Surname Saturday - HILL (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1037 who is Ruth HILL (1644-1736) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this HILL family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)

128.  Norman Seaver (1734-1787)
129.  Sarah Read (1736-1809)

258.  Isaac Read (1704-1780)
259.  Experience Willis (1709-1787)

518.  Samuel Willis (1675-1758)
519.  Susannah Gleason (1676-1756)

1036.  Roger Willis, born about 1646 in probably Massachusetts, United States; died before December 1700 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 19 July 1664 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1037.  Ruth Hill, born August 1644 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 01 September 1736 in Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Roger Willis and Ruth Hill are:
*  Ruth Willis (1666-1701), married 1690 John Goodenow (1670-1736)
*  Mary Willis (1669-????)
*  Samuel Willis (1675-1758), married (1) 1700 Experience Newell (1677-1703), (2) 1703 Susannah Gleason (1676-1756).
*  Elizabeth Willis (1678-????)
*  Hannah Willis (1680-????)
*  Sarah Willis (1684-????), married 1712 Daniel Taylor (1690-1741).
*  Josiah Willis (1686-1758), married 1715 Sarah Wood (1692-1783).
*  Thankful Willis (1690-1735), married 1727 James Bellows (1701-????).

2074.  John Hill, born about 1602 of Chard, Somerset, England; died 31 May 1664 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4148. John Hill and 4149. Jane Gaud.  He married about 1629 in England.
2075.  Frances Tileston, born about 1608 in Chard, Somerset, England; died about 1680 in probably Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Hill and Frances Tileston are:
*  John Hill (1630-1718), married (1) 1653 Hannah Parmalee (1644-1690); (2) 1690 Elizabeth Thorpe (1655-1719).
*  Frances Hill (1632-1676), married 1667 Jonah Austin (1630-1683).
*  Rebecca Hill (1634-1676), married 1667 Joseph Gray.
*  Mary Hill (1636-1726), married 1657 Thomas Breck (1635-1703).
*  Samuel Hill (1638-1708), married 1667 Martha (????-1715).
*  Jonathan Hill (1640-1710), married 1675 Mary Basset(1640-1715).
*  Hannah Hill (1641-1729), married 1662 Daniel Fisher (1638-1683).
*  Mercy Hill (1643-1709), married 1664 Elkanah Willis (1639-1711).
*  Ruth Hill (1644-1736), married 1664 Roger Willis (1646-1700)
*  Ebenezer Hill (1645-1696), married (1) 1683 Ruth Bailey (1645-1688); (2) 1693 Sarah (1644-????).
*  Israel Hill (1648-1677).
*  Martha Hill (1648-????)
*  Mehitable Hill (1651-1679).

Information about this Hill family was obtained from:

J. Gardner Bartlett, "John Hill of Dorchester, Mass. and His Descendants", New England Historic Genealogical Register, Volume 58, number 2 (April 1904), page 157.

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