The Hills family in America; the ancestry and descendants of William Hills, the English emigrant to New England in 1632; of Joseph Hills, the English emigrant to New England in 1638, and of the great-grandsons of Robert Hills, of the parish of Wye, county of Kent, England, emigrants to New England 1794-1806 . Colne Park, Co. Essex), ermine on afess, sable, a tower with two turrets, proper. Crest,, a tower, as in thearms, is to-day carried by a family who by the consent of the proper Eng-lish authorities can trace its right to it only from 1790. Colne Park inEssex was, about the beginning of th
The Hills family in America; the ancestry and descendants of William Hills, the English emigrant to New England in 1632; of Joseph Hills, the English emigrant to New England in 1638, and of the great-grandsons of Robert Hills, of the parish of Wye, county of Kent, England, emigrants to New England 1794-1806 . Colne Park, Co. Essex), ermine on afess, sable, a tower with two turrets, proper. Crest,, a tower, as in thearms, is to-day carried by a family who by the consent of the proper Eng-lish authorities can trace its right to it only from 1790. Colne Park inEssex was, about the beginning of the eighteenth century, the property of XVlll INTRODUCTION. Sir Thomas Gage, who sold it to Mr. Michael Hills of Colchester, and hisson bequeathed it to Philip Astell, Esq., who took the surname and armsof Hills. Only a description is given without localization of the arms ofHillis, Per Pale, or and Gules, a lion passant argent. But one Hills shield, with crest, is disclosed by the various compilations in relation to heraldrywhich may have beenmon progenitor of all ofis Hills : argent, acents, azure, a chief ofcourant, gules. In thehead, sable. Thistion with the name ofignation in FairbairnsFamilies of Great Brit-work edited by Mr. Ar-Changing the languageordinary use, the de-cross, on a silver and armorial bearingsthe coat armor of a com-the name. Its blazoningcross between four cres-the last. Crest, a horsemouth a broken spearcrest is given in connec-HiUs without local des-Book of Crests of theain and Ireland, athur C. heraldry for that inscription would be, a bluebetween four blue cres- cents, the upper third of the escutcheon being of the same color as thecross and crescents. Crest, a red horse, running with a black, brokenspear head in his mouth. Such study as the editor had been able to give to the family name asconnected by published works with heraldry, long since satisfied him thatthe shield of the cross and crescents not only antedated all other c
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