When Eliza Ann Lucy Hill was born in 1818, in Amherst, Virginia, United States, her father, Francis Hill, was 29 and her mother, Emaline Hill, was 17. She married Oregon Bobbitt on 22 December 1842, in Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Greenbrier Parish, Greenbrier, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Williamsburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 29 July 1853, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 35.
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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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