Jeremiah Hill (1747 - 1820)

Born 30 Apr 1747 in Biddeford, York, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Emery) Hill — married 6 Sep 1772 in Biddeford, York, Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1820 at age 73 in Biddeford, York, Maine, USA

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Biography

Captain Jeremiah Hill served with 18th Continental Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Jeremiah Hill is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A055826.

Jeremiah Hill is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 181671
Rank: Soldier

Jeremiah was born on 30 April 1747 in Biddeford, York, Maine. He was the son of Jeremiah Hill and Mary (Smith) Hill.^[1]

Jeremiah married Mary (Emery) Hill (1752-) on 6 September 1772, in Maine.^[2]

Jeremiah served in the American Revolution:^[3]

1) 30TH REGT COL JAMES SCAMMON; COLS EDMUND PHINNEY, JOSEPH VOSE

2) ALSO ADJUTANT GENERAL ON PENOBSCOT EXPEDITION

Jeremiah died on 11 June 1820 in Biddeford, York, Maine. Marriage:^[1] He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Biddeford, Maine.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-4CV3 : 1 March 2021), Jeremiah Hill, 1820; citing Biddeford, York, Maine, United States, Woodlawn Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,419.
2. ↑ "Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRS-KPNC : 3 October 2019), Jeremiah Hill and Mary Emery, 6 Sep 1772; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 008133037.
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of 24 Aug 2021", Ancestor # A055826.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 August 2021), memorial page for Jeremiah Hill Jr. (30 Apr 1747–11 Jun 1820), Find A Grave: Memorial #63508495, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Biddeford, York County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Charles Baker (contributor 47201082).

See also:

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/113175596/family
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc
• Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc
• U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc
• Maine Pensioners, 1835 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Mrs. Jane Jennings Eldridge, The Leavitts of America From New England to California and Canada, (By author), 28
• Vital Records of Saco & Biddeford, Maine, ((1917 N.E.H.G.R.)), Vol. 71, p. 215 (1917 N.E.H.G.R.)
• Mrs. Ida F. Twambley, Transcript of the Early Records of Biddeford From 1733 to 1786, (August 1905), 359, 369
• Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, (S. M. Watson, Publisher, Public Library, Portland, Maine 1887), vol 5 p 205; vol 6 p 293,339,340,494,496,497; vol 7 p 8,11,13,83,86, Records of the First Church of Christ in Biddeford, Maine
• Town of Buxton, Buxton Family Records, vol 3 p 3,14
• Rev. Rufus Emery, Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery of Newbury, Massachusetts, (emery Cleaves, Salem, Massachusetts, 1890), 315
• Nason, Emma Huntington, Old Colonial Houses in Maine: Built Prior to 1776, (Augusta, Maine, 1908), 48, Among other pre-Revolutionary houses in Biddeford are the Jeremiah Hill house, the Cleaves house, the McCobb house, the Allen house and the Chadwick- Coffin house
• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, v.7, p. 880,881
• Hill, Jeremiah, (also given Jeremiah, Jr.), Biddeford. Captain, Col. Scammon's regt.; regimental return dated Cambridge, 23 May 1775; ordered in Provincial Congress 29 May 1775, that commissions be delivered the captains of said regiment; also, Captain, Col. James Scammon's (30th); muster roll dated 1 Aug 1775; engaged 24 Apr 1775; service 14 weeks 1 day, also, company return dated 27 Sep 1775, including abstract of pay to last of Jul 1775; also, memorandum of firelocks received of sundry officers and soldiers; date of delivery, 23 Jan 1776; also, power of attorney, dated Cambridge 15 Mar 1776, given by Peter Page, 2d Lieutenant of Capt. Whiting's co., 24th regt., to said Hill, Captain, 18th regt.; also, Captain, 4th co., Col Edmund Phinney's regt.; muster roll dated Garrison at Fort George, 8 Dec 1776; appointed 1 Jan 1776; reported re-engaged 13 Nov 1776, as Captain in Col. Patterson's regt.; also, Captain, Col. Vose's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from 1 Jan 1777 to 5 Dec 1777; reported resigned 5 Dec 1777; also, return of men belonging to Capt. Robert Davis' co., who were in camp on or before 15 Aug 1777; reported Captain; also, reported discharged Nov 1777; also, Captain; list of officers commissioned for service on Penobscot Expedition; said Hill commissioned Adjutant General 2 Jul 1779; also, Adjutant General; service from 2 Jul 1779 to 8 Oct 1779, 3 mos. 7 days, on Penobscot Expedition; also, letter from said Hill to the Council, dated St. George, 28 Aug 1779, requesting a duplicate of his commission, he having lost the original one dated 2 Jul 1779, during the retreat from Majorbagaduce
• Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume x, Page x.