Nathaniel Hill (1748 - 1801)

Born 4 Dec 1748 in Biddeford, York, Maine District, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Crockett) Hill — married 30 Dec 1773 in Buxton, Maine District, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1801 at age 52 in Buxton, York, Maine, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Buxton, Maine One Place Study.

Private Nathaniel Hill served with York County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Hill is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A055923.

Nathaniel Hill was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and served as a Private in Capt. John Elden's Buxton co., which marched 24 April 1775, in response to the alarm of 19 Apr 1775, to Biddeford on an express from Col. Tristram Jordan. ^{[1] [2]}

Children Born to Nathaniel Hill and Martha ["Crockett" interlined] his wife ["Son of Jeremiah Hill Esq'r of Biddeford" interlined][1]

Priscilla Hill Born May 23'd 1774

Thomas Hill Born February 13th 1776

Thomas Hill Died March 19th 1776

John Hill Born February 28th 1778

Susanna Hill Born May 26th 1780

Joseph Hill Born May 1st 1782

Achsah Hill Born July 2'd 1784

Samuel Hill Born July 13th 1786

Abigail Hill Born June 29th 1788

Nathaniel Hill Born July 7th 1790

Mary Hill Born June 9th 1793

Jeremiah Hill Born June 9th 1793 [sic-twins]

Mark Hill Born May 22'd 1796

Martha Hill Born January 12th 1801

Mr Nathaniel Hill Died July 4th 1801

Susanna Hill Died February 20th 1807

Nathaniel Hill Jr Died November [--] 1809

Mrs Martha Davis Died April 13th 1824 ["??erly Jr. Hills Wife" in margin, partially hidden in fold].

Name

Name: Nathaniel /Hill/

Source: #S59

Birth

Birth Date: 4 DEC 1748

Place: Biddeford, York, Maine

Source: #S59

Death

Death Date: 4 JUL 1801

Place: Buxton, York, Maine

Source: #S59

Marriage Date: 11 AUG 1746

Place: Biddeford, York, Maine

Source: #S59

User ID: 643D09AC2F9C4B54B27797294927F91F31A9

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors, Vol 7, P 894.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Nathaniel Hill", Ancestor # A055923.

• Source S59 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Everett Merrill Hill Family URL: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5320831/family/familygroup?fpid=-1470281019&sid=-1470281101
• Federal Census of 1790, Maine, (Vol. #377 pg. 58,59), 58,59.
• Joel M. Marshall, Buxton Centennial, (Portland: Dresser, McLellan & Co. 1874), 165,195,194.
• G. T. Ridlon, Sr., Saco Valley Settlements and Families, (Charles E. Tuttle Company : Publishers Rutland, VT 1969), 200, 940.
• Taylor, History of Limington, 204.
• Fisher, Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War, Maine, 367.
• H. McLelland, History of Gorham, Maine, 452.
• Cyrus Woodman, Church of Christ, 12,39,43,44,45,54,57,58,61,63,68,69,74,87.
• Town of Buxton, Buxton Family Records, vol 1 p 344,363; vol 3 p 3, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/BuxtonVR-3-000#T0006; vol. 4 #89, #134,,
• Alice C. Cousens and Olive W. Hannaford, Recollections of Old Buxton, Maine, (The Knowlton & McLeary Co., Farmington, Maine, 1972), 156.
• Dennett Map.
• Marquis F. King, Publishments, Marriages, Births and Deaths From the Earlier Records of Gorham, Maine, (Maine Genealogy Society, Portland, Maine, 1897), 25,42.
• Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, (S. M. Watson, Publisher, Public Library, Portland, Maine 1887), vol 6 p 340, Records of the First Congregational Church in Biddeford.
• Buxton Vital Records Project, Buxton Marriages, 28, 1802 November 25 Josiah Davis of Gorham and Martha Hill of Buxton [his widow].
• Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, (Boston, 1891), vol. VII, p. 894, Hill, Nathaniel - Buxton, private, Capt. John Elden's co., which marched 24 April 1775, in response to the alarm of 19 Apr 1775, to Biddeford on an express from Col. Tristram Jordan; service 1-1/2 days; also- same co., service 5 days; company marched by order of Col. Tristram Jordan,"to assist in fortifying" 07 Nov 1775; Also- same co, service 1-1/2 days; company marched to Biddeford on an express from Col. Tristram Jordan, sent in consequence of armed vessels appearing to be coming into Winter Harbor; roll dated Buxton, 14 Dec 1775; Also-Capt. John Elden's detachment, Col. Mitchel's regt.; service 4 days, detachment stationed at Falmouth, Cumberland Co., to assist in fortifying said town; warrant for pay allowed in council 23 Jan 1779.
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