Aaron Hill of North Carolina
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Aaron Hill was son of William and Mary Smith Hill of Pasquotank County, North Carolina. More on Aaron's ancestry is given below. He married first to Mary Henley and second to Miriam Thornbrough.

First wife Mary Henley was daughter of John and Mary Albertson Henley of Pasquotank County, North Carolina. More on her ancestry below.

Second wife Miriam Thornbrough was daughter of Thomas and Mary Winslow Thornbrough (Thomas IV) of Randolph County, North Carolina. Miriam is not included in the list of their children at Back Creek Monthly Meeting but in her marriage record she is listed as daughter of Thomas and Miriam, his former wife, Thornburgh, of Randolph County.



Aaron Hill
born 12/2/1785 Guilford Co, NC
died 5/13/1863 Randolph Co, NC
Mary Hensley born 1/6/1788 Randolph (?) Co, NC
died before 1823 Randolph Co, NC
  Married: Before 5/28/1808. Mary formerly Henley reported married out of unity at Back Creek MM on 5/28/1808.

Children:
Micajah Hill born about 1809 Randolph County, NC; married (1) Naomi Pugh and (2) Sarah Jane Mendenhall
Margaret Hill born 10/3/1815 Randolph Co, NC; married Winslow Davis

(there may have been more children - we know of these from their marriage records)



Miriam Thornbrough
born 10/8/1802 Randolph Co, NC
died 5/12/1896 Carthage, IN
  Married: 9/11/1823 at Back Creek Monthly Meeting, Randolph County, North Carolina.

Children:
Thomas T. Hill born 2/21/1825 Randolph County, NC; married Nancy Davis
William T. Hill born 4/14/1827 Randolph County, NC; married Martha A. Allen
Nathan H. Hill born 1/22/1829 Randolph County, NC; married Nannie M. Unknown
Asenath H. Hill born 9/12/1831 Randolph County, NC; married Davis Reece
Abigail N. Hill born 3/31/1834 Randolph County, NC; married Elihu Mendenhall
Joseph B. Hill born 2/18/1837 Randolph County, NC; married Rebecca Unknown
Aron Orlando Hill born 10/20/1840 Randolph County, NC
Miriam Elizabeth Hill born 3/7/1843 Randolph County, NC

More on Aaron Hill

Aaron Hill is of particular interest to us, as Aaron Hill travelled "prospecting" from North Carolina to Indiana and back in 1829 with Joseph Henley, brother of his first wife, Mary Henley. We have a copy of his diary of the trip from the Randolph County NC Journal, Vol III, #3, Fall 1978 and when time permits will post it here.

Aaron Hill was son of William and Mary Smith Hill. William Hill was born 1/31/1740, son of Aaron and Margaret Smith Hill. He married Mary Smith, daughter of John Smith on 11/10/1762 at Center Monthly Meeting. William and Mary had twelve children documented in Quaker records.

Of interest to us are Aaron and his brother Samuel Hill. Samuel Hill married Mary Branson and they had a daughter Anna Hill born 7/23/1849 in Randolph County. Anna Hill married Elihu Mendenhall, son of James and Miriam Hoggatt Mendenhall, on 6/17/1841 at Back Creek MM, Randolph County. They had four children; then Anna died 12/24/1856 and Elihu married Aaron's daughter Abigail Hill (more below). Elihu Mendenhall was a descendant of Aaron and Rose Pearson Mendenhall, through their son James, and thus was a distant Woodward cousin.

MORE TO COME....



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