Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Ann Hill

Sex: F
AKA: Ann Brand ⁹² ^,5388, Anna Brand ³⁴³¹, Anna Maria Hill ¹⁶⁸ ^,5389
Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1775 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵³⁹⁰ Christening: Death: 4 Jun 1830 - Topsham, Devon, England ( about age 55) ⁹³⁵ ^,5390 Burial: 15 Jun 1830 - Topsham, Devon, England ⁹³⁵ ^,3431 ^,3564 ^,5391 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1783, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: 1800 Census of Ferryland, Household of Nicholas and Ann Brand, 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Including children Henry, 4 and Anna Maria, 2.
• Census: 1800 Census of Ferryland, Household of Nicholas and Ann Brand, 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Residence: 1800-1811, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: Jun 1830, Topsham, Devon, England.
• Alt. Death: Cir 1848.
• Census: 1851 Census, 30 Broadway House, Landed Proprietor, 1851, Topsham, Devon, England. (Household Member)

Parents

Father: Capt. Samuel Hill ¹⁶⁸ ^,1202 Mother: Anne Carter ¹⁰ ^,168 ^,2957

Spouses and Children

1. *Dr. Nicholas Brand ²²⁴⁵ ^,2246 ^,2247 Marriage: Bef 1796 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Marriage Notes

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There is great uncertainty as to the marriage of Anna Maria Hill and Nicholas Brand. Jean Carter Stirling's family history notes have a daughter of Sam Hill and Anne Carter named Maria Hill marrying a Henry Brand of Topsham, which would be the brother of Nicholas. But the will of Nicholas makes it almost certain that he was the husband and not his brother.
Children: 1. Henry Brand 2. Anna Maria Brand

Notes
General:

Details on Anna Maria / Maria and her marriage from Enid O'Brien 19/07/00

From Ruth Standring in Canberra on 300614:

I am sure that Ann Brand died in 1830. There is a burial record in the Topsham parish register, for "Anna Brand" age 55, abode Topsham, buried 15 June 1830. There is a also a death notice in the Western Times, dated Saturday 12 June 1830 (via the British

070718:

Note that she is referred to as Ann Brand when signing as a witness along with her husband on an agreement between the legatees to the estate of William Gregory. The agreement, in GN 5/1/C/1 is not dated but William Gregory's will is attached and it was signed in 1797.

Arthur Hill

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1935 ⁴² Christening: Death: Cir 1999 - ( about age 64) ⁴² Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. Living

David Hill

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Bef 27 Oct 2022 ⁷⁰⁶ Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Dolores M. Hill

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1927 ⁵³⁹² Christening: Death: 26 Dec 2016 - Chesterfield, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America ( about age 89) ⁵³⁹² Burial: 30 Dec 2016 - Florissant, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America ⁵³⁹² Cause of Death:
Events
• Living: 15 Nov 2006.
• Living: 1 Jun 2016.

Spouses and Children

1. *Petty Officer James Patrick Quinlisk ²³ Marriage: 1950 - Saint Louis, St. Louis (city), Missouri, United States of America ⁵³⁹² Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Kathleen H. Quinlisk 5. Living

Notes
General:

160920 from Collier's Funeral Home Website:

DOLORES' OBITUARY
Quinlisk, Dolores M. (nee Hill) of O'Fallon, Mo. age 89 passed away on Monday, December 26, 2016 at 6:45 P.M. in Chesterfield, Mo. after a short illness. Dolores was a wonderful, vibrant, woman that affected every family member and friends in a profound way. Dolores is the matriach of the James P. Quinlisk branch of the large Irish Catholic family of St. Louis. All of the Quinlisk brothers were St. Louis policemen including their father. She and the family take pride in their heritage. She did not miss a St. Patrick's Day parade in St. Louis until the last few years. Dolores had priorities in her life which never waivered: her top 3 priorities are always (1) Family, (2) Family, and (3) Family, without question. Until her husband Jim's death in 1994, he was the first priority. There was never a holiday, birthday or anniversary that was not observed in the Quinlisk household. As the family grew, there was never a weekend that was not filled with some celebration and great food. We always looked forward to to her signature roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, a delicacy that she served at every holiday celebration. Up until last year she cooked and hosted every Thanksgiving and Christmas celebration.

Dolores and Jim Quinlisk were married in 1950 in St. Louis, Mo. Their marriage was graced with 5 children, Kathleen Purington, Susan (Greig) Swyers, Margaret "Peggy" (Jeff) Merry, Deborah "Debbie" (Dennis) Johndrow and James "Jimmy" (Beth) Quinlisk Jr. The family continues to grow and prosper. Dolores and Jim leave behind a legacy of 18 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. She is preceded in death by her husband James Quinlisk, daughter, Kathleen H. Purington, grandson Dennis (Denny R.) Johndrow and great grandchildren, Taylor Marie and Kathleen Hope Purington. Our dear aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend. Dolores will be best remembered for her committment to family, staunch views and not known for holding her comments back! Plus great cooking which she did pass onto the family. May she rest in peace.

Visitation Thursday, December 29, 2016 3:00-8:00 P.M. at Collier's Funeral Home
Funeral Friday, December 30 from Collier's Funeral Home 3400 N. Lindbergh Blvd. to Assumption Church Chapel (The Older White Stone Building )403 N. Main St. O'Fallon, Mo. 63366 10:00 A.M. Mass. Parking on 3rd Street and Main Street. Interment Graveside Service 11:45 A.M. at Sacred Heart Cemetery Graham Rd. Florissant, Mo.

Elizabeth Ann Hill

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1781 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵³⁹³ ^,5394 Christening: Death: 2 Mar 1842 - Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 61) ⁵³⁹⁵ Burial: 5 Mar 1842 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,2958 ^,2962 ^,5394 ^,5395 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1788, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Employed to be teacher (Master) by Robert Carter, Between 26 Sep 1836 and 1 Apr 1837, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 3 Mar 1842, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: William Bowman, Minister, 5 Mar 1842, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Capt. Samuel Hill ¹⁶⁸ ^,1202 Mother: Anne Carter ¹⁰ ^,168 ^,2957

Spouses and Children

1. Capt. William Ball ⁵ Marriage: 1 Oct 1799 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁶⁴⁵ Marriage Notes

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Found on the Newfoundland Genweb site:

information was transcribed by Jill Marshall ~ 2013. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there may be errors.
Source: Peyton Family Papers, Collection 150, 3.01.001

"Licence is hereby granted to William Ball of Marey Church in County of Devon, mariner to be joined in Holy Matrimony to Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel HILL & Ann his wife of Topsham in the County of Devon, according to the rules & ceremonies of the Church of England as by law established. Given under my hand and seal in Ferryland Newfoundland this 1st day of October 1799 Robert Carter, Ju Peace (Red wax)"

Children: 1. Sarah Ball 2. *William Coulman ¹⁰⁹ ^,168 Marriage: 1805 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵⁶ Children: 1. Ann Coulman 2. Eleanor Coulman 3. Elizabeth Coulman

Notes
General:

Quite a bit of information on Elizabeth Hill provided by Enid O'Brien in email of 19/07/00.:

"(2) Elizabeth Hill (1781-5/3/1842) md (1) Mr. Ball (2) Wm Caulman I found a burial in Petty Hr Rec (CofE) that Elizabeth Caulman was buried on Mar 5/1842, age 61 years. This age would fit in with Elizabeth (Hill)Ball/Caulman. I don't know how many children were from this Elizabeth Hill/Wm Caulman marriage but I think there were at least two (there maybe others but I only have two)

(a) Ann Caulman who married Henry Winsor (son of Peter Winsor and Sarah Payne of Aquaforte, ref. Anna Elton Morris who has done extensive research on the Winsors). Also, Petty Hr Rec (CofE) Henry Winsor, son of Henry Winsor and Ann Caulman to Catherine Annie Skinner Carter, dgt of Arthur and Harriet md on 4/1/1855. (wit. Henry Sweetland Morry, Sarah Weston Morry and Elizabeth Rathburn). This confirms that Henry married Ann "Caulman". This Arthur Carter is Arthur Hunt O'Brien Carter (born 1795 and died 20/9/1871 and Harriet Maria Skinner, dgt of Colonel Wm Thomas Skinner and Ann Williams. Harriet was born in St. John's and baptised privately on 10/10/1802 and died in Ferryland circa1835 (ref Jean Stirling, whose grandfather is a Carter and who is quite involved).

(b) Elizabeth Caulman md 19/2/1844 (Petty Hr Rec) to Matthew Morry. Also, I found in the Gazette June 7, 1884 - Eliza, relict of late Mr Matthew Morry, Sr, on June 5/1884 @ Caplin Bay, age 71 years. (This would mean that she was born in 1813 which would make it about right for a child of Elizabeth Hill/Wm Caulman/Coleman. "

300614 from Ruth Standring in Canberra:

Anna Maria Hill's sister, Elizabeth Ann Hill marries her first husband, William Ball (as per licence dated 1 October 1799 - transcription from Peyton Papers - <http://nl.canadagenweb.org/as_ss_1799mar.htm>). I believe they have at least one daughter, Sarah Ball, but I have not, as yet, been able to definitely prove this relationship. Sarah Ball moves to England where she marries Robert Cockeram in Woodbury, Devon in 1826. They have at least 7 children. Two of which are Francis (bap 1827) and Thomas Graham (bap 1837).

Avalon South Region ~ Southern Shore District
Ferryland
1799 Church of England Marriage
The information was transcribed by Jill Marshall ~ 2013. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there may be errors.
Source: Peyton Family Papers, Collection 150, 3.01.001

Licence is hereby granted to William Ball of Marey Church in County of Devon, mariner to be joined in Holy Matrimony to Elizabeth, the daughter of Samuel HILL & Ann his wife of Topsham in the County of Devon, according to the rules & ceremonies of the Church of England as by law established.
Given under my hand and seal in Ferryland Newfoundland this 1st day of October 1799 Robert Carter, Ju Peace (Red wax)

Hannah Hill

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 27 Jan 1746/47 - Topsham, Devon, England ¹²⁰² ^,5397 Christening: 27 Jan 1746/47 - Topsham, Devon, England ¹²⁰² ^,5397 ^,5398 Death: 29 Jan 1785 - Topsham, Devon, England ⁵⁶⁵ Burial: 2 Feb 1785 - Topsham, Devon, England ⁵³⁹⁹ Cause of Death:
Events
• Religion: Presbyterian, 27 Jan 1746/47, Topsham, Devon, England.
• Alt. Death: 1827, Marsden, Yorkshire, England.

Parents

Father: Samuel Hill ¹⁶⁸ ^,1202 Mother: Elizabeth Summerhill ¹⁶⁸ ^,1202

Spouses and Children

1. *David Sweetland ¹²⁰² Marriage: 13 Mar 1768 - Topsham, Devon, England ⁵ ^,1628 ^,5400 ^,5401
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Joseph Lomaster, 13 Mar 1768, Topsham, Devon, England.
• Witnesses: Lucy Collins and Mary Thomas, 13 Mar 1768, Topsham, Devon, England. Marriage Notes

Enid O'Brien email 07/03/02: Parish Records of Topsham. March 13, 1768 David Sweetland "mariner" married Hannah Hill, lic. Wit. Lucy Collins and Mary Thomas

011119 from Ancestry.com but referencing information in Family History Library

Name:David Sweetland
Gender:Male
Marriage Date:13 Mar 1768
Marriage Place:Topsham,Devon,England
Spouse:Hannah Hill
FHL Film Number:917543, 962976

From FindMyPast:

Record Transcription:
England Marriages 1538-1973
First name(s)David
Last nameSweetland
Name note-
Marriage year1768
Marriage date13 Mar 1768
Marriage placeTopsham
Spouse's first name(s)Hannah
Spouse's last nameHill
CountyDevon
CountryEngland
Record setEngland Marriages 1538-1973
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryParish Marriages
Collections fromEngland, Great Britain

041119 from FindMyPast:

Devon Marriages Transcription
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First name(s)Hannah
Last nameHill
Spouse's first name(s)David
Spouse's last nameSweetland
DenominationAnglican
CountyDevon
PlaceTopsham
ArchiveSouth West Heritage Trust
Marriage date13 Mar 1768
ParishTopsham
Record setDevon Marriages And Banns
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryParish Marriages
Collections fromEngland, United Kingdom
Devon Family History Society

Transcriptions Â© Devon Family History Society
Children: 1. Margaret Sweetland 2. Elizabeth Sweetland 3. Harriett Sweetland 4. David Sweetland 5. John Hatswell Sweetland 6. Benjamin Sweetland 7. Henry Sweetland 8. Samuel Hill Sweetland 9. Hannah Sweetland

Joan Hill

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1692 - Bicton, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England ⁴⁵⁴ Christening: Death: 4 Nov 1765 - Sidmouth, Devon, England ( about age 73) ⁵⁴⁰⁶ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1692, Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England.

Spouses and Children

1. *William Carter ¹⁰ ^,78 ^,168 ^,454 Marriage: 20 Nov 1710 - Bicton, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England ⁷⁸ ^,454 ^,3208 Marriage Notes

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Devon Marriages Transcription
First name(s) William
Last name Carter
Age -
Birth year -
Denomination Anglican
Marriage year 1710
Marriage date 20 Nov 1710
Place Bicton
Spouse's first name(s) Mrs Joan
Spouse's last name Hill
Spouse age -
Spouse's residence Sidmouth
County Devon
Country England
Archive South West Heritage Trust
Archive reference 1181A/PR/1/1
Record set Devon Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from England, United Kingdom
Findmypast

090623:

Note that her name on the marriage register was given as Mrs. Joan Hill. This implies that she was a widow at the time of her marriage and that her former husband's name was Hill. That was not her maiden name.
Children: 1. William Carter 2. John Carter 3. Mary Carter 4. Sarah Carter 5. Surrogate Robert Carter JP 6. Anne Carter

John Hill

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 7 Apr 1754 - Topsham, Devon, England ¹²⁰² Christening: 7 Apr 1754 - Topsham, Devon, England ⁵⁹⁵ ^,1202 Death: 28 Mar 1841 - Exmouth, Devon, England ⁵⁹⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: apprenticed as an anchor-smith, 1775, Topsham, Devon, England.
• Occupation: Businessman (partner of David Sweetland) and JP, 1775.
• Residence: Eastcheap and later Rotherhithe, 1783, London, Greater London, England.
• Occupation: Owner, John Hill and Company, Between 1786 and 1815, London, Greater London, England. He soon became one of the major fishing merchants in the Ferryland district of Newfoundland, employing inshore fishermen, running one of the banking vessels in the area, and supplying sealers. He employed first John Barry and then John Baker as agents, but after 1797 he used John Rowe.

In the 1800 Census of Ferryland he is shown as the employer of 4 ships' crews: the Bank Schooner NELLY under master Goerge Doherty with a crew of 5; a shallop under boat master John Sanders with a crew of 4; a two hand skiff under boat master John Dellahunty; a three hand skiff under master William Bryan. In addition he was still employing John Baker as his agent over a group of 6 fishermen/servants.
• Census: Owner of John Hill & Co., 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In the 1800 Census of Ferryland he is shown as the employer of 4 ships' crews: the Bank Schooner NELLY under master Goerge Doherty with a crew of 5; a shallop under boat master John Sanders with a crew of 4; a two hand skiff under boat master John Dellahunty; a three hand skiff under master William Bryan. In addition he was still employing John Baker as his agent over a group of 6 fishermen/servants.

Parents

Father: Samuel Hill ¹⁶⁸ ^,1202 Mother: Elizabeth Summerhill ¹⁶⁸ ^,1202

Spouses and Children

1. *Margaret Ferguson ⁵⁹⁵ Marriage: 19 Apr 1775 - Topsham, Devon, England ⁵⁹⁵

Notes
General:

Information from Enid O'Brien, August 29, 2010

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online 1836-1850 (Volume VII) HILL, JOHN, businessman and jp; baptized 7 April 1754 in Topsham, England, son of Samuel Hill and Elizabeth Summerhill; m. there 19 April 1775 Margaret Ferguson, a widow, and they had at least three sons; d. 28 March 1841 in Exmouth, England, at age 87. Little is known of John Hill's background or early life. He apprenticed as an anchor-smith in his native Devon and by 1775 was in partnership with one David Sweetland, expanding into general commercial activity, buying and selling vessels, and transporting coal and iron. His first appearance in the North American trade was recorded in 1783, when he was listed as owner of the ships Diana and Peggy, both bound for Newfoundland with the cessation of hostilities. Although still in partnership with Sweetland, Hill had by this time moved to London (Eastcheap and later Rotherhithe), and by 1786 he was in business on his own as John Hill and Company. He soon became one of the major fishing merchants in the Ferryland district of Newfoundland, employing inshore fishermen, running one of the banking vessels in the area, and supplying sealers. He employed first John Barry and then John Baker as agents, but after 1797 he used John Rowe. During the American Revolutionary War Hill had also become involved with St John's (Prince Edward) Island, initially in partnership with Edward Lewis, mp , one of the original proprietors of the Island. By 1779 Hill had become a joint proprietor with Lewis of Lot 5, and the two began settling Lewis Town (Alberton South) on that lot in June 1788 by sending a master shipbuilder and several agents there. Hill also became involved in a commercial venture in Charlottetown and on the eastern end of the Island with merchants John Cambridge* and William Bowley. He first visited his North American operations in 1790, noting with pride the successful construction in that year on the Island of the schooner Industry, 41 tons, the earliest of many vessels he built there. The partnership with Cambridge and Bowley projected a large-scale triangular trade with the West Indies and Newfoundland in fish and timber, but soon ran afoul of the Byzantine politics on St John's Island. Several of the partners' vessels, including the Industry, were seized by zealous customs officials for alleged trading infractions, and Hill became convinced when he visited Charlottetown in the summer of 1790 that the administration of Lieutenant Governor Edmund Fanning* was as hostile to development by proprietors as Walter Patterson*'s had been. Hill returned to London to lead their opposition to the Fanning regime, and supported a petition calling for a remission of quitrent arrearages and a reduction of payments, along with an offer to use the money saved to convey "useful subjects" to the Island. Before a full audience of proprietors in London on 27 Jan. 1791, Hill brought a draft address to the proprietors and merchants of London complaining of the actions of Fanning's government. He spoke to the draft heatedly and at length. The result was a memorial of 19 June complaining against "almost all the officers of Government on that Island who by a Combination amongst themselves and their gross Misconduct of the Government have greatly retarded the Settlement obstructed and oppressed the commerce and discouraged the Fisheries of your Majesty's said Island." This "combination" was allegedly led by Fanning, Chief Justice Peter Stewart*, Attorney General Joseph Aplin*, and the collector of customs, William Townshend*. Hill was one of six proprietors, including Cambridge, to allow his name to stand on the complaint; the remaining proprietors dissociated themselves from it. Since all the complainants were known allies of the discredited Walter Patterson, the complaint was politically linked with the former administration. It proved impossible to document conspiracy or to find independent witnesses to attest to the memorial's list of petty harassments and favouritism, and the administration of the Island was fully exonerated from all charges by the Privy Council in 1792. The clumsy and premature attack freed Fanning's government from subsequent and more easily substantiated charges of maladministration. The attack had other implications as well. The officials who had been charged sued Cambridge successfully for malicious prosecution in the Island's Supreme Court, and Cambridge in turn sued Hill and Bowley for shares of the damages assessed. Initially unable to find a lawyer not involved in the affair, Hill lost his case and Cambridge ended up with his Island assets. Captain John MacDonald* of Glenaladale, a resident proprietor, reopened the case on Hill's behalf in 1794, but the jury cast aside his new evidence and English legal opinions. Hill and Bowley appealed to the king in council, eventually overturning the judgements early in the next century. Hill maintained that he did not oppose the right of the complainants to sue, but did object to the case being heard in an Island court presided over by one of the complainants, Peter Stewart. To absentee proprietor James William Montgomery he added, none "who values his Character or Property will adventure amongst such unprincipled people, they have ruined every man who has hitherto attempted to Carry on business there." Most proprietors, including Montgomery, refused to support Hill or to join his continued criticisms of the Fanning government, preferring to deal with it as best they could. Hill returned to the attack in 1801 with a lengthy exposé of the Island submitted to the Colonial Office, obviously written with the assistance of MacDonald, whose prose style and nose for malicious gossip are evident on every page of the portraits of leading Islanders which comprise a large portion of the text. It was scornful of the character of virtually every member of the administration and legislature. One legislator was described as "so Addicted to drinking that when he gets a Cask of Spirits to his House, he lies drunk in his Bed until the Cask is exhausted and he leaves his Wife and Children to plough and work in the Fields," and another as "presented by the Grand Jury for incestuous intercourse with his Daughter in law." A leading official was said to "set all decencys at defiance, by resisting the payment of the Surgeon's Bill for curing him and his wife of a Complaint he had communicated to her." Despite the venom of the portraits, they generally ring true when compared with other evidence. Given his understandably cynical attitude to Prince Edward Island it was hardly surprising that Hill turned his attention for the first years of the 19th century back to Newfoundland. In 1800 he was operating one banking vessel, two shallops, and one three-hand skiff, and was employing 18 fishermen and 7 shore men. He had a number of vessels crossing the Atlantic (including the John MacDonald and later the Lord Selkirk) and continued sealing ventures as well. He kept out of the island's politics, allowing his agents to manage his affairs. Although like most fishing merchants he was constantly in the courts, he seems to have run into serious financial trouble there only around 1810, when his brig Devonshire, loaded with fish and oil, struck ice and was lost at sea. Hill had already gone into bankruptcy in England in 1807, but not until 1810 did he begin selling off his assets in the Newfoundland trade. By 1815 John Hill and Company was completely insolvent and, despite high cod prices, a forced sale of its assets brought credits of only seven shillings in the pound. Hill had returned to Prince Edward Island in 1806, having won his Privy Council case around then. In that year he had a vessel built on the Island for the Newfoundland trade (the ill-fated Devonshire) and resumed business at Cascumpec. In 1810 he sought a blacksmith and cooper for the Island. He had begun corresponding in 1806 with lawyer James Bardin Palmer*, who served briefly as his agent and who later insisted that Hill's openly expressed political views and aims dismayed him. Hill ultimately became one of the principal critics of Palmer, and gathered much of the evidence which the British government used to relieve Palmer of his offices in 1812. By 1814 he was fully back into the tangled politics of the Island, and was one of the major signatories to a proprietors' petition calling for an end to the restriction on the original grants to settlement by foreign Protestants. The petition also insisted that attempts to force some proprietors to improve their property should not prevent others from "vesting their capital on the improvement of their lands. It is necessary that property should not only be secure but should be universally felt to be secure." Hill also opened a correspondence in 1814 with the recently arrived lieutenant governor, Charles Douglass Smith*, who appeared to concur with many of his strictures and criticisms of Island administration. Proprietors like Lord Selkirk [Douglas*] and Sir James Montgomery took Hill seriously. By the end of the Napoleonic Wars Hill was sole proprietor of lots 2 and 4-6, and held half of Lot 7, all on the underdeveloped western end of the Island. Despite his mercantile activity he was not an active improver, although he was prepared to rent land for 999 years to tenants while reserving timber, water, and trade rights and allowing the tenants rights only to the land itself. He apparently expected great deference from his tenants, most of whom were engaged in timbering operations, and one later observer recalled, "I distinctly remember that in his presence heads were uncovered, and every possible respect shown him." While Palmer was in England in 1813 to clear his name after he had been dismissed from public office, he was contacted by Hill's creditors concerning the fraudulent concealment of assets by Hill at the time he went bankrupt in 1807. When Palmer returned to the Island and attempted to prove the allegations, Hill, in alarm, joined Attorney General William Johnston* to bring eight charges of professional and political misconduct against him. In the hearing at the Court of Chancery in 1816 Palmer denied that he had used "malicious artifice" to injure Hill's character, but admitted that "he did zealously endeavour to expose and fairly substantiate facts relative to the said Hill's bankruptcy" on the Island, including the result of a court action brought in England by Hill against William Spraggon (an Island timber merchant with whom Hill had had dealings) for "calling him a fraudulent bankrupt under which the jury gave one shilling damages." As the Palmer affair suggests, Hill had continued to operate on Prince Edward Island as if the 1807 bankruptcy had never occurred, although he advertised his Island lands for sale in Newfoundland and London as "John Hill insolvent." In 1818 the Lewis Town business of William Maddox Hill and Company (which Hill carried on in partnership with his son) was reorganized as John Hill and Son, and in London as Hill and Son. Hill constantly travelled between the Island and London on his vessels. Despite an irregular residency he was appointed a justice of the peace in 1820. Disaster struck later that year. John Hill and Son's stores in Lewis Town were broken into and robbed, the thieves setting fire to the warehouse to cover their tracks. The losses were reported to exceed £8,000. Although he was not initially suspected, one of Hill's own employees, a recent immigrant from England named James Christie, was soon arrested as an accomplice in the crime. Christie confessed, absolving his family from involvement and blaming his actions on "the powerful temptation of the devil." He was quickly tried, convicted, and executed in March 1821, the case being front-page news in the local papers for weeks. But punishing the perpetrator did little for Hill's financial situation. John Hill and Son did not long survive the fire; the partnership was dissolved in July 1821 and was replaced by a firm conducted by William Maddox Hill and Samuel Smith Hill under the name Hill Brothers. John Hill appears to have retired from active business in 1821, although he continued to travel between England and the Island. He spent the remaining years of along life in Devon staying one step ahead of his creditors and attempting to salvage some of his Island property from the bankruptcy of 1807. Despite his insolvency he was involved in proprietorial politics until 1835, when he leased his lands to Thomas Burnard Chanter*. With John Stewart* he helped to lead the campaign in Britain for the dismissal of Lieutenant Governor Smith in 1824 and participated in the one against the Land Assessment Act of 1833, which heavily taxed Island lands and provided for forfeiture and sale of lots if assessments were not honoured [see Sir Aretas William Young*]. Hill and other proprietors insisted that the tax was an escheat in disguise, passed by an assembly where low property qualifications denied proprietors and their agents a proper voice. In a private letter to the colonial secretary, Hill commented that this "British constitution in miniature is the damnd'st bore upon earth." It was his valedictory pronouncement upon an island in which he had been embroiled for half a century. Hill's career is illuminating in two respects. It indicates some of the obstacles to success with which transatlantic merchants had to deal, explaining why few of them survived with their fortunes intact. It also suggests the importance of close mercantile links, hitherto largely unrecognized, between Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. J. M. Bumsted Chur ch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Geneal. Soc. (Salt Lake City, Utah), International geneal. index, Topsham, Devon, Eng., reg. of baptisms, 5 July 1748, 7 April 1754; reg. of marriages, 20 Jan. 1745, 19 April 1775. GRO (London), Death certificate, John Hill, 28 March 1841. Hunt, Roope & Co. (London), Robert Newman & Co., letter-books, November 1793. PAC, MG 23, E5, 2. PANL, GN 5/1, Ferryland, 25 Sept. 1786, 24 Nov. 1791, 8 Nov. 1794. PAPEI, Acc. 2702, Smith-Alley coll., "Minutes of the Proceedings of the Proprietors of St. John's Island, June 17, 1790-January 27, 1791"; Acc. 2810/171; Acc. 2849/143, 2849/158; RG 6, Court of Chancery, box 1, "Report of Committee of Council for Hearing Appeals from Plantations on Petition of William Bowley to Privy Council, heard 6 March 1799." P.E.I. Museum, File information concerning John Hill. PRO, CO 226/16: 151, 364; 226/17: 213 et seq.; 226/30: 177-86; 226/50: 222-32, 249 (mfm. at PAPEI); CO 231/2, 29 June 1808. SRO, GD293/2/78/25-27. G.B., Privy Council, Report of the right honourable the lords of the committee of his majesty's most honourable Privy Council, of certain complaints against Lieutenant Governor Fanning, and other officers of his majesty's government in the Island of' St. John ([London, 1792]). Colonial Herald, and Prince Edward Island Advertiser (Charlottetown), 8 May 1841. Newfoundland Mercantile Journal, 3 July 1818. Prince Edward Island Gazette, 8 May 1818; 22 May, 7, 25 Nov. 1820; 20 Jan., 16, 31 March, 23 July 1821. Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser, May, July 1810; December 1815. Sherborne Mercury or the Weekly Magazine (Sherborne, Eng.), 10 Feb. 1783. Trewman's Exeter Flying-Post, or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser (Exeter, Eng.), 20 June, 16 Sept. 1775; 14 March, 16 May 1777; 27 Aug. 1779. The register of shipping (London), 1800-10. Canada's smallest province: a history of P.E.I., ed. F. W. P. Bolger ([Charlottetown, 1973]). Basil Greenhill and Ann Giffard, Westcountrymen in Prince Edward's Isle: a fragment of the great migration (Newton Abbot, Eng., and [Toronto], 1967; repr. Toronto and Buffalo, N.Y., 1975). Esther Moore, "A study of the settlement of Ferryland" (undergraduate research paper, Memorial Univ. of Nfld., St John's, 1972; copy at MHA), 16. Pioneer (Alberton, P.E.I.), 7 Feb. 1877.

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Samuel Hill & Elizabeth Summerhill-20.1.1745 John Hill & Sarah Passmore-4.2.1748 Charles Hill & Sarah Paul-5.7.1749

Marsden Congregational Chapel and Buckley Hill Chapel Burial Ground, Marsden Hill,Joseph's daughter, 10 Apr 1814 Hill, John, 17 Oct 1814 Hill, Joseph's wife, 1815 Hill, Joseph's daughter, 09 April 1815 Hill, Joseph's wife, 1816 Hill, Sarah, wife of John Hill, 1826 Hill, Hannah, daughter of Samuel Hill, 1827 Hill, John, Fall Lane, 21 Feb 1829 Hill, Roland, son of James/Betty, 02 May 1837 Hill, James & Hannah's child, 26 Jul 1837 Hill, Samuel, senior, 28 Feb 1840 Hill, Matilda, dau of Sam/Ann Hill, 29 May 1840 Hill, John, son of James/Betty, 02 May 1841 Hill, Ann, Sam's wife, 09 Jul 1843 Hill, Hannah, dau of James Hill, 17 Oct 1848 Hill, James, Forest, 14 Nov 1848

John Hill CARTER,405 was born WFT Est 1765-1803.,405 He died WFT Est 1806-1885.,405 He is reference number 98582. Spouse: Susan Baynton TURNER . John Hill CARTER and Susan Baynton TURNER were married WFT Est 1791-1841.,405 Reference Number:1562727 Children were: Jane Eliza CARTER . Western Flying Post or Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury 1773 01Mar Cockerham William - Taunton carrier bankrupt dividend

Marie Therese Hill

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1926 - Australia ¹⁴ Christening: Death: 19 Feb 1968 - Colbinabbin, Victoria, Australia ( about age 42) ¹⁴ Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Matthew Ryan ¹⁴ Marriage: in Victoria, Australia ¹⁴ Children: 1. Living

Nancy Jane Hill

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1865 - Staverton, Devon, England ¹²¹ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *William Winser ¹²¹ Marriage: Cir 1882 - Exeter, Devon, England ¹²¹ Children: 1. William Ernest Winser 2. Edith Winser

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