John Hill

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• Land/House: 6 Jan 1633/34, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; It is agreed that the great lotts from Mr. Rosciter's to From the Dorchester records: "John Hills lott tow[:ird] Naponset in bredth and eight score in length shall be forthwith enclosed by good sufficient Pale"
• Military: 1635; He was a member of the Boston Artillery Company.
• Land/House: 18 Feb 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He received a land grant.
• Occupation: say 1640; He was a blacksmith.
• Will: 11 Apr 1660, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Frances, and his children: John, Samuel, and Mary.
• Inventory: 9 Jun 1664, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; His estate was inventoried and valued at £281 1/.
• Probate/Proved: 30 Jun 1664, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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• Land/House: 1657; In 1657, he joined a group who purchased a large tract of land from the Indians beyond Medfield, which later became Sherborn.
• Will: 10 Dec 1717, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his children: Abigail and her husband, James Adams; Samuel; Ebenezer; John; Elazar; and Mary.

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John married Hannah Johnson about 1653 in Massachusetts. Hannah was born about 1632; died in Nov 1690 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Thorpe about 1693 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Thorpe) died on 1 Dec 1719 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 28 Jun 1674, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Frances Hill was dismissed to the Taunton Church from the Dorchester Church.

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• Religion: 12 Feb 1664/65, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Rebecca was admitted to the church in Dorchester.
• Married: 25 Feb 1667/68; Joseph Gray. He was born in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mehitable Gray (1669-____) 2. Joseph Gray (1670-____) 3. Ephraim Gray (1673-____)
• Religion: 18 Feb 1671/72, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; Rebecca was dismissed to the Taunton Church from the Dorchester Church.

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• Married: 12 Feb 1656/57, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Thomas Breck. He died on Saturday 3 April 1723 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue:
• Moved To: 1658; Thomas moved to the "Farms", then unorganized, which became Sherborn, Massachusetts. However, some of his children's births were recorded in Medfield, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Mary Breck (1657-____) 2. Sarah Breck (c1661-1699) 3. Susanna Breck (1663-1664) 4. Susanna Breck (1667-1744) 5. John Breck (1671-____) 6. Bethia Breck (1673-____) 7. Nathaniel Breck (1682-____) 8. Samuel Breck (1682-____)

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Married:
Their marriage date was recorded as 12 (12) 1656.

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• Married: Abt 1667; Martha _____). Issue: 1. Martha Hill (1667-____) 2. John Hill (1669-____) 3. Thankful Hill (1672-____) 4. Mary Hill (1674-1676) 5. Samuel Hill (1676-1676) 6. Israel Hill (1679-1742) 7. Josiah Hill (1682-1754) 8. George Hill (1683-1759) 9. Thomas Hill (1687-____)
• Moved To: Abt 1700, Spectacle Island, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 1703, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• History: say 1705; He never achieved wealth and was given assistance by the town several times.

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Birth:
The Dorchester Town Records state he was born in 1640, but his christening is recorded in 1638. His younger brother was christened in 1640, so in all likelyhood, he was born in 1638.

Died:
He died intestate.

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• Married: say 1660; Mary _____. She was dismissed to the Church of Bridgewater on 7 November 1686 from the Church of Dorchester. She was living on 9 December 1718 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Nathaniel Hill (1676-___) 2. Jonathan Hill (c1679-____) 3. Mary Hill (c1682-___) 4. Bethia Hill
• Occupation: say 1660; He was a tailor.
• Military: 1668; In 1668, he received £1 7/5d for military service at the "Castle".
• History: 20 Apr 1669, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He and others were warned by the selectman "in regard to their orderly walking and submitting to seemly government".
• Moved To: Abt 1678, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Living: 2 Feb 1708/09, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He conveyed his home to his son.

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Christened:
His baptism date was recorded as 12 (5) 1640.

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• Married: Abt 1662; Daniel Fisher. He was from Taunton, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Daniel Fisher (1663-____) 2. Hannah Fisher (1666-____) 3. John Fisher (1667-____) 4. Samuel Fisher (1669-____) 5. Eliezer Fisher (1673-____) 6. Mary Fisher (1675-____) 7. Mercy Fisher (1677-____) 8. Israel Fisher (1680-____) 9. Nathaniel Fisher (1682-____)
• Religion: 9 Mar 1661/62, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Hannah Hill was admitted to the church in Dorchester.
• Religion: 18 Feb 1671/72, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; She was dismissed from the Dorchester Church to the Taunton Church.

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• Married: say 1663; Elkanah Willis from Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He died on Saturday 12 December 1711. Issue: 1. Nathaniel Willis (1679-____) 2. Judith Willis (1682-____)

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• Married: 19 Jul 1654, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Roger Willis. Issue: 1. Samuel Willis (1675-____) 2. Elizabeth Willis (1678-____) 3. Hannah Willis (1680-____) 4. Sarah Willis (1684-____) 5. Thankful Willis (1690-____)

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Married:
Their marriage date was recorded as 19 (5) 1664.

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• Residence: 1675, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Military: 19 Dec 1675; Ebenezer fought in Capt. Isaac Johnson's company in the Great Swamp Fight in King Philips War.
• Moved To: Abt 1682, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Estate Admin: 8 Jul 1696, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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Christened:
His christening date was recorded as 15 (12) 1645.

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Died:
He died in the Spring of that year.

Ebenezer married Ruth Bailey about 1683 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Guido Bailey and Elizabeth Marston) was born in 1656 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Sarah about 1692 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Sarah was born in 1644. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: say 1668; He was a carpenter.
• Military: 1675; He served in King Philip's War on garrison duty at Medfield and Wrentham, Massachusetts.
• Estate Admin: 31 Jul 1677, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Administration on the estate of Israel Hill, "slain by the heathen in the country's service," was given to his brother Ebenezer Hill, July 31, 1677; inventory mentions a sword and belt, and carpenter's tools.
• Last Full Review: 5 Oct 2020

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Died:
According to the records he was "slain by the heathen in the country's service."

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Christened:
Her baptism was recorded as 20 (6) 1648.

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• General Information: She was never married.
• Religion: 1676; She assented to the government of the Dorchester Church in 1676.
• Last Full Review: 10 Feb 2021

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Christening: Her christening date was recorded as 18 (12) 1650.

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• Married: 4 Nov 1679, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Hannah Twitchell, the daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Riggs) Twitchell. She was born on 8 October 1660 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Her birth date was recorded as 8 (8) 1660. Issue: 1. Samuel Hill (1680-1680) 2. Samuel Hill (1682-1755) 3. Sarah Hill (1684-1747) 4. Ephraim Hill (1688-1760) 5. Jonathan Hill (1691-1771) 6. Hannah Hill (1693-1739) 7. Maria Hill (1696-____) 8. Dorothy Hill (1698-____) 9. Lydia Hill (1701-____) 10. Rachel Hill (1703-1786)
• Residence: say 1680, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Samuel lived in that part of Medfield which became Medway, Massachusetts.

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Died:
He died intestate.

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• Residence: say 1676; He lived in that part of Sherborn which later became Holliston.
• Offices Held: 1724 to 1725, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a Selectman.
• Will: 7 May 1731, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Mary, and his children: Ebenezer, David, Joseph, Mary, Lydia, Judith, and Hannah.

Ebenezer married Mary White in 1691. Mary (daughter of Joseph White and Lydia Rogers) was born about 1672 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Her birth date was recorded as 2 (12) 1658.

Abigail married Deacon Hopestill Leland on 5 Nov 1678 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Hopestill (son of Henry Layland and Margaret Badcock) was born on 15 Nov 1655 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Aug 1729 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: Abt 1693; Hannah Rockwood, the daughter of Deacon Samuel and Hannah (Ellis) Rockwood. She was born on 1 October 1673 in Medfield, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 7 February 1729/30 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Hill (c1695-c1760) 2. Aaron Hill (c1698-1781) 3. Hannah Hill (1702-1750) 4. Sarah Hill (1705-1740) 5. Samuel Hill (1710-1761) 6. James Hill (1712-1729)
• Residence: say 1700, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He lived on part of his father's farm in Sherborn.

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Died:
He died intestate.

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• Married: 7 Apr 1698, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; John Ellis, the son of John and Susanna (Lumber) Ellis. He was born on 26 April 1646 in Dedham, Massachusetts. On 1 February 1677/78 John, at age 31, married (1) Mary Herring, in Medfield, Massachusetts. He died on Saturday 14 November 1716 in Medway, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Ellis (1699-1769)

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• Married: (2) Rebecca Clark, the daughter of Joseph and Alice (Pepper) Clark. She was born on 16 August 1660. Rebecca, married (1) John Richardson. She died on Monday 17 February 1738/39 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.
• Married: Abt 1688, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (1) Sarah Breck, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Hill) Breck. She was born about 1661 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 6 July 1699 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Eleazer Hill (1689-____) 2. Sarah Hill (1690-____) 3. Nathaniel Hill (1693-____) 4. Solomon Hill (1693-____) 5. Ruth Hill (c1696-1747) 6. Moses Hill (1699-1735)
• Land/House: 1715, Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts ; He received a grant of land.

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Died:
He died intestate.

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Died:
There is no record of him after his birth, so he probably died young.

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• Married: 30 Sep 1686; Daniel Pond, the son of Daniel Pond. He was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts. He died after 1734. She had two children.

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• Married: 28 Jul 1691, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; John Perry, the son of John Perry. He was born on 24 December 1667 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. He died after 1734 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

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• Married: 1 Jan 1713, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; James Adams. He was born on 7 July 1693 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. On 10 December 1717 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, James Adams was mentioned in the will of John Hill. James was a selectman in 1725. He died on Tuesday 14 January 1727/28 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. James Adams (1715-____) 2. Abigail Adams (1717-____) 3. Elizabeth Adams (1719-____) 4. Hannah Adams (1724-____) 5. Moses Adams (1726-____) 6. John Adams (1728-1744)

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• Married: 23 Jan 1703/4, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; James Hogg of Taunton, in that part that became Norton, Massachusetts.
• Land/House: 1716; She and her husband released to David Ames any claims in a meadow in Bridgewater conveyed to said Ames by "John Hill youngest son of our father Ebeneezer' Hill late of Bridgewater deceased."

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• Occupation: say 1720; He was called a blacksmith in deeds.
• Land/House: 1734, Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; He was a grantee of land, in 1734, in Greenwich, Massachusetts in right of his father Ebenezer Hill, and of his uncle Joseph Bailey, both of whom fought in the Great Swamp battle in King Philip's War, Dec. 19, 1675. He evidently abandoned his Narragansett rights, as the lots drawn in his name in Greenwich were sold for taxes, Sept. 5, 1750.

Ebenezer married Susanna Leonard on 22 Mar 1714 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Susanna (daughter of Jacob Leonard and Susanna King) was born on 24 Dec 1683 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Nov 1764 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1713; Elizabeth _____. She was admitted to the Preston Church, Preston Connecticut, on 23 February 1717/18. Issue born in Preston, Connnectcut: 1. Samuel Hill (c1717-____) 2. Abiel Hill (1719-____) 3. Thankful Hill (1721-____) 4. John Hill (1723-____) 5. Rufus Hill (1726-____) 6. Abraham Hill (1728-____)
• Residence: 1714, Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island; He sold to David Ames, of Bridgewater, a meadow lot in the latter town.
• Residence: 1718, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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• Occupation: say 1711; He was a house-wright.
• Married: 21 Mar 1719/20; Anne Allen, the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Frizzell) Allen. Ehe was born on 6 June 1687 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Job Hill (1720-____) 2. Esther Hill (1722-____) 3. Noah Hill (1724-____) 4. Anne Hill (1726-____) 5. Ephraim Hill (1731-____) 6. Mary Hill (1731-____)
• Military: 21 Aug 1722 to 10 Oct 1722; He was in Major John Chandler's regiment as a sentinel on scouting duty.
• History: 16 May 1746; On 16 May 1746, Ebenezer was declared non compos mentis and his brother-in-law, Benjamin Bullard of Holliston, was appointed his guardian.

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• History: say 1720; David was a husbandman who first lived in Holliston, and later removed to Bellingham.
• Estate Admin: 15 Oct 1745; The estate of David Hill was administered by John Hill.

David married Sarah Thayer on 17 Dec 1716 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Lt. Samuel Thayer and Mary Bass) was born on 11 Feb 1694/95 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 25 Jul 1719; Ebenezer Allen, the son of Nathaniel and Mary (Frizzel) Allen. He was born on 25 September 1694 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He died on Thursday 2 April 1778 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Martha Allen (1720-____) 2. Ichabod Allen (1721-1721) 3. Mary Allen (1722-____) 4. Rachel Allen (1724-____) 5. Seth Allen (1726-____) 6. Ebenezer Allen (1728-____) 7. Rachel Allen (1732-____) 8. Leah Allen (1734-____) 9. Nathan Allen (1736-____) 10. Samuel Allen (1739-1746) 11. Sarah Allen (1742-____)

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• Married: 22 Oct 1740, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Huldah Partridge, the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Learned) Partridge. She was born on 18 July 1722 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She died in March 1762 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Hill (1741-____) 2. Bathsheba Hill (1744-1825) 3. Huldah Hill (1748-1818) 4. Hannah Hill (1748-____)
• Residence: say 1741; He lived near Bellingham, Massachusetts in Holliston where he ran a tavern on the old Hartford road and a blacksmith's shop.
• Offices Held: 1744, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman. He served again in 1759.
• Military: 22 Apr 1757; On 22 April 1757, he appears on the roster of Captain Samuel Bullard's training band.
• Complier's Note: 1855; Their are multiple marriages for Joseph according to Morse (1855) , but I have found no other proof, and believe him to be in error.

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• Married: 15 Jan 1729/30, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Samuel Daniel. He was born on 16 January 1704/5 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. After Lydia's death, Samuel, married Hannah Gardner. Issue: 1. Moses Daniel (1735-____) 2. Lydia Daniel (1739-____) 3. Hannah Daniel (1741-____) 4. John Daniel (1743-____) 5. Amariah Daniel (1746-____) 6. Sarah Daniel

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• Married: 9 Nov 1727, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Benjamin Bullard, the son of Benjamin and Tabitha (Bass) Bullard. He was born on 4 March 1702/03 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. After Judith's death, on 12 August 1762 Benjamin, at age 59, married Ruth Day, at age 54, daughter of John Day and Ruth Puffer. He died in 1766 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Asa Bullard (1730-____) 2. Judith Bullard (1733-____) 3. Tabitha Bullard (1735-____) 4. Eleazer Bullard (1737-____) 5. Daniel Bullard (1739-____) 6. David Bullard (1741-____) 7. Mary Bullard (1744-____) 8. Dinah Bullard 9. Nathan Bullard 10. Lydia Bullard 11. Ezekiel Bullard (1749-____)

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Died:
Benjamin died intestate.

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• Married: 27 Jun 1729, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Moses Hill, the son of Eleazar and Sarah (Breck) Hill. He was born on 30 March 1699 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He died on Saturday 24 December 1735 in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, intestate. Issue: 1. Moses Hill (1730-1796) 2. Mary Hill (1733-____) 3. Ebenezer Hill (1735-____)
• Married: 15 Sep 1736, Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Joseph Merrifield. He was born in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hannah Merrifield (1737-____) 2. Aaron Merrifield (1738-____) 3. Joseph Merrifield (1741-____) 4. Abigail Merrifield (1744-____) 5. Sarah Merrifield (1746-____) 6. Lydia Merrifield (1748-____) 7. John Merrifield (1749-____)

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• Married: say 1705; Mary Morse. She was born about 1685 in Medfield, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 16 October 1760 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jonathan Leland (1706-____) 2. Mary Leland (1708-____) 3. Sarah Leland (1710-____) 4. Keziah Leland (1712-____) 5. Hephsibah Leland (1714-____) 6. Thankful Leland (1716-____) 7. Anna Leland (1718-____) 8. Jeremiah Leland (1720-1742) 9. Ezekiel Leland (1722-____) 10. Mercy Leland (1725-____) 11. Beulah Leland (1726-____) 12. Henry Leland (1729-____)
• Offices Held: 1726; He was a selectman for six years and a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1726.

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• Married: 24 Feb 1702, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Bullard, the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Thorpe) Bullard. She was born on 20 March 1683 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 8 May 1758 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Daniel Leland (1702-____) 2. Abigail Leland (1704-____) 3. Daniel Leland (1707-____) 4. Ruth Leland (1712-____) 5. Rachel Leland (1715-____) 6. Esther Leland (1717-____) 7. Mary Leland (1720-____) 8. Silence Leland (1722-____) 9. Experience Leland (1725-____) 10. Sarah Leland (1728-____)
• Occupation: say 1711; Hopestill raised hemp and manufactured ropes and halters which he annually carried to Rhode Island and exchanged for wool.

Abigail married Lt. John Bullard on 7 Jan 1702 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. John (son of Benjamin Bullard and Elizabeth Thorpe) was born on 7 Mar 1678 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jan 1754 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1712; (1) Abigail Badcock. She was born on 5 March 1686 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 28 June 1740 in Holliston, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Leland (1711-____) 2. John Leland (1713-____) 3. Abigail Leland (1728-____)
• Married: 12 Jul 1744, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (2) Sarah Morse, the daughter of Lt. Samuel and Sarah (Thurstune) Morse. She was born in 1686 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Sarah, married (1) Lt. Isaac Bullard, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Thorpe) Bullard. She died on Monday 10 February 1766 in Holliston, Massachusetts.

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• Land/House: 24 Mar 1768; Jacob and Israel Hill conveyed to their brother Eleazer Hill all their interest in real estate of their brother Ebeneezer Hill, late of Bridgewater.

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Died:
He died unmarried.

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• Married: 25 Feb 1754, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Abigail Bonney, the daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Parris) Bonney of Pembroke. She was born 28 Jul 1730 in Pembroke, Massachusetts and she died in 1781 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hezekiah Hill (1754-1837) 2. Jacob Hill (1756-1827) 3. Susanna Hill (1759-1826) 4. Abigail Hill (1761-1848) 5. Eleazar Hill (1764-1831)

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• Occupation: say 1750; He was a blacksmith.
• Land/House: 1769; In 1769 and 1771, Israel Hill, blacksmith, and Beriah his wife, conveyed real estate in Bridgewater.
• Moved To: Abt 1775, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• History: Apr 1777; Israel Hill published the following: "Whereas Beriah, the wife of me the subscriber, has wickedly and notoriously kept company and cohabited with one Joseph Latham, and has sold many articles of her wearing apparel &c. and has threatened to destroy all my interests: These are therefore to forbid all persons purchasing any thing of her, or crediting her on my account, for I will not pay any debt of her contracting or suffer any [bargin?] of hers to stand. Israel Hill, Oakham, April 23, 1777"
• Military: 15 May 1777, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Enlisted May 15, 1777, in Capt. Reed's Co., Col. Alden's Regt., for a term of three years in the Continental Army. He was killed August 25, 1777, while on the expedition for the relief of Fort Schuyler.

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Died:
He was killed while in the Revolutionary Army.

Israel married Beriah Latham on 27 Jun 1748 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Beriah (daughter of Thomas Latham and Deborah Hardin) was born in 1728 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died in 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 30 Jan 1769, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Anna Field, the daughter of Dr. Daniel and Susanna (Thayer) Field. They had no issue.
• Census: 1790, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females: 3 Number of Household Members: 5
• Will: 25 Jul 1791, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Probate/Proved: 16 Sep 1791, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; The court gave his wife one-third of his estate for life, and the remainder, together with reversion of widow's thirds, to Jacob and Eleazer Hill, sons of his brother Jacob Hill.

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Died:
He died during the summer.