My 5xgreat grandparents Nicholas Hill and Mary Fossey appear to have had six children, including my 4xgreat grandfather John Hill.
1. William Hill (1782-?)
Their first child was William Hill, who was baptised at
Elsted on 19 July 1778, just over nine months after they married. Perhaps he
was named for Mary Fossey’s father, William Fossey. Aged 22, he
may have married Sarah Shire/Shine at Harting, Sussex, although both are said
to be of that parish rather than Elsted. There are various records for a
William Hill of about the right age in Harting censuses and baptisms of three
children, but these are not proved.
2. John Hill (1780-1853)
My 4xgreat grandfather’s story is told elsewhere.
3. Mary Hill (1782-?)
Mary Hill was baptised at Elsted on 29 September 1782. I
have not found any further obvious records for her marriage or burial.
4. Elizabeth Hill (1785-?)
Elizabeth Hill was baptised at Elsted on 14 August 1785. She
may have married at Harting on 29 December 1802, aged just 17, to James Bowles,
but other Hill families were living at Harting at the time, so the connection
cannot be proved. There are no obvious burial or other marriage records at
Elsted for her.
5. Charlotte Hill (1788-1788)
Nicholas Hill and his wife Mary Fossey’s fifth
child was Charlotte, who was baptised in Elsted on 13 April 1788, and buried
there a few weeks later on 8 May 1788.
6. Nicholas Hill (1796-1826)
Their last known child was born after an eight year gap in
children, when his mother would have been in her early-mid 40s. It is possible
that baptism records in the intervening years have not survived. Nicholas was
baptised at Elsted 28 August 1796. I have found no further records about him
apart from a burial record on 8 July 1826, at Elsted. The burial record at FamilySearch
shows him as 29 years old and ‘of Elsted’.
For the sources mentioned in bold, see blogpost: MyRoots: Lesly's family history: Sources and resources: A quick view
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