Stephen Hills

Notes:

Source: History of Malden
Source: New England Historical Register XLIX 146
Source: The Record of My Ancestry, Charles L. Newhall
Source: Will of Joseph Hills, 14 Sep 1687, Suffolk Co. wills x 248
printed in N.E.H.S. Reg. VIII, 309
Source: Pioneers of MA, p 230

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 11 Apr 1638, Charleston, MA
• Occupation: 11 Apr 1638, Charleston, MA; Woolen draper
• Will: 14 Sep 1687, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
JOSEPH, Charlestown 1638, was from Malden, in Essex, Eng. where, and not Shrewsbury, in the other side of the island, as had been said, he was a woollen draper, having large transact. at London, had br. John of Barnham, wh. is a. 10 ms. from Malden, wh. may have come over ord. sev. yrs.earlier, with w. Rose, wh. is thot. to have been sis.of Presid.Dunster, adm. of the ch. 2 Feb. 1640, yet not freem. until1645, tho. he was selectman the yr. preced. rep. for Malden 1647, 50 to 6, speaker of the ho. in the earliest yr. but not the first speaker, as in Geneal. Reg. IX. 34, is said; and leader of the milit. of the town. His w.d. 24 Mar. 1650,and he m. 24 June of the [p.418] foll. yr. Hannah, wid. o fEdward Mellows. Again he m. Jan. 1656. officiat. as magistr. at the solemnity (of course, as third w.) Helen Atkinson, call.d. of Hugh, of Kendall, in Co. Westmoreland; and at Newbury m. 8 Mar.1665, fourth w. Ann, wid. of Henry Lunt. He d. at N. 5 Feb. 1688, in 86th yr. His ch. were Joseph, b. prob. in Eng.; Gershom, b. 27 July 1639, bapt.17 Feb. foll. bef. ment.; Mehitable, 1 Jan. 1641, d. young; as did also, John; and Nathaniel, wh.was b. 19 Dec. 1653; Samuel, July 1652; Hannah; Deborah, Mar.1657, d. young; Abigail, 6 Oct. 1658, d. young; and Wait, tho. it seems prob. that this last is call. s. only from m. a d. of the testator. He wrote his name with final s; but in some rec. that addit. does not appear. In the third m. he imitat. the foolish precedent of Gov. Bellingham at an earlier day, performing, in his own right, the legal ceremony, for wh. act he was presented at the Court. His will, of 14 Sept. 1687, names gr. childr. Hannah and Eliz. Blanchard, Hannah Vinton, and Samuel Greene; makes s. Samuel and s.-in-law Abiel Long to be excors. See Geneal. Reg. VIII. 309.

Joseph married Rose Clarke on 22 Jul 1624 in Great Burstead, Billericay, Essex, England. Rose was born in England; died on 24 Mar 1650 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]