Mary Hill
1776–1839 (Age 63)
Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
The Life of Mary
When Mary Hill was born on 24 January 1776, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, her father, John Hill, was 26 and her mother, Priscilla Wilbur, was 20. She died on 19 April 1839, in her hometown, at the age of 63, and was buried in Rockland Cemetery, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
Photos & Memories (1)
Family Time Line
Mary Hill
1776–1839
Stephen Smith
1772–
Spouse & Children
1776–1839Female
- Stephen Smith
1772–Male
Parents & Siblings
1749–1834Male
1755–1832Female
siblings
(6)
1776–1839Female
1777–1852Female
1780–1860Male
1783–1873Female
1789–1850Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1780 · French Occupy Newport
Age 4
During 1780 to 1781, over 12,000 French troops occupy Newport, Rhode Island.
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 5
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 18
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
1 English and Scottish: extremely common and widely distributed topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, Middle English hill (Old English hyll).2 English: from the medieval personal name Hill, a short form of Hilary ( see Hillary ) or of a Germanic (male or female) compound name with the first element hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’.3 German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing Germanic hild as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Mary Hill Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
- Web: Rhode Island, Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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