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(VII) Harrison Swan, son of Henry Swan (6), was born at Arlington, Massachusetts, January 9, 1832. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, attend- ing school until he was seventeen years of age, the last four years going only during the winter months. He then entered the em-
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tized July 21, 1695. 6. Evert, baptized Sep- tember 3, 1699. 7. Pieter, baptized April 19, 1722 (adult). 8. Jannetie, married, March 4, 1704, Henrik Lansing, Jr., widow in 1708. The baptisms were in the Albany church.
(II) Johannes Harmense Knickerbocker, son of Van Wye Harmen Janse Knicker- bocker (I), was born in Dutchess county, New York, about 1675. Married, September 27, 1701, Anna Quackenbos. They settled at Schaaticooke, New York. Children: I. Lys- beth, baptized November I, 1702. 2. Neel- tie, baptized June 30, 1706. 3. Harmen, bap- tized December 25, 1709, married Rebecca De Wandelaer and had son Johannes bap- tized May 25, 1746. 4. Wouter, baptized Oc- tober 19, 1712, married Elizabeth Fonda, January 9, 1735; he died at Saratoga, August 8, 1797, aged ninety-four years, nine months; children: i. Anna, baptized November 9, 1735; ii. Isaac, baptized November 20, 1737; iii. Alida, baptized November 20, 1737; iv. Elizabeth, baptized September 28, 1740; v. Johannes, baptized April 3, 1743, died young ; vi. Johannes baptized November 16, 1746; vii. Rebecca, baptized June 18, 1749. 5. Cornelia, baptized October 21, 1716. 6. Jo- hannes, baptized March 24, 1723, mentioned below.
(III) Johannes Knickerbocker, son of Jo- hannes H. Knickerbocker (2), was born about 1723 and baptized at Schagticoke, New York, March 24, 1723. He married Rebecca Fonda, who was baptized November 9, 1729, daugh- ter of Pieter and Maritie (Beekman) Fonda. Johannes Fonda, father of Pieter, was of Manor Rensselaerwyck; married Maritje Loockermans, December 5, 1694. Douw Jil- lese Fonda, father of Johannes, owned land at Troy in 1676; died November 24, 1700. Jillis Douwese Fonda, the progenitor, was in Beverwyck as early as 1654; his wife was Hester He died before 1664. In 1666 Hester Douwese was the widow of Bar- ent Gerritse. Children of Johannes and Re- becca (Fonda) Knickerbocker: I. Johannes, baptized March 24, 1751. 2. Anna, baptized March II, 1753, died at Schaghticoke, No- vember 10, 1827, aged seventy-six years, nine months and nineteen days. 3. Neeltie, and 4. Elizabeth, baptized November 24, 1754.
(IV) John or Johannes Knickerbocker, son of Harmen and Rebecca (De Wandelaer) Knickerbocker (3), mentioned above, was born in 1746. (See baptisms above). Among the early settlers of the town of Perrinton, Monroe county, in which the village of Fair- port, New York, was incorporated in 1867,
was John Knickerbocker, and David Wool- sey, who came in or before 1810. The town was named for Glover Perrin, the pioneer set- tler. Knickerbocker's farm was near Per- rin's. Richard Woolsey settled in the north- east part of the town about the same time, doubtless a relative. John's wife was prob- ably a daughter of Richard Woolsey.
(V) Richard Woolsey Knickerbocker, son of John Knickerbocker (4), was born August 2, 1789, and settled in Perrinton with his fa- ther. In 1835 he and his family removed from Perrinton (now Fairport), New York, to Michigan and received a grant of eighty acres in the wilderness, since known as the city of Detroit. His grant was dated October 15, 1835, and was signed by Andrew Jackson, president of the United States. He built a log cabin and cleared his farm. He was a farmer by occupation, a man of large frame and great strength, of much piety and natural dignity. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married (first), at Per- rinton, New York, Patience Smith. Chil- dren, born in Perrinton: 1. Samuel, born May 10, 1814, married, March 12, 1838, Philinda Clark; children: i. Dariua, born De- cember 16, 1838, married, March 10, 1859, Clara E. Turesdale; ii. Alonzo, born July 29, 1841, married, October 2, 1862, Mary J. Smith; iii. Theresa, born August 5, 1843, died young; iv. Etta, born August 29, 1854, died January 4, 1904. 2. Mary, born June 24, 1817, died July 20, 1854; married, March 26, 1837, Heman Tyler, of New York state; chil- dren: i. Phebe Ann Tyler. born August 24, 1838, died March 14, 1876, married Hiram Cowles, of Michigan; ii. Israel B. Tyler, born April 6, 1840, married Mary Grace; iii. Rich- ard Woolsey Tyler, born January 1, 1842, married, 1867, Eleanor Leary, of Lexington, Kentucky; iv. Survetas Tyler, born January 15, 1843, died August 1, 1864, in the Civil war; v. George Henry Tyler, born June 24, 1845; vi. Daniel D. Tyler, born August 24, 1847; vii. Hanford Tyler, born January 4, 1851; viii. Elmer Tyler, born March 5, 1853, died February 13, 1855. 3. Ursula, mentioned below. 4. Smith. 5. Chauncy Washington, mentioned below. 6. Daniel, born Septem- ber 15, 1826. 7. Frank, resided in St. Joseph, Missouri.
(VI) Ursula Knickerbocker, daughter of Richard Woolsey Knickerbocker (5), was born April 13, 1822, died May 30, 1905. Mar- ried, February 18, 1842, Henry Fargo. Chil- dren: I. Lucy, born November 5, 1843, mar- ried, May 15, 1858, John Underwood; she
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died December 24, 1867; four children. 2. Elva, born October II, 1848, died January 16, 1860. 3. Christian, born August 25, 1849, died March IO, 1873. 4. Olive, born Febru- ary 2, 1851, married Alvin Hubbard, Decem- · ber 14, 1868; she died May 3, 1872; one child. 5. Mary, born May 3, 1853, died Feb- ruary 15, 1870. 6. Hubbard, born December 14, 1868, died May 3, 1872; one child. 7. Mary, born January 2, 1871.
(VI) Rev. Chauncy Washington Knicker- bocker, son of Richard Woolsey Knicker- bocker (5), was born at what is now Fairport, Monroe county, New York, June II, 1824, and died April, 1884. He attended the com- mon schools until he was eleven years old, when he removed with his parents to Wayne county, Michigan, where they were among the pioneers. For the next five years he was occupied with his father in clearing a one hundred and sixty acre farm. He continued to study as he worked, and when he was six- teen years old he opened a school in a log cabin, and for the next six years was the school master of the vicinity. When he was twenty-one an itinerant Methodist minister came to preach in his little school house. His sermon was from the text: "The Wages of Sin Is Death," and it impressed the young teacher so forcibly that his whole after-life was changed by it. He did not agree with the conclusions of the preacher, and he an- nounced that on the following Sunday he would preach from the same text. His views were liberal, logical and convincing. He was encouraged to study for the ministry. While studying and teaching school he joined for one year a surveying party, and assisted in making the survey of Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and the Straits of Mackinaw. When he was twenty-three years old he was regu- larly ordained as a Universalist minister, and devoted his life to religious teaching and work. He was active on the frontier, an ef- fective and useful missionary in the new towns and camps. He built nine churches in the state of Michigan and one in Ontario, Canada. He was located in Bay City for six years and in Lansing for several years. He · became unquestionably the best known and most prominent preacher in Michigan in his day. He owned a part of his father's home- stead in Wayne, and at intervals gave up preaching to conduct his farm. He was of large and striking physique and generous equipment. Cheery, jovial, confident in him- self and God, he worked laboriously and con- tinually for religion in a fruitful field. He
preached the doctrine of total abstinence in a community where strong drink was a par- ticularly dangerous foe. He was honored and beloved by the community he served so long and so well. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Blue Lodge, the Royal Arch Chapter, and Bay City Com- mandery, Knights Templar. He married June 7, 1843, Irene Jenkins, who was born in Wayne county, New York, December 22, 1822, died December 28, 1903, daugh- ter of John and Anna (Brockway),
Jenkins, of Nankin, Wayne county, New York. Her father was a farmer and carpenter. Children: I. Ada Evelyn, born August 1, 1846, married, December 1, 1868, Charles Edward Pitcher, of Wayne, Michi- gan, now residing in Plymouth, Michigan; children: i. Mary Almyra Pitcher, born Sep- tember 28, 1869, died November 30, 1882; ii. Mona Irwin Pitcher, born October 12, 1871, married, 1888, Herbert J. Thomas, and died June 21, 1894 (had Evelyn Thomas, born July 28, 1889); iii. Chauncy Washington Pitcher, born December 18, 1872, married, September I, 1901; (children: Thelma Genevieve, born August 16, 1902, and Edward Keith, born May 15, 1907); iv. Ina Electa Pitcher, born February 19, 1874, died June 12, 1874; V. Charlie Smith Pitcher, born February 22, 1875, married, November 23, 1900, Maggie Church; vi. Ada Knickerbocker Pitcher, born December 1, 1882; vii. Richard Arthur Pitcher, born July 28, 1885, married, Decem- ber 24, 1906, Eva Ford. 2. Zera Smith, born May 14, 1849, married, August 30, 1877, Elizabeth Ireton, of Wayne, Michigan; he died September 23, 1886; no children. 3. Frank Howard, M. D., born August 17, 1857, married, November 6, 1882, Emma Magill, of Milford, Michigan; children: i. Arthur, born July 3, 1887; ii. Faith, born March 22, 1895. 4. Charlie Arthur, born November 9, 1859, mentioned below.
(VII) Rev. Charlie Arthur Knickerbocker, son of Chauncy Washington Knickerbocker (6), was born at Lansing, Michigan, Novem- ber 9, 1859. He removed with his parents when an infant to Wayne, Michigan, where they lived until he was eleven years old and he attended school there. At Bay City, where the family located next and remained six years, he attended the high school, but re- turned to Wayne and graduated from the high school there in 1879. He entered Tufts College that year and graduated in 1883, with the degree of B. D., in the theological department. During his last year in college
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he filled the pulpit in the Universalist church at Arlington, Massachusetts. After his graduation he had a call to the pastorate at Spencer, Massachusetts. Two years later he was called from there to Meriden, Connecti- cut, where he preached four years. He re- signed on account of ill health and took the long sea voyage around Cape Horn to San Francisco, returning by rail. He accepted a pastorate at Erie, Pennsylvania, and re- mained until January, 1892, when he resigned again on account of ill health and took a southern trip for rest and recuperation. After his return he lived for a year at Arlington, Massachusetts, and then accepted the pastor- ate of the Uphams Corner (Dorchester) Uni- versalist church, where he organized the church society and built the fine new church on Virginia street. He filled this important charge for eight years. He was afterward pastor of the Universalist church at Auburn, Maine, for two years, and then his health gave way completely. He bought a farm at Hartford, Vermont, and devoted his atten- tion to farming from 1901 to 1904. Much im- proved in health he returned to Arlington where he has since resided, supplying various pulpits but accepting no pastorate.
He has been a zealous and faithful pastor to the full extent of his capacity and even beyond it. He is an earnest worker and advocate of the temperance movement, and while in Auburn he succeeded in enforcing the prohibition law, through a committee or- ganized in Androscoggin county for that pur- pose. As a result of his crusade no less than two hundred and fifty places where liquor was being sold were closed. In politics he is an independent. He was made of the Spencer Lodge of Free Masons, June 3, 1884. He is a member of the Arlington Historical Society.
He married, April 29, 1885, Nellie Hor- tense Swan, who was born at Arlington, Janu- ary 18, 1858, daughter of Henry and Lydia Ann (Frost) Swan, of Arlington. Her fa- ther was a market man at Faneuil Hall mar- ket, Boston; served on the school committee twenty-five years; was selectman and over- seer of the poor in Arlington. Their only child, Henry Swan, was born June 5, 1888.
WELLINGTON Roger Wellington, im- migrant ancestor, born in England about 1609, died in Watertown, March II, 1697-8. His name appears on the earliest list of the set-
tlers of Watertown, 1636. He seems to have lived for a short time in Boston, the births of some of his children being recorded there. He was admitted a freeman April 18, 1690. His will dated December 17, 1697, proved April II, 1698, mentions five sons and other heirs. He married Mary Palgrave, 1637, daughter of Dr. Richard Palgrave, of Charlestown. Children: I. John, born July 25, 1638. 2. Mary, born February 10, 1641; married May 21, 1662, Henry Maddock, and (second), Sep- tember 16, 1679, John Coolidge. 3. Joseph, born October 9, 1643. 4. Benjamin, born about 1645; see forward. 5. Oliver, born No- vember 23, 1648. 6. Palgrave, married Sarah Bond, daughter of William.
(II) Benjamin Wellington, son of Roger Wellington (I), was born in Watertown, Mas- sachusetts, about 1645, and died in Lexing- ton, January 8, 1710. He married December 7, 1671, Elizabeth Sweetman, eldest daughter of Thomas and Isabel Sweetman of Cam- bridge; she was born in Cambridge, 1646-7. His will is dated July 13, 1709, proved Janu- ary 30 following. Children: I. Elizabeth, born December 29, 1673, married John Fay. 2. Benjamin, born June 21, 1676; died at Lexington, November 15, 1738; see forward. 3. John, born July 26, 1678. 4. Ebenezer, married Deliverance Bond. 5. Ruhamah, married November 15, 1699, Deacon Joseph Brown. 6. Mehitable, baptized March 4, 1687-8; married September 13, 1715, William Sherman of Newton; she was mother of Hon. Roger Sherman, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. 7. Joseph, baptized. Janu- ary 4, 1690-1. 8. Roger.
(III) Benjamin Wellington, son of Ben- jamin Wellington (2), born June 21, 1676, and died at Lexington, Massachusetts, November 15, 1738. He was a prominent citizen of Lex- ington, assessor sixteen years, town clerk fif- teen years, treasurer three years, deputy to the general court three years. He married, January 16, 1699, Lydia Brown. They were admitted to the church at Lexington June 10, 1705. She died May 13, , 17II. He married (second) December 25, 1712, Elizabeth Phipps, born in Roxbury, August 21, 1675, died January 7, 1730, aged fifty-four years. He married (third) Mary Whitney. He died November 19, 1738, aged sixty-three years. Children: 1. Benjamin, born May 21, 1702, died November 15, 1738. 2. Lydia, born Au- gust 24, 1704; died August 10, 1718. 3. Kezia, born March 28, 1707. 4. John, born Novem- ber 12, 1709; died September 22, 1728. 5. Abigail, born July 14, 1715. 6. Timothy, born
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July 27, 1719; see forward. 7. Mary, born October 20, 1732. 8. Oliver, born April 14, I735.
(IV) Timothy Wellington, son of Benjam- in Wellington (3), was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, July 27, 1719; married Re- becca Stone, born January 22, 1721, daughter of Jonathan and Chary (Adams) Stone of Lexington. After his death his widow mar- ried (second) February 14, 1754, John Dix, of Waltham, Massachusetts. Children: I. Ben- jamin, born August 7, 1743. 2. Chary, born July 12, 1745. 3. Timothy, born April 15, 1747; see forward. 4. Abigail, born March 14, 1749; married December 29, 1768, Daniel Cutting of Waltham. 5. Ruhamah, born Sep- tember 4, 1751.
(V) Timothy Wellington, son of Timothy Wellington (4), born in Lexington, Massa- chusetts, April 15, 1747, died there April 2, 1809. He married May 1, 1776, Hannah W. Abbott, born December 10, 1758, died No- vember 1, 1785, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (White) Abbott. He was a soldier in the Revo- lution, a private in Captain Parker's company, which shed the first blood in the Revolution- ary war. He was in the service at Cambridge five months following in 1775. Children: I. Rebecca Stone, born February 5, 1777; mar- ried John K. Coolidge. 2. Timothy, born March 29, 1778; died April 8, 1781. 3. Ne- hemiah, born January I, 1780, see forward. 4. Dr. Timothy, born October 8, 1781; married Mary E. Law, and (second) Lydia Yates. 5. Hannah, born July 4, 1783, died young. 6. Joseph Abbott, born July 14, 1785.
(VI) Nehemiah Wellington, son of Timo- thy Wellington (5), born in Lexington, Massa- chusetts, January 1, 1780, died there May II, 1857. He married May 16, 1805, Nancy Stearns, daughter of Joshua Stearns, of Wal- tham. He was selectman of Lexington, 1841; assessor 1840; representative to the general court in 1836 and 1838. Their children: I. Anna Eliza, born March 2, 1806; died Octo- ber 3, 1822. 2. Augustus, born June 15, 1807. 3. Hannah Maria, born November 17, 1809; married Samuel Bridge. 4. Timothy W., born July 4, 1811; settled in Worcester; had four sons prominent in civil war. 5. Sullivan, born November 8, 1813. 6. Jonas Clarke, born November 30, 1815, father of Austin C. Wellington, the well known coal merchant. 7. Horatio, born September 6, 1817, see for- ward. 8. Avis Moore, born June 27, 1819, married October 17, 1850, Emory Abbott Mulliken. 9. Joseph Abbott, born June 12, 1821; married February 10, 1846, Ellen A.
Smith, daughter of Billings Smith; moved to Cambridge in 1854.
(VII) Horatio Wellington, son of Nehe- miah Wellington (6), was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, September 6, 1817, and died March 25, 1894, in Charlestown. He was educated in the public schools, and early in life displayed unusual business ability. The Wellington family were pioneers in the coal business in New England. In 1854 the firm of J. C. Wellington & Com- pany, consisting of three brothers, Jon- s C., Horatio and Joseph A. Wel- lington, was formed, purchasing Hough- ton's wharf in East Cambridge. Four years later J. C. Wellington retired, and the firm became Wellington Brothers, consisting of Horatio and Joseph A. Wellington. This firm continued in business on this same wharf, which by this time came to be known as Well- ington's wharf, until the year 1872, when Joseph A. Wellington retired. The firm then consisted of Horatio Wellington, who carried on the business alone under the title of Hor- atio Wellington & Co., until 1884, when he took into partnership with him two sons- J. Frank Wellington, a well-known resident of Somerville, and Alfred H. Wellington. Horatio Wellington continued at the head of the firm until his death in 1894. Few busi- ness men achieved greater success in life and won a larger measure of respect and confi- dence from fellow townsmen than Mr. Wel- lington.
He was active in public affairs, and among other positions of trust and honor was repre- sentative to the general court from the First Middlesex District in 1863 and 1864. He was also a member of the common council and board of aldermen of the old city of Charles- town. For many years he took an active in- terest in the order of Odd Fellows, and in 1875 was grand master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. He was also connected with the Masonic order, being a charter mem- ber of Henry Price Lodge, of Charlestown.
He married, December 16, 1841, Mary Bowman Teele, daughter of Amos Teele, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he re- moved in 1850. Children of Horatio and Mary B. Wellington: I. Arthur Horatio, born in Lexington, September 21, 1843, died February 1844. 2. Arthur N., born in Lex- ington, March 1, 1845, died May 4, 1866. He enlisted in the civil war at the age of sixteen in the Thirteenth Regiment and was dis- charged for disability; re-enlisted in Thirty-sixth Regiment, was taken pris-
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oner, paroled and finally discharged. He married Susie A. Bradley, of Charlestown. One child, Lillian A., born September 12, 1865, married October 28, 1891, John S. Lamson; children: i. Horatio Wellington, born in Somerville, January 2, 1892; ii. Mil- dred, born in Somerville, April 16, 1895, died April 29, 1896; iii. Marguerite, born in Som- erville, March 10, 1897; iv. John Stevens, born in Arlington, August 27, 1901; v. Char- lotte Hunnewell, born in Arlington, April 16, 1904. 3. Alfred H., born in Lexington, May 25, 1848, died in Somerville, January 18, 1903; married November 28, 1869, Maria Isabel Denning; child: Amy Louise, born in Charlestown, April 23, 1872. 4. Jonas Fran- cis, born November 20, 1849; see forward. 5. Mary Isabel, born in Charlestown, March 14, 1852; married October 15, 1874, Henry A. Gooding, of Charlestown; he died December 30, 1885; children: i. Florence Wellington, born in Somerville, October 10, 1875; mar- ried December 29, 1902, Ernest M. Gleason; i. Daniel Irwin, born in Somerville, October IO, 1875, died February 6, 1897. ii. Marion Louise, born in Somerville, January 23, 1877; married October 17, 1900, Arthur B. Howe, of Somerville; child, Isabel, born August 4, 1906. iii. Arthur Francis, born in Somer- ville, May 19, 1882. 6. Edith Louise, born in Charlestown, May 18, 1859.
(VIII) J. Frank Wellington, son
of Horatio Wellington (7), was born in Lexing- ton, Massachusetts, November 20, 1849. His father moved to Charlestown when he was an infant, and he was educated in the public schools, graduating from the Charlestown high school in 1867. He began his business career in the upholstery trade in Boston, where he spent five years. In 1872 he became associated with his father in the coal busi- ness, and was admitted to the firm, together with his brother Alfred H. Wellington, in 1884. He removed to Somerville in 1876, and has lived there ever since. In 1894, when his father died, Mr. Wellington became head of the firm of Horatio Wellington & Co., and so continued until 1898, when his firm and B. F. Wild & Co., of Charlestown, formed a cor- poration under the name of Wellington-Wild Coal Company, of which Mr. Wellington is treasurer and director.
Mr. Wellington has been an active and prominent citizen of Somerville for many years. He was elected to the common coun- cil in 1881, and served in the board of alder- men in 1882 and 1883. He was on the board of registrars of voters in 1885 and 1886, and
was a member of the board of health from 1887 to 1893, being chairman of the board for three years. In 1893 he was elected a member of the board of trustees of the Somerville Public Library, which position he now holds. He is also prominent in financial circles-president of the Somer- ville Co-operative Bank, and trustee of the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank. In 1896 he was elected a trustee of Tufts College, which conferred upon him the degree of A. M. in 1904. He is also a trustee of the Somer- ville Hospital. He is a member of Soley Lodge of Free Masons, Somerville Royal Arch Chapter, and DeMolay Commandery, Knights Templar of Boston, of Howard Lodge of Odd Fellows of Charlestown. He is also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and Society of Colonial Wars.
Mr. Wellington married, in 1875, Charlotte A. Hunnewell, daughter of Edwin and Sarah A. (Cutter) Hunnewell, of Charlestown. They reside on Summit avenue, Somerville.
HILL Abraham Hill, the progenitor of the Hill family, settled in Charlestown as early as 1636. On August 2, 1660, he deposed that he was about forty-five years of age, fixing the date of his birth at about 1615. In the Abbey of Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England, there is a record of the family of Robert Long. Among the mar- riage records of his children there is mentioned an Abraham Hill, who married Alice Patten, July 25, 1611. It seems probable that this Abra- ham was the father of the Abraham who settled in Charlestown. He was admitted to the church June 3, 1639, and was made a freeman May 13, 1640. He was mentioned as a town of- ficer. In 1646 he sold his house and removed to Malden, where he died February 13, 1669. His widow administered the estate, the in- ventory being filed February 2, 1670. He is buried in Bell Rock cemetery, Malden, in an unmarked grave. He married Sarah Long, born 1617, died February 13, 1669-70, daugh- ter of Robert and Elizabeth Long, who em- barked in the "Defense" for New England, July 7, 1635. Robert Long, an innholder, was born in 1590, and came to New England with his wife Elizabeth, aged thirty, a servant and ten children. His daughter Sarah was then eighteen years of age. She was ad- mitted to the church September 10, 1644. He kept a mill for John Coitmore in Charlestown. Children: I. Ruth, born April 2, 1640, married William Augur. 2. Isaac,
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born October 29, 1641; married (first) Hannah Haywood; married (second) Sarah Bicknell, in 1679. 3. Abraham, born Oc- tober 1, 1643, died October 23, 1713; mar- ried Hannah Stowers. 4. Zachariah, born about 1645, mentioned below. 5. Sarah, born August, 1647, died young. 6. Sarah, born October, 1649, died October, 1649. 7. Mary, born May, 1652.
(II) Zachariah Hill, son of Abraham Hill (I), was born about 1645, and died in 1672. He resided in Charlestown. He married, Sep- tember 24, 1668, Deborah Norton, daughter of Captain Francis Norton. His widow mar- ried (second) Matthew Griffin. Children : I. Zachariah, born November 10, 1668-69, died 1700 ; married Judith -; lived in Charles- town and Boston. 2. Abraham, born 1672, mentioned below. 3. Benjamin, died intestate, 1698.
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