Phillis Grow married Simon Hill of Salem at Marblehead on April 17, 1796. According the records, Rev. Isaac Story officiated at the wedding. In Marblehead on August 25, 1800 both of Simon and Phillis’ daughters, Esther (age unknown) and Meriam (5 months), were baptized at the Second Congregation Church. The Hill family does not appear in the 1800 Marblehead census, though there is a Prince Hill in Salem living in a household of 5. Perhaps Simon, Phillis, and the children were living with Prince. Simon died “very suddenly” on August 28, 1810 in Marblehead. In both 1805 and 1807, Simon Hill’s name appeared in the list of letters waiting to be picked up in the Salem post office.
On October 29, 1815, the widow Phillis Hill married John Geer of Salem. A 1797 Salem Gazette advertisement has a John Geer and his partner, James Redenton, soliciting sawing work in Capt. Enos Brigg’s Shipyard near South-Mills, Salem. It is unclear if this is the same John Geer. Geer’s fate is unknown.
Phillis, referred to as Phillis Hill, died “at the Poor House” in Marblehead on December 17, 1818. Her age is unknown.
No further record of the children can be found.
Bibliography:
1790 Federal Direct Tax for Salem.
1800 United States Census of Salem.
1810 United States Census of Marblehead.
Marblehead & Salem, Early Vital Records of Massachusetts: From 1600 to 1850, https://ma-vitalrecords.org/.
Salem Gazette, April 7, 1797.
Salem Register, July 25, 1807 and April 20, 1807.
1810 Census Marblehead Simon Hill
Marblehead Births Phillis and Simon children
Marblehead Deaths Simon and Phillis Hill
Marblehead Marriages Phillis Grow and Simon Hill
Marriage Simon Hill to Phillis Grow by Isaac Story
1798 John Geer Salem Direct Tax
Phillis Hill Death Marblehead Vital Records
Prince Hill Salem 1800 Census
Salem Marriages Hill and Grow and Geer
Salem Marriages John Geer to Phillis Hill
Salem Marriages Phillis Grow and Simon Hill
Salem Gazette, April 7, 1797 John Geer sawing
Salem Register, April 20, 1807 Simon Hill Salem letter left
Salem Register, July 2, 1805 Simon Hill Salem letter left
Simon Hill death Marblehead Vital Records