Hill, John (1727-1796)

Name:

Hill, John (1727-1796)

Title:

Lieutenant, 24th Regiment of Foot, British Army, 1747
Adjutant, 24th Regiment of Foot, British Army, 1756
Captain, 19th Regiment of Foot, British Army 1756
Captain, 13th Regiment of Foot, 1758
Major, 13th Regiment of Foot, 1765
Lieutenant Colonel, 9th Regiment of Foot, 1775
Colonel, 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot, British Army 1782
Aide-de-Camp, King George III 1783
Freeman, Borough of Helston, September 23, 1786

Born:

1727

Birthplace:

Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Died:

1796

Death Location:

Helston, Cornwall, England

Residence:

Helston, Cornwall, England

Nationality:

English

Occupation:

British Army Officer

Father:

Hill, William (1683-c.1730)

Mother:

Bullock, Charity

Relations:

Youngest brother of William Hill (1714-1784) of Carwythenack and Charity Pye (1713-1798)

Spouse:

Mary

Children:

Jane, born June 19, 1785; died 1805; Married Pearce Rogers (1771-1825), June 19, 1799, Helston.

Notes:

In 1770 John Hill, Esq. bequeathed the estate Trenethick, Helston to (Col.) John Hill, younger brother of William Hill of Carwythenack.

C. S. Gilbert, An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall: To Which is Added a Complete Heraldry of the Same, With Numerous Engravings. Volume II. (Plymouth, England: J. Congdon, 1820), 151.

Edmund B. O'Callaghan, Orderly Book of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne, From His Entry into the State of New York Until His Surrender at Saratoga, 16th Oct., 1777... (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell, 1860), 33-34.

James P. Baxter, The British Invasion From the North. The Campaigns of Generals Carleton and Burgoyne from Canada, 1776-1777, With the Journal of Lieut. William Digby of the 53d, or Shropshire Regiment of Foot. (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1887), 224-225.

Gherardi Davis, Regimental Colors in the War of the Revolution. (New York: Privately Printed at the Gilliss Press, 1907), 17-18.

Harrison Bird, March to Saratoga: General Burgoyne and the American Campaign. 1777. New York: Oxford University Press, 1963), 45, 272.

Last Will and Testament of John Hill, Esq., of Helston, May 7, 15, 1796; The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1275.