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525. Dr. Eleazer Hill: (Married: Rebekah Richardson (#526) on 18 August 1712, on 18 August 1712, in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. (Source of this date: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Eleazer Hill - Sherborn- Births, Marriages and Death -see image below). (Source in blue description: North America, Family Histories, 1500 - 2000 The Richardson memorial: comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three brothers). (Source of pink is "Pioneering Families ... with Roots in Madison County, Daniel Hill, Town of Fenner posted on ancestry.com on 22 March 2015 by joyceannacapron).

Born: 1 January 1688 , 1 January 1688-9, of Eleazer Hill (#1,049) and Sarah Breck (#1,050) in Sherborn, Massachusetts. His father was born 29 June 1664 in Dorchester and was the son of John Hill. (Source: Eleazer Hill- Descendants of John Hill Posted 02 January 2013 to ancestry.com by Laurie16556)

Died: ?

 

[His siblings included:

a) Sarah Hill: Born: 30 November 1690, Died: young

b) Solomon Hill: Born: 27 December 1691, Died: ?

c) Nathaniel Hill: Born: 26 December 1693, Died: ?

d) Ruth Hill: (Married 1st: John Holbrook of Sherborn, and later Mendon and Grafton on 13 March 1718-19, Born: about 1696, Died: 12 May 1747. They had 7 children.

e) Moses Hill: Born: 30 March 1699, Died: ?

 

Miscellaneous Information:

Eleazer Jr. drew land in Douglass in 1715 and 1730, but he made his home in Sherborn and practiced there. His and Rebekah's children, born in Sherborn include: Asa. February 20, 1712-13; William, June 23, 1715, married Joanna Sawin February 19, 1740; Joseph, August 23, 1718; Rebecca, March 6, 1721–22, married (first) Joseph Cousins, and (second) Patrick Shays, October 30, 1765, the father of Daniel Shays, who became famous as the leader of Shays’ Rebellion; Elizabeth, January 30, 1723-24; Ruth, February 26, 1726-27; Daniel, February 22, 1732-33, died September, 1735.

 

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