'Hill06'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Hill of Poundsford, Hill of Taunton, Hill of Yard
[This page was first launched as a section within Draft Hill06, probably on 17.12.09.]

                               
Possibly connected to the families on Hill01, but how is not known, was ...
William Hill
m. Eleanor
1. Roger Hill of Taunton
  Visitation (Weaver, Somerset, 1551+1575+1595, Hill) identifies Roger's wife and mother of her children as Alice Towse, Visitation (1623) shows the mother of Roger's children as a Margery so we presume that Alice Towse was Roger's 2nd wife.
  m1. Margery
A. William Hill of Poundsford, Somerset
  m1. Ann Trowbridge (dau of John Trowbridge of Clyton)
  i. Roger Hill of Poundsford
  m. Mary Hassard (dau of John Hassard of Lyme)
  a. William Hill of Poundsford (a 1623)
  m. Jane Young (dau of John Young of Collumpton)
The following comes from Visitation (Somerset & Bristol, 1672, Hill of Pitminster).
  (1) Roger Hill of Poundsford (b c1606, bur 23.04.1667, judge)
  m1. Mary Greene (dau of Giles Greene of Corfe Castle)
  (A) William Hill of Poundsford (b c1636, a 1672)
  m. (c08.1668) Hester Muschamp (dau/heir of Agmondisham Muschamp of Rowbarns)
  (B) Jane Hill
  m2. Abigail Gourdon (dau of Brampton Gourdon of Assington)
  (C) Sir Roger Hill of Denham, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (d 29.12.1729, MP)
  The following comes from Commoners (vol 4, Way of Denham).
  m. (11.06/07.1667) Abigail Lockey (dau of John Lockey of Holmes Hill)
  (i) Lockey Hill (b 07.09.1671, d 06.02.1729)
  (a) Roger Hill (d 1721)
  (b) Abigail Hill (dsp)
  m. Mathew Powell of Lantillo
  (ii) William Hill (d before 29.12.1729)
  (a) Mary Hill (dsp)
  m. William Denny, Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania
(iii) Roger Hill (b 06.07.1685, dsp 29.12.1729)
  m. Martha Shard (dau of Sir Isaac Shard)
  (iv) Hester Hill of Denham (b 05.07.1669, dsp 22.02.1742)
  m. Henry Probert of Penalt
  (v) Abigail Hill (d 26.02.1673-4, d 17.03.1757)
  m1. Edward Lockey of the Middle Temple & Holme Hill (d 1711)
  Denham passed through their daughter into the Way family.
  m2. Charles Edwin of Lincoln's Inn ('son of Sir Humphrey')
  (D)+ other issue - Gurdon, Mary
  m3. Abigail Barnes (dau of Thomas Barnes of Albone Hatch, widow of John Locky of Holmes Hill & Josias Berners of Clerkenwell)
  (2) John Hill of Taunton (b c1618, 3rd son)
  m. Jane Strode (dau of John Strode of Ryme)
  (3)+ other issue (a 1623) - William (b c1610, d young?), Mary (b c1605), Ann (b c1607), Jane (b c1608), Elizabeth (b c1613), Sarah (b c1622)
  b. Elizabeth Hill
  m1. George Sampson
  m2. Jos. Long
  c. Amy Hill
m. Robert Chute of Bridgwater
  d. Frances Hill
  m1. Thomas Chaplin
  m2. Simon Gibbins 'of Youghal'
  (1) Mary Gibbons probably of this generation
  m. (1632) George Hayman of Minehead (b 1605, d 12.11.1670)
  e.+ other issue - Roger of Taunton, John of Dorchester, Temperance, Mallet, Philippa (dsp)
  ii. Alexander Hill of (Poundsford then) Taunton
  m. Alice Hassard (dau of John Hassard of Lime)
  a. Robert Hill of Hollyland, Taunton
  m. Ann Young (dau of John Young of Devon)
  The following comes from Visitation (Somerset & Bristol, 1672, Hill of Taunton).
  (1) Alexander Hill of Taunton (b c1613, a 1672)
  m. Dorothy Michell (dau of John Michell of Kingston Ruseell)
  (A) Alexander Hill (b c1668, a 1672)
  m. Elizabeth Searle
  (i) Alexander Hill (b c1671)
  (B)+ other issue - John, Robert, Bernard, Elizabeth
  (2)+ other issue - Robert, Edward, Lucy, Mary
  b. Mary Hill
  m. Hugh Godsall of Taunton
  c.+ other issue - William of Bridgwater, Roger (dsp), Anne (dsp), Lucy (dsp)
  iii. Elizabeth Hill
  m1. _ Hobbs
  m2. _ Murifey
  m3. _ Martin
  iv. Eleanor Hill
  m. _ Gravit of Berkshire
  v.+ other issue (dsp) - William, Robert, Henry, Ambrose, Gabriel, Susan
m2. Lucy Ryves (dau of John Ryves of Dorset)
  xi. Lucy Hill
  m. William Lawrence of Dorset
  xii.+ other issue - Benjamin, Thomas, John
  B. Robert Hill of Yard near Taunton
  m1. Alice Clark
  i. Elizabeth Hill
  m. William Symes of Chard
  a. John Symes 'of Frampton Cotterell' (b c1581, d 1661)
  m. Amy Horner (dau of Thomas Horner of Mells)
  (1) John Symes
  m. _ Arscott of Devon
  m2. Eleanor Martyn (dau of Sir James Martyn)
  ii. Hugh Hill of Splot 'of Yard'
  m. Mary Bond (dau of Sir George Bond of London)
  a. James Hill
  iii. Jane Hill
  m. Thomas Brereton
  a. Thomas Brereton of Yard
  m. _ Anketil of Dorset
  iv. daughter
  m. Thomas Martyn of Devon
  v.+ other issue (dsp) - James, John
  C. John Hill (dsp)
  D. Margaret Hill
  m. Alexander Togwell
  m2. Alice Towse (dau of John Towse of Somerset (by Joan Combes), m2. Sir Thomas Grenville of Cornwall)

Main source(s): Visitation (Somerset, 1623, 'Hill') with input/support as reported above
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