Brief Life History of Ebenezer
When Ebenezer Hill was born in 1740, in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Ebenezer Hill Jr., was 34 and his mother, Joanna Wingate, was 28. He had at least 1 son with Susanna Chesley. He died in 1796, at the age of 56.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Ebenezer Hill - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John Hill
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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