1784 - 1827

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• Birth	8 Mar 1784	Simsbury,Hartford,Connecticut,USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1826	Crawford Co.,Pennsylvania,Ua   [3]
  Buried	Penn Line Cemetery,sec/row S15,Penn Line,Penn.
  Person ID	I31666	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	03 Jun 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Darius HILL, b. 4 Dec 1749, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
  Mother	Lois MOSES, b. 5 Dec 1749, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F13479	Group Sheet
  Family	Elijah BARBER, b. 21 Jun 1779, Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut
  Married	1799	Litchfield Co.,Connecticut,USA
  Children	1. Amanda Amelia BARBER, b. 19 Apr 1801   2. Elijah Averis BARBER, b. 3 Mar 1802, Of Hartford,Hartford,Connecticut,USA   3. Amhurst Horatio Hill BARBER, b. 7 Jul 1807, of Hartford,Hartford,Connecticut,USA > 4. Amelia Amanda BARBER, b. 19 Apr 1809, New York,USA   5. Willis D. (Merriman) BARBER, b. Mar 1811, New York,USA   6. Sally BARBER, b. 1813, New York,USA   7. Lucinda Romantha BARBER, b. 16 Nov 1820, New York,USA   8. Clarissa C. BARBER, b. 7 Sep 1822, Onondaga,Onondaga,New York,USA   9. Melissa BARBER, b. 1825, of Onondaga,Onondaga,New York,USA   10. Charlotte Susan BARBER, b. 3 Sep 1826, of Onondaga,Onondaga,New York,USA
  Family ID	F13223	Group Sheet

• Notes

  The Hill line is from Norman origin from Worcestershire, England. The Hill coatof arms has three dog on the shield which signifies courage, vigilance, and loyalty. The color green on the shield signifies hope, joy, and loyalty in love.Rachel Hill's line has been traced back to Luke Hill, born about 1620 in England. He came to Connecticut sometime before 1651. Four additional generationsof the Hill line lived in Connecticut with John born in 1668, John born in 1702, Darius born in 1745, and Rachel born in 1784. Rachel's mother was Lois Moses. The Moses line has been traced back to John Moses who was born about 1604 in England and came to Plymouth Colony in 1640. His son, John, who was bornin about 1630, moved to Connecticut. The Moses line continued in Connecticut with John born 1654, John born 1681, Benoni born 1711, and Lois born 1749. Rachel and her husband, Elijah Barber are both descendants of the minister, Thomas Hooker, who was an intellectual and polictical leader, and to Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower. Rachel was born in Simsbury, Connecticut. Her fourth great grandfathers, John Griffin and Michael Humphrey, first crossed the Farmington River at "The Falls" in the 1640's. They were searching for virgin pine forest where they could pursue their tar and pitch business. What they found was averdant valley bounded by two low mountain ranges, rich with fish and wildlife. The native Massacoe Indians of the Algonquin Nation had lived off the bountyof the rich land and flowing river. The new settlers called the valley the "Massacoh Plantation". Joseph Phelps, Rachel's 2nd great grandfather, was one of thirty who received the first land grants in Simsbury.

• Sources

  [S402] 1850 census for Conneaut, Penn.. [S401] GEDCOM File : rachel_hill.ged, Kara Seager-Segalla (jpsegalla@msn.com), (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=:2916467&id=I0210), 4 Jul 2004. [S399] Pennline Cemetery records.