William Hills

   Cause of his death was Natural Decay Bed Sores Certified.

  Christening Notes:

son of Walter & Mary Hills was privately baptised (SFHG)
Received into the church 1 Sep 1771 ⁶

  Death Notes:

Agricultural Labourer died aged 84 years
Phillip Feist in attendance New House Bolney ⁶

  Burial Notes:

Died aged 84 ⁶

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Labourer, 1815. ²

William married Emma White, daughter of William White and Catharine Foreman, on 10 Feb 1804 in St Peter, Cowfold, West Sussex.^{1 2 3} (Emma White was born about 1781 in Hurst, Sussex ² and died in Dec 1861 in Brighton, East Sussex ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Census: Farm Labourer, 1841, Park Gate Cot., Cowfold, Sussex. ² William Hill age 72 Farm Labr born Sussex
Emma Hill age 60 born Sussex
Henry Hill age 19 born Sussex
Rebecca Hill age 15 born Sussex

• Census: Pauper, 1851, Crab Tree, Lower Beeding, Sussex. ⁸ William Hill Head age 80 Pauper born Cowfold, Sussex
Emma Hill Wife age 68 born Hurst, Sussex
James Buckman Lodger age 12 born Brighton, Sussex

  Marriage Notes:

both of Cowfold
Witnesses Wm Richardson & Barbara White