JAMES AND PEGGY

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Dr. Richard Hill of Hill's Point #FamilyHistoryFriday

Dr. Richard Hill was a Quaker who lived in the area surrounding London Town from his birth in 1698 until he left Maryland in 1739. Born on his family’s plantation, “Hill’s Point,” right outside Annapolis, he was the grandson of Captain Richard Hill¹ and the son of Henry Hill.²

His brother Levin Hill was married to Elizabeth Hill.³ Dr. Hill’s other brother Joseph Hill died in 1761, surviving all of his children.⁴Joseph Hill’s wife, Sarah Richardson Hill, also died in 1761.⁵ His daughter, Margaret, died in 1745.⁶ His only son, Henry, died in 1751 while helping hang tobacco.⁷ Joseph Hill left most of his possessions to his granddaughter, Henny Margaret Hill.⁸

In 1720/1, Dr. Richard Hill married Deborah Moore. They were married near London Town and the South River. She was the granddaughter of Thomas Lloyd, the governor of Pennsylvania, and the daughter of Mordecai Moore.⁹ Dr. Hill and his wife had at least ten children: Richard Jr., Henry, Deborah Bissett, Milcah, Harriot Scott, Hannah Moore, Mary Lamar, Rachel Wells, Margaret Morris, and Sarah Dillwyn.¹⁰ His eldest son, Richard, died on March 18, 1755 in Madeira.¹¹     

Dr. Hill was a surgeon, an amateur botanist, and a merchant. It is believed that he may have lived in Philadelphia for a time while receiving his medical training.¹² He pursued his interest in medicinal plants through his correspondence with scholars in London and the Royal Society of London.¹³ As a merchant, he owned at least four vessels: Frederick (80 tons, ship), London Town (70 tons, snow),Benedict (50 tons, sloop), and Bachelor Hall. ¹⁴

Dr. Hill possessed at least seven lots in London Town and some parcels of land in the surrounding area. He acquired lots 1, 2, and 44 fromRichard Moore (son of Mordecai Moore) in 1722.¹⁵ He bought lot 43 from Ellis Davis of Philadelphia in 1722,¹⁶ lot 8 from Stephen Warman in 1725,¹⁷ and lot 90 from Thomas Macklefish in 1727.¹⁸ He also purchased other parcels of land from Patrick Sympson,¹⁹David Macklefish,²⁰ Richard Jones,²¹ Thomas Tylloy,²² and William Purdy.²³

Dr. Hill owned at least forty slaves. He purchased Sambo from Joseph Burton in 1730, Toby from Thomas Linthicum in 1730²⁴, and Tommy, Tommy, and Nell (or Moll?) from Edward Parrish in 1732.²⁵ He sold thirty-seven slaves to John Galloway in 1737 (to see a complete list, click here).²⁶ Valentine (boy) and Jemima (girl) were two of the slaves he had with him in Madeira. In his will, he left Valentine to his son, Henry, and Jemima to his granddaughter, Mary Bissett.²⁷

Toward the end of Dr. Hill’s time in the London Town area, he “sought immunity from debts,” the equivalent of filing for bankruptcy today, but was denied.²⁸ Thus, he had to sell most of his possessions, demonstrated by a deed made in 1737 in which Dr. Hill had to sell three London Town lots and at least five parcels of land to John Galloway.²⁹ Dr. Hill moved to Funchal, the capital of Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago north of the Canary Islands.³⁰

Before his departure, his eldest daughter, Hannah, aged fifteen, married the grandson of his wife's sister, Dr. Samuel Preston Moore. He left six of his own children in her care.³¹ One can read about the relationship between Hannah Moore (nee Hill) and her father in the letters they exchanged during Dr. Hill's time in Madeira.³² 

Gradually, Dr. Hill's business affairs started to improve, as he desired to provide well for his children. He returned to the colonies in 1754 to visit his family who had moved to Philadelphia, and his brother, Joseph, who lived near London Town.³³ 

While visiting from Madeira, Dr. Richard Hill died on January 29, 1762 in Philadelphia.³⁴ 

http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/015900/015900/html/15900bio.html

Dr. Richard Hill is my 9th great uncle.
You
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your father →  Rufus S. Nichols
his father →  Jim Nichols
his father →  Harriet Isabell Williams Nichols
his mother →  Clarissa "Betty" Williams
her mother →  Nancy Adeline Richards
her mother →  Jacob Moore
her father →  Isaac Moore
his father →  Thomas Preston Moore
his father →  Dr. Richard Moore
his father → Dr. Mordecai Moore, MD
his father →  Deborah Hill
his daughter →  Dr. Richard Hill
her husband

Muhammad, cousin of Jesus of Nazareth #SmallWorldSaturday

Prophet Muhammad of Islam (PBUH) is Jesus of Nazareth's 30th cousin 16 times removed.

Jesus of Nazareth
   →  Blessed Virgin Mary
his mother →  Saint Joachim
her father →  Matthat . .
his father →  Levi son of (ben?) Melchi
his father → Melchi ben Janna
his father →  Jannai / Jannei / Jana / Johanna bin .
his father →  Yulpath bat Simon the Just
his mother → Simeon "the Just" the Just ., High Priest
her father →  Onias I ben Juddua, High Priest
his father →  Jaddua ben Johanan, High Priest of Israel
his father → Johanan ben Jehoiadah, High Priest
his father →  Jehoiadah ben Eliashib, High Priest
his father →  Eliashib ben Joiakim, High Priest
his father → Jehoiakim ., High Priest
his father →  Joshua ., The High Priest
his father →  Yehozadak ben Seraiah, IV
his father →  Seraiah ben Azaria IV, Zadok Hakohen
his father →  Azariah IV .
his father →  Hilkiya ., Chief Priest
his father →  Shallum, III
his father →  Zadok, II High Priest
his father →  Ahitub II ben Amariah
his father → Amariah II ., High Priest
his father →  Azariah I ., Zadok HaKohen
his father →  Johanan ., High Priest
his father →  Azariah ., High Priest
his father → Ahimaaz ., High Priest
his father →  Zadok I #1 ., Fled Jerusalem with Ark of Covenant.
his father →  Ahitub I ., High Priest
his father →  Amariah I ., High Priest
his father →  Meraioth ., High Priest
his father →  Zerahiah ., High Priest
his father →  Uzzi ., High Priest
his father →  Bukki ., High Priest
his father → Abishua ., High Priest
his father →  Phineas ., High Priest
his father →  Eleazer ., High Priest
his father →  Aaron
his father →  Jochebed .
his mother → Mekhaliah / Melcha / Milka .
her mother →  Aram .
her father →  Tzovah .
his father →  Terah .
his father →  Nachor .
his father →  Melka .
his mother →  Kabar / Kaber .
her father → Joktan Qahtan ., of Syria; Clanfather of all Arabs
his brother →  Ya'rub (Yarbah) Qahtan al-Nasib ibn Qahtan
his son → Yashjub ibn Ya'rub (Father of "Pure Arabs")
his son →  Abd Shams (Sab'a) "The Great" ibn Yashjub
his son → Kahlan Abd Shams Yashjub ibn 'Abd Shams al-Hirah
his son →  Zayd ibn Kahlan
his son →  Malik ibn Zayd
his son →  Nabt ibn Malik
his son → Alghawth bin Nabt ibn Nabt
his son →  al-Azd ibs al-Gaith First King of the Azdi Kingdom
his son →  Mazin ibn al-Azd
his son →  Th'labah ibn Mazin
his son →  Imri' al-Qays ibn Th'labah
his son →  Th'labah ibn Imri' al-Qays
his son →  Hareth al-Qhitrif ibn Th'labah
his son → 'Amr Ma' Al-Sama ibn Harith Al-Ghitrif
his son →  ʿAmr Mazaykiya Tarifa ibn 'Amr Ma' Al-Sama
his son →  T̲h̲aʿlaba ibn 'Amr Mazaykiya
his son → Ḥārit̲h̲a ibn Muzaikiya
his son →  Rabīʿa ibn Ḥārit̲h̲a
his son →  ʿĀmir Luḥaiy ibn Rabīʿa
his son →  'Amr Ka'b ibn 'Amr
his son →  'Amr Salūl ibn 'Amr Ka'b
his son →  Ḥubs̲h̲īya bin Salūl al-Ḵh̲uzāʿa
his son →  Hulail bin Ḥubs̲h̲īya al-Ḵh̲uzāʿa
his son →  Ḥubbaiy "Chavah" binte Hulail al-Ḵh̲uzāʿa
his daughter → Imaam ‘Abd al-Manāf bin Imaam Quṣayy
her son →  Imaam Hashim (A'mr ul-U'la) bin Imaam ‘Abd al-Manāf
his son →  Fatima binte 'Amr al-Makhzumi
his daughter →  ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
her son →  Prophet Muhammad of Islam (PBUH)
his son


LINKS  
http://www.geni.com/people/Jesus-of-Nazareth/5416428010080105286   
http://www.geni.com/people/Prophet-Muhammad-of-Islam-PBUH/6000000000388939419 

Christopher Warren, of Ashburton #CousinoftheWeek

Christopher Warren, of Ashburton is your third cousin 15 times removed.

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your father →  Mamie C. Nichols (Collins) 

his mother →  Daniel J. COLLINS 

her father →  JOHN H. COLLINS 

his father →  Elizabeth Boothe 

his mother → Abner Boothe 

her father →  Isaac Abner Boothe, Sr. 

his father →  George Boothe, Sr. 

his father →  Stephen Boothe, I 

his father →  Dea. Joseph Booth 

his father → Joseph Booth 

his father →  Richard Booth 

his father →  Elizabeth Brooks 

his mother →  Anne Brookes 

her mother →  Henry Touchet 10th Lord Audley 

her father → George Touchet 9th Lord Audley 

his father →  Mary Touchet 

his mother →  John Griffin, 9th Lord Latimer 

her father →  Isabel Griffin 

his sister →  Thomas Mable 

her son →  Ann Warren 

his daughter →  Christopher Warren, of Ashburton 

her son

http://www.geni.com/people/Christopher-Warren-of-Ashburton/6000000001654695069

FAMILY QUOTES

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. 
-DESMOND TUTU 

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. 
-CHARLES KURALT 

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future. 
-ALEX HALEY