County, CA 7. Mary Haight b. 1844/45, Iowa Mar: Loring A. Sevey on April 28, 1868 in Del Norte Co., CA 7. Cornelius Haight b. 1852/53, Iowa 7. Sarah Elizabeth Haight b. April 26, 1855 Yellow Springs Twp., Des Moines Co., Iowa d. January 26, 1929, Portland, OR Mar: on May 8, 1870, Smith River Township, Del Norte County, CA ==>[ 6Ha6-1 ] 7. John W. Haight b. 1859/60, Iowa 7. James L. Haight b. 1862/63, Del Norte County, CA * Family tradition holds that the Job Haight family moved from Council Bluffs, IA to the Crescent City, CA area around 1861. <52> holds that Job's family was in Cow Creek, Douglas Co.,OR in 1880 Census. * Job went with James, Moses, and Cornelius to the gold fields in Hangtown, CA in 1850. <64> 1856 Iowa state census record listing, Yellow Springs Township: Job Haight 37 Male Married Years in State 18 Born Ohio Eliza Haight 35 Female Married Years in State 15 born Ohio Austin Haight 13 Male Unmarried Born Iowa (Jacob Austin __) Mary Haight 11 Female Born Iowa Cornelius Haight 3 Male Born Iowa Sarah Haight 1 Female Born Iowa 1870 US Census for California, Del Norte county Haight, Job 52 Male White Laborer born Ohio Eliza 48 Female White keeping house born Ohio Cornelius 17 Male White Laborer John W. 10 Male White James L. 7 Male White Living practically next door is: Haight, J.A. 27 Male White Laborer born Iowa (Jacob Austin Haight) Descendants of Cornelius Haight [ 6Ha6-1 ] Later Descendants of Job Haight From Rich Edwards on Jan 12, 2000 file HaightAdd.Doc <==[ 6Ha6 ] 7. Sarah Elizabeth Haight b. Apr 26, 1855 Yellow Springs Twp., Des Moines Co., Iowa d. Jan 26, 1929, Portland, OR Mar:on May 8, 1870, Smith River Township, Del Norte County, CA + Morrison Penny Groom (son of Peter Groom & Martha Ann Shoemaker) 8. Marion Groom b. May 10, 1872, Crescent City, Del Norte, CA 8. Emma Groom b. Apr 21, 1874, Boise, Ada, ID 8. Thomas Groom b. Jun 10, 1876, Boise, Ada, ID d. Sep 22, 1942, Dayton, WA Mar: on Nov 4, 1899 in Waitsburg,WA + Ida Harriet Harting (daughter of Adam Thomas Harting and Ruth Ann Ashcraft) 9. Mable Edna Groom b. Mar 10, 1902 Dayton, WA d. Jul 18, 1976, Olympia, WA Mar: on Nov 27 1925 in Tenino, WA + Frederick Fisk Blue (son of Wilbur Fisk Blue and Margaret Jane Rinehart) 10. Barbara Jean Blue b. Jan 22, 1928 Tenino, WA 10. Lola Adell Blue b. Apr 4, 1931 Tenino, WA Mar: on November 28, 1951 Tenino, WA +Harry John Edwards (son of William Charles Edwards and Elizabeth Pearl Kelley) 11. Richard Alan Edwards b. Jun 23, 1955 Olympia, WA Author ref <52> Mar: on July 23, 1977 in Elma, WA + Wendy Denise Page (daughter of Denzel Lowell Page and Edna Wright) 12. William Arthur Edwards b. Aug 12, 1982 11. Carolee J. Edwards b. Jun 12, 1957 Olympia, WA 11. Robert Leroy Edwards b. Nov 8, 1963 Olympia, WA 9. Myrtle Evelyn Groom b. Nov 11, 1903 9. Morrison Penny Groom b. Oct 3, 1905 9. Cecil Leonard Groom b. Sep 25, 1909 8. [baby] Groom b. Abt. 1878, ID 8. Ollie Groom b. Sep 28, 1880, Lebanon, Linn, OR 8. Lucie Groom b. before 1886, Joseph, Union, OR 8. Owen Albert Groom b. May 11 1882, Waitsburg, Columbia, WA 8. Ida May Groom b. June 26 1884, Joseph, Union, OR 8. Ruth Rhea Groom b. Oct 1887, Huntsville, Columbia, WA 8. Mary Groom b. Mar 16 1888, Sellwood, WA 8. Bessie Eva Groom b. Mar 16 1890, Roy, Pierce, WA 8. Cora (Peggy) Groom b. Sep 16 1895, Waitsburg, Columbia, WA Descendants of Cornelius Haight [ 6Ha7 ] The Family of Aaron Haight Gen. 6. Aaron Haight b: 01 Feb 1806 Bolton, Washington Co., NY <47> <==[ 6Ha1 ] d: Abt. 03 Aug 1868 Burlington, DesMoines Co., IA * carpenter, killed in a fall from a scaffold ? Mar: on 11 Mar 1847 ?? in Plymouth Twp., Burlington, DesMoines Co., IA <47> * at her mother's home (marriage date is preceded by first 3 children ?) +Lovilla Wilson b: 23 Jul 1815, NY d: 05 Aug 1870, Burlington, IA Children: 7. Mary Jane Haight b: Abt. 1831 <1850 census, IA> *2 <16,50> * Mary Jane may be a da. of Cornelius. She is mentioned in the reunion of 1904 <49b> as Sarah Ann's sister. She may have married ___ Holbrook and d: 6 Mar 1905 7. Moses Haight b: Abt. 1832 OH *2 <50> 7. Clarissa Elizabeth Haight b: 20 Apr 1836 IN d: Bef. 1892 *2 <47> Mar: on 16 Jun 1856 in Burlington, DesMoines Co., IA by D.K. Harris (JP) <47> + Milton Saliday b: abt. 1835, Washington, IN <47> 8. Milton B. Halliday b: abt. 1862, DesMoines, IA <47> 8. Charles Haliday b: abt. 1875, DesMoines, IA <47> 7. Alice Amanda Haight b: 10 Nov 1847, Kossuth, IA <47,51> or Adelia Amanda Haight d: 10 Oct 1888, Ottumwa, IA <51> Mar: on 11 Feb 1869 in Sagetown, Henderson Co., IL + James Madison Randall (son of John Randall & Abigail -) <51> 8. Zelda Belle Randall b. 11-17-1871 in Bloomington IL. 8. Lucy E Randall b.8-30-1873 in Burlington IA. 8. George Washington Randall born 12-23-1879 in Milton, Van Buren Co.IA. 7. Zelda Alvesta Haight b: 25 May 1851 Burlington, DesMoines, IA <47> d: 06 May 1935 Chula Vista, CA <47> Mar: on 15 Aug 1872 in Cheyenne, Laramie Co., WY <47> +Benjamin Franklin Ketcham b. 01 Oct 1842, Chesterville, Morrow, OH <47,50> d: 21 May 1908 Cheyenne, Laramie Co., WY ? * Ten children fm 1873-1898. Andy Ward <47> is desc. of Florence Ketcham (1890-1982) ==>[6Ha7-1] *2 Note that the birthdates of Mary, Moses, and Clarissa precede Lovilla's marriage date 6. Moses Haight b: 01 Feb 1806 Bolton, Washington Co., NY d: bef. 1875 <==[6Ha1] Mar: _______ _______ * children from <50> 7. Clarissa Haight 7. Matthew Haight * <47> lists as Martha 7. Angeline Haight * <47> lists as Augustina 7. Elmira Haight * <47> lists as EL-IZA 7. Cornelius Haight Descendants of Cornelius Haight [ 6Ha7-1 ] Descendants of Benjamin F. Ketcham & Zelda Haight All the Ketcham Descendants are from <47> (Andy Ward) The generation numbers are unrelated to those used elsewhere in this document <==[ 6Ha6 ] 1 Benjamin Franklin Ketcham b: Oct 01, 1842, Chesterville, OH d: May 19, 1908, Cheyenne, WY m: Aug 15, 1872 Father: Aaron Haight Mother: Lovilla Wilson + Zelda Alvesta Haight b: May 25, 1851, Burlington, Iowa d: May 06, 1935, Chula Vista, CA 2 Benjamin Franklin Ketcham,Jr. b: June 01, 1873 , Cheyenne, WY d: June 23, 1873, Cheyenne, WY 2 Alice Bell Ketcham b: Nov. 02, 1874 , Cheyenne, WY d: Sept. 12, 1940, Peoria, IL m: 1911 , Cheyenne, WY + Peter Johnson b: Aug 23, 1879 , Norway d: April 12, 1948, Cheyenne, WY 3. Wilhelm K. Johnson b: Oct 07, 1913, Cheyenne, WY d: Oct 23, 1928, Denver, CO 3. Zelda Alvesta Johnson b: June 22, 1916, Cheyenne, WY d: June 27, 1964, Cheyenne, WY + Arthur Lake Miller m: Aug 08, 1936, Cheyenne, WY 4. Arthur Frederick Miller b: Sept. 16, 1937, Cheyenne, WY + Judith Silko * 2nd Wife of Arthur Frederick Miller: m: Sept. 09, 1960, Ft. Collins, CO + Lee Grey b: Oct 05, 1939, Cheyenne, WY 5 Kevin Grey Miller b: Sept. 16, 1962, Wheatland, WY 5 Devin Arthur Miller b: Oct 26, 1963, Wheatland, WY 4. Alden Miller 3. Peter W. Johnson b: Jul 21 1919, Cheyenne, WY d: May 01 1952, Cheyenne, WY 2 William Ketcham b: Aug 18 1876 Cheyenne, WY d: June 20, 1956, Cheyenne, WY + Carey Newman * 2nd Wife of William Ketcham: + Marie Kreuziger 2 May Relief Ketcham b: January 23, 1881, Cheyenne, WY d: January 05, 1964, Cheyenne, WY m: May 24 1906, Cheyenne, WY Father: Mark Thomas Cox Mother: Emily Maria Brown + Mark Thomas Cox, Jr. b: Aug 22 1876, South Orange, NJ d: Jun 28, 1923, Cheyenne, WY 3. Mark Thomas Cox III b: Jun 08 1910, Cheyenne, WY d: Nov. 23, 1997, Cheyenne, WY + Elizabeth Jane Walker b: Nov 19 1921, Chicago, IL m: Jul 29 1941, Omaha, Neb Father: Thomas Luther Fleming Walker Mother: Elizabeth Mary Josephine Healy 4. Hon. Mark Thomas Cox IV b: July 14, 1942, Cheyenne, WY m: Feb 08 1975, Louisville, KY ; Father: James Coleman Warren; Mother: Emily Catherine Jenkins + Emily Anne Warren b: Sept. 25, 1944, Louisville, KY 4. Beverly Ann Cox b: July 10, 1945 m: Dec. 24, 1977, Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral , Port-au-Prince, Haiti + Gordon McKellar Black b: Jan 21 1945, Brooklyn, New York 4. William Sterling Cox b: Dec 11 1947, Cheyenne, WY 4. Thomas Walker Cox b: Apr 06 1954, Cheyenne, WY 2 Anna Ruth Ketcham b: Apr 08 1887, Cheyenne,L,WY d: Apr 06, 1951, Cheyenne,WY + Grover Cleveland Ries b: May 01 1885, Linclon, L, Nebraska d: May 11, 1968, Houston, H, TX m: Jul 30 1913, Cheyenne,L,WY Father: Adolph Anton Ries Mother: Mary Ann Glaub 3. Grover K. Ries b: 1921 d: May 12, 1944, Italy 3. Carl Gilbert Ries b: May 13, 1925 Descendants of Cornelius Haight [ 6Ha7-2 ] Descendants of Benjamin F. Ketcham & Zelda Haight (Continued) 2 Herbert Clause Ketcham b: May 06 1885, Cheyenne, WY d: Jun 15 1976, Sheridan, WY m: March 22, 1911, Cheyenne, WY + Laura Ann Dwyer b: Aug 04 1888, Plainfield, MO d: Apr 11 1963, Sheridan, WY 3 Herbert Franklin Ketcham b: Mar 28 1912 4 Randle Ketcham b: 1930 3 John Edward Ketcham b: Mar 29 1917, Cheyenne, WY d:, Cheyenne, WY + Nellie 4. John Edward Ketcham b: Feb 1945, Gillette, WY 5 Juston Edward Ketcham b: 1963 5 Jody Ketcham b: 1964 4. Jeffery Edward Ketcham b: 1951 3 Margaret O. Ketcham b: 1919 + George Walker 4. Herbert Daniel Walker 3 Susie Jane Ketcham b: Nov. 1925 3 William Dwyer Ketcham b: 1927 4. Jan Marie Ketcham b: 1956 4. Benjamin Franklin Ketcham b: 1959 4. William Dwyer Ketcham b: 1964 2 Florence Jane Ketcham b: May 23 1890, Cheyenne, WY d: Feb 1982, Tuscon, AZ + Harry George Reader Father: H. George Reader Mother: Zorada Ketcham 3 Harry Reader 4 Mark Reader 3. Helen Maurine Reader m: Nov 22 1930, Florence, Pinal County, AZ ; Fa: William George Brothers, Jr; Mo: June Anna Chastain + Bee Aubrey Brothers b: Apr 22 1906, Lebanon, Indian Territory d: Jun 15 1989, Sierra Vista, Cochise County, AZ 4. George Aubrey Brothers b: Apr 16 1932, Tucson, Pima County, AZ + Joyce Ellen Newton m: Aug 30 1958, Tucson, Pima County, AZ M(2): Janet Ilene McCoy m: Mar 26 1966, Arcata, Humboldt County, CA 4. Florence Joanne Brothers b: Jun 19 1934, Tucson, Pima County, AZ + Richard Leroy Ward m: Nov 01 1952, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA Andrew Ward Author <47> 4. Carol Annette Brothers b: Dec 09 1938, Tucson, Pima County, AZ + Robert Melvin James m: May 1960, Puyallup, Pierce County, WA M(2): Russell Yeager m: 1985, Las Vegas, Nevada M(3): Dennis Brockway m: 1990 4. Donna Bee Brothers b: Mar 18 1946, Tucson, Pima County, AZ + Stevan Davis m: 1963, Moscow, Latah County, Idaho M(2): Gene Lindemoen m: Aug 1990, Kent, King County, WA 3. Hazel Reader + Lee Cooley 2 Mildred Ethel Ketcham b: Mar 24 1892, Cheyenne, WY d: May 30 1974, Basin, WY + Martin Lindstrom 2 Mary Ellen Ketcham b: Jan 04 1897, Cheyenne, WY d: Jan 06 1897, Cheyenne, WY 2 Roy Ketcham b: Jul 30 1899, Cheyenne, WY d: Sep 14 1899, Cheyenne, WY Transcript of Real Estate Register #1 - Des Moines County, Iowa Reference <50> - Items in italics have been added by author. Heirs of John Haight - who died 15 Oct 1875 Page 73 Minerva Knight 67 Mediapolis, IA no issue Authors comments Heirs of Moses Haight deed (Brother of John Haight) d: bef. 1875 Clarissa Haight da. of Moses Matthew Haight son " " Angeline Haight da. " " Elmira Haight da. " " Cornelius Haight son " " Heirs of Aaron Haight deed (Brother of John Haight) d: Aug 1868 Sarah Hill sister of John - M: John Henry Hill Mary Jane Haight da. (unmarried ?) b. [1831] Clarissa Saladay da. Clarissa Elizabeth b. 1832 Delia R. Randall da. Adelia Amanda b. 1847 Zelda Ketchum da. b. 1851, m: Benjamin Ketcham Moses Haight son b. abt 1832, OH Heirs of Julia Terrill deed (Sister of John, M: George Terrill ) d: bef. 1875 Ruben Terrill Abegale Welbourn Heirs of Elizabeth Hill deed (Sister of John - M: Eben Hill) d: 1856, OR Larrisa Hill Armilda Hill (friends say should be Armilda Abegale Hill) Lafayette Hill Heirs of Mary Bickford (Sister of John, m: John Bickford) d:bef.1875 Harriett Norton Milxusa Travers Mary Bickford Benjamin Bickford Cornelius Thompson Cornelius Bickford Clarissa Vinton Heirs of Sidney Haight (Brother of John ) B: 1804, d: bef. 1875 Anna Shipley Richard Haight Henry Haight Mary E. Fetrow Names of Heirs (other) brothers and sisters James Haight Calif. b. 1802 Clarissa Bridges Mediapolis, IA b. 1812 M: Morris Bridges Abigail Tyson N.Y. b. 1819 M: _____ Tyson Eunice Todd Ill b. 1822 M: Miles Todd Joe Haight Oregon b. 1818 Same as Job Haight Cornelius Haight IA b. 1814 Descendants of John William HILL [ 7H0 ] Gen. 7. John William Hill B. 27 Sep 1850, Kossuth, DesMoines Co.,Iowa <==[ 6H0 ] D. 17 Jun 1941, Cherryville, Montgomery Co., Kansas * a biographical sketch of John William is on page 7H1 Mar(1): on 21 Feb 1875 at Kossuth, DesMoines Co., Iowa by Rev. A. J. Belknap, pastor M.E. church of Iowa Con., at the pastor's house (DesMoines County Marriage Bk #9) <25> Mary was only 16 & under the age of consent so her step-father Sam Wilder's consent was needed to procur the license. John was 24. + Mary Ellen Fox B. 17 Oct 1858, Morning Sun, Iowa <==[ 7F1 ] D. 04 Sep 1946, Billings, Montana * buried in Miles City, MT (as Mary Wilder) with Dale Wilder's family * John William deserted Mary when Wil was about 2 - late 1877 or early '78 Child of M(1): 8. William Henry Hill B. 25 Dec 1875, Morning Sun, Iowa ==>[ 8H0 ] D. 06 Mar 1969, Miles City, Montana Mar: Bessie Olive Guenther 17 Feb 1901 6 children - - - - - - - Paternal half brothers and half-sisters of W.H. Hill - - - - - - - Mar(2): on 18 May 1882 in Shawnee, Oklahoma (John was 31 and Laura was 21) * ref <1> lists M2: on 18 May 1862 but is likely a transcription error + Laura Jane Miller B. 26 Aug 1860, Mercer Co., Ill. D. 22 Dec 1927, Tulsa, OK Children of (2): 8. Anna Pearl Hill B. 18 May 1884, D. 11 Nov 1967 8. Emily Christine Hill B. 25 Jan 1888, D. 21 Aug 1958 8. Frances Esther Hill B. 27 Dec 1889, D. __ Jan 1963 M: ___ Plummer * da. Mrs. P.A. Robertson is the author of ref<1> 8. Ruth Elizabeth Hill B. 10 Sep 1891 M: ____ McCulley 8. John Thomas Hill B. 13 Jan 1893 8. Edith Blanch Hill B. 01 Jul 1896 M: ____ Taylor 8. Arthur Miller Hill B. 20 Jun 1898 8. Josephine Hill B. 07 Sep 1904 * A picture, which is likely that of John with Laura and his second family, follows 8H0 Biography - John William HILL [ 7H1 ] The following biography appeared in a 1946 newspaper article in either Miles City Star or The Billings Gazette following the death of Esther Ann Morgan. Aunt of W. H. Hill of Tusler Region Last War 1812 Pensioner " . . . John William Hill, father of the local Mr. Hill,, born at Kossuth, Des Moines Co., IA, was a pioneer in the middle west. His pioneering spirit, following his operation of a saw mill near Oquaqua, Iowa took him to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where in 1876 he homesteaded on government land, from which point he hauled freight from Wichita, the nearest rail point. Here he encountered hardships, engaged in hunting buffalo, and had several skirmishes with Indians which were numerous in Kansas at that time. Two years later, in 1879, he returned to Kossuth and was employed in a sawmill until in 1882 when he operated a farm in DesMoines Co., Iowa. Extending his intrest, he operated a threshing machine, and to him is given the credit of owning and operating the first threshing outfit and doing the first plowing in in Louisa county, Iowa. Subsequently he acquired land holdings on the banks of the Mississippi River where he purchased a saw mill, cut timber, and shipped it to basket factories at Burlington and Fort Madison by floating it down the stream. Later he shipped his saw mill to Oklahoma, remaining for several years to 1902, when he went to Cherryville, Kansas. Attracted by the possibilities for oil development, Mr. Hill's father purchased well drilling machinery which he operated in the oil fields at Cherryville and Coffeyville, also drilling in the old Nowala, Okla. fields. In later years he operated a ranch near Holly, Colorado and in 1921 retired after disposing of all his property, but revived his business activities after moving to Garden City, Kas., where he bought a large tract of land, returning again to Cherryville where he made his home until the death of Mrs. Hill. . . . " - - - / / / - - - W. H. Hill said that John William was a millionaire - at times. - A letter from Mrs. H. F. Hayes in Willsville Kansas on 18 Feb 1935 requested a pension for John W. Hill, son of John Hill and Sarah Ann Haight, who was past age 83 and in need of finances. (The response was negative) Fox and Bevans [ 7F1 ] Maternal Ancestors of William Henry Hill 6. Margaret Bevans B. [1842] *1 D. bef. 1898, buried in Lipscomb Co, Texas Mar(1): bef. 1858 + (Capt.?) John Fox B. [1824] *1 D. * Reputedly a veteran of the Mexican War & buried near the Mexican border Family tradition held that Captain Fox was related to Stephen Foster, the American songwriter. Children of (1) 7. Emily (Belle) Fox B: betw. 1852-1853, Iowa Mar(1): H_(?)_ C. RICE at Medicine Lodge, Kansas (separated) son Sam C. Rice was father of Mrs Herman Leibinger (Thelma) of Miles City, MT Mar(2): Miner at Oura (?), Colorado - (widowed) Mar(3): Jack Streuger (Emil) Buffalo hunter and boat ferryman on the Yellowstone River. His boat sunk at Buffalo Rapids. Also a well driller and hay rancher (at Buffalo Rapids, MT). He came from Erie, PA. (picture following 8H0) 7.. ELLA FOX B. abt. 1856, Iowa D. * may be Louella Jane Fox, b: 1855, wife of Cornelius Haight Hill (see 6H1 ) 7.. Mary Ellen Fox B. 17 Oct 1858, Morning Sun, Iowa (or DesMoines, IA) <==[ 7B1 ] D. 4 Sep 1946, Billings, MT, Bur. Miles City, MT MAR(1): on 21 FEB 1875 in Kossuth, DesMoines Co, Iowa (at 16) + John William Hill <==[ 7H0 ] 1 child 8. William Henry Hill B: 25 Dec 1875, Morning Sun, Iowa ==>[ 8H0 ] + Eight half-brothers and sisters from marriage(2) of J.W. Hill to Laura Miller ==>[ 7H0 ] Mar(2): on 12 JUN 1880, Medicine Lodge, Kan + CHARLES GIFFORD WILDER B. 1857 D. 1941 ==>[ 7H5 ] ** (Charles was Mary Ellen's step-brother and was W.H. Hill's step-father) 8. Children: Grace Myrtle (Noble) and Samuel (Dale) Wilder ==>[ 4H5 ] *1 The 1860 U.S. Census of Des Moines, Polk Co., IA lists John Fox, age 36, a day laborer born in Ireland, with Mary Ann (18), born in New York, and three daughters: Emily (7), Ellen (3), & Mary(1). Mary Ann's age is possibly incorrect - or she is not the mother of all the girls (mother at 13?). If they are Irish Catholics it may be that Mary's name is Mary Ann Margaret Bevans (or Marian Margaret ?). Mar(2): on 16 Oct 1867 in Muscatine Co. Iowa * Marriage recorded in Muscatine County, IA Marriage Records (1837-1879) <22> + Sam Steven Wilder B. 02 Dec 1832, Rochester, NY D. 22 Nov 1916, Warm Springs, MT & Bur. in Warm Springs, MT No Children * committed to the MT mental hosp. in 1907 by C.G. Wilder. * Sam's marriage to Margaret Bevans-Fox was verified by the marriage record of his step-daughter Mary Ellen. The license was secured by affidavit since Mary Ellen was under the age of consent. Sam lived near Burlington, Iowa in 1875 and previously on a farm between Girard and Tekonsha, Mich. (See 7W2 for biography of Sam Wilder and his son Charles.) Fox and Bevans [ 7B1 ] Maternal Ancestors of WILLIAM HENRY HILL 5. Matthew? __ Bevans B. D. * Margaret's father was a veterinarian. According to W. H. Hill, he once owned the land where Peoria, Ill. now stands. He always carried a cake of "Blue Mass" calomel on which he nibbled "indescriminently". It must not have done any harm, since he lived to be 94, when he dropped dead coming to breakfast on the path to the house. Mar. ____________ ________ B. D. Children: 6. John Bevans * foundry man 6. Bill Oscar Bevans * farmer & musician (violinist) 6. Charles Bevans * Farmer (& musician) Mar: Sally _____ R. Medicine Lodge, Kansas * Bill and Charles Bevans moved from Medicine Lodge in the late 1800's and settled on the Willamette River near Portland, Ore. 6. Asher Bevans 6. Matthew Bevans Jr. 6. Margaret Bevans B. [1842] D. bef. 1898, buried in Lipscomb Co. TX Mar(1): abt. 1857 + (Capt.?) John Fox B. D. aft. 1857 7. daughters: Mary Ellen, Ella, and Belle ==>[ 7F1 ] Mar(2): on 16 Oct 1867 in Muscatine Co. Iowa + Sam Steven Wilder B. 1832 D. 1916 * Muscatine county is in SE Iowa, adjacent to and North of Louisa Co. (Morning Sun). * Search strategy: Attempt to find ___ Bevans in 1840 or 1850 census of Medicine Lodge, Kansas living with one of more of the children listed above. Alternatively, look for him Peoria, Woodford, or Marshall counties in Illinois. Or - look for Bill and Charles in OR in 1870 - 1890 and see where they were born - then backtrack. Descendants of C. G. Wilder and Mary Fox-Hill [ 7W1 ] 7. Charles Gifford Wilder B. 30 Aug 1857, Gerard, Mich. D. 10 Nov 1941, Billings, Mont. * Charles came from Battle Creek, Mich. to Texas in 1885. They lived initially in a dugout, where Dale was born, and then in a sod house. Later, a frame house was made from an abandoned store, which they moved ten miles to the ranch headquarters. Mar: on 12 Jun 1880 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas * year confirmed by census (mar. 20 yrs in 1900) 7. Mary Ellen Fox - Hill B. 17 Oct 1858, Morning Sun, Iowa (2nd Mar.) D. 04 Sep 1946, Billings, Mont. (bur. in Miles City) Mary Ellen was raised in Morning Sun until she married John W. Hill in 1874. She divorced John Hill before 1880 and remarried Charles when W.H. Hill was about five. She was once caught in a flood in Oklahoma and had to chop a hole in the roof to take refuge. Children: (Maternal Half-brother and half-sister of W. H. Hill) 8.. Samuel Dale Wilder (Dale) B. 19 May 1889, dugout near Second Creek, Lipscomb Co. TX D. 26 Dec 1971, Billings, MT Mar: on 22 Oct 1911 + Florence Ruth Jones Simmons B. 18 Dec 1890, Walla Walla, Wash. D: 14 Feb 1977 * a vivacious redhead Dale met while at school in Oregon Children: 9. Charles Wilbur Wilder "Wilbur" B. 30 Aug 1912 - Fruit farm in Yakima, Wash M:Alice Bline 9. Harold Kenneth Wilder B. 29 Dec 1913 - Chef in Portland, Ore single 9. Uarda May Wilder B. 22 Nov 1915 - M: Arnold H. Hilpert 9. Robert Merle Wilder "Merle" B. 02 May 1918 - rancher M: Margaret A. Lee 9. William Dale Wilder "Bill" B. 18 Aug 1921, Prarie Grove, Ark. M: Janie Seville 9. Harriet Ann Wilder B. 20 Jan 1926 - M1: Eric Newman, M2: Roy Scafe 9. Grace Wilder B. 20 Apr 1928 - M: Benjamin Porter Harwood Jr. 9. Gene Ray Wilder | Twins B. 02 Sep 1929 - Chemist M: Shirley Ann Dodrill 9. Jeannette Fay Wilder | B. 02 Sep 1929 - M: Leonard Langstaff Brakke 8.. Harriet Wilder B. 01 Sep 1891 - Died in infancy 8.. Grace Myrtle Wilder B. 09 Oct 1893, Timms City, Texas D. 19 Oct 1961 Mar: on 16 Oct 1912 + Alex Noble B. 24 Jan 1889, Big Elk, Mont. R. Lived in the Kinsey region near Miles City, MT on a homestead filed abt. 1910 Retired to Kalispell, MT. Children: 9. Mary Noble B. deceased - Nurse in chicago 9. Jessie Noble "Jet" Adopted Mar: Roland Banister Children: 10. Brent Banister B. D. 1988 R. was Phoenix,AZ 10. Billie Bannister B. D. killed in a gun accident 10. Bruce Bannister B. * Bruce has a family tree on the Wilders The Wilder Family [ 7W2 ] The Wilder family are related by marriage to the Hills. Samuel Steven Wilder married Margaret Bevans-Fox and became the stepfather of Mary Ellen Fox. Sam's son from his first marriage, Charles Gifford Wilder, later married Mary Ellen Fox-Hill after she was divorced from John William Hill. C.G. Wilder then became the stepfather of William H. Hill. The histories of the two families were closely related from the time of the migration from S.E. Iowa to Texas around 1885 until the settlement in the Miles City, Montana area in 1902. The following account was extracted from the Wilder family history that was supplied by Bruce Bannister. The text in brackets [] was added by J. Hill. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sam S. Wilder was born on December 2, 1832 in Rochester, Genesee County, New York. His parents' names are unknown. It is believed that they came from the New England states and his father was a farmer. Sam had two brothers, Dave and Andrew. After the family migrated to southern Michigan one of the brothers lived in Ypsilanti, Mich. and the other lived in Rochester, Mich (both are in the Detroit area). Sam married Harriet Ann Smades around 1856 and Charles Gifford Wilder was born to them in Girard, Mich. on August 30, 1857. They are believed to have had a farm between Girard and Tekonsha. The Civil War began in April, 1861 and Michingan became "one vast recruiting station". As one volunteer remarked, "Joining the army was like small pox - - It's catching". Sam enlisted in the 1st Michigan Infantry Volunteers, Company E as a private on September 14, 1861. Colonel Robinson was his commandant. This left Harriet and son Charles (age 4) to run the farm or go live with her parents or relatives in Burlington, Mich. In the early part of August, 1862 while serving at Harrison's Landing in Virginia, Sam (now a corporal) became ill, "suffering from chronic diarrhea caused by exposure, which has resulted in rheumatism". He was hospitalized in York, Penn., where he remained until November 4th, 1862 when he deserted. It is believed that he had been informed that his wife was sick or had died so he returned to Burlington. The next record of Sam was after the general amnesty for union deserters by the Presidential Proclamation of April 21, 1865. On July 21, 1865 he was discharged at Jackson, Michigan which is about 32 miles east of Tekonsha, Michigan. Sam married Margaret Fox on 16 Oct 1867 in Muscatine Co.,Iowa and on 13 Feb 1875, S. S. Wilder appeared at the DesMoines County Court House in Iowa to secure a marriage license for his under-age stepdaughter, Mary Ellen Fox, and John W. Hill. Harold Wilder mentioned that Charles ran away from home when he was twelve (1869) and went to live with his uncle Andrew, possibly related to Sam's remarriage to Margaret. Sam and his wife, Margaret, later moved to Medicine Lodge, Kansas where Margaret's brother, Charles Bevans, and wife, Sally, lived. [C.G. married Mary Ellen Jun 12,1880 ] The Medicine Lodge River went on the rampage on April 20, 1885 and Dale Wilder wrote that his grandfather (Sam) and his father (Charles) were able to save themselves on a floating log, while his mother, Mary had to chop a hole in the roof to escape the waters and was later pulled from a tree top by a cowboy from the Standifer ranch. It is thought that Charlie worked for various cattle outfits for the next couple of years in the Cherokee Strip or Outlet (now called the Oklahoma Panhandle). In the fall of 1891 Sam travelled back to Medicine Lodge and to Tekonsha, Michigan where he made affidavits before Justices of the Peace in order to apply for a pension under the Act of June 27, 1890 for Civil War veterans. The Wilder Family [ 7W3 ] [ In the 1957 article Dale wrote that Charles and Mary Ellen moved from the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) to the Texas Panhandle in 1885. W. H. Hill and Sam and Margaret Wilder apparently accompanied them. Dale was born to them in a dugout at the the head of Second Creek in Lipscomb County, Texas in 1889. Grace was born in Timms City in 1893. A few years after his step-brother and sister were born Wil was roaming the West with the trail herds ] Margaret Bevans-Fox-Wilder died between 1890 and 1898 and was initially buried in Timms City, Texas. Her remains were later reburied in Lipscomb, Texas. The grave marker lists Harriet Wilder (Sam's 1st wife) and Margaret with only the dates for Harriet. The cemetary custodians stated that things had gotten a little mixed up when they moved the caskets from Timms City. [ In 1901 Wil Hill (age 26) and his new wife Bessie settled on 2 1/2 sections of land on Wolf Creek, 4 miles out of Lipscomb, TX. ] In 1902 the Wilders, Wil Hill and Bessie, and son Charlie moved from Texas to Montana. C. G. Wilder and Mary Ellen (Wil's mother), Dale, and Grace were accompanied by Sam Wilder and two Texas cowboys, George Weaver and Sam Rice (who married Bessie's sister, Grace Guenther). [ The original settlement of C. G. wilder in Montana was the Clark Tozier ranch at the mouth of Sunday Creek. They arrived in July of 1902 with a herd of 800-900 head of cattle and a string of horses that were shipped from Texas. He later owned and ran a meat market in Miles City with Mr. Butler (Butler's Meats) and eventually bought a ranch in the Kinsey Valley near Miles City. ] In April of 1907 Charles G. Wilder appeared in court in Miles City, MT to have himself declared the guardian for his father, S. S. Wilder, who he then had committed to the State Mental Hospital in Warm Springs, Montana due to senility. Sam remained in Warm Springs until his death on Nov 22, 1916 and Sam was buried at Warm Springs. * According to W.H. Hill, Sam fought in the Civil War. One of the Wilders (possibly Sam) had observed the battle of the Monitor and Merrimac while guarding the cotton dumps. Research Already Performed by Wilders o Birth record of Sam Wilder - Genesee Co. Hist. Soc. stated birth dates weren't recorded that early in Rochester. o Sam's father may have served in the War of 1812, but inquiries under last name of Wilder were not fruitful. o Birth record of C.G. Wilder - no record in Girard, Mich. or county seats in the surrounding area. o Birth record of Mary Ellen Fox - no record at Morning Sun, Iowa o Marriage of Mary Ellen to C. G. Wilder - no record at Medicine Lodge, Kan, Burlington, Iowa or nearby counties. ? Civil War Pension file for Sam Wilder - not yet researched ? Census Data [ 7W4 ] C.G. WILDER FAMILY & W.H. HILL -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1900 Census, Lipscomb County, Texas, Precinct # 2 - Higgins, Texas Microfilm roll #1241655, page # 92 B Also - 1900 Census Soundex, W426 to W436 (Myrtle) Microfilm # 1249001 (almost at end) [Wilder = W436] Vol 74, Sheet 4, ?.D. 45, line 68. Lipscomb County is in the north-eastern-most corner of the Texas Panhandle. Higgins is about 20 mi. south of the northeastern corner of Texas on the Oklahoma border and about 15 mi. ESE of the town of Lipscomb. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 92 B Family # 54 Relationship to head of Date of Marital Birthplace Name family color sex Birth age Stat yrs State ------------------ --------- --- --- -------- -- --- --- -------- Wilder, Charles G. Head W M Aug 1857 42 Marr 20 Michigan Wilder, Mary Ellen Wife W F Oct 1858 41 Marr 20 Iowa Wilder, Samuel D. Son (Dale) W M May 1889 11 Sing Texas Wilder, Grace M. Daughter W F Oct 1893 6 Sing Texas Wilder, Samuel S. Father W M Nov 1832 67 Wid 30 New York * Hill, William H. Stepson W M Dec 1875 24 Sing Iowa Marler, Thomas Servant W M Dec 1877 22 Sing Missouri ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- columns 14, 15, 19, & 20 Months Father's Mother's not Name Birthplace Birthplace Occupation employed ---------------- ----------- ---------- ----------- -------- Wilder, Charles G. New York Canada (Eng) Farmer/Stockman __ Wilder, Mary Ellen _________ Illinois Wilder, Samuel D. Michigan Iowa Wilder, Grace M. Michigan Iowa Wilder, Samuel S. _________ _________ * Hill, William H. Illinois Illinois Farmer/Stockman __ Marler, Thomas Kentucky Kentucky Laborer 12 columns 16, 17, and 18 (Citizenship) = all blank columns 21, 22, 23, 24 (Education) = all can read, write, and speak English only Samuel D. (Dale) has attended school (9 Months) columns 25-28 (Ownership of home) C. G. Wilder - Farm, owned-free, (# of farm schedule = 50) W. H. Hill - Farm, owned-free, (# of farm schedule = 46) (free = not mortgaged) Descendants of William Henry Hill [ 8H0 ] 8. William Henry Hill B. 25 Dec 1875, Morning Sun, Iowa <== [ 7H0 ] D. 06 Mar 1969, Miles City, MT (heart failure at 93) Mar: on 17 Feb 1901 in Lipscomb Cnty Texas (by Rev. Bentley) + Bessie Olive Guenther B. 16 Nov 1881, Harper Kansas <== [ 7G1 ] D. 06 Mar 1962, Miles City, Mt (stroke at 80) Children: 9. Charles Victor Hill B. 12 Dec 1901, Lipscomb Cnty, Texas * 29 Dec ==> [ 9H1 ] (buried Orofino, ID) D. 23 Oct 1968, Colfax, WA (heart attack) Mar(1): in 1931 + Esther Ruby Smith 10. Children: Mary Elizabeth, 1932; Edwin Kay, 1933; Dorothy May, 1936 Mar(2): Catherine ________ Dick (by prev mar.) & Darrel B. 1948, D. 1978 9. Alma Evelyn Hill B. 14 Sep 1905, Miles City, Montana ==> [ 9H2 ] Mar: on 16 Dec 1927 in Helena, MT + Eric Bradford Wilson B. 29 Dec 1907, Walnut Grove, Minn 10. Children: Lenore (Marshall) 1929, Marlene Ruth (Yost-Kovash) 1932 9. Earl Edward Hill Sr. B. 09 May 1908, Hepner, Oregon ==> [ 9H3 ] D. 03 Aug 1991, Helena, MT (cancers) Mar: Elizabeth Campbell Anderson 10. Children: Earl Edward, 1931; Raymond Willard, 1934; James Dallas, 1938 9. Ruth Irene Hill B. 03 Nov 1911, Miles City, MT * 11 Mar 1911 D. 24 May 1982 Mar: Carleton Mariner D. 10 Feb 1983 No children 9. Edson Harold Hill B. 08 Dec 1912, Miles City, Custer Cnty, MT ==> [ 9H5 ] Mar: Arline Waller on 5 Mar 1944 10. Child: Marlynn Ruth (Lynn Hill-Hayes-Warren) 1947 also 9. Mary Myrtle Hill B. 04 May 1903; D. 27 Apr 1904 (after spinal operation) (per bible register of 1917) * Birthdates from W.H. Hill family bible when dates conflict with <1> & <2> CHRONOLOGY [ 8H1 ] WILLIAM H. HILL FAMILY 1875 William Henry Hill was born in Morning Sun, Iowa 1877-78 John William left Mary and Wil 1880 Will's mother, Mary Ellen Fox-Hill remarried to C.G. Wilder, her step-brother, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Will was raised by his mother and stepfather and attended school to the fourth grade. 1885 The Wilder family moved to Texas when Will was 10 (via Oklahoma?). 1889 Dale Wilder was born in a dugout at the head of Second Creek in Libscomb Co. Texas. The Wilders worked on the trail herds that were being driven from Texas to Miles City, which was a major railhead at the time, and eventually get a small herd of their own. Will recalled a story of a drover who overslept. It was fall and the trail boss poured a bucket of ice water on him to wake him up. 1892 Bessie's mother, Mary Ellen Guenther, died. Her father had twelve children so some of them were "farmed out" to other families. 1893 ? Bessie came to the Wilder's (around age 12) and was raised by them with Dale and Grace. Will (then 18) was working as a trailhand. 1894 From a note by Will in his own hand: " In 1894 I worked for the Box T Cattle Co. owned by Paddy Doyle. The ranch was located about 10 miles NW of Higgins Texas. Paddy wore a diamond ring with a diamond the size of my thumbnail. I cooked for his crew of about 10 men. One day I sent Irish lad to town for groceries. The lad got drunk and galloped the team back to the ranch. The flour and other things were scattered all the bottom of the wagon & all mixed up. Doyle was a kind man and got a kick out of such antics. It was at this time that I dressed up & went into Higgins to have my picture taken" * (Box T was written as the brand - capital T inside a box). 1895 Dale Wilder began school at 5 and continued through high school and later, to school in Oregon where he met his wife. 1901 - Will (25) and Bessie Guenther (19) were married in Lipscomb County, Texas by "an itinerant minister", Rev. Bentley, who chewed tobacco and could spit on a fly 10 feet away. Will had applied for and gotten 2.5 sections of Capitol Syndicate lands that bordered on Wolf Creek, 4 miles from Lipscomb, and Charlie was born there. William H. Hill [ 8H2 ] Chronology (Cont.) 1902 - Based on what Will said about the open range country he had seen, and on the information in the Yellowstone Journal from Miles City, C.G. Wilder moved his family to Montana. They trailed the herd, 800 to 900 head plus a string of horses, to Higgins, TX and then shipped them by train to Billings along with family belongings. Two Texas cowboys, George Weaver and Sam Rice (Will's cousin) and Sam Wilder (C.G Wilder's father), accompanied them to Montana. Mary Ellen, Bessie and Charlie (1 yr old), and Aunt Belle Rice arrived about a week later. 1902 - C.G. bought the Clark Tozier ranch at the mouth of Sunday Creek. While driving the herd from Billings to the ranch in May a severe storm scattered the herd but losses, fortunately, were light compared to the devastation suffered by the Billings terminal. The herd arrived at Sunday Creek on July 2nd. Mr. Guenther and Jack Struger, husband of grandmother Wilder's sister Belle, operated a ferry on the Yellowstone near there. 1902 - Will (at age 27) and his family moved to the Kinsey valley, near Miles City, Montana. 1905 - Daughter Alma born in Miles City, Montana ? - Moved to Oregon by railroad. Shipped cattle to Heppner, Ore. Worked as a horse merchant and drove a string team in Heppner hauling wool wagons. 1908 - Son, Earl E. Sr., was born in Heppner, Oregon ? - Will and family returned to a dry-land ranch/farm on the south side of the Yellowstone River about five miles east of Tussler and fourteen miles east of Miles City. 1911 - Ruth Irene born in Miles City. Ruth Faye is on birth certificate. 1912 - Edson Harold born in Miles City. 194_? - After his son Charley was divorced, Esther and the three children, Mary, Eddie, and Dorothy lived at the farm and helped work it. 1948? - Esther and children moved to Miles City so Eddie, Mary, & Dorothy can attend school in town. They initially lived in a Pullman railroad car and a house was later built out of railroad timbers. Esther was still there in 1988. 196_ - Bessie had a stroke that paralyzed her and left her mentally impaired. William moved to Alma and Eric's home near Bozeman. Bessie died in 1962 and Will moved back to Miles City. He passed part of his time working on moss agates he had collected over the years. Earl and Eric got him set up with a saw and polisher. 1969 - William died of heart failure at the age of 93 in Miles City. WILLIAM H. HILL FAMILY [ 8H3 ] RECOLLECTIONS - by Jim Hill Grandfather (Will) was a genuine character of the "Old West". He had a hundred tales of his experiences and loved to spin yarns. His sense of humor was a bit grisly sometimes, but that was probably typical of those of his time. To those of us who were city-raised, he had a utilitarian attitude towards animals. There were always several dogs on the farm, and usually cats, but they were not treated as pets for the most part. They had to earn their keep by keeping the rats, snakes, and gophers under control. One little terrier, Tiny, was allowed to sleep behind the woodstove, but generally the animals stayed outside. Bessie was a real pioneer farm woman and was able to coax a surprising variety of vegetables out of the plot of ground that was allocated as her garden. She raised enough watermelons and cantelopes to sell in town, along with the eggs from "her" chickens. She was also a wonderful cook and canned enough to serve most of their needs. I remember best her pickled beets, home-made catsup, pickle-relish and mincemeat. The filled jars were stored in their root cellar, along with the longer lasting vegetables like potatoes and sometimes apples. They never had running water while I can remember, so all the water they used in the house was hauled from a well in a gully about a quarter mile away, using a horse drawn skid. Eric Wilson finally rigged up a windmill, generator, and battery that could run a few lights. The shop had a coal-fired forge and was surrounded by old equipment, including a gold-dredge, and piles of agates they had collected. William had a perfect set of teeth, except for a front tooth that was chipped in an accident. He was excavating using a slip when the front edge of the bucket caught on a rock and the Johnson bar (handle) came up and hit him in the face. He always used to gnaw on bones after dinner. Like many farm people in the west he had tried a lot of different occupations, with varying success. He worked on a couple of the early highway and railway construction jobs in Montana, while they were still using horse drawn equipment; he tried dredging for gold and platinum; worked excavating coal; raised cattle, occasionally pigs, and grew corn, popcorn, beans, and alfafa. He also had been a trapper for the government and had a picture of himself with "the biggest gray wolf that you'll ever see". It draped to the ground on both sides of the horse and the skin was sent to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.. An ancient truck was used to go to town and a caterpillar tractor sometimes ran well enough to haul the water sledge and plow. He usually had a saddle horse or two and some mules. One 4th of July we spooked his horse, Starky, with fireworks and he made so many sparks tearing down the wire fence we called him Sparky after that. Grandfather was tough. He broke his leg after getting thrown from a horse, when he was in his sixties, and before the doctor arrived he had set it himself. Grandfather's house was a patriarchy, and there was no doubt about who had the last word. Wil said he had once seen Temple Houston, son of Sam Houston. Temple was a lawyer, but he wore a blanket. Letters sent by W.H. Hill [ 8H4 ] The following letter was received by Lynn and Ken Hayes in August of 1967, about three weeks after their marriage. This excerpt follows Will's congratulations on their marriage and welcoming Ken to the family. The text was originally in two letters (one paragraph each) that have been combined and punctuated, but the language and spelling are as in the original. " Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hayes - ... What a contrast between your beautiful beginning and Grandmas and mine. Bessie Olive Guenther was born to a large family 3 boys and 3 girls at Harper Kansas on Nov 17, 1881. Her father left Kansas and settled in Oklhoma Territory near the Antelope Hills. Times were hard and money scarce. My Mother Heard of Bessie and sent for her (Some one told Bessie My Mother was not well and was needing a girl to help in her work) So Bessie Olive Came with her trunk and a few clothes and soon made her presence known in her quiet way. I had always made my home there with my Mother and step Father. I had been a wanderer for years and my range was west of the Pecos in New Mexico to the Grand River in North Dakota and Morrow River in South Dakota. I was back and 25 years old and applied for and got 2-1/2 sec of Capitol Synctacate Lands that bordered on Wolf creek 4 miles out of Lipscomb Tex. I bought lumber and built a small shack. I had taken Bessie to several places and could see she was a real lady and a fine fellar to be with. It so happened an Itenerant Minister who always made our home his stopping place on his monthly rounds was there by the Name of Bentley. He weighed 250 LB and chewed plug tobacco all the time and could spit on a fly 10 feet away. I thought It would be a good time to get married and I say to Bessie what do you say we get married while Bentley is here. He wont be back for a Month. She was surprised and she studied a few minuets and said never was a better time so we told my mother and Mr Bentley and she collected all that was there to be present. There was no wedding ring no crowed and nothing planned it was 10.OC and the only witnesses was my Mother, C G Wilder, Samual S Wilder, and Sam Rice, My cousin. We stood up and he Bentley read the Ritual and said a Prayer and I was a married Man and My wandering at an end. We dident even take a buggy ride but wet about our duties as nothing had happened. No presents no reception No wedding ring But a wonderful dinner and lots of dressing. That was 1901. In 1902 we were the proud Parents of a wonderful baby boy and we named him Charles Victor Hill. I was dissatisfied with Tex after I had seen the North where the Mighty Yellowstone Rolled and the grass dragged on the bottom of your stirrups all day. Distance was no object and in years to come our decendants are scattered over Europe and the US and not one dishonerable record. Some of our great great grandchildren speak 3 languages and Ray Hill is Commander on one of our largest Battle Ships in the Meditranian. Letters sent by W.H. Hill (cont.) [ 8H5 ] It had been years since I saw the North and its wonderful opportunities and great unsettled distances so I told Bessie I was going to sell our land and buy more cattle and leave Texas and go to Miles City. Mr. Wilder sold out to and any place I went he'd go to. We landed in Billings Mont May 25 and was the first train out of Tex and from then Business picked up a week later Grand Ma Mamma and Charlie 1 yr and Aunt Bell Rice arrived and I had a good Brick house ready for them. I have lived in and around Miles City since 1902 and saw Montana first at Ekalaka and never been sorry a minuet. My family is fortunate in having lost only little Mary from operation. My children have been a healthy bunch and my grandchildren and great great grandchildren many and scattered from Alaska to Palm Dale Calif and East to Milan and the matter horn and Earl Jrs children speak 3 languages and live and go to school in Paris France on the Sein. Ray Hill My Grandson has had Honors Piled on him He flew as comander 161 flight over Italy and is Comander of one of our largest Battle ships. Well I could write on and on. God Knows if we have done our duty well and I hope you are as fortunate. I am a strong believer in spirits and souls and mama guides me in All I do. My Prayer is that you believe in God And be fruitful and Prosperous. I have wrote this in a terrible light and hope you can read it. With Love and Best Wishes Your Grand Pa WH Hill " Letters sent by W.H. Hill [ 8H6 ] Letter received by Jim and Susan Hill: " Miles City Mont Jan 2-1968 What a pleasure to write 1968 Some times I did not expect to see it You little know how glad I was to hear from you & Earl & Families It looks like you boys are located for a while. Both of you seem to have good locations One of Earls oldest girls says she dont see why they had to leave Paris She misses her Chum. Little children are that way You seem to fit right in the place you have settled. That is the way to do it. You & Sue are located right right now I lived in Hepner Oregon & Earl was born there in 1908 and a friendlier people I never met They was poor & friendly and a $1 looked like a wagon wheel to Bankers and all How things have changed. The dear old place is in ruins two cyclones and the most terrible HAIL Storm ANY Body ever saw I had a wonderful Christmas dinner on Sunday & Monday the best turkey I ever eat & dressing with Mary Pfaff my grand daughter and her family I received so many cards + presents I didnt know where to put them. It made me feel ashamed to have so much. When I was 10 I got a goat that slid back and forth on a short track + a bank with a slot in it Pull the goat back + put a Penny or Nickle on a place + push down on a lever + away goes your nickle he had a real job when I got him. " ...... (remainder of 1st letter omitted) ......... - - - - Letter continued on the back of the above letter - - - - - " Jan 3_1968 I hope this letter will ans my Dear great grand childs questions This for tracy + Eric's question about Halowen A long time ago when your Daddy was a little boy there was no law against Boys + girls going out + knocking at Peoples doors + asking for candy or anything you could give + tell you trick or treat and if you dident give money or candy theyed go out + turn everything Upside down + destroy things. I think Miles City passed a law Prohibiting such rough stuff + I havent seen a Halowen for years. Just think what a time you + Eric will have in two more Birthdays He will be a great Pal. We have lots of snow + boys and girls are out bundled up like little bears running + Pulling their sleds Your Grandpa has seen so many Birthdays you would never believe it. Happy New Year to Tracy + Eric Your old Bald headed Grandpa " Note for following page: Guenther and Weaver It is possible that Mary Ellen Weaver was the daughter of: Mary Sarah Loutzenheiser (JOHNJACOB4, JOHANNPETER "THE ELDER "3, HEINRICH DAVID2, CONRAD L.1) born March 05, 1807 in Plain Twp., Stark Co. OH died WFT Est. 1821-1880. Mar: John Weaver / Weber on August 25, 1844 in Stark Co., OH. born September 09, 1822 in Canton Stark Co., OH died October 16, 1903 in Blakeslee, St. JosephTwp, Williams Co., OH. FTM Home Page of Mary Wassil http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/s/Mary-E-Wassil/index.html daughters: Catherine Margaret; Anna; and Mary Ellen (no dates) Guenther and Weaver Maternal Ancestors of Earl E. Hill [ 8G1 ] Gen. 7. John Franklin Guenther B. 12 Feb 1842, (Pittsburg, PA?) D. ___ 1907 at age 65 Mar: bef. 1875 + Mary Ellen Weaver B. 29 Aug 1847 (of Indianapolis, IN?) D. 24 Feb 1892 at age 45 (during breech birth) * Mary Ellen came from Ohio and later lived in Indiana See note on preceding page Children: 8.1 Joseph F. Guenther B. 04 Nov 1875 D. 8.2 Phillip Henry Guenther B. 25 Dec 1876 8.3 Nancy A. Guenther (Nanny) B. 08 Jun 1878 Mar. James McMullen of Miles City, MT Children: Grace (Kayhill), Carl, May (oldest girl), Jim, Charles, Edna (Reed), Pearl, and Bus 8.4 William F. Guenther B. 19 May 1879 8.5 Mary Ellen Guenther (Nellie) B. 12 Sep 1880 Mar: ____ Egge of Purdy, MO 9.1.5.1 Claude Egge B. [1904] *Army Major & teacher Mar: Pat ____ 1 son, Conrad (West Point & Army pilot - 4 girls) 9.1.5.2 Clara Egge B. [1906] Mar: Wirt ____ 1 son, Charles (dentist in Springfield, Mo) 8.6 Bessie Olive Guenther B. 16 Nov 1881, Harper Kansas D. 06 Mar 1962, Miles City, MT Mar: William Henry Hill on 17 Feb 1901 ==>[ 8H0 ] 8.7 Grace B. Guenther B. 04 Dec 1883 Mar. Sam Rice (see 5H2) Da. Thelma Leibinger ==>[ 5H2 ] * Sam - Veteran, Spanish American War, cowboy for C.G. Wilder Children: 1-Lea, 2-Tessie, 3-Marjorie (Wall - da. Susan), (photo) 9.1.7.4 Thelma (Liebinger) M: Herman Liebinger -> Gilbert & Shirley 8.8 May J. Guenther B. 12 Sep 1885 8.9 John Franklin Guenther Jr. B. 25 Aug 1886 (photo) 8.10 Edward J. Guenther B. 02 Mar 1888 *sheep rancher near Terry, Mt (photo) daughters: Pearl and Ella (Mrs. Bob Martin - also of Terry, MT) 8.11 Berth E. Guenther B. 22 Feb 1890 D. [1959] Mar: Mack ? Morris D. [1939] 8.12 Silas M. Guenther B. 23 Feb 1892 Twentieth Century Descendants of William H. Hill & Bessie Guenther Descendants of Charles V. Hill [ 9H1 ] Gen. 9. Charles Victor Hill B. 29 Dec 1901, Lipscomb Co., Texas D. 23 Oct 1968, Colfax, WA bur. Orofino, ID (auto accident) Mar(1): on 07 Feb 1931 at Miles City, MT + Esther Ruby Smith B. 05 Dec 1900, Mound City, MO D. abt 08 Apr 1995, Miles City, MT (at 94, previous strokes) Children of (1) 10. Mary Elizabeth Hill B. 25 Feb 1932, Miles City, Custer, MT Mar: John Pfaff R. The Pfaff homestead (since 1913) near Miles City, MT ranchers Children: Mark, Lenore, Beverly, Sharon 11. Mark Pfaff B. 06 Aug 1954, Miles City, Custer, MT 11. Lenore Pfaff B. 21 Jun 1959, Miles City, MT Res. Billings, MT 11. Beverly Pfaff B. 14 Dec 1955, Miles City, MT Mar: Steve Simon Res. Billings, MT 12. Nicole M. Simon B. 25 Jul 1990 11. Sharon Pfaff B. 12 Feb 1961, Miles City, MT Res. Inverness, FL 10. Edwin Kay Hill B. 16 Apr 1933, Miles City, MT * Dr. Hill was an educator, Dean of community colleges in Spokane, Wash and Tucson, AZ He and Jo Anne have retired and are now artists in Tucson. Mar(1): Marie Ellwart on 20 Aug 1955 in Cheney, WA Div. 27 Jul 1978, Waterville, WA Children: 11. Amy Louise B.29 Jan 1962, Medical Lake, WA artist 11. Mary Ellen B.19 Jun 1963, Medical Lake, WA zoologist 11. Bennet John B.18 Nov 1964, Pullman, WA architect 11. James Michael B.09 Mar 1968, Seattle, WA (adopted) pilot Mar(2): Jo Anne L. Watson on 19 Aug 1978 in Chelan, WA Children from Jo Anne's prior marriage: 11. Mark B. 1951 pharmacist 11. Kristi B. 1953 doctor 11. Roger B. musician 10. Dorothy May Hill B. 06 Jun 1936, Miles City, MT Mar: Keith R. Wilhelm on 29 Oct 1960 at Bozeman, MT * Keith is a pilot for Alaska Air Lines in Anchorage and Dorothy works for an airline 11. Wiley Willy Wilhelm B. 24 Jul 1966, Fairbanks, Alaska civil engineer Mar(2): Katherine ___________ Children of (2) Charles and Katherine 11. Darrel B. Hill B.16 Nov 1948 D. 1978 (logging accident) 11. Dick Hill by previous marriage of Katherine Decendants of Alma Evelyn Hill [ 9H2 ] Gen. 9. Alma Evelyn Hill B. 14 Sep 1905, Miles City, Custer, MT R: Missoula, MT Mar: on 16 Dec 1927 in Miles City, Custer, Mont. + Eric Bradford Wilson B. 29 Dec 1907, Walnut Grove, Minn. D. 25 Jan 1987, Polson, MT * Eric taught at Montana State College in Bozeman and at Washington State College in Pullman, WA. He was also an agricultural extension agent. Children: 10. Lenore Wilson B. 08 May 1929, Bozeman, MT D. 07 Apr 1993, Dillon MT (of A.L.S.) bur. Twin Bridges * Lenore was a teacher Mar: on 15 Jun 1952 in Bozeman, MT + Richard Donald Marshall * worked as a ranch foreman in Newcastle,WY, Children: retired to Twin Bridges, MT 11. Ellen Gail Marshall B. 27 Oct 1953, Bozeman, MT M: Edward Allen Baird on 04 Aug 1979 in Dubois, WY 12. Mathew Baird B. 22 Oct 1981, Riverton, WY 11. James Wilson Marshall B. 30 Aug 1955, Bozeman, MT * grad. U of Wy in acctg M: Hedi Norgaard on _______ in Missoula, MT 12. Elizabeth Ann Marshall B. 30 Dec 1982 from Hedi's prev. mar: 10. Marlene Ruth Wilson B. 21 May 1932, Schnectady, NY * Marlene retired from her position at the Univ. of MT Business School in 1993 after 19 yrs. service. Mar: on 30 Aug 1953 (Divorced 01 Jun 1978) + Dr. Robert Paul Yost Dr. Yost was teaching sports medicine at Lubbock, TX in 1994. Children: 11. Sanna Marlene Yost B. 30 Aug 1954, New Orleans, LA * grad. MSC in Civil Engineering 11. Kelley Dawn Yost B. 18 May 1958, Missoula, MT * grad. Lubbock, TX M: Robert Thomas Harper on 08 Jun 1985 in Florida * golf pro & mgr at Pebble Bch. 12. Robert Joshua Taylor Harper B. 18 Feb 1992, Pebble Beach, CA 12. Joseph Michael Harper B. 02 Jan 1989, Pebble Beach, CA 11. Robin Gail Yost B. 16 Jan 1960, Spokane, WA * Music degree, teaches choir in G.F. M: Mark C. Pederson on 10 Jun 1979 in Tacoma, WA * Lutheran pastor in Great Falls, MT 12. Noel Christine Pederson B. 21 Jul 1987, Berkley, CA 12. Paul Pederson B. 25 Mar 1989, Berkley, CA 11. Penney Jeanette Yost B. 05 Jun 1961, Portland, OR * Penney grad. Cal. Lutheran U. and works in graphics arts. M: Michael Adams on 12 May 1984 at Thousand Oaks, CA Mar(2): Richard Kovash on 08 Jun 1980 in Missoula, MT Descendants of Edson Harold Hill [ 9H3 ] Gen. 9. Edson Harold Hill B. 08 Dec 1912, Miles City, Custer, MT * Edson worked in a dairy in Lafayette, CA. In 1995, at 83, he was still active in church and at home. Mar: on 05 Mar 1944 at Berkley, CA + Arline Hermione Waller B. D. 07 Oct 1984, LaFayette, CA * da. of Gilbert Marvin Waller Child: 10. Marlynn Ruth Hill B. 23 Apr 1947, Oakland, CA * Lynn is a professional artist, with a Master in fine arts and many exhibitions and awards to her credit. Many of her paintings in oil, acrylic, and watercolor depict fantasy worlds. She also sculpts and writes poetry. Mar(1): Ken Victor Hayes Jr. on 01 Jul 1967. Divorced 1988 Children: 11. Kirk James Hayes B. 04 Oct 1974 * U.S. Marine Corps till 97, then with computer memory developer. Mar: + Joni _______ Children: 12. Logan Hayes B: __ Jan 1995 Children of Joni's prev mar: 12. Kirsti B: [1988] 12. Dillon B: [ ] 11. Peter Hayes B. [1976] musician Mar(2): Eugene H. Warren on __ Oct 1994 * Gene is a retired English teacher from a college Lynn attended in the 60's Descendants of Earl Edward Hill [ 9H5 ] Gen. 9. Earl Edward Hill Sr. B. 09 May 1908, Hepner, Oregon D. 03 Aug 1991, Helena, Montana * Engineer for the Montana State Highway Dept. (1930-1971) During WWII he worked for the Civil Aeronautics Assn. building airfields. * Additional biography on following page Mar: on 30 Aug 1930 in Miles City, Custer, MT + Elizabeth Campbell Anderson B. 21 Mar 1910, McKeesport, Pennsylvania * Country school teacher in Montana before marriage Children: 10. Earl Edward Hill Jr. B. 10 Jul 1931, Miles City, MT ==>[ 10H1 ] Mar: on 25 Nov 1955 in Sioux City, Iowa + Ardath Francile Chamberlain B. * da. of Louis Francis Chamberlin Children: * see [10H1] for biogr. notes and grandchildren 11. Bruce Jon Hill B. 26 Oct 1956, Port Hueneme, Calif. 11. Molly Regan Hill B. 15 Jan 1959, Lexington, Mass. 11. Rebecca Leigh Hill B. 30 Oct 1960, Sioux City, Iowa 11. Douglas Campbell Hill B. 28 Dec 1962, Colorado Springs, Colo. 10. Raymond Willard Hill B. 13 May 1934, Miles City, MT * Ray graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, was a fencing medalist, jet fighter pilot, instructor at USNA, Naval liason for defense systems retired as Cdr., then a pilot instructor for USN near Pensacola, FL. Mar: on 18 Dec 1957 at Corpus Christi, TX (in the air station chapel) + Barbara Hussey-Ledieu B. * da. of Alvin McDowell Hussey of New Orleans Child: from Barbara's prior mar. to Richard LeDieu. 11. Lynn Marie Hill B. 18 Nov 1951, New Orleans, LA D. 1989, Georgia bur. Bagdad, FL Mar: Terrence G. Moore on 26 Oct 1974 (2nd Lt, USAF) divorced soon after 10. James Dallas Hill B. 27 Nov 1938, Miles City, MT ==>[ 10H3 ] Mar: on 06 Apr 1961 in Seattle, Wa at the University Congregational Church + Susan Elizabeth Peck B. 19 Mar, 1938, Glascow, MT Children: * see [10H3] for bio. notes and grandchildren 11. Tracy Elizabeth Hill B. 10 Feb 1964, Cambell, CA 11. Eric James Hill B. 12 Dec 1965, Cambell, CA Notes - Earl E. Hill Sr. and Elizabeth C. Anderson [ 9H5-1 ] by Jim Hill Earl Hill at six foot six, was the largest member of his family, but his father was over six feet tall. He was always soft spoken and even tempered. After graduating from Custer High School in Miles City he went to work for the Montana State Highway Department as a surveyor. He started in highway construction about 1926. During the war years he worked on airports for the military, and after the war returned to Montana highway construction until 1949, when he got a job with the materials testing division in Helena. His office tested samples of the asphalt, and concrete used in construction and monitored the inspection methods used at the sites. Before moving to Helena he had walked most of the miles of road in Eastern Montana. Even though he was employed through the Great Depression, it left a lasting impression on him and he was always very conservative when it came to finances. He was also an inveterate tinkerer, probably as a result of his rural upbringing, and if he needed a tool he would be as apt to make one as to buy one - - until his later years when he discovered the convenience of mail order tool companies. He was knowledgeable on minerals and geology and collected samples from sites he had visited. After his father died Earl brought Wil's agate saw, a diamond studded rotor and lathe arrangement, and the polishing equipment back to Helena and occasionally worked at slicing and polishing agates from the large collection that had been accumulated at the ranch. The best of them were kept in a large trunk and wooden dynamite boxes in the garage. Note: The Hill family has been traced back to Luke Hill, a Connecticut colonist of 1651. See The Hill Family - 1651 to 1999, Twelve Generations in America. Hill ancestors were veterans of the Revolutionary war and the War of 1812 and pioneers in Iowa and Texas. Betty Anderson Betty and her twin, Bill, were the youngest of their family and were less than two when their father died, so Betty has no memory of him. She remembers her childhood years as being happy, in spite of the family's financial condition. The older brothers and sisters got along well with each other and tended to spoil the "babies" of the family. There was much humor, especially at the dinner table where all the family convened and talked over the days events. After Betty graduated from Custer County "Normal" school she took a position teaching country schools. While at one of the schools she lived with the Swain family. She rode horseback to the one-room schoolhouse and fired the woodstove to warm the room in the winter. One fall day her horse got loose and the children had left the gate open, so when she walked out to go home he walked through the gate and wouldn't let Betty get close enough to catch him. It developed into a game between them, with the horse stopping and letting her get almost up to him before he trotted another fifty yards ahead, but never letting her get closer than about thirty feet. He kept it up all the way back to the Swain ranch - about two miles from school. Fortunately, it was a nice day. After that Mr. Swain drove her to the school. She enjoyed teaching and living with the country folk. The pictures of her schools and the students would give one the impression of a third world country - but of course it was during the Depression so no one had any money to spare, especially in Eastern Montana. While she was teaching, Earl would visit her on weekends and they would attend the country dances. She recalls a wedding party at one of the Scandinavian ranches that lasted three days. After they were married they moved frequently, following the construction jobs. When I applied for a security clearance in the Navy I had to list all the places I had lived and the list was fifteen addresses or more. Some of them (besides Miles City, the home base) were: Broadus, Kallispell, Harlowton, Forsythe, Hoquiam and Aberdeen, WA, Loon Lake, ID, and Boise, ID. One of the more memorable moves was from Kallispell to Miles City during the winter (of 1941?) in the old Packard - towing a trailer heavily loaded with all the household goods. On one of the icy roads a car had stopped on the shoulder and a man was standing, talking to the driver. Mom passed very closely and the forward pointing door handle caught the man's belt and broke it. Mom feared the worst, but when she stopped and opened her door she was greeted by a string of profanity from the man, who was pulling his trousers back up. She has always said she was never so glad to hear a man cuss. Descendants of Earl Edward Hill Jr. [ 10H1 ] Gen. 10. Earl Edward Hill Jr. B. 10 Jul 1931, Miles City, MT <==[ 9H5 ] * Grad. US Naval Academy (1953); USS Boxer (Korea); USS Baltimore; USS Norton Sound - Missile Test Officer; MIT Lincoln Laboratories; Mitre Corp. - Systems engineer on air defense systems and NASA satellite tracking and communication systems. Retired in 1998. Mar: on 25 Nov 1955 in Sioux City, Iowa + Ardath Francile Chamberlain B. * da. of Louis Francis Chamberlin Children: 11. Bruce Jon Hill B. 26 Oct 1956, Port Hueneme, Calif. Mar: Jan Reedy on 08 Sep 1984 in Fairfax Cnty, VA 11. Molly Regan Hill B. 15 Jan 1959, Lexington, Mass. * Molly is an airline flight attendant for US Air out of Washington D.C. Mar: on __ ___ 1986? in Vienna, VA (divorced 1993) + Bradford Parker B. __ ___ 195_, Berlin, East Germany (of U.S. parents) Children: 12. Logan Peale Parker B. 24 Mar 1987, Fairfax Cnty, VA 12. Rebecca Colline Parker (Becca) B. 27 Jan 1989, Fairfax Cnty, VA 11. Rebecca Leigh Hill B. 30 Oct 1960, Sioux City, Iowa * Becky graduated in geology Mar: on 04 Apr 1986 at Golden, Colo + Dave Diller B. __ ___ 195_, Grants Pass OR * Dave's father was a missionary from Pennsylvania. Dave produced computer software for oil exploration enterprises. Children: 12. Jedediah Hill Diller B. 07 Apr 1989, Littleton, CO 12. Zachary Travis Diller B. 08 Jan 1992, Littleton, CO 11. Douglas Campbell Hill B. 28 Dec 1962, Colorado Springs, Colo. * Doug grad. RPI in Computer & systems engineering and works on the flight software for the Titan/Centaur rocket at Lockheed Martin. Mar: on 10 Aug 1990 in San Diego, CA + Linda Eue B. 18 May 1965, Redwood Falls, Minnesota * Linda grad. Univ. of Minn. w/BS Mechanical Engineering & works in Mission Analysis doing Centaur rocket guidance design. Children 12. Andrew William Hill B. 13 Oct 1994, San Diego, CA 12. Jason Robert Hill B. 12 Sep 1996, Englewood, CO Descendants of James Dallas Hill [ 10H3 ] Gen. 10. James Dallas Hill B. 27 Nov 1938, Miles City, MT <==[ 9H5 ] * BA in Production Management fm Univ. of Washington, NROTC program, Communications Dept. on USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) IBM for 28 yrs - Systems Engineer, programmer/analyst, and product assurance and software development quality control. Retired in 1992 to gardening & genealogy. Mar: on 06 Apr 1961 in Seattle, WA at the University Congregational Church + Susan Elizabeth Peck B. 19 Mar, 1938, Glascow, MT * Grad. Univ. of Washington. Worked at UofW Nuclear Reactor Lab and various companies as secretary. In Raleigh was production coordinator for WRAL radio in the farm news dept. Retired to writing mystery and historical novels. Children: 11. Tracy Elizabeth Hill B. 10 Feb 1964, Cambell, CA * BA in Journalism at NCSU; MA in Economics at FL State; copy editor on newspapers in Durham, NC; Pennsacola, FL; and Raleigh, NC 11. Eric James Hill B. 12 Dec 1965, Cambell, CA * Lead mechanic on the injection moulding and blow moulding equip. at Wheaton Plastics. Mar: on 14 Jun 1987 in Raleigh, NC (at home of parents) + Karen Denise Lewis B. , Georgia * Karen operates several home businesses for mail-order crafts, constructs custom web pages, and is webmaster for a NC publishing house. Children: 12. Dustin James Hill (DJ) B. 28 Apr 1990, Raleigh, NC 12. Erica Lemay Hill B. 30 Mar 1992, Raleigh, NC 13. Sarah Elizabeth Hill B. 30 Mar 1992, Raleigh, NC References and Acknowledgments Following are the references from which this history was compiled and verified. In the notes within this work the references are noted by number, enclosed by angle brackets (e.g. "<12>"). <1> Chart received by Ruth Hill-Mariner in 1974 from Mrs. P.A. Robertson, Route 2, Thayer, Kansas 66776 (daughter to half-sister of W.H. Hill); <2> List of W.H. Hill's family returned to Mrs. Robertson by Ruth Mariner (typed list and page from family bible) and pages of deaths and marriage from bible rcvd from Alma Wilson; <3> Clipping "... Last War 1812 Pensioner" from the Miles City Star, Miles City, MT of April 7, 1946; <4> American Genealogical Institute, "The Hill Family" (Wash. D.C., 1975); <5> Notes and transcription of tape taken by Betty Hill during an interview with William H. Hill; <6> The Ancestral File of the Church of Latter Day Saints. This research was begun by Raymond Hill of Bagdad, FL using the files located in Salt Lake City; Abstracts of the Ancestral File and the International Genealogical File are now available on CD ROM and/or microfiche at Family History Centers in many local LDS churches. Note that the ancestral file can be updated by individuals with minimal verification, so the information may not be completely accurate. <7> Clipping "Billings Resident Recalls Final Days of Open Range for Montana Cattle" from The Billings Gazette of July 28, 1957; <8> Obituary of William H. Hill from the Miles City Star; <9> Obituary of Bessie Guenther-Hill from the Billings Gazette; <10> Index Of The Revolutionary War Pension Applications (1976) pg.260 "HILL, Jedediah, CT, Abigail, W23274; BLWt.26491-160-55"; <11> Graves Of Revolutionary War Patriots "Hill Jedediah Mixer Cem, Ellisburg, Jefferson Co NY 78"; <12> DAR Patriot Index (Jedediah Hill, with data as in <10>); <13> Genealogies of Connecticut Families (1983), Vol II, pgs 156-167 "Luke Hill of Windsor, Connecticut"; <14> Obituary of Charles Gifford Wilder (Nov 10, 1941, Billings MT); "The Billings Gazette" ? References (Cont.) <15> "Probate Records of Hartford Co. Connecticut", Vol XIII pg 284 ref. to Hill, John died Nov 1, 1740. Property distributed to widow Sarah Hill, John Hill, Mary Read, Hannah Wilcock, Elizabeth Hoskins and the heirs of Sarah Strickland; (see pg 6) <16> U.S. Census records. These were available on microfilm in the North Carolina State Historical Library, Genealogy Section for the censuses taken from 1790 to 1880. Published indexes to the census data were also available for most states until 1860. The local files only included North Carolina and surrounding states after 1880; <17> "Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files" (Vol 2, pg 1635); The following has been expanded to interpret the abbreviations. " HILL, JEDEDIAH, Abigail, W23274, Bounty Land Warrant #26491-160-55 unit: Connecticut Line birth: 29 Mar 1761, Simsbury, CT death: 28 Apr 1841, Lorraine, NY married: Abigail Kilby of Farmington, CT on 13 Mar 1783. Jedediah was then of West Simsbury, CT and the marriage was recorded at Avon, formerly part of Farmington, CT pension: - widow applied on 11 Aug 1849 at Henderson in Jefferson Co. NY. She was 89 then. - widow applied for bounty land warrant in 1855, also at Henderson. The soldier and his wife raised a family of children but only the two oldest children were named, towit; Jedediah Hill Jr. born: 11 Feb 1784 (lived at Lorraine, NY in 1849) and John Hill who was aged upwards of 63 in 1849 and lived in Illinois. The widow's brother, Allen Kilby (age 77), and his wife, Theda Kilby (age 71) were living in NY in 1849. " ** (see ref<11> for burial) <18> The complete copy of Jedediah's pension file was reviewed on microfilm and transcripts were made which are summarized on the charts beginning with 5H3; <19> "War Of 1812 Pensioners" - page 989 "HILL, John, Esther Ann (Morgan) WC-35106, XC-2707589, SC-35522, BLW #415117-160-55, Esther Ann was soldier's daughter, this file is in the Veteran's Administration, use XC-#2707589."; <20> Correspondence from family members in 1994: Alma Wilson, Dorothy Wilhelm, Mary Pfaff, Earl E. Hill Jr., and Lynn Hill-Hayes; <21> Obituary, Mary Ellen (Fox-Hill) Wilder from the Miles City Star; <22> "The Wilder Family Tree" received from Bruce Bannister; <23> D.A.R. application of Lurissa Hanold (#493512) citing descendancy from Jedediah's son, Ladue Hill, and giving the names of Jedediah's and Abigail's other children and some of their spouses; References (Cont.) <24> Marriage Records from Muscatine County, Iowa (1837-1879) " Samuel Wilder 16 Oct 1867 Margaret Fox "; <25> Des Moines County, Iowa Marriage Book #9 (1872-1875) cert #34 "Hill, John W. 22 Fox, Mary E. 17 21 Feb 1875 house of A.J. Belknap by A.J. Belknap, pastor M.E. church Iowa con.; bride's mother Margaret Wilder "; <26> Des Moines County, Iowa Marriage Book #3 (as quoted by the Des Moines County Genealogical Society). "John Hile (62) to Sally Ann Haight (20) married 30 October 1849 by Thomas M. Kirkpatrick, Minister Methodist Church. Married in Morris Bridges' house. "; ("Hile" was probably an orthographic interpretation error during transcription to the register) <27> Savage, James: "A Genealogical Dictionary Of The First Settlers Of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Register" (four vols., 1986); (References to Luke Hill, and the Eggleston, Phelps, and Hoyt families). <28> Banks, Charles E. - "Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620-1650", 1957 (excpt.). Hoyt, Simon (or Haight, or Hait, or Holt) arrived from English parish Upway on either the Lions Whelp bound for Charleston & Salem, Mass., or the Abigail (1629) bound for Dorchester & Windsor, Conn. reference - Historical Record of Putnam Co. NY.; <29> Farmer - "A Genealogical Register Of The First Settlers Of New England 1620-1650"; (References to Hoyt, John and Hoyt, Simon) <31> "New England Marriages Prior To 1700"; References Used After Edition 3.0 (03/19/95) <36> 1900 Census, Lipscomb Co. TX. Precinct #2 (LDS Microfilm 1241655) and Soundex Index to above for W436 (Wilder) (LDS microfilm 1249001) <37> Rothery, Deborah: "Our Family Tree", 1990 (LDS Microfiche 6101299). Our family's line of descent from our founding fathers ... Bigod Eggleston, ... William Peck, George Phelps, William Phelps, ... <39> Bates, Albert C.: "Simsbury, Connecticut, Births, Marriages, and Deaths" transcribed from the town records, 1898 (LDS microfilm 0896756) <40> "Windsor, Connecticut. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1638-1925". Microfilm of the original records of the town hall, Windsor - on two reels. Reel 1 - vols. 1-4 (1638-1910) is LDS microfilm 1316427. <41> DAR application of Cecelia (Hill) Best of Helena, Montana in 26 Mar 1954 citing descendancy from Ludlow Hill. Her sister, Olive (Hill) Stephenson is DAR #195,571. <42> Pension file of John H. Hill from the War of 1812. (see chart 6H3) References (Cont.) References Used After Edition 3.3 (06/25/95) <43> Excerpt (pgs 83-85) from "The Passengers of the Mary and John", vol. 25 received from "Halby5443@aol.com" postmarked Longview, Washington. This references work published in 1994 which disclaims the link to Francis Bygod thru Juliana Harker. <44> Listing - "The Children of Bygod Eggleston", 80 pgs received from Don Eggleston. ( Don Eggles@aol.com ) in 1997. <45> Loretta Morgan-St.George: "The Morgan, Hill, and Related Families (27 pgs +indx) received from Bill St. George, 37 Maple Ave. Collinsville, Ct 06022 in 8/98. He lives in a part of Canton, just up the street from where John Hill2nd is buried. His e-mail is: Stg4353@aol.com (Esther Ann Hill-Morgan was her great-grandmother) <46> Caldwell Woodruff: paper presented to The Connecticut Historical Society in 1934 commemorating the tercentenary of the founding of the Colony of Connecticut titled "Bigod Eggleston of Windsor, Connecticut and Descendants in South Carolina with the story . . ." verified by Dr. Frank Egleston Robbins, a native of Westfield, Mass and Assistant to the President of the University of Michigan. The conclusion of this paper was that there was no known relationship between the Egleston family of New England and the Egglestons of Virginia, but this paper exhibited the belief that the relationship from Bygod Eggleston to Sir Ralph Bigod of Settrington was a strong possibility. Most of the anecdotes related agree with the accounts of Bygod found in other references. It also refers to Rev. Ambrose Egleston's collection of more than sixteen thousand names of descendants of Bigod Eggleston (in 1865). 1998-1999 References <47> Family Tree Maker file (HAIGHT.FTW) of Haight/Hoyt descendants received from Andy Ward email: APWard@Theriver.com He is the gr-gr-grandson of Aaron Haight. <48> Pages copied from a book on Iowa pioneers sent by the DesMoines County Genealogical Society. The headings are: left page "Yellow Springs and Huron"; right page "Early Settlers - 1835-1849". pages 77 & 78 contain the biography of Cornelius Haight. The researcher also sent several notes regarding the history of Kossuth, IA <49> Family Tree Maker file (Hill3.ftw) received from Laura Balluf, a desc. of Cornelius Haight Hill Emphasis on Haight and Hill names. E-mail: Laura-b@swbell.net <49b> Information from Laura Balluf on a family reunion of Hill and Haights in Independence, Ore in 1904. <50> Real Estate Register #1, Des Moines Co., IA - probate listing of the heirs of John Haight, who died 15 Oct 1875. It lists all John's siblings and their heirs (if they were deceased). <51> Correspondence with Jan Randall, a descendant of Adelia Amanda Haight, wife of James Randall. E-mail: Auntjan@Qconline.com <52> Correspondence with Rich Edwards, a descendant of Job Haight - EdwardsR@Evergreen.edu References (Cont.) <53> Correspondence with Paula Bowden pbowden@ilinkusa.net a descendant of Lafayette Hill, son of Eben Hill Jr. <54> Graves Listing, Kossuth Cemetery, Yellow Springs Twp., Des Moines, IA, from a researcher of The DesMoines Co. Genealogical Society. And correspondence from Pearlie Moulden. Hill: Eben, Pvt. N.Y. Militia, War 1812 d.07 Mar 1876, Military Stone Hill: Anna, wife of Eben Hill, d.14 Mar 1846, age 56y 6m 8d ? Hill: Lurissa, dau of Ebin & Malvira, d.07 Aug 1855, age 26y 6m Hill: John, Pvt. N.Y. Militia, War 1812 d.23 Feb 1869, Military Stone Hill: Esther, wife of John Hill, d.20 Dec 1848, age 61y . . . the rest is buried Veterans Buried Des Moines County, Iowa John Hill and Eben Hill - same listings as above Hill, Isaac A. Ia Amm 2 USN WWII b.29 May 1915 d.14 Aug 1968, Old Stone Church Cem. Franklin Twn Hill, James W. IA Msgt USA b.18 Feb 1930 d.27 May 1966 Aspen Grove Cem., Sec 189, Burlington Hill, Marion (Harold) Ia 1st LT 2517 AAF Base Unit WWII AM & 401 b.05 Feb 1923 d. 29 Aug 1950 bur.Hill Crest Lot 87, Burlington Mem. Park, Flint River Twn Hill, Nelson P. Vet Co M 1st IA Vol Cal b.25 May 1830 d.28 Feb 1911 Aspen Grove Cem., Sec. 309, Burlington <55> Graves listings, Kossuth Cem., IA from Cindy Kenyon - kb7lnr@bendcable.com Cornelius A. Haight d.12 Aug 1873 59y,10m *typo s/b 89y,10m [10 Oct 1783] Abigail Haight d.26 Sep 1856 71y,5m,2d [24 Apr 1785] wife of C.A. References Used After Version 4 (Dec, 1999) <56> A list of the descendants of Ludlow Hill sent by Sgt. James Babcock of Hawaii. <57> A list of the descendants of Ludlow Hill sent by Linda Dahlke of Menomonie, WI <58> History of Jedediah Hill and descendants from the Historical Association of South Jefferson in Adams, NY sent by Laura Balluf. The packet was apparently in response to a query by Harwood Hill of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and included histories of the Sixtown area, biographical information on Jedediah and his children, and photos of the house he built in Rural Hill in 1825, which was still standing in 1993 and was a historical landmark (23 pages). <59> Information obtained from the Heritage Museum in Independence, OR by Mimi Peck-Dykeman on Henry Hill, one of the founders of Hillsboro, OR, and John Hill. <60> Patriot Index of the Sons of the American Revolution (CD version 1999) - refs to Aaron Haight <61> Extract - Ancestry of Jemima Waters from the web page http://www.foxinternet.net/web2/steveh2os/sld008.htm e: mail: %20SteveH2Os@foxinternet.net References (Cont.) <62> FTM Home Page of Patrick Darren Deuel - Ancestry of Meribah Devol/Devol http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/e/u/Patrick-Darren-Deuel/index.html <63> Ed Hill and dau. Amy - sent pictures of W.H. Hill family & relatives. <64> Article on James Haight and family from "The History of Del Norte California" by Ruth Smith sent by Pearlie Moulden <54> <65> Correspondence from Rosaline D. Preston , a descendant of Sidney Haight and his da. Anna Marie Shipley E-mail: rose@televar.com <66> Correspondence with Glorianne Eads, a relative of Sarah Eads, who married Henry Haight (1827) the son of James. E-mail: gloceads@interl.net Items to Research / Confirm ? John Fox, father of Mary Ellen - Find Margaret Bevans marriage - abt 1857 (near Peoria, IL? or Medicine Lodge, Kansas ? ) * Belle Fox's 1st marriage and Mary Ellen's 2nd were in Medicine Lodge,KS - Find Fox in census of 1860 in Louisa Co., IA (found John & family in DesMoines, Polk, IA) - Find Mary Ellen's birth 17 Oct 1858 in DesMoines or Louisa Co, IA, OR Desmoines City, IA ? Why is the Lurissa Hill, d.07 Aug 1855, age 26y 6m buried in Kossuth listed as dau. of Ebin & Malvira ? ? Confirm the family of Aaron Haight, son of Cornelius, and explain discrepancy between the date of his marriage to Lovilla and the births of their first three children. Appendix - A U.S. Mail Correspondents Alma Wilson 20 family bible pages & Wilson hist. Bruce Bannister 22 Sent Wilder history <22> E-Mail Correspondents Name E-Mail Address Notes Egglestone Hal (Bygod?) 43 Halby5443@aol.com sent ref <43> debunking Bygod Don Eggleston 44 DonEggles@aol.com sent Egglestone listing <44> Ruth (Eccleston) Hakala WKBW98E@prodigy.com referred by DonEggles Haight Andy Ward 47 apward@theriver.com Sent Haight/Hoyt FTM file desc. of Aaron Haigh & da. Zelda Alvesta Haight Jan Randall 51 Auntjan@qconline.com desc. of Aaron & da. Adelia Amanda Haight, ( wife of James Randall). Rich Edwards 52 EdwardsR@evergreen.edu desc. of Job Haight & da. Sarah Elizabeth Haight (wife of Morrison Penny Groom) Pearlie Moulden 54 pearliem@inficad.com desc. of Julia Haight & da. Abigail Terrill Mesa, AZ; Cindy Kenyon 55 kb7lnr@teleport.com desc: Cornelius / Julia / Abigale Haight (Terril) (Abigail = wife of Wm. Welbourne) Rosaline D. Preston 65 rose@televar.com desc: Cornelius / Sidney / Anna Marie Hill-Shipley - Warden, WA Glorianne Eads 66 gloceads@interl.net relative of Sarah Eads, wife of Henry Haight sent desc. of Henry Haight (son of James Haight, son of Cornelius) Hill Bill St. George 45 Stg4353@aol.com husb: Loretta Morgan (John H./Esther Ann Morgan) sent Morgan/Hill charts Laura Balluf 49 laura-b@swbell.net desc: John H. / Cornelius Haight Hill sent Haight/Hill FTM <49> & Rural Hill packet <58> Paula Bowden 53 Pbowden@ilinkusa.net desc: Eben Hill Jr. & son Lafayette Sgt. James Babcock 56 jbabcock@hawaii.rr.com desc: Jed / Ludlow / Abigail Amanda Hill-Alcott Linda Dahlke 57 dahlke@win.bright.net desc: Jed / Ludlow / Abi Hill-Rowin Amy Hill & Ed Hill 63 ahill@crcwnet.com desc: Wil H. Hill sent pictures of WHH desc. Appendix B: Ancestors of Jemima Waters [ B-1 ] (wife of Aaron Haight Jr.) In addition to those below, Rich Edwards <52> indicates another generation of Mannings: Simon de Manning living in 1203 * Crusader 1187-1190; Standard Bearer to King Richard I of Eng. To Review (in brief) the Manning line as listed on [6Ha0b]: (The highlighted names are intersections with other known significant lines) 1 Simon MANNING b: Abt. 1235, Of Bettreds Castle, Kent, Eng. ==> [6Ha0b] * Was in the third crusade against the Saracens under Richard I + Unkn. b: Abt. 1239, Of Bettreds Castle, Kent, Eng. 2 Stephen MANNING b: Abt. 1270, Kent, Eng. d: 1310 (ob 3 Edward 2) + ____ b: Abt. 1274, Kent, Eng. 3 William MANNING b: Abt. 1301, Codham, Kent, Eng. d: 1344 , Codham, Kent, Eng. + Miss De CHYRFOLD b: Abt. 1314, Codham, Kent, Eng. ==> [ B-4 ] 4 Simon MANNING b: Abt. 1344, Codham, Kent, Eng. +Katherine CHAUCER b: Abt. 1348, London, Middlesex, Eng. <== [ B-2 ] 5 John MANNING b: Abt. 1365, Codham, Kent, Eng. Chaucer +Alice Walden b: Abt. 1369, Codham, Kent, Eng. 6 John MANNING b: Abt. 1402, Codham, Kent, Eng. d: 1436 +Juliana Brockhill b: Abt. 1406, Downe, Kent, Eng. 7 Hugh MANNING b: Abt. 1432, St Mary Cray, Kent, Eng. d: 1502 + __ Brandon b: Abt. 1436, St Mary Cray, Kent, Eng. 8 John MANNING b: Abt. 1481, Downe, Kent, Eng. d: May 10, 1542 , Down, Eng. +Agnes PETLEY b: Abt. 1502, Downe, Kent, Eng. ==> [6Ha0c] 9 George MANNING b: 1520 St Cray, Kent, Eng. d: May 08, 1582 Downe, Kent, Eng. +Joan Wallis b: 1524 Of, Downe, Kent, Eng. d: June 05, 1582 Downe, Kent, Eng. 10 Phebe MANNING b: Abt. 1566 Downe, Eng. d: Abt. 1642 , MA ==> [6Ha0b] +James WATERS b: 1572 St Botolph, London, Eng. 11 Richard WATERS b: Mar 03, 1603/04 St Botolph, London, Eng. +Joyce Plaise b: 1616 St Botolph, London, Eng 12 James WATERS b: , Salem, Essex, MA d: Sep 11, 1704 , Topsfield, Essex Co., MA +Mary Stalworth b: 1642, Topsfield, MA d: Abt. 1693 Salem, , Essex Co, MA 13 Samuel WATERS b: May 22, 1679 , Topsfield, MA d: Feb 12, 1742/43 , CT +Annie Sterling b: Mar 14, 1683/84 , Haverhill, MA d: Aft. Jul 1749 14 Samuel WATERS b: May 29, 1719 , Hebron, Tolland, CT d: 1782 Hebron, Tolland, CT +Jemima HOWARD b: Dec 10, 1719 Lynn, Essex, MA <==[ B-2 ] Tarbox 15 Jemima WATERS b: May 10, 1744 Of Hebron, Tolland, Ct ==> [6Ha0b] Appendix B: Ancestors of Jemima Waters [ B-2 ] (wife of Aaron Haight Jr.) Also indicated in the Mormon Ancestral File are: Direct Descendants from Robert Le Taverner to Katherine Chaucer 1 Robert Le TAVERNER b: Abt. 1230, Ipwich, Suffolk, Eng. d: Bef. 1280 + Dulcia b: Abt. 1234, Ipwich, Suffolk, Eng. 2 Andrew De DENNINGTON b: Abt. 1250, Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng. + Isabella De TILNEY b: Abt. 1254, Lynn, Shropshire, Eng. 3 Robert MALYN b: Abt. 1282, Lynn, Shropshire, Eng. d: Bef. 1315 + Mary HEYROWN b: Abt. 1286, Lynn, Shropshire, Eng. 4 John Le CHAUCER b: Bef. 1309, London, Middlesex, Eng. d: July 1366 in London, Eng. + Agnes COPTON b: Abt. 1317, London, Middlesex, Eng. d: 1381 in Vintry, London, Eng. m: Aft. 1324, London, Middlesex, Eng. 5 Katherine CHAUCER b: Abt. 1348, London, Middlesex, Eng. ==> [ B-1 ] + Simon MANNING b: Abt. 1344, Codham, Kent, Eng. And: Direct Descendants of John TARBOX 1 John TARBOX b: Abt. 1586, England d: July 12 1637, Ippolits, Herts, Eng. 2 John TARBOX b: 1612 in Tarbock, Lancashire, Eng. d: May 26 1674,Lynn, Essex, MA M: Abt. 1630 in Lynn, , Mass + Rebekah TARBOX b: Abt. 1625, Eng. d: March 04, 1676/77 in Lynn, Essex, Ma 3 Samuel TARBOX b: 1647 in Lynn, Essex, MA d: Aug 16 1715, Lynn, Essex, Mass M: Nov 14, 1665 in Lynn, Essex, MA + Rebekah ARMITAGE b: April 14 1641, Lynn, Essex, MA d: March 04, 1675/76 in Lynn, MA 4 Johathan TARBOX b: July 03, 1668 in Lynn, Ma d: in Lynn, MA M: 1693 in Lynn, MA + Eleanor b: 1672, Lynn, Ma d: 1762 in Hebron, Tolland, Ct 5 Eleanor TARBOX b: 1694 in Lynn, Essex, MA d: 1770 in Thetford, Orange, VT M: Nov 06, 1714 in Lynn, Essex, MA + Edward HOWARD b: 1690 in Lynn, Essex, MA d: July 26, 1781,Thetford, Orange, VT 6 Jemima HOWARD b: Dec 10, 1719 in Lynn, MA m: December 30, 1729 in Hebron, Tolland, Ct + Samuel WATERS b: May 29, 1719, Hebron, CT d: 1782 in Hebron, CT 7 Jemima WATERS b: May 10, 1744, Hebron, CT ==> [ B-1 ] Tarbox Appendix C: Ancestors of Elizabeth Shute [ C-1 ] (wife of Moses Hoyt, Jr.) It has been said that, "Once the line (of descendancy) enters the nobility of England, it goes back to Adam". The charts on the following pages on the ancestors of Elizabeth Shute seem to approach that. The lines shown here are only a small sample of all of the lines traced in the Mormon Ancestral File. <6>: Direct Descendants of William "Longespee" Prince Of ENGLAND To Aaron Haight Sr. 1 William "Longespee" Prince Of ENGLAND 1173 - 1225/26 +Ela (Fitzpatrick) Countess Of SALISBURY 1191 - 1261 ...... 2 Stephen LONGESPEE 1216 - 1260 ......... +Emmeline De RIDDLESFORD 1223 - 1276 ......... 3 Ela (Eleanor) LONGESPEE 1246 - ............. +Roger La ZOUCHE 1242 - .............. 4 Alan La ZOUCHE 1267 - 1314 .............. +Eleanor SEGRAVE 1270 - 1314 .................. 5 Maud La ZOUCHE 1290 - 1349 ...................... .+Robert De HOLAND 1285 - 1328 ........................ 6 Elizabeth De HOLAND (HOLLAND) 1320 - ...............................+William BOTELER (BOTILLER) 1310 - ..................................7 Alice BOTELER (BOTILLER) 1340 - ........................................+ Nicholas De SANDFORD 1340 - ............................................ 8 Richard De SANDFORD 1370 - 1451 .................................................. +Maude BANASTER 1370 - ....................................................... 9 John SANDFORD 1400 - .............................................................+Julianna (Anna) CORBET 1405 - ................................................................ 10 Richard SANDFORD 1448 - 1520 ........................................................................ +Jane BROMLEY 1450 - ............................................................................ 11 Hugh SANDFORD 1470 - 1530 ..................................................................................... +Jane DOD 1470 - ......................................................................................... 12 Richard SANDFORD 1490 - 1535 Maud ................................................................................................. +Maud MAINWARING 1490 - <==[ C2 ] <== 13 Richard SANDFORD 1535 - 1591 +Elizabeth ___ 1537 - 1600 14 Thomas SANFORD 1556 - 1597 +Mary MELLETT (or Lewes) 1563 - 1620 15 Ezekiel SANFORD 1585/86 - 1683 +Rose WARNER 1588 - 1707 16 Thomas SANFORD - 1681 +Sarah MEADOWS 1615 - 1681 17 Sarah(Jr) SANFORD 1639 - 1683 +Richard SHUTE 1639 - 1670 18 Elizabeth SHUTE 1672 - +Moses HOYT Jr. 1662 - 1710/11 Aaron 19 Aaron HAIGHT, Sr. 1700 - 1779 ==>[6Ha0] Appendix C: Ancestors of Elizabeth Shute [ C-2 ] (wife of Moses Hoyt, Jr.) Direct Descendants of Guillaume I "Le Conquberant" De NORMANDIE To Maud Mainwaring 1 Guillaume I "Le Conquberant" De NORMANDIE 1024 - (William, The Conqueror) + Matilda Countess Of Flanders Queen Of ENGLAND 1031 - 1083 Scotland 2 Henry I "Beauclerc" King Of ENGLAND 1068 - 1135 <==[ C4 ] + Unkn., Concubine Of ENGLAND 1070 - 3 Robert "The King's Son" De CAEN 1090 - 1147 + Maud FITZHAMMON 1094 - 1157 4 Maud FITZROBERT 1120 - 1189 +Ranulph "De Gernon" De MESCHINES 1099 - 1153 5 Hugh "Kevelioc" DE MESCHINES, Earl of CHESTER 1147 - 1181 + Bertrade De MONTFORT (EVREUX) 1155 - 1189 6 Amicia De MESCHINES 1167 - + Rafe (Ralph) De MAINWARING 1155 - 7 Roger De MAINWARING 1250 - + Unkn. 8 William De MAINWARING 1276 - + Agnes De ADRERNE 1276 - 9 William MAINWARING 1225 - <=== 10 Roger MAINWARING 1263 - +Christian BRITLES 1265 - 11 William MAINWARING 1286 - + Mary DAVENPORT 1287 - 12 William MAINWARING 1316 - + Elizabeth LEYCESTER 1318 - 13 Randle MAINWARING 1367 - 1456 +Margery VENABLES 1369 - 1459 14 William MAINWARING 1396 - 1499 + Margaret WARREN 1400 - <==[ C3 ] 15 John MAINWARING 1460 - + Unkn. 1462 - Maud 16 Maud MAINWARING 1490 - ==>[ C1 ] Appendix C: Ancestors of Elizabeth Shute [ C-3 ] (wife of Moses Hoyt, Jr.) From the Mormon Ancestral File <6>, seventeen generations preceding Margaret Warren. Two different paths of descendancy are shown. Direct Descendants of Rollo ROGNVALDSSON 1 Rollo ROGNVALDSSON 846 - 931 +Duchess of Normandy Poppa 872 - <==[ C4 ] 2 Guillaume I "Longue Epbee" Duke Of NORMANDY 900 - 942 +Sprote De BRETAGNE 911 - 3 Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke Of NORMANDY 933 - 996 +Gonnor De CREPON 936 - 1031 4 Robert De NORMANDIE 965 - 1037 + Havlive Mrs De ROUEN 968 - 5 D' EVREUX Richard 986 - 1067 + Adaele Mrs De TONI [COUNTESS OF EVREUX] 1004 - 6 Agnaes D' EVREUX 1030 - + Simon I Of MONTFORT 1025 - 1087 7 Bertrade De MONTFORT 1059 - 1116/17 + Foulques IV "Rechin" Count Of ANJOU 1043 - 1109 8 Foulques V "le Jeune" Count Of ANJOU 1092 - 1143 + Ermengarde (Ermentrude) Du MAINE 1096 - 1126 9 Geoffrey V "le Bon" PLANTAGENET 1113 - 1151 + Unkn 1112 - 10 Hamelin PLANTAGENET 1130 - 1202 + Isabel De WARENNE 1137 - 1199 11 Jeffrey WARREN 1160 - + Isabella 1160 - 12 John WARREN 1200 - + Audelia D' ALBINI (ALBANEY) 1200 - 13 Griffith WARREN 1240 - + Wynifreda BROXTON 1240 - 14 John WARREN 1280 - + Ellena CHARLETON 1280 - 15 Griffith WARREN 1320 - + Matilda STRANGE 1333 - 16 Griffith WARREN 1340 - + Margaret CORBET 1345 - 17 John WARREN + Emma Matilda CHENEY 1375 - 18 Margaret WARREN 1400 - ==>[ C2 ] OR - alternatively - beginning with Richard I 3 Richard I "Sans Peur", Duke Of NORMANDY 933 - 996 +Gonnor De CREPON 936 - 1031 4 Richard II "The Good", Duke Of NORMANDY 963 - 1027 + Pope (Papie) Duchess Of NORMANDY 997 - 5 Guillaume De NORMANDIE 1025 - + Miss De PONTHIEU 1029 - 6 Richard FITZPONS 1079 - 1129 + Maude FITZWALTER 1081 - 7 Walter De CLIFFORD 1113 - 1190 + Margaret De TONI 1118 - 1185 8 Walter De CLIFFORD 1150 - 1221/22 + Agnes De CUNDY 1160 - 9 Walter De CLIFFORD 1186 - + Margred Verch LLYWELYN 1210 - 10 Maud De CLIFFORD 1234 - 1282 + John GIFFARD 1240/41 - 1299 11 Eleanor GIFFARD 1275 - + Fulk Le STRANGE 1267 - 1323/24 12 John Le STRANGE 1305/06 - 1349 + Ankaret BOTELER - 1361 13 Matilda STRANGE 1333 - + Griffith WARREN 1320 - 14 Griffith WARREN 1340 - + Margaret CORBET 1345 - 15 John WARREN + Emma Matilda CHENEY 1375 - 16 Margaret WARREN 1400 - ==>[ C2 ] Appendix C: Ancestors of Elizabeth Shute [ C-4 ] (wife of Moses Hoyt, Jr.) And - the generations preceding Rollo ROGNVALDSSON 846 - 931 <6> Through the nobility of Finland - Direct Descendants of Fornjotur, King of Finland 1 Fornjotur, King in KVENLAND 160 - 2 Kari FORNJOTSSON, KING in KVENLAND 185 - 3 Frosti KARASSON, KING in KVENLAND 210 - 4 Jokull FROSTASSON 240 - 5 Snaer (Svaer) JOKULSSON, KING in KVENLAND 275 - 6 Thorri SNAERSSON, KING in KVENLAND 320 - 7 Gorr THORRASSON 365 - 8 Heytir GORRSSON 425 - 9 Svidri HEYTSSON 600 - <=== 10 Sveidi (Sveithi) "The Sea King" SVIDRASSON 650 - 11 Halfdan "The Aged" SVEIDASSON 700 - 12 Ivar HALFDANSSON 770 - +EYSTEINSDATTER 785 - 13 Eystein "Glumra" IVARSSON 800 - +Ascrida ROGNVALDSDATTER, Countess of Oppland 804 - 14 Rognvald EYSTEINSSON, Earl of More and Romsdal 830 - +Ragnhild (Hilda) HROLFSDATTER, Countess of More 848 - Rollo 15 Rollo ROGNVALDSSON 846 - 931 ==>[ C3 ] Also, some interesting ancestors of Henry II "Plantagenet" <6> Direct Descendants of Dongart, King Of SCOTLAND 1 Dongart, King Of SCOTLAND 600 - 673 2 Dongart (Eugene VI), King Of SCOTLAND 630 - 692 3 Findon (Eochaid II), King Of SCOTLAND 660 - 692 +Spondana 677 - 4 Eochaid III King Of SCOTLAND 695 - 721 5 Aodh Hugh Fionn, King Of SCOTLAND 725 - 778 6 Eochaid IV King Of SCOTLAND 747 - 819 7 Alpin King Of SCOTLAND 778 - 834 8 Kenneth I "Macalpin" King Of SCOTLAND 810 - 858/59 9 Constantine I King Of SCOTLAND 836 - 877 10 Donald II Dasachtach, King Of SCOTLAND 862 - 900 11 Malcolm I King Of SCOTLAND 897 - 954 12 Kenneth II King Of SCOTLAND 932 - 995 13 Malcolm II MACKENNETH KING OF SCOTLAND 970 - 1034 14 Bethoc (Beatrix) Princess Of SCOTLAND 984 - 15 Duncan I King Of SCOTLAND 1013 - 1040 +Sibyl FITZSIWARD 1014 - 1040 16 Malcolm III "Ceanmor (Longneck)" I King SCOTLAND 1033 - 1093 +Margaret "Atheling" Queen Of SCOTLAND - 1093 17 Matilda "Atheling" Princess Of SCOTLAND - 1118 +Henry I "Beauclerc" King Of ENGLAND 1068 - 1135 18 Matilda (Maud) Empress Of GERMANY - 1169 +Geoffrey V "le Bon" PLANTAGENET 1113 - 1151 Scotland 19 Henry II "Plantagenet" King Of ENGLAND 1132/33 - 1189 ==> [ C-2 ] The Hill Family - 1651 to 2000, Ed. 5.0 11/28/06 Page 3