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- Hill Family
Jonathon Hill was born in 1657 in Portsmouth, Prudence Island, Rhode Island and died Sept 1731. His son was Captain Ebenezer Hill who was born about 1703 in Portsmouth, Prudence Island, Rhode Island and he died Oct 32, 1753 in St. Eutatius, Caribbean(near St. Martin/Sint Maarten). Ebenezer married Mary Fones on Jan 1, 1729/30 in Rhode Island. Mary was born Sept 20, 1711 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island and died about 1775. Mary Fones could be the daughter of Samuel Fones and Meribah(Smith?) but Genform.com has bulletin boards for various surnames and someone clearly and definitely had Captain Ebenezer Hill married to Mary Fones, daughter of Jeremiah Fones and Martha West. Further investigation showed Martha West to be descended from George Soules, a Mayflower passenger. Interesting speculation but nothing definite although some leads from a Mayflower page made the same suggestion.
Ebenezer and Mary's children:
Joseph Hill b. April 10, 1734
Samuel Hill b. April 11, 1739
Mary Hill b. Aug 5, 1741, m. Walter G. Rhodes
Ruth Hill b. Feb 25, 1743/44 d. May 14, 1833, Burtt's Corner, New Brunswick Canada m. B-1-5-3 William Boone
Rebochak Hill b. July 14,1747
Martha Hill b. December 13, 1749
Ebonezor Hillb. July 19, 1752
Picture below is of Captain Ebenzer Hill's burial site in St. Eutatius, Caribbean(near St. Martin/Sint Maarten). Below that pictures is the inscription on the tomb stone and a closeup of the tombstone. Information on how these pictures were obtained is below the pictures.
(HIll Family Page geocities.com) (See Photo Pages)
These photo's were sent to be via email by Marshall Franey a distant relative of mine. The following is the copy of the email that he sent me with the pictures:
This photo I got from a contact on the Island of St. Eustatius. the gentlemen told me that he took this photo over 20 years ago, only because something about it was interesting to him. He still had it and sent it to me. He was unable to get any information on the name of the captains ship or why he met his death. I believe that Mary Hill was still living in perhaps Newport , R.I. at the time, because the tombstone looks like it was made in Newport R.I. as it matches others that were made there. I also have two recent photos that I had taken in January of 1999. I will send these to you. One is a close up the other is taken from the fence. If you look close you can see that the man that took the photo also cut the grass before he took the photo. I thought that was very nice of him. I sent him money and each time he gave it to the Historical Foundation Museum on the Island. He has advised me that if he comes across any information on Captain Hill he would let me know. (Hill Family Geocities.com)
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