[581] are reasons for supposing that he grad. H. C. 1729, though he was styled ‘Mariner’ in the settlement of his estate; Hannah, bap. 13 Feb. 1703-4; Mercy, bap. 27 Jan. 1705-6; Samuel, bap. 28 Mar. 1708. Joseph the f. was a carpenter, res. on the homestead, and d. at the age of about 85; his son-inlaw Samuel Larkin, was appointed administrator 9 Ap. 1747.
4. John, s. of Zechariah (2), m. Rebecca Champney 8 May 1721, and had Rebecca, b. 17 Feb. 1721-2; Ruth, b. 19 Sept. 1723; John, b. 23 May 1725; Zechariah, b. 25 Jan. 1727-8; Samuel, b. 28 Jan. 1728-9. John the f. was a carpenter, and purchased, 1727, the northerly half of his grandfather's homestead, which until that time had been held in common by the heirs. He rem. to Sutton before 29 July 1731, at which date he sold his estate to Deac. Samuel Whittemore, his brother-in-law, who in December of the same year bought the remainder of the old homestead.
5. John, s. of John (4), m. Elizabeth Nutting 26 Ap. 1748, and had Elizabeth, b. 12 Dec. 1748, d. unm. 1841 or 1842; John, b. 16 Oct. 1750; Jonathan, b. 16 Nov. 1752, grad. H. C. 1770, a physician, regimental surgeon in the Revolutionary War, and d. in Demarara 15 Feb. 1826; Zechariah, b. 28 Feb. 1755, a saddler, res. in Boston, d. 10 May 1842; Sarah, b. 20 Aug. 1757, m. Timothy Flagg 1780, and d. 25 May 1830 (she was mother of Sarah, b. 9 Dec. 1789, m. William Saunders 8 June 1815, d. 6 Nov. 1871; also, of Elizabeth N., b. 19 Jan. 1797, m. Jonas Wyeth 8 Feb. 1820); Samuel, b. 17 Mar. 1760; Rebecca, b. 17 Sept. 1762, m.——Hunt. d. 1852; James, b. 7 May 1765, was a saddler in Bennington, Vt., where he d.——; he is said also to have been a Judge; William, b. 11 Feb. 1767, d. in Canada 1834; Mary, b. 28 Sept. 1771, m.——Sawyer, and d. in Camb. 16 Dec. 1855 (she was mother of Susan H., who m. William Bates, and d. 6 June 1875). John the f. in 1760 bought the estate on the southerly side of Winthrop Street, extending from Dunster Street to Holyoke Street, which passed into the hands of John Foxcroft in 1773. He was one of the earliest martyrs to American liberty; he was slain near the junction of North Avenue and Spruce Street, by the retreating British troops, on the 19th of April 1775; his w. Elizabeth d. here and was buried 22 Dec. 1825, a. 99.
6. John, s. of John (5), was a printer in Boston, and was regarded for a time as a whig; but in 1773 he entered into partnership with Nathaniel Mills in the publication of the tory Post Boy. The sacrifice of his father's life did not induce him to forsake the British; he went with the army to Halifax, thence to England, to New York, and to Halifax again; after the close of the war, he bought a good estate at Newton, and d. there s. p. 1794, making generous provision in his will for his relatives, especially for his aged mother and his unm. sister Elizabeth.
Hildreth, Richard (otherwise written Hildred); his w. Sarah d. 15 June 1644; by 2d w. Elizabeth, he had Elizabeth, b. 21 Sept. 1646; Sarah, b. 8 Aug. 1648, m. David Stone 31 Dec. 1674. Richard the f. removed to Chelmsford, where he d. about 1693, leaving w. Elizabeth, and children James, Ephraim, and others.
Hill, Abraham, was an early inhabitant of that part of Charlestown which is now Maiden. By w. Sarah, he had Ruth, b. 2 June, 1640; Isaac, b. 29 Oct. 1641; Abraham, b. 1 Oct. 1643; Sarah,b. and d. Oct. 1649; Mary, b. May 1652; Jacob, b. Mar. 1656-7; and probably others. Abraham the f. d. at Malden 13 Feb. 1669-70.
2. Isaac, s. of Abraham (1), m. Hannah Hayward 1666; and was prob. the same who had, in Camb., Sarah, b. 5 Feb. 1677-8; His w. Hannah d. 25 Ap. 1679, and he m. Sarah Bicknall 12 Jan. 1679-80, by whom he had Moses, b. 27 Sept. 1680. Isaac the f. prob. returned to Malden, where Isaac and Sarah Hill had Abraham, b. 22 Mar. 1687-8.
3. Abraham, s. of Abraham (1), m. Hannah Stowe, Oct. 1666, and had, in Malden, Abraham, b. Aug. 1670; Hannah, who m.——Jefts, and is named in her father's will; and in Camb., Mary, b. 10 Dec. 1678; Sarah, b. 25 July 1681, m. Samuel Jones 15 Mar. 1704; Samuel, b. 10 Sept. 1683; Deborah, b. 26 Nov. 1685; Prudence, b. 24 Feb. 1687-8; and perhaps others. Abraham, the f. d. 1713; his wid. Hannah survived.
