 Abt 1755 -
Generation: 1
| 1. | Rogers, Abishai was born about 1755 in Tisbury,Dukes,MA (son of Jones, Huldah). Notes:
BIRTH: No birth rec found in original sources. Abishai is identified as a son Thomas Rogers in Charles Edward Banks, HISTORY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD, 3 vols. (Boston, 1911-25; repr Edgartown, MA, 1966), 3:425 (FHL #974.494 H2b).
NOTE: Abishai was a sailor aboard the warship "Bon Homme Richard" under John Paul Jones and apparently participated in the famous battle off Flamborough Head, Scotland in which HMS Serapis was taken, 24 Sep 1779. It is unclear whether he survived the battle.
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Generation: 2
| 3. | Jones, Huldah was born about 1734 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA (daughter of Hillman, Jane). Notes:
BIRTH: No birth rec found. Huldah is identified as a dau of Ebenezer Jones in Charles Edward Banks, THE HISTORY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD, 3 vols. (Boston, 1911-25, repr Edgartown, MA, 1966), 3:223 (FHL #974.494 H2b). No other Jones family is found on Martha's Vineyard at this time. Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: VITAL RECORDS OF TISBURY (Boston, 1910), 178 (FHL #974.494/T1 V28v).
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BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1263060-R).
SEAL P: IGI
SEAL S: IGI
Children:
- 1. Rogers, Abishai was born about 1755 in Tisbury,Dukes,MA.
- Rogers, Martha was born about 1757 in Tisbury,Dukes,MA; died on 2 Jan 1837 in Tisbury,Dukes,MA.
- Rogers, Eliphalet was born about 1758 in Tisbury,Dukes,MA; died on 12 Mar 1841 in Hartland,Windsor,VT; was buried in Plain Cemetery,Hartland,Windsor,VT.
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Generation: 3
| 7. | Hillman, Jane was born about 1714 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA (daughter of Cottle, Ruth). Notes:
BIRTH: No birth rec found. Ruth is identified in the division of estate of her father, John Hillman of Chilmark, 3 Oct 1743, Dukes Co. Probate, 3:153 (FHL #911747). She is also identified in the will of her mother, Ruth Hillman of Chilmark, 29 Mar 1760, proved 2 Jul 1760 (Ibid, 4:68 [FHL #911748]). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: VITAL RECORDS OF CHILMARK (Boston, 1904), 57 (FHL #974.494/C1 V2v).
BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1263004-R).
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SEAL P: IGI
SEAL S: IGI
Children:
- 3. Jones, Huldah was born about 1734 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA.
- Jones, Mary was born about 1736 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died in 1809 in Conway,Franklin,MA.
- Jones, Daniel was born on 5 Oct 1739 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; was christened in in Cong'l Church,Edgartown,Dukes,MA; died on 20 Jan 1816 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA.
- Jones, Thomas was born on 25 Jan 1741 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died on 27 Jul 1834 in Tisbury,Dukes,MA; was buried in Village Cemetery,West Tisbury,Dukes,MA.
- Jones, Lydia was born about 1743 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died in 1815 in Livermore,Androscoggin,ME.
- Jones, Sarah was born about 1745 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died on 2 Jan 1828 in Conway,Franklin,MA.
- Jones, Zerviah was born on 19 Jan 1747 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died in Feb 1842 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA.
- Jones, Benjamin was born on 13 Apr 1750 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died on 9 Oct 1839 in Williamsburg,Hampshire,MA.
- Jones, Jane was born about 1753 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died before 26 Dec 1832 in Madison Co.,NY(?).
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Generation: 4
| 15. | Cottle, Ruth was born about 1693 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA (daughter of Look, Elizabeth); died in (wp) 2 Jul 1760 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA. Notes:
BIRTH: No birth rec found. Ruth is identified in the will of her father, James Cottle of Tisbury, 6 Aug 1739, proved Oct 1750, Dukes Co. Probate, 3:254-55 (FHL #911747). Date and place of birth are approximations based on family history and chronology.
MAR: No mar rec found. The adm of estate of John Hillman of Chilmark, 24 May 1728, identifies a wife Ruth. Ruth Hillman is identified in her father's will, above. Her own will, below, shows that she is the mother of John's children.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of Ruth Hillman of Chilmark, 29 Mar 1760, proved 2 Jul 1760, Dukes Co. Probate, 4:68 (FHL #911748).
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BEPS: IGI
Children:
- Hillman, Zerviah was born about 1712 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died on 22 Jul 1801 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA.
- 7. Hillman, Jane was born about 1714 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA.
- Hillman, Thomas was born about 1716 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died in (adm) 15 Mar 1747/8 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA.
- Hillman, Thankful was born about 1718 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died before 30 May 1777.
- Hillman, Shubael was born about 1720 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died on 29 Jul 1795 in Nantucket,Nantucket,MA.
- Hillman, John was born about 1722 in Chilmark,Dukes,MA; died in Mar 1784 in Williamsburg,Hampshire,MA.
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