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Joseph Hills Founder of Malden, MA 1602–1688 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Mar 1602

Birth Location: Great Burstead, Basildon District, England

Death Date: 5 Feb 1688

Death Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: George Hills

Mother: Mary Symonds

Spouse(s): Rose Dunster

Children(s): Rebecca Malden

The story of Joseph Hills Founder of Malden, MA began in 1602 in Great Burstead, Basildon District, England. Joseph Hills Founder of Malden, MA married Rose Dunster, and had children including Rebecca Hills Malden. Joseph Hills Founder of Malden, MA passed away in 1688 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Joseph Hills Founder of Malden, MA began in 1602 in Great Burstead, Basildon District, England.
  • Joseph Hills Founder of Malden, MA married Rose Dunster, and had children including Rebecca Hills Malden.
  • Joseph Hills Founder of Malden, MA passed away in 1688 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joseph MA's Ancestors

Self
Joseph MA
1602–1688
Birth Place: Great Burstead, Basildon District, England
Parents
George Hills
1578–1649
Great Burstead, Billerica, Essex, Cambridgeshire, England
Mary Symonds
1578–1649
Great Barnstead, Essex, England
Grandparents
Joseph Hills
1548–1649
Great Burstead, Basildon District, Essex, England
Sarah Smith
1548–1581
Great Burstead, Essex, England
William Symonds
1547–1634
Taunton, Somerset, England
Alice Mohun
1556–1628
Bampton, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
Reinhard Hills
1530–1578
Sara Lumbus
1536–1581
Thomas Smith
1522–1591
Alicia Judde
1535–1593
William Symonds
1515–1561
Margaret Hyde
1530–1600
Robert Mohun
1525–1580
Margaret Hyde
1530–1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Reinhard Stäger
1500–1578
Elizabeth Luter
1505–1572
Stephen Hyde
1500–1545
Sarah Edmont
1502–1577
Richard Mohun
1485–1547
Joan Howman
1493–1547
Stephen Hyde
1500–1545
Sarah Edmont
1502–1577

Joseph MA's Descendants

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Joseph (Hills Founder of Malden,) MA (3 Mar 1602–5 Feb 1688) m. Rose Dunster (2 Mar 1603–24 Mar 1650)
  1. 1. Rebecca (Hills) Malden 1634–1674 m. Thomas Green 1630–1674
    1. 1. Hannah Green 1659–1741 m. John Vinton 1650–1727
      1. 1. Samuel Vinton 1695–1756 m. Elizabeth French 1699–1770
        1. 1. David Vinton 1726–1791 m. Ruth Dorman 1726–1814

Joseph MA's Timeline

3 Records

1602
3 Mar 1602
Birth of Joseph Hills Founder of Malden, MA in Great Burstead, Basildon District, England
Great Burstead, Basildon District, England
1602
3 Mar 1602
Joseph Hills Founder of Malden, MA was baptized in Great Burstead, Billericay, Essex, England
Great Burstead, Billericay, Essex, England
1688
5 Feb 1688
Age 86
Death of Joseph Hills Founder of Malden, MA in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1602
    Event Place: Great Burstead, Basildon District, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 18
    [2] Family Data Collection - Births
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: New England; Year: 1638; Page Number: 459
    [5] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: New England; Year: 1638; Page Number: 176
    [6] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1602
    Event Place: Great Burstead, Billericay, Essex, England
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: A register of the ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1638
    Event Place: New England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: New England; Year: 1638; Page Number: 459
    [2] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: New England; Year: 1638; Page Number: 176

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Feb 1688
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: A register of the ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt
    [5] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Genealogical Data Relating to the Ancestry and Descendants of William Hills, the English Emigrant t

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