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 1674 - 1725

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• Birth	Dec 1674	New London, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UPD	14 AUG 2009 19:10:38 GMT-5
  Died	Abt 1725  [2]
  Person ID	I423	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Father	Hill Charles,   d. Oct 1684
  Mother	Brewster Ruth,   d. 13 Apr 1677
  Married	16 Jul 1668
  Family ID	F181	Group Sheet
  Family	Sherwood Mary,   b. Abt 1672,   d. 1733
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Hill George,   b. Abt 1713,   d. Between Apr 1760 and Apr 1766
  Family ID	F180	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Jonathan, George's father, was granted his land (200 acres) by Onco, Son of Uncas, Famous Chief of the Mohegans, for saving Onco from death by drowning. He had great knowledge and determination, as he opposed Gov. Saltonstall and the Boston Commission many times (and always seemed to win). He was appointed from New London, CT as Deputy to the General Assembly in Boston (1719-1722). His estate distribution was recieved in New London in 1727. JONATHAN (5), b. Dec., 1674, son of Charles Hill and Ruth (Brewster) Picket; married Mary Sherwood, born about 1672, daughter of George Sherwood of New London. He settled in die North Parish of New London, now Montville, on land granted to his father by Oneco, son of Uncas, the famous chief of the Mohegans. Jonathan Hill also occupied lands in the North Parish, which were given to him by Oneco in1707, in consideration of kindness shown to him by Jonathan Hill, in saving the chief's life, when he was in eminent danger of drowning. This gift consisited of two hundred acres " to be laid out by a surveyor about a mile or two west, northerly of the ancient Indian fence." In 1716 Governor Saltonstall made complaint to the General Assembly of contempt by Jonathan Hill in the house of the governor, but it does not appear that anything further was done in the matter, for in May, 1719, Mr. Hill was chosen a deputy for New London, and the governor objected to his being allowed to sit as such deputy until he had given the Assembly satisfaction, either of his innocence or repentance, but the Lower House resolved that the matters alleged against Mr. Hill were not sufficient to exclude him froma seat as member of that body, which office he held until 1722. Mr. Hill took much interest in both the church and society affairs, and matters of the state. He was among the first who joined the newchurch at North Parish, Nov. 11, 1722. He is reported as being an exhorter in religious meetings, and earnest in building up the church. In 1711 Jonathan Hill sold to Daniel Wetherel a lot in New London, which his father, Charles Hill, owned in his lifetime. He and his brother, Charles Hill, sold their interest in land in New London, which was granted to their father, with others, by the town, and was undivided to Jonathan Starr and others in 1710. The distribution of the estate of Jonathan Hill was received in the Probate Court of New London in 1727. It gave to his widow one-third of the estate, a double portion to his son, Charlot, and to each of the other children, viz.: George, John, Jane, Mary, and Ruth, the remainder in equal shares. Charlot, the eldest son, was appointed guardian to John, his youngest brother, and he was also administrator on the estate of his mother, Mary Hill, in 1733. Jonathan Hill died about 1725. Mary, his wife, died in 1733.

• Sources

  [S2] History of Montville, H.A. Baker, (Name: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company;), 423 (Reliability: 3). [S2] History of Montville, H.A. Baker, (Name: Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company;), 425 (Reliability: 3).