'Hill11'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Hill of Gorseote, Hill of Lichfield, Hill of Measham, Hill of Norton, Hill of Pipe

                               
Nichols identifies the arms of this family, quartered with those of several other families, as "Azure, a chevron between three fleurs de lis, a canton Or".
Nicholas dell Hull, alias Hill, of Gorsecot, Staffordshire (a 1471, 1506)
m. Alice Martin (dau/heir of John Martin of Gorsecot)
1. John Hill of Little Pipe, Staffordshire (b c1495, d 04.03.1573)
  m1. Isabel Ellis (dsp 04.1559, dau of Thomas or John Ellis of Yorkshire)
m2. Jane Frances (dau of John Frances (Francis) of Formark)
  A. Hugh Hill of Gorscote (a 1583)
  m. Constance Oglethorpe (dau of Richard Oglethorpe of Oglethorpe)
  i. John Hill of Pipe (b c1531, a 1583)
  m. Dorothy Fitzherbert (dau of Robert Fitzherbert of Tissington)
  a. Edward Hill of Gorscote (b c1583, a 1614)
  m. Margery Yarde (bpt 28.09.1589, d before 1619, dau of W(illiam) Yarde of Cosby, son ofThomas of Bradeley)
  (1) John Hill (b c1611, a 1634, of Gray's Inn, 2nd son)
  m. Ursula Cleyton (dau/heir of Thomas Cleyton of Lichfield)
(2)+ other issue - William (b c1610, a 1614), Thomas (a 1614), Edward (b c1617, a 1634), Mary (b c1614, a 1634), Dorothy (b c1628, a 1634), Mary (b c1629, a 1634)
  b. Hugh Hill
  m. Elizabeth Walter
  (1) Dorothy Hill
  ii. Richard Hill of London
  a.+ issue - Lambert, John, Eleanor
  iii. Jane Hill
  m. William Lea of Swinfen
  B Robert Hill
  C. Anne Hill
  m. (c07.1552) Richard Swynfen (son/heir of T(homas) of Swynfen)
2. Richard Hill of Chorley, Staffordshire
  A. Thomas Hill
  i. John Hill
  a. Richard Hill of Norton-by-Twycross (bur 06.08.1590)
  The following comes from 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 3, part 2, 1804, 'Pedigree of Hill of Norton of Twycross, Measham, and Leicester; continued', p1144).
  m1. Katharine (dsp bur 23.02.1568)
  m2. Dorothy (bur 02.09.1590)
  (1) John Hill (dsp bur 16.04.1572)
  (2) William Hill (b 07.04.1574, d c10.1658)
  m. (06.12.1596) Bridget Crispe (dau of William Crispe of Austrey)
  (A) Robert Hill (b 08.02.1597)
(i) William Hill of Norton then Newton Regis then Measham (b 1625, d 14.02.1691-2)
  m1. (c01.05.1652) Elizabeth Aldridge (bur 14.10.1661, dau of William Aldridge of Newton)
  (a) Elizabeth Hill (b c1656, d 28.11.1723)
  m. (c01.1674) Robert Phillips of Penkriche then Newton Regis
  ((1)) Elizabeth Phillips (bpt 19.02.1681, bur 05.09.1728)
  m. William Inge of Thorpe Constantine (antiquary)
  ((2)) Penelope Phillips (bpt 22.04.1690, d 25.01.1726)
  m. (c11.1717) H(enry) Vernon of Hilton
  (b) Dorothy Hill (b 01.03.1657, bur 14.02.1661)
  m2. (08.03.1664) Anne (dsp, widow of _ Hullock)
  m3. (04.1679) Sarah Howers
  (c) Richard Hill of Leicester (b 1680, d 01.12.1739)
  m. (04.11.1705) Mary Alsounder (b 26.08.1683, d 18.10.1754, dau of Robert Alsounder (Alfounder?))
  ((1))+ issue - William (b 21.04.1718, d c11.1719), Richard (b 19.05.1720, d 11.03.1773), Mary (b 1707, d 26.06.1772), Elizabeth (b c09.1709, d 29.03.1712)
  (d) William Hill (b 1682, d 08.09.1749)
  m. Elizabeth Wetten (sister of John Wetten of Measham)
  ((1)) William Hill (a 1756)
  ((2)) John Hill of Measham (a 1756)
  m. Elizabeth Stanton of Appleby
  ((A)) William Hill of Measham (a 1804, dsp)
  m. Sarah Middleton (cousin) @@ just below
  ((B)) Elizabeth Hill (d infant)
  ((3)) Mary Hill (b c1714, d 20.12.1796)
  m. Edward Salisbury of Great Wigston (b 1696-7, d 12.04.1776)
  ((A)) William Salisbury (a 1756)
  ((4)) Sarah Hill
  m. William Middleton
  ((A)) Sarah Middleton (a 1804)
  m. William Hill of Measham (dsp, cousin) @@ just below
  (B) William Hill (b 15.11.1602)
  m. Mary Alcott (dau of Thomas Alcott of Barton under Needwood by Anne)
  (C)+ other issue - Richard (bpt 01.11.1612, dsp 08.09.1661), Mary (b 09.12.1599, dsp), Dorothy (b 11.09.1605, d 01.03.1613)
3. Nicholas Hill
  A. Jane Hill
4. Michael Hill of Pipe, Staffordshire
  A. Robert Hill of Lichfield
i. Michael Hill of Lichfield
  m. Isabel Robinson
  a. Simon Hill of Lichfield (b c1598, d 10.1684)
  m. Margaret Hamersley (dau of John Hamersley of Bothom)
  (1) Michael Hill (b c1629, d 27.09.1693, rector of Seale)
  m. Elizabeth Inge (dau of William Inge of Thorp Constantine, sister of W(illiam))
  (A)+ issue (a 1681) - William (b c1677, d 1684), Susanna (b c1674), Elizabeth (b c1679)
  (2) Margaret Hill
  m. Thomas Spencer of London (major)
  (A) Thomas Spencer of London (b c1667, a 1681)
  (3)+ other issue - William (d unm c1670), Mary (a 1681), Sarah (a 1681)
  b Robert Hill of Oxford (b c1617, d c1662)
  m. Elizabeth Creswell (d 10.01.1684, dau of John Creswell of Kingsthorp)
  (1) Charles Hill of Melton Mowbray (b c1646, a 1681)
  m. Margaret Ledgenham (b 1651-2, bur 17.07.1723, dau of Robert Ledgenham of Okeley)
  (A)+ issue (a 1681?), Robert, Hudson, Charles, Richard, Benjamin (b c1679?), Elizabeth, Margaret, Anne (b c1680?)
  ii. Margaret Hill
  m. _ Dyot

Main source(s): 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 3, part 2, 1804, 'Pedigree of Hill of Nether Seale', p*1012 (before p1011))
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