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Priscilla Embry Hill 1720–1788 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 1788

Death Location: Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Joseph Jr

Mother: Mary Wilkinson

Spouse(s): Henry Jr, William Hill

Children(s): Sarah Embra, Mary Coleman

Priscilla Embry Hill was born in 1720 in Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of Joseph Wilkinson Jr And Mary Ann Carey Wilkinson. Priscilla Embry Hill married Henry Embry Jr, William Hill, and had children including Mary Ann Coleman, Sarah Embra. Priscilla Embry Hill passed away in 1788 in Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Priscilla Embry Hill was born in 1720 in Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of Joseph Wilkinson Jr And Mary Ann Carey Wilkinson.
  • Priscilla Embry Hill married Henry Embry Jr, William Hill, and had children including Mary Ann Coleman, Sarah Embra.
  • Priscilla Embry Hill passed away in 1788 in Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Jr
1702–1732
Birth Location: Dale Parish, Henrico, Virginia, United States
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Mary Wilkinson
1702–1750
Birth Location: Henrico, Virginia, United States
MW

Spouses(s)

Henry Jr
1727–1758
Birth Location: Surry County, Virginia, United States of America
HJ
William Hill
1710–1787
Birth Location: Surry County, Virginia, United States of America
WH

Children(s)

Sarah Embra
1747–1802
Birth Location: Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America
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Mary Coleman
1730–1798
Birth Location: Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States of America
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Priscilla Hill's Ancestors

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Priscilla Hill
1720–1788
Birth Place: Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America
Parents
Joseph Wilkinson Jr
1702–1732
Dale Parish, Henrico, Virginia, United States
Mary (Ann Carey) Wilkinson
1702–1750
Henrico, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Joseph Wilkinson
1670–1750
Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America
Priscilla Branch
1674–1750
Henrico, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Branch
1652–1688
Martha Griegg
1658–1746
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Priscilla Hill's Descendants

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Priscilla (Embry) Hill (1720–1788) m. Henry (Embry) Jr (1727–1758) m. William Hill (1710–17 February 1787)
  1. 1. Sarah Embra 1747–1802 m. Thomas (Hugh) Scott 1749–1799 m. Col. (Isaac) Reade 1739–1777
    1. 1. Thomas Scott 1782–
    2. 2. William Scott 1785–1850
    3. 3. Clement Reade 1772–1841 m. Clarissa (Jane) Edmunds 1772–1845
      1. 1. Clarisa (Jane) Read 1812–1847 m. Nicholas (Cabell) Read 1809–1872
        1. 1. Harriet (Scott) Meade 1839–1870 m. Benjamin (Everard) Meade 1831–1873
        2. 2. George (Whitfield) Read 1843–1888 m. Mariam (Ann) Carper 1849–1932
        3. 3. Rosa Reade 1845–1846
        4. 4. Jane Reade 1838–1911
        5. 5. Clement Read 1835–1898 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Sheridan 1847–1910
        6. 6. Isaac (Archibald) Read 1842–1864
        7. 7. Sarah Read 1843–1854
        8. 8. Anne (Mayo) Read 1832–1875 m. Henry (Clay) Slaughter 1835–1891
      2. 2. Almeria (Kennon) Read 1794–1856
      3. 3. Anne (Elizabeth) Read 1801–1832
      4. 4. Clement (Read) Jr 1798–1798
      5. 5. Thomas (Edmunds) Reade 1801–1834 m. Harriet (Ann) Scott 1804–
        1. 1. Catherine (Thomas Reed) Read 1824–
      6. 6. George (Whitfield) Read 1808–1872 m. Charlotte (A.) Edmunds 1815–1876
        1. 1. Lelia (S) Read 1853–1916
        2. 2. Alice (G.) Boyd 1833–1898 m. William (Benjamin Boyd) MD 1838–
        3. 3. Nannie (Green) Read 1836–1863 m. John (Thomas) Watson 1828–1910
        4. 4. Martha (A) Read 1839–1877
        5. 5. Clara (S.) Read 1844–1906
        6. 6. Mary Read 1847–
        7. 7. Nannie (Green) Read 1836–1863 m. John (Thomas Watson) Sr. 1828–1910
      7. 7. Harriet (Edmunds) Read 1815– m. George (Wyatt) Scott 1808–
        1. 1. George (Wyatt) Scott 1834–
      8. 8. Isaac (Read) MD 1792–1878 m. Panthea Burwell 1800–1862
        1. 1. Martha (C) Goode 1826–1907
        2. 2. Cpt. (Melancthon Clement Read) Sr 1820–1919 m. Jane (Christian) Burwell 1825– m. Martha ("Mattie" Wallace) Patterson 1847–1915
      9. 9. Nicholas (Edmunds) Read 1806–1872 m. Priscilla Read 1807–
        1. 1. Clarissa (Edmunds) Read 1831–
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Sims) Read 1829–
        3. 3. Nicholas (Sims) Read 1833–
        4. 4. Priscilla (Clement) Barksdale 1850–1936 m. Claiborne Barksdale 1847–1896
        5. 5. Thomas (Nash) Read 1837–
      10. 10. Sarah (Embra) Read 1790–1831 m. Lt. (Claiborne Barksdale) Jr 1783–1839
        1. 1. Thomas (Edmunds) Barksdale 1830–1910 m. Sally (C.) Edmunds 1826–1887
        2. 2. Maria (Louisa) Barksdale 1815–1839 m. Wood (B.) Bouldin 1811–1876
        3. 3. Clement (Reade) Barksdale 1818–1909 m. Jane (E.) Venable 1833–1898
        4. 4. Charles (Henry) Barksdale 1820–1880 m. Mary (A.) Barksdale 1817–1863 m. Emily (St. Albans) Barksdale 1842–1920
        5. 5. Edward (Marcellus) Barksdale 1822–1858 m. Martha (Georgiana) Archer 1827–1908
        6. 6. Isaac (Reed) Barksdale 1824–1898 m. Isaetta (Lewis) Barksdale 1833–1892
        7. 7. Mary (Jane Reade) Barksdale 1815–1858 m. William (Armistead) Fuqua 1798–1867
        8. 8. Claiborne (Barksdale) Jr. 1810–1815
        9. 9. Claiborne (G) Barksdale 1816–1883 m. Anne (Lewis) Barksdale 1822–1900
        10. 10. Cora (Read) Barksdale 1813–1877 m. Charles (Richardson) Hunt 1805–1883
      11. 11. Edwin (Edmunds) Reade 1810–1830
      12. 12. Priscilla Read 1796–1813
      13. 13. Mary (Ann) Read 1830–1880 m. (Hon) (James Monroe) Forgy 1820–1895
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Alice) Forgy 1852–1885
        2. 2. Moses Forgy 1857–1929
        3. 3. Clarence Forgy 1860–
        4. 4. Willie Forgy 1862–1931
        5. 5. Fenis Forgy 1865–
        6. 6. Minnie (Emmaline) Forgy 1870–1931
        7. 7. Frances (R) Forgy 1860–
        8. 8. James (Robert) Forgy 1850–1910 m. Mary (J.) Forgy 1850– m. Nancy (Elizabeth) Forgy 1871–1920 m. Henrietta Forgy 1851–1929
        9. 9. Clement (D) Forgy 1849–1855
    4. 4. Issac (Wright Read) Jr 1777–1823 m. Anne (Mayo) Venable 1784–1869
      1. 1. Nicholas (Cabell) Read 1809–1872 m. Margaretta (E) Mitchell 1809– m. Clarisa (Jane) Read 1812–1847
        1. 1. Margaretta (Mitchell) Reade 1856–
      2. 2. Isaac (Wright Read) III 1807–1887
      3. 3. Samuel (Venable) Reade 1804–1820
      4. 4. Clement (Carrington) Reade 1805–1872 m. Anne (Edmunds) Watkins 1803–1870
        1. 1. Elisabeth McIlwaine 1834–1920
        2. 2. Anne (Cabell) Carrington 1831–1893
        3. 3. Sarah (Embra) Read 1841–1875
        4. 4. Isaac Read 1836–1915
      5. 5. Sarah (Embrea) Read 1811–1855
      6. 6. Mary (Louise) Read 1813–1883
      7. 7. Anne (Cabell) Reade 1815–
      8. 8. Pauline (Cabell) Reade 1819–1909
      9. 9. William (Watkins) Reade 1821–1889
    5. 5. Priscilla Reade 1775–1844 m. Charles Scott 1763–1819
    6. 6. (Col.)Henry (Embry) Scott 1783–1848 m. Sarah ("Sally" Eldridge) Edmunds 1790–1816
      1. 1. Sally (Embra) Scott 1812–
      2. 2. William (Thomas) Scott 1809–1882 m. Martha (J. "Patty") Watkins 1834–1922
        1. 1. William (Embrey) Scott 1875–1954
      3. 3. Henry (Embry Scott) II 1816–1882
      4. 4. Clarissa (Ann) Scott 1811–1875
    7. 7. William (Coleman) Scott 1789–1857 m. Pauline Daniel 1788–1854
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Ambriska Amanda) Scott 1810–1901
      2. 2. Addison (Howard) Scott 1826–1888
      3. 3. Sarah (Elizabeth) Scott 1809–1873 m. Albert (S.) Green 1799–1872 m. Albert (Gallatin) Green 1799–1870
        1. 1. Paulina (E) Green 1831– m. Richard (R.) Puryear 1826–
        2. 2. Thomas (E) Green 1834–
        3. 3. Mary (L) Green 1834–1917
        4. 4. William (S) Green 1838–
        5. 5. Albert Green 1839–
        6. 6. Sarah (C) Green 1841–
        7. 7. Carlos (B) Green 1844–
        8. 8. Cornelia Green 1846–1926
      4. 4. Joseph Scott 1829–
      5. 5. Morgan Scott 1831–
      6. 6. John Scott 1833–
    8. 8. Thomas (Embry) Read 1772–1841
  2. 2. Mary (Ann) Coleman 1730–1798 m. Col. (John) Coleman 1720–1796
    1. 1. Col. (Henry Embry) Coleman 1768–1837 m. Anne (Nancy) Gordon 1776–1824
      1. 1. Sarah (Embry) Coleman 1889–1852
        1. 1. Joseph (Williams) Chalmers 1844–1918
      2. 2. Virginia (Frances Park) Coleman 1816–1817
      3. 3. Charles (Baskerville) Coleman 1814–1849
      4. 4. John Coleman 1800–1869
      5. 5. William (Murray) Coleman 1808–1821
      6. 6. Mary (Margaret) Logan 1798–1869
      7. 7. Henry (Embry Coleman) II 1806–1878
      8. 8. Elizabeth (Ann) Baskerville 1796–1821
      9. 9. Ethelbert (Algernon) Coleman 1812–1892
      10. 10. Jane (Catharine) Hamilton 1820–1850
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Ann Coleman -) Scott –1783 m. General (John Baytop) Scott 1761–1814

Priscilla Hill's Timeline

3 Records

1720
1720
Birth of Priscilla Embry Hill in Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America
Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America
1730
1730
Age 10
Birth of Priscilla Embry Hill in Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America
Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America
1788
1788
Age 68
Death of Priscilla Embry Hill in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America
Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1730
    Event Place: Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1788
    Event Place: Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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