The history of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, By a committee of the Dorchester antiquarian and historical society ...

HISTORY OF DORCHESTER, 59
speake it, my sonne being groune to some yeres
proueth disobedient and stubborn against mee, my
desire is he may be deprived of that benefit wca others
may justly enjoy."
Mr. John Hill came here about 1633. His wife
was Frances. He left eleven children. His eldest
son was John; Jonathan, born about 1639, was
probably his son, and removed to Bridgewater; Samuel, born 1640; Hannah, born 1641; Mercy, 1642;
Mary, who married Thomas Breck, February 12,
1656; Hannah, married D. Fisher, of Taunton;
Frances, married Jonah Austin, Dec. 14, 1667, and
removed to Taunton in 1674. Another of his daughters married a Taunton man, and removed to Taunton in 1671. Mr. Hill was a blacksmith by trade,
and died about 1664. He was a member of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
John Hull, of Dorchester, is the same as John of
Boston. Farmer says he was admitted freeman in
1632. He was one of those who had a share in the
division of Neck lands in 1637; also other divisions in the town. He was admitted member of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1638,
and is styled Captain, but was not Captain of that
company. It has been erroneously supposed that
John Hull, the mint master, who married the daughs
In justice to the memory of his son John, here referred to, we state
that there was evidence before the General Court, in 1656, that John
was a good and obedient son, and that the trouble was made by his
mother-in-law, who, no doubt, induced the old gentleman to have such
a provision put in his wilL The persons who testified in this matter were
Nicholas Ellen, William Salsbury, and Robert Redmian and his wifei
the latter had lived for several years in the family.