Generation No. 1

1. EBENEZER¹ HILL¹ was born 1709.

Child of EBENEZER HILL is:

2. i. JOSEPH² HILL, b. Abt. 1745; d. October 03, 1819, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

Generation No. 2

2. JOSEPH² HILL (EBENEZER¹)¹ was born Abt. 1745¹, and died October 03, 1819 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹. He married ESTHER SMITH¹ December 01, 1776 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹, daughter of ELISHA SMITH and SARAH SMITH.

Notes for JOSEPH HILL: Came from Hatfield Massachusetts to Whately in 1776, and when the log house of John Morey was burned he bought the place, June 2, 1783, lately known as the Aaron S. Stearns place.

Children of JOSEPH HILL and ESTHER SMITH are:

3. i. ELIZABETH³ HILL, b. February 06, 1778, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; d. September 13, 1850, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

ii. PAMELIA HILL¹, b. March 04, 1779, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; m. WAREHAM JUDD¹.

4. iii. ALINDA HILL, b. June 26, 1780, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts; d. February 20, 1841, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

iv. LUKE HILL¹, b. March 13, 1782, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹.

v. GIDEON HILL¹, b. September 11, 1783, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; m. MARTHA ALLEN¹.

vi. MOSES HILL¹, b. March 30, 1785, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; d. September 12, 1820, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; m. CLARISSA ROCKWOOD¹, November 29, 1810, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹.

Notes for CLARISSA ROCKWOOD: From Northampton Massachusetts. One of their children was killed by an overdose of Tansy.

vii. SALLY HILL¹, b. December 22, 1787, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹.

viii. ESTHER HILL¹, b. August 04, 1789, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; m. ISRAEL STARKS¹.

ix. REBEKAH HILL¹, b. May 23, 1791, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; m. JONATHAN SHATTUCK¹.

5. x. RUGGLES HILL, b. December 30, 1793, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

Generation No. 3

3. ELIZABETH³ HILL (JOSEPH², EBENEZER¹)¹ was born February 06, 1778 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹, and died September 13, 1850 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹. She married DAVID SMITH¹ January 24, 1811 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹, son of JONATHAN SMITH and ABIGAIL CHAUNCEY.

Children of ELIZABETH HILL and DAVID SMITH are:

i. OBED⁴ SMITH¹, b. 1814¹.

ii. MARTIN SMITH¹, b. July 29, 1818¹.

iii. MIRANDA SMITH¹, b. 1820¹.

4. ALINDA³ HILL (JOSEPH², EBENEZER¹)¹ was born June 26, 1780 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹, and died February 20, 1841 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹. She married DANIEL ROGERS¹ 1805 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹, son of GEORGE ROGERS and ANN BREWSTER.

Children of ALINDA HILL and DANIEL ROGERS are:

i. MATILDA⁴ ROGERS¹, b. May 21, 1806, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; d. December 28, 1881, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; m. ERASTUS POTTER¹, January 12, 1834, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹.

Notes for ERASTUS POTTER: Came to Whately about 1830. Lived many years on the Jenney place in Whately.

ii. PHILENA ROGERS¹, b. May 06, 1809, Whately, Hampshire County, Massachusetts¹; d. April 27, 1892, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa; m. PATRICK MCSTAY, September 18, 1829, Boston?, Massachusetts.

Notes for PATRICK MCSTAY: Probate Record from Black Hawk County, Iowa.

#288 McStay, Patrick, died 19 December 1863 in Fox Township, Black Hawk County leaving his widow Philenia McStay & one minor child & other heirs at law: E.E. 32, P.M. 27, P.W. 16, S.R. 21, Mrs. E.A. Palmer 25, Mrs. A.A. Corwin 22, Mrs. M.J. Morgan, Philenia McStay & E.E. McStay, Peter Felton appointed administrator 8 February 1864.

More About PATRICK MCSTAY: Census: 1830, Onondaga County, New York

iii. EXPERIENCE ROGERS¹, b. May 23, 1811, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; m. WILLIAM JUDD¹, May 11, 1836, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹.

iv. REBECCA ROGERS¹, b. October 10, 1814, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; m. FREDERICK MOOR¹.

5. RUGGLES³ HILL (JOSEPH², EBENEZER¹)¹ was born December 30, 1793 in Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹. He married SOPHIA WARNER¹, daughter of PAUL WARNER.

Children of RUGGLES HILL and SOPHIA WARNER are:

i. RUTH⁴ HILL¹, b. June 11, 1816, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹.

ii. NAOMA HILL¹, b. January 13, 1818, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹.

iii. ABBIE HILL¹, b. October 28, 1819, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; m. JOHN W. TEMPLE¹.

iv. NELSON HILL¹, b. December 05, 1820, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; d. October 14, 1843, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹.

v. SILAS W. HILL¹, b. January 01, 1825, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts¹; m. SOPHRONIA STARKWEATHER¹.

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