. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. ave the first and the last to hiswife, Plato to his son Nathaniel, and to thechurch and the minister each ten pounds. Hiswife, the mother of his children, was HannahLittlefield, who died October 10, 1738. Hav-ing no sympathy with celibacy, and his ownexperience concurring with the declaration ofInfinite Wisdom that it is not good for manto be alone, he two months afterward, De-cember 12, 1738, married Sarah, daughter ofDaniel Sayer. He served as a lieutenant underhis brother. Captain John, at Saco fort. Thechildren of Joseph and Hannah


. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. ave the first and the last to hiswife, Plato to his son Nathaniel, and to thechurch and the minister each ten pounds. Hiswife, the mother of his children, was HannahLittlefield, who died October 10, 1738. Hav-ing no sympathy with celibacy, and his ownexperience concurring with the declaration ofInfinite Wisdom that it is not good for manto be alone, he two months afterward, De-cember 12, 1738, married Sarah, daughter ofDaniel Sayer. He served as a lieutenant underhis brother. Captain John, at Saco fort. Thechildren of Joseph and Hannah (Littlefield)Hill were: Joseph, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Han-nah and Peniniah. (IV) Nathaniel, third son of Joseph andHannah (Littlefield) Hill, was born in Wells,November 13, 1701. and he and his brotherreceived by request the large estate of theirfather, among the property being severalnegroes. The records of \\ells shows that in acertain year Nathaniel Hill raised one hun-dred and fifty bushels of corn and kept ninecows and six oxen. He married, December. STATE OF MAINE. 745 II, 1729, Priscilla Littlefield. Their childrenwere: Joseph (died young-). Joseph, Hannah,Benjamin (died young;), Nathaniel, Benjamin,and Jonathan, whose sketch next follows. (V) Jonathan, youngest son of Nathanieland (Littlefield) Hill, born in \\ells,June 22, 1746, died March 11, 1817, agedseventy-one years. He was a man of highcharacter, well olT and much respected. In1808 Nathaniel Wells, Jonathan Hill, and Jo-seph Oilman were appointed a committee tomake a survey of the outlines of the propri-etors lands which remain undivided and re-turn a plan of the same. Jonathan Hill mar-ried, October 9, 1766, a few months beforehe was twenty-one, Huldah, daughter of Sam-uel Littlefield. Their children were : Priscilla,Nathaniel. Jonathan, Abraham, who was lostat sea; Jepthet. Jacob, Samuel and Hulda. (\T) Nathaniel (2), second child and eldestson of Nathaniel and Huldah (Littlefield) Hill,born in Wells,


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