AYRSHIRE
- Scotland
1388 -
LONDONDERRY
- Northern Ireland
1635 - 1760
Adam Hillhouse
Abraham Hillhouse
John Hillhouse
Researching Derry and Londonderry Ancestors NEW
This just published CDROM contains "The Hillhouse family
of Irvine, Scotland and Dunboe/Aghanloo c. 1600-1750" It
contains 13 pages of history gleaned from extensively researched
documents that paint a vivid portrait our family's life in the
Ulster Plantations of the 17th Century. Robert Forrest's research
reveals members of the Hillhouse family in Derry that predates
Abraham Hillhouse. Highly Recommended !
BRISTOL BRANCH
NEW
NEW ENGLAND BRANCH -
CONNECTICUT
1720 - 1942
Reverend James Hillhouse (1687-1740)
Historical
and Genealogical Collections Relating to the
Descendants of Reverend James Hillhouse Margaret P. Hillhouse.
(1924) -
Reprint available on CD or in print
William Hillhouse (1728-1816) - (father of James Hillhouse), a Delegate
from Connecticut; born in Montville, Conn., August 25, 1728;
received a liberal schooling; studied law; was admitted to the
bar and practiced; served in the State house of representatives
1756-1760 and 1763-1785; major in the Second Regiment of the
Connecticut Cavalry in the Revolutionary War; elected to the
Continental Congress in 1783 and 1785, but did not attend; judge
of the court of common pleas 1784-1806; member of the State senate
1785-1808; judge of probate for New London district 1786-1807;
died in Montville, Conn., January 12, 1816; interment in Raymond
Hill Cemetery.
James Hillhouse
(1754-1832) New Haven
Connecticut Coppers
- The origin of the Connecticut
mint can be traced back to October 18, 1785 when the partnership
of Samuel Bishop, James Hillhouse, John Goodrich and Joseph Hopkins
petitioned the state for the privilege of coining coppers.
Planting the Elms
Sachem's
Wood (Highwood)
James A. Hillhouse (1789-1841)
Literary
Works
Augustus L. Hillhouse (1792-1859)
Mary Lucas Hillhouse
Hillhouse Avenue
Scenes in My Native Land
By L. H. Sigourney
GEORGIA
Alexander and Hillhouse Family Papers, 1758-1976
Sarah Porter Hillhouse - (1763-1831)
Edward Porter Alexander - (1835-1910)
SOUTH
CAROLINA BRANCH
1740 -
South Carolina
William Hillhouse
and John Dickey Plantations
NEW
William Hillhouse - American
Revolution Pension Statement
Missouri
James Dobbins
& Nancy (Gibson) Hillhouse 50th Wedding Anniversary
September 14, 1887 NEW
From the Diary of James Dobbins Hillhouse
1844-1889
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I can only explain this mid-life
obsession with Genealogy as an attempt to connect with family
ties lost to me in my lifetime and the comfort I find in walking
on the land where my ancestors once lived & worked. In the
graveyards nearby their faded tombstones stand etched with eloquent
epitaphs. While most family residences are long gone, it is easy
for this farmer's daughter to connect with them through the meadows
and streams and trees and bird songs that survive the centuries.
It was in this spirit of adventure, I started this journey in
2005 with a few precious days among the proud people of the county
of Londonderry, Northern Ireland and New Haven, Connecticut.
My journey began months before in a less than romantic place
called the Internet with only the last name of my mother's family,
Hillhouse, to guide me. It was a family of ancestors I knew virtually
nothing about as my grandfather Hillhouse had moved many miles
from his family in Missouri to Nebraska and died years before
I was born. His railroad watch, now passed on to me, was my only
tangible connection to the history of this family.
Almost at once, the search engines found Judy Young's extensive
genealogy on the Hillhouse Family and I started where I was most
drawn, toward the 17th Century ancestors of the Ulster Plantation
in Northern Ireland. Another most important find was the reprint
of the extensive Genealogy "THE HILLHOUSE FAMILY" (South
Carolina branch) by Helen T. Hillhouse and Laurens Petigru. This
wonderful collection of family history provided a vivid description
and directions to the old family estate known as Free Hall near
Limavady.
Jan Eloise Morris
2007- 2010
