Ruth Bailey

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• Living: 12 Jan 1687/88; When her parents conveyed land to her and her husband.

Ruth married Ebenezer Hill about 1683 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Ebenezer (son of John Hill and Frances Tilden) was christened on 15 Feb 1645/46 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died in 1696 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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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• 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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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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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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He died during the summer.

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• Married: 28 May 1778, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut; Lydia Davis. She was born in 1760 in Connecticut. Issue: 1. Thomas Hill (1779-1809) 3. Israel Hill (1785-1871) 4. Lydia Hill (1787-1800) 5. Lucinda Hill (1792-1851) 6. Hosea Hill (1794-____) 7. Esther Hill (1796-____) 8. Daniel Hill (1799-____)

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Plot: Section B marker # 287

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• Military: 2 Jul 1777 to 4 Jan 1778; He was a Corporal, in Capt. Ralph Earll's Company., Col. Danforth Keyes's Regement. He enlisted July 2, 1777 and was discharged Jan. 4, 1778. His service being 6 months and 2 days.
• Married: 10 Apr 1784, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Mary Serjant, the daughter of William Serjant. She was born 22 February 1754 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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• Married: 23 Mar 1779, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; William Banks. He was born 29 February 1760 in Oakham, Massachusetts. Before he married Tamor, he was married to Azubah McMain in 1750. After Tamor's death, he remarried Martha Lewis, the daughter of James and Martha (Collins) Lewis of Marlborough, New Hampshire. He died in 1835. Issue: 1. Edward Banks (1779-1859) 2. Israel Banks (1781-1835) 3. Azubah Banks (1782-1852) 4. Jane Banks (1784-1813) 5. Lucinda Banks (1787-____)

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• Military: 7 Jul 1779, Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He enlisted for nine months' service in the Revolution, for the town of Oakham.
• Married: 24 Dec 1782, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Lucy Fitch. Issue: 1. Lucy Hill (1787-1855)new

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• Military: 25 Jan 1781, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He enlisted for three years' service in the Revolution for the town of Barre.
• Married: 1789; Lydia Dwinel. She was born 8 September 1769 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. She died 31 March 1841. Issue: 1. Sally Hill (1789-____) 2. Israel Hill (1791-1798) 3. Fanny Hill (1794-____) 4. Joseph Hill (1796-____) 6. Nancy Hill (1800-1868) 7. Calvin Hill (1810-1876)

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Family/Spouse: Polly. Polly was born about 1780 in Massachusetts; died about 1849 in Berlin, Washington County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Various sources give 21 and 25 for her birth day.