HILLIS ANNEX
David Alexander Hillis Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 14 June 2025
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Origin of
the surname “Hillis:”
Generation
4
3 (?) Hillis
1. Biographical notes:
Born .
2. Wife: (?)
Born . Died .
3. Children:
a. William Hillis, I: Born 1812 in County Monaghan,
Ireland. Died 18 December 1880; interred
Ballibay (a.k.a. South Herrick) Cemetery, Herrick Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
1850 US Census: Wm Hillis, age 37 (b. Ireland) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a single-person household in Herrick
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
His real estate was valued at $1,000.
Of interest, the household headed by Richard Hillis, age 35 (b. Ireland)
was enumerated directly before him, and the household headed by Wm Hillis 2nd
was enumerated before him on the previous census page.
1870 US Census: William Hillis, age 57 (b. Ireland)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a single-person household in Herrick
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
His real estate was valued at $4,000, and his personal property was
valued at $650.
b. Richard Hillis: See generation 2, below.
c. Samuel Hillis: Born about 1819 in Ireland.
d. William Hillis, II: Born about 1823 in County
Monaghan, Ireland.
1850 US Census: Wm Hillis, 2nd, age 26 (b. Ireland)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Herrick Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $300. The household also
included his wife, Caroline Hillis, age 28 (b. PA); daughter, Mahala Hillis,
age 7 (b. PA); daughter, Harriet Hillis, age 3 (b. PA); son, Wilbert Hillis,
age 2 (b. PA); and [perhaps brother] Samuel Hillis, age 30 (b. Ireland). Of interest, the households headed by Charles
Squires, age 63, and Richard Hillis, age 35, were enumerated after him on the
same census page.
1860 US Census: Wm Hillis, age 37 (b. Ireland) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Herrick Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $1,500, and his personal property was valued at $580. The household also included his wife,
Caroline Hillis, age 38 (b. PA); daughter, Mahala Hillis, age 17 (b. PA);
daughter, Harriet Hillis, age 13 (b. PA); son, Wilbur Hillis, age 12 (b. PA);
and son, Albert Hillis, age 7 (b. PA).
1870 US Census: William Hillis, age 49 (b. Ireland)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Herrick Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $4,000, and his personal property was valued at $1,700. The household also included his wife,
Caroline Hillis, age 47 (b. PA); daughter, Mahala
Hillis, age 26 (b. PA); son, Wilbert Hillis, age 21 (b. PA) and employed as a
farm laborer; son, Albert Hillis, age 17 (b. PA); and brother, Samuel Hillis,
age 51 (b. Ireland) and employed as a farm laborer.
William Hillis married Caroline (?) and had the following
children:
(1. Mahala Hillis: Born about 1843 in Pennsylvania,
(2. Harriet Hillis: Born about 1847 in Pennsylvania.
(3. Wilbert Hillis: (photos) Born about 1848 in Pennsylvania.
(4. Albert Samuel Hillis: Born 2 January 1852 in
Herrick Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 17 December 1916 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married Ella Jane Nesbit
(b. 20 Feb 1859 in Herrick Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 24 Aug 1945 in Wyalusing
Twp, Bradford Co., PA) about 1880.
2 Richard Hillis
1. Biographical notes:
Born 17 November 1814 in County, Monaghan, Ireland. Died 20 October 1880 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania; interred Ballibay Cemetery, South Herrick Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
1850 US Census: Richard Hillis, age 35 (b. Ireland)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Herrick Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $1,000. The household also
included his wife, Jane Hillis, age 27 (b. Ireland); son, Wm Hillis, age 8 (b.
PA); daughter, Margaret Hillis, age 6 (b. PA); son, Elisha Hillis, age 4 (b.
PA); and son, David Hillis, age 1 (b. PA).
Of interest, the single-person household headed by Wm Hillis, age 37 (b.
Ireland), was enumerated directly after him on the next census page, and the
household headed by Charles Squires, age 63 (b. CT), was enumerated directly
before him on the same census page, and the household headed by Wm Hillis, 2nd,
age 26 (b. Ireland), was also enumerated before him on the same census page.
1860 US Census: R. Hillis, age 46 (b. Ireland) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Herrick Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $4,000, and his personal property was valued at $987. The household also included his wife, Jane
Hillis, age 36 (b. Ireland); son, Wm Hillis, age 17 (b. PA); son, Elisha
Hillis, age 14 (b. PA); daughter, Margaret Hillis, age 15 (b. PA); son, David
Hillis, age 12 (b. PA); daughter, Susan Hillis, age 10 (b. PA); daughter, Mary
Hillis, age 7 (b. PA); son, Judson Hillis, age 6 (b. PA); and son, Richard
Hillis, age 2 (b. PA). Of interest, the
household headed by Chas Squires, age 73 (b. CT) and Wm Hillis, age 37 (b.
Ireland) were enumerated after him on the same census page.
1870 US Census: Richard Hillis, age 55 (b. Ireland)
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Herrick Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $8,000, and his personal property was valued at $2,500. The household also included his wife, Jane
Hillis, age 46 (b. Ireland); son, David Hillis, age 21 (b. PA) and employed as
a farm laborer; daughter, Susan Hillis, age 19 (b. PA) and at home; daughter,
Minnie Hillis, age 14 (b. PA) and in school; son, Stewart Hillis, age 12 (b.
PA), with no record of employment; daughter, Isavelle Hillis, age 9 (b. PA) and
in school; son, John Hillis, age 7 (b. PA); daughter, Anna Hillis, age 4 (b.
PA); and daughter, Sarah Hillis, age 2 (b. PA).
Of interest, the households headed by William Nesbit, age 40; Martin
Angle, age 24; and Zebadia Angle, age 62, were enumerated before him on the
same census page.
1880 US Census: Richard Hillis, age 66 (b. Ireland;
parents b. Ireland) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Herrick Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife, Jane
Hillis, age 57 (b. Ireland; parents b. Ireland); daughter, Susan Hillis, age 28
(b. PA), single, and employed as a school teacher; son, Stewart R. Hillis, age
22 (b. PA), single, and employed working on the farm; son, John Hillis, age 17
(b. PA), single, and employed working on the farm; daughter, Belle Hillis, age
19 (b. PA), single, and employed teaching school; and daughter, Anna E. Hillis,
age 14 (b. PA). Of interest, the
household headed by his son, David Hillis, age 32 (b. PA) and employed as a
farmer, was enumerated directly after him on the same census page.
2. Wife: Jane Nesbit
Born 5 September 1823 in County Monaghan, Ireland; daughter of William and Eleanor (Wood)
Nesbit.
Died 12 October 1898 in Herrick Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania;
interred with Richard.
3. Children:
a. William James Hillis, MD: Born 14 October 1842 in
Pennsylvania. Died 19 November 1884 in
Troy Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred there in Glenwood
Cemetery. Married (1st) Deborah Emily
Horton (b. 7 Nov 1843 at Terrytown, Bradford Co., PA, d. there 26 Mar 1869;
interred Terrytown Cem.), daughter of Dr. George Firman and Abigail (Terry)
Horton. Married (2nd) Jerusha E. Shepard
(b. 27 Oct 1841 in PA, d. 1 Jul 1926 in Humboldt Co., CA; interred with
William) in May 1872 and had children.
b. Margaret E. Hillis: Born 14 April 1844 in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died there 30 June
1919; interred Hornbrook Cemetery, Hornbrook, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married, as his 2nd wife,
George W. Blackman (b. 19 Feb 1831 in Sheshequin Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 9
Nov 1915 in Bradford Co., PA).
c. Elisha Lewis Hillis: Born 10 January 1846 in
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 17
January 1908; interred Merryall Cemetery, Marryall, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married Mary Amelia Cook
(b. 21 Oct 1852 at Stevensville, Bradford Co., PA, d. 17 Jul 1918 on Manhattan,
NY City, NY) on 30 December 1875 at Merryall, Wyalusing Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania and had children.
d. David Alexander Hillis: See generation
1, below.
e. Susanna Hillis "Susan": Born 24
February 1851 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 1 August 1898 in Pennsylvania; interred Riverside Cemetery,
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married Charles F. Dayton (b. 6 Oct 1841 in PA, d. 23 Jul 1923) on 15
May 1888 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
f. Judson Hillis: Born about 1854 in
Pennsylvania. Died before 1870.
g. Mary Jane Hillis "Minnie": Born
November 1855 in Pennsylvania. Died
1932; interred Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Thomas Benton Stone (b. 11 Mar 1851
at Camptown, Wyalusing Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 26 Aug 1933) on 2 April 1879
at Camptown, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and had
children.
h. Richard Stewart Hillis "Stewart": (photos) Born February 1858 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died there 1921; interred
Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Kate Squires (b. Mar 1864 in Bradford
Co., PA, d. 21 May 1946 at Lansdowne, Delaware Co., PA), paragraph 3.n.(3. of
generation 4 of the Squires Annex, and had the following children:
(1.
Harriet S. Hillis: Born March 1891 in Pennsylvania. Married Guy Fuller Smith (b. 25 Feb 1890 at
Camptown, Wyalusing Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. Sep 1975 in Lansdowne Twp,
Delaware Co., PA), son of P. A. and Lettie J. (Fuller) Smith, on 24 August 1915
in Bradford County, Pennsylvania and had children.
(2.
Anita J. Hillis: Born 1892 in Pennsylvania.
Died there 1899.
(3.
Lena Belle Hillis: (photos) Born 4 April 1894 in
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died
there February 1972. Married Ondree
Harry Marsh (b. 7 Jan 1894 in PA, d. Oct 1967 at Wysox, Bradford Co., PA) and
had children.
(4.
William Charles Hillis: Born 22 December 1896 in Pennsylvania. Died 1972/62.
Married Janet Reinhart (b. Jun 1900 at Herrickville, Bradford Co., PA,
d. 15 Jul 1966 at Sayre, Bradford Co., PA).
(5.
Kathryn/Katharyne Hillis: Born 4 September 1899 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died August 1979 at
Johnson City, Broome County, New York.
Married Clair Oscar Chaney (b. 25 May 1894 at Eppards, Point Twp,
Livingston Co., IL, d. 22 Jun 1972 at Saint Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL) and
had a son.
(6.
Susanna Hillis: Born 1903 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 1904.
(7.
Theodore S. Hillis: Born 1906 in Pennsylvania.
Died 1921.
(8.
Jennie E. Hillis: Born 1907 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 1908.
i. Isabelle Hillis "Belle": Born November
1862/60 in Herrick Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 5 December 1936 in Lodi Township, Seneca
County, New York; interred there in West Lodi Cemetery. Married George N. Maxwell (b. 26 Feb 1867 at
Ovid, Seneca Co., NY, d. 16 Mar 1923) on 19 January 1887 at Bellona, Benton
Township, Yates County, New York.
j. John Nesbit Hillis: Born 1 September 1863 in
Pennsylvania. Died 20 October 1947 at
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas; interred there in Highland Park
Cemetery. Married Henrietta Eliza Davis
(b. 17 Aug 1872 in Coffey Co., KS, d. 7 Oct 1947 at Kansas City, Wyandotte Co.,
KS) on 2 September 1894 in Burlington Township, Coffey County, Kansas and had
children.
k. Anna Elizabeth Hillis: (photos) Born 4 January 1866 in Pennsylvania. Died 4 January 1946 at Towanda, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Never married.
l. Sarah Hillis: Born about 1868 in Pennsylvania.
1 David Alexander Hillis:
Born 13/8 December 1848 in
Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 17 May 1927 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married Mary
Frances Biles (Para
4.C.13.b. of the Alexander
Patterson Biles
page), oldest child of Lewis "Duke" Biles, who was the 13th child of Alexander Patterson Biles, on 1 April 1875 at
Camptown, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
See the
Alexander Patterson Biles Page for More Info
Other, still unidentified
Hillis related names:
1. Ina Hillis (photos)
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