Family of Capt

Family of Capt. JONAH and SALLY (STIMSON) HILL

of Chatham, New Hampshire.

Compiled by David A. Crouse, February 2000, from information of Clara
(Hill) Thurston and other sources.

JONAH HILL;
     probably son of 5. Joshua Hill (4. Ebenezer; 3. Ebenezer; 2.
Roger; 1. Peter);
     born 3 June 1784, in Biddeford, Maine;
     died 30 December 1878, in Chatham, NH; buried with wife Sally at
South Chatham Cem.;
     married, 27 April 1809:

SALLY STIMSON;
     daughter of Joseph & Lavinia (Tarbox) Stimson;
     born 26 March 1786, in Limerick, ME;
     died 14 February 1840, in Chatham.

(?) Did Jonah married (2nd):

ELIZA __________;
     daughter of __________;
     born about 1794, in ME; died __________.

     Jonah and Sally settled in South Chatham soon after their marriage
and lived there the remainder of their lives. Jonah served in the New
Hampshire Militia as a Captain. In 1810 he built a carding mill on the
mill brook where it flows into Lower Kimball Pond in South Chatham.
This
mill was in operation until 1910, when it was closed by his grandson,
Dana Hill.

Thirteen children of Jonah & Sally (Stimson) Hill:

(1) JONAH HILL, JR., son of Jonah & Sally, b. 28 March 1810, in Chatham;

d. 28 Dec 1898, in Chatham; buried with wife Persis at South Chatham
Cem.; m. (1st), 20 Dec. 1837, in Fryeburg, ME, PERSIS BALLARD (b. 18
Nov.
1811; d. 3 April 1867), dau. of Uriah & Hannah (Frye) Ballard of
Fryeburg. Jonah m. (2nd), 4 Oct. 1873, Mrs. ABIGAIL J. (EASTMAN) LANG
(b. 19 Feb. 1815, in Conway, NH; d. 12 Feb. 1882, in Chatham), dau. of
Jonathan & Phebe (Lovejoy) Eastman of No. Conway, NH., and widow of
Joseph Lang (1807-1866) of Conway. Jonah, Jr. attended Fryeburg
Academy,
read law with Judge Langdon, taught school in Chatham for many years,
and
was Postmaster for several years. In 1831 he built a house (still
standing) on the hill near his father's mill. He served as a selectman
of
Chatham and a representative in the New Hampshire Legislature. He was a

member of, and helped build, the Congregational Church at Chatham
Center.
Jonah, Jr. succeeded to his father's mill and operated it until about
1897. Jonah, Jr. and Persis had three children, as follows:

(1.1) DANA HILL, son of Jonah, Jr. & Persis, b. 31 Aug. 1839; d. 1923;
buried with wife at So. Chatham Cem.; m., 4 July 1861, EMILY M. LANG (b.

8 Jan. 1843, in Conway, NH; d. 1918), dau. of Joseph & Abigail J.
(Eastman) Lang. Dana was a farmer and operated the mill of his
grandfather and father until 1910 when he closed it. He taught school
at
Chatham Center, was a representative to the state legislature, and was
chairman of the Chatham Board of Selectmen for seven years. Emily was
Postmistress at South Chatham for several years. They had five
children,
as follows:

(1.1.1) FANNIE L. HILL, dau. of Dana & Emily, b. 1862; d. 1893; buried
at So. Chatham Cem.; m. FRANK W. PICKERING (1858-1923); one child:
Fannie Maud Pickering, 1893-1985.

(1.1.2) FRED D. HILL, son of Dana & Emily, b. 1864; d. 1895; buried at
So. Chatham Cem.

(1.1.3) FRANK H. HILL, son of Dana & Emily, b. 1867; d. 1899; buried at

So. Chatham Cem.; m. ANNA SHIRLEY; no children.

(1.1.4) FLORRIE MAY HILL, dau. of Dana & Emily, b. 10 May 1874, in
Chatham; d. 1961; buried with husband at Pine Grove Cem., Fryeburg, ME;
m., 8 Aug. 1897, in Lovell, ME, FRANK RANFORD LOCKE (b. 1875, in
Fryeburg, ME; d. 1960), son of Frank & Lydia (Hall) Locke. They had at
least one child: Margery Locke (b. 13 March 1898; d. 10 Oct. 1993; m.
Leon Shirley).

(1.1.5) FOREST MANN HILL, son of Dana & Emily, b. 19 Nov. 1875, in
Chatham; d. 1948; buried with wife Inez at So. Chatham Cem.; m. (1st)
GRACE DAVIDSON GIBB (b. 1881, in Scotland; known in this country by her
step father's name, Ogilvie); m. (2nd), 29 Oct. 1927, in Lincoln, ME,
Mrs. Inez I. (Bishop) Sullivan (b. 1881, in Springfield, ME; d. 1979),
dau. of Charles E. & Roxy (Worcester) Bishop. Children: Fred D. Hill
(1900-1990; m. Ruth Hamilton); Frank Leslie Hill (b. 1904, in Medfield,
MA; d. 1983; m. Evelyn L. Smith); Mildred J. Hill (m1, Wallace Francis;
m2, Clayton Heath); and Arthur A. Hill (m1, Helen Ward Andrews; m2,
Elizabeth Leighton Smith).

(1.2) MARY A. HILL, dau. of Jonah, Jr. & Persis, b. 26 March 1846; d. 3

Oct. 1867; buried at So. Chatham Cem.

(1.3) BENJAMIN MEAD HILL, son of Jonah, Jr. & Persis, b. 1844; d. 1924;

buried with wife at So. Chatham Cem.; m. JANET McKENZIE (b. 14 Dec.
1852,
in Westfield, MA; d. 4 Sept. 1933), dau. of Alexander & Nancy B. (Lewis)

McKenzie. Children: Margaret Janet Hill (1880-1887); Robert Bertram
Hill (1874-1965); and Harold M. Hill (1889-1960; m. Bertha Boas).

(2) JOSEPH STIMSON HILL, son of Jonah & Sally, b. 13 July 1811, in
Chatham; d. 8 Sept. 1847, in Biddeford, ME; m., 17 Dec. 1840, NANCY H.
HILL, dau. of Jonathan & Mary (Hodgdon) Hill of Limerick, ME. Before
marriage both Joseph and Nancy were teachers. They settled in
Biddeford,
ME, where Joseph and his brother, Moses Bradbury Hill, manufactured
woolen goods. Three children, as follows:

(2.1) FRANK ALPINE HILL, son of Joseph & Nancy; b. 12 Oct. 1841, in
Biddeford, ME; m., 1866, MARGARETTA S. BRACKETT of Biddeford. Frank was

a graduate of Bowdoin College and studied law in the office of John
Goodwin in Biddeford. In 1865 he began a long and distinguished career
in the field of education throughout New England and also served several

years as Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. Three
children: Myron Francis Hill, Lewis Dana Hill, and Frederick Brackett
Hill, all of whom were Harvard graduates.

(2.2) MELVIN JOSEPH HILL, son of Joseph & Nancy, b. 7 July 1843, in
Biddeford, ME; m., 6 July 1868, LOUISE ELIZABETH MOWRY (b. Woonsocket,
RI). Melvin was a graduate of Bowdoin College. Like his brother,
Frank,
he also had a long and distinguished career in the field of education in

New England. He was a long-time resident of Wakefield, MA. Two
children: Ernest F. Hill (b. about 1871; d. as a student at Harvard
about 1892), and another child who died in infancy.

(2.3) HARRIET JANE HILL, dau. of Joseph & Nancy, d. at age 25, "...a
young woman of rare beauty of mind and brillancy of promise."

(3) MOSES BRADBURY HILL, son of Jonah & Sally, b. 29 April 1813, in
Chatham; d. 22 March 1851; m., 22 January 1845, LIVONIA HAMILTON
(1821-1851), dau. of John Hamilton. In 1839, Moses and his brother,
Joseph, bought a one-half interest in a clothing and carding mill from
Samuel Merrill on Spring's Island in Biddeford, ME. One child: Charles

Hill, d. 1849, age 9 months.

(4) SAMUEL MERRILL HILL, son of Jonah & Sally, b. 10 Aug. 1814, in
Chatham; died 26 Nov. 1861, in Fryeburg, ME; buried in his father's lot
at So. Chatham Cem.; m., 10 January 1853, ELIZA CLARK, who after
Samuel's
death m. William Phipps and moved to Minnesota. Samuel was a sailor.
In 1850 he was a "clothier," living with his father. In 1860 he was a
farmer residing in Fryeburg, ME. One child: Martha E. Hill (b. about
1855; m. Decatur Roberts).

(5) SALLY W. HILL, dau. of Jonah & Sally, b. 21 Dec. 1815, in Chatham;
d. 8 May 1903, in So. Chatham; buried with husband at So. Chatham Cem.;
m., 1835, CHARLES WALKER (b. 1815; d. 10 Feb. 1884), probably son of
William Walker. They resided at South Chatham. Children: Nelson
Walker
(b. 23 Feb. 1839; d. 21 Nov. 1877); and Sarah Walker (1842-1923; m., 6
June 1867, Josiah Wood Walker).

(6) POLLY STIMSON HILL, dau. of Jonah & Sally, b. 16 May 1818, in
Chatham; d. 17 April 1846, in LaGrange, ME; m., 20 Dec. 1841, JOHN R.
AVERILL. Children: (1) Johan H. Averill, d. 13 May 1846, age 1 year;
and (2) Lucien H. Averill, d. 3 June 1851, age 8 years.

(7) GEORGE AUGUSTUS HILL, son of Jonah & Sally, b. 27 Oct. 1819, in
Chatham; d. 28 April 1865, in Bridgton, ME. He may have had two
children: Phronie Hill and Annie Hill.

(8) FRANCIS EASTMAN HILL, son of Jonah & Sally, b. 28 July 1822; d.
Oct.
1858; buried with wife at Laurel Hill Cem., Saco, ME; m., 1 January
1851,
NANCY (TIBBETS) LITTLEFIELD. Francis was a physician. One child: Ada
Hill (1852-1921), a schoolteacher in Saco, ME.

(9) CHARLOTTE STIMSON HILL, dau. of Jonah & Sally, b. 19 January 1824,
in Chatham; d. 30 March 1895, in Bethel, ME; buried at Laurel Hill Cem.,

Saco, ME; m., 27 January 1842, in Chatham, CYRUS K. HILL (b. 10 Aug.
1815/6; d. 15 Feb. 1885), son of Jonathan & Mary (Hodgdon) Hill of
Limerick, ME. Children: (1) Erastus G. Hill, a realtor in Florida; and

(2) Charles D. Hill, b. 19 March 1855, a physician in Bethel, ME.

(10) CHARLES EDWIN HILL, son of Jonah & Sally, b. 26 April 1825, in
Chatham; d. 16 April 1884, in Fryeburg, ME; buried with second wife at
Pine Grove Cem., Fryeburg; m. (1st), MARINDA P. WIGGIN (d. May 1863);
one
child. Charles m. (2nd), SUSAN OSGOOD (1838-1886), dau. of Caleb &
Dolly
(Wiley) Osgood of Fryeburg; two children. Charles graduated from
Bowdoin
College in Brunswick, ME. He was a physician, living unmarried with his

father in Chatham in 1850. He settled in North Fryeburg and soon
thereafter moved to Bridgton, ME, where he remained until 1879. He then

moved to Fryeburg, where he resided until his death. Biographical
Review
of Franklin & Oxford Counties, Maine; 1897: "...An able physician, he
enjoyed a large practice in this vicinity; and he occupied a prominent
position in the community."

(10.1) CHARLES E. HILL (name changed to CHARLES E. FESSENDEN), son of
Charles & Marinda, b. probably about 1863. After the death of his
mother
he was adopted by his aunt and later became a physician, practicing in
Newton Center, MA, about 1897.

(10.2) FRANK A. HILL, son of Charles & Susan, b. 14 Aug. 1866, in
Fryeburg, ME; d. 1946; buried with wife at Pine Grove Cem., Fryeburg;
m.,
20 April 1892, DORA A. BRICKETT (b. 1 May 1874, in Stow, ME; d. 1948),
dau. of Gardner & Angeline (Emery) Brickett. REsided in Fryeburg
Village; one child, as follows:

(10.2.1) CLIFFORD B. HILL, son of Frank & Dora, b. 1906; d. 1960;
buried
with wife at Pine Grove Cem., Fryeburg, ME); m., 24 January 1927, MARY
E.
EASTMAN (b. 1906, in Chatham; d. 12 June 1995, in Fryeburg), dau. of
Chester & Sarah (Towle) Eastman [See family of Asa Eastman]. Clifford
was an undertaker and resided in Fryeburg Village.

(10.3) EDWIN RAY HILL, son of Charles & Susan, b. 1876; d. 1952; buried

with wife at Pine Grove Cem., Fryeburg, ME; m. MAUD ESTHER WHITNEY
(1873-1942). He was engaged in the meat and fish business in Fryeburg
Village about 1897.

(11) NANCY HILL, dau. of Jonah & Sally, b. 3 January 1827, in Chatham;
d. 2 July 1827; buried at So. Chatham Cem.

(12) MARTHA ELIZABETH HILL, dau. of Jonah & Sally, b. 18 May 1828, in
Chatham; d. 29 Feb. 1852; buried at So. Chatham Cem.; residing,
unmarried, with her father in Chatham in 1850.

(13) NANCY HILL, dau. of Jonah & Sally, b. 25 Oct. 1830, in Chatham;
died 27 Aug. 1858, in Saco, ME; residing, unmarried, with her father in
Chatham in 1850.