Richard HILLS^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1810 - 1885  (~ 75 years)

• Name	Richard HILLS
  Christened	4 Feb 1810	Maidstone, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9665A9AB53D0994183FB7A6080A875408122
  Died	30 Mar 1885	Maidstone, Kent, England
  Person ID	I10708	YoungFamily
  Last Modified	22 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Francis HILLS,   b. 1769/1770,   d. 5 Feb 1817, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Lydia EATON,   c. 31 Jan 1773, East Peckham, Kent, England ,   d. 26 May 1816, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1794	East Peckham, Kent, England   [6]
  _UID	44A5EB8369FBA848B3F880707716F68C555F
  Family ID	F772	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann RUSSELL,   b. Abt 1806, Brenchley, Kent, England ,   d. Sep Qtr 1855, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Married	28 Jul 1833	East Farleigh, Kent, England
  _UID	88E21873131F4047A9304EDD771FBD0B1098
  Children	1. Eliza HILLS,   b. Abt 1835, Maidstone, Kent, England   2. Ann HILLS,   b. Abt 1836, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. 16 Aug 1875, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age ~ 39 years)   3. Richard ^ HILLS,   b. Dec Qtr 1837, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. Dec Qtr 1837, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   4. Elizabeth HILLS,   b. Dec Qtr 1838, Maidstone, Kent, England   5. Harriet ^ HILLS,   b. Mar Qtr 1840, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. Jun Qtr 1840, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   6. Emma ^ HILLS,   b. Jun Qtr 1841, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. Sep Qtr 1848, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age ~ 7 years)   7. Richard ^ HILLS,   b. Sep Qtr 1842, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. 8 Oct 1842, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   8. Richard HILLS,   b. Dec Qtr 1843, Maidstone, Kent, England   9. Frank ^ HILLS,   b. Mar Qtr 1845, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. Sep Qtr 1845, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   10. Jane HILLS,   b. Sep Qtr 1846, Maidstone, Kent, England   11. Henry HILLS,   b. Mar Qtr 1848, Maidstone, Kent, England   12. George ^ HILLS,   b. Sep Qtr 1849, Maidstone, Kent, England ,   d. Sep Qtr 1849, Maidstone, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	22 May 2022
  Family ID	F5047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth MITCHELL,   b. Abt 1811, Maidstone, Kent, England
  Married	7 Oct 1856	Barming, Kent, England
  _UID	F36BED0FB1F2C948A05F8062C3EB19A65C6A
  Notes	Richard Hills, widower, father Francis Hills Elizabeth Mitchell, father John Mitchell, spinster
  Last Modified	15 May 2022
  Family ID	F5048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Marriage of Richard Hills Marriage certificate for the marriage of Richard Hills to Ann Russell 28 July 1833 at East Farleigh.

  
  

• Notes

  Second marriage for Richard Hills confirms father is Francis HIlls and the correct Richard is the tailor. Married 7 Oct 1856 at Barming to Elizabeth Mitchell, father John Mitchell. This record also confirms that Richard was a widower at the time of this marriage. ***Hills Richard 1833 Apprentice Hills Walter Tailor Investigate Walter Hills to see if he can lead to Francis Hills, either as a brother, cousin, uncle, et cetera. The fact that he was apprenticing in 1833 would dictate that this Richard Hills would not appear in electoral registers until his apprenticeship had ended. Hills Richard 1828 Apprentice Cabbell William Cordwainer Death HILLS, RICHARD 75 Order bc 1810 GRO Reference: 1885 M Quarter in MAIDSTONE Volume 02A Page 498 1832 #70 Francis Hills Baker Mote Road #40 Richard Hill Cordwainer Mote Road 1835 Hills, Francis Moat Road occupation not stated Hills, Thomas Ditto ditto 1837 Hills, Francis Baker Doctor's fields *Hills, Richard Cordwainer Mote-road *Hills, Robert Baker Stone-street 1841 Hills, Francis House Mote Road ***Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) - this would coincide nicely with the end of his apprenticeship period. 1844 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1845 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1846 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1847 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1849 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1850 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1851 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1852 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1853 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1854 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1855 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1856 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1857 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1858 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1859 Hills, Francis House Mote Road victualler Hills, Richard House 13 Pudding Lane (tailor) 1860 Hills, Francis House Mote Road 1861 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1862 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1864 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House Pudding Lane (tailor) 1865 Hills, Francis House Mote Road Hills, Richard House 13 Pudding Lane (tailor) 1868 Hills, Francis House 29 Providence Place Hills, Richard House 13 Pudding Lane (tailor) 1870 Hills, Francis House Mote Road, late victualler Hills, Richard (missing 70, 71, 72) There is difficulty in distinguishing which Richard Hills is the correct one for our family as there are two that consistently appear in census returns from 1851 to 1881. One is a cordwainer and the other is a tailor. The cordwainer lives as a lodger mostly until he appears by himself as a widower in Mote Road. The tailor lives on Pudding Lane and would match the entries in the electoral rolls. The tailor has a family, married twice and remains fairly stable throughout. Additionally, his year of birth does equate to 1810 whereas the birth year of the cordwainer equates to 1807. This now solved (Sep 5, 2018) with the discovery of the second marriage of Richard Hills to Elizabeth Mitchell in 1856. The marriage record confirms that this Richard's father was Francis Hills, and, so, I can now adopt Richard Hills the tailor into my family tree. 1851 Maidstone, Kent, England, HO107/1617, ED 1f, fol. 128, p. 8, FHL film #0193518 Household Sch. #19, High Street Joseph Relph, head, mar, 50, shoemaker employing 6 men, born Chatham, Kent Mary Relph, wife, mar, 46, born Rochester, Kent Walter Relph, son, unm, 20, baker, born Brompton, Kent James Relph, son, unm, 18, shoemaker, born Chatham, Kent Phebe Relph, daughter, unm, 12, scholar, born Maidstone, Kent Richard Hills, lodger, unm, 44, shoemaker, born Maidstone, Kent 1861 Maidstone, Kent, England, RG 9/500, ED6, fol. 130, p. 22, FHL film #0542650 Household Sch. #113, 10 Middle Row: Joseph Relf, head, mar, 60, boot maker, born Gillingham, Kent Mary Relf, wife, mar, 55, born Rochester, Kent Phebe M. Relf, daughter, unm, 21, scholar, born Maidstone, Kent Mary A. Relf, daughter, unm, 18, born Maidstone, Kent Richard Hills, lodger, unm, 54, shoemaker, born Maidstone, Kent 1871 Maidstone, Kent, England, RG10/940, ED 6, fol. 97, p. 9, FHL film #0838712 Household Sch. #37, 9 Middle Row, High Street: Joseph Relf, head, mar, 70, boot maker, born Gillingham, Kent Mary A. Relf, wife, mar, 64, born Rochester, Kent Richard Hills, lodger, unm, 64, boot maker, born Maidstone, Kent 1881 Maidstone, Kent, England, RG11/930, ED 3, fol. 41, p. 1, FHL film #1341222 Household Sch. #4, 58 Mote Road: Richard Hills, head, widower, 74, formerly shoemaker, born Maidstone, Kent This cordwainer died same year as my Richard HILLS, RICHARD 78 Order GRO Reference: 1885 M Quarter in MAIDSTONE Volume 02A Page 504 Only the year of estimate birth decided which entry was correct for each Richard Hills.

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] 1841 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Maidstone, Kent, England, HO107/490/9, ED 5a, fol. 24, p. 4, 6 Jun 1841. Pudding Lane: Richard Hills, 31, tailor, born in county Ann Hills, 35, born in county Eliza Hills, 6, born in county Ann Hills, 5, born in county Elizabeth Hills, 3, born in county Emma Hills, 2 months, born in county [S51] 1851 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Maidstone, Kent, England, HO107/1617, ED 1e, fol. 99, p. 7, FHL film #0193518, 30 Mar 1851. Household Sch. #23, Pudding Lane: Richard Hills, head, mar, 40, shop keeper and tailor [shop keeper crossed through], born Maidstone, Kent Ann Hills, wife, mar, 45, born Brenchley, Kent Eliza Hills, daughter, unm, 16, born Maidstone, Kent Ann Hills, daughter, unm, 14, born Maidstone, Kent Elizabeth Hills, daughter, unm, 12, born Maidstone, Kent Richard Hills, son, unm, 7, born Maidstone, Kent Jane Hills, daughter, unm, 4, born Maidstone, Kent Hills [sic] [Henry] Hills, son, unm, 3, born Maidstone, Kent [S52] 1861 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Maidstone, Kent, England, RG 9/500, ED 5, fol. 100, p. 7, FHL film #0542650, 7 Apr 1861. Household Sch. #23, Pudding Lane: Richard Hills, head, mar, 51, tailor, born Maidstone, Kent Elizabeth Hills, wife, mar, 50, born Maidstone, Kent Eliza Hills, daughter, unm, 26, born Maidstone, Kent Jane Hills, daughter, unm, 14, scholar, born Maidstone, Kent Henry Hills, son, unm, 13, scholar, born Maidstone, Kent [S53] 1871 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Register General Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Maidstone, Kent, England, RG 10/940, ED 5, fol. 80, p. 16, FHL film #0838712, 2 Apr 1871. Household Sch. #70, 31 Pudding Lane: Richard Hills, head, mar, 61, grocer, born Maidstone, Kent Elizabeth Hills, wife, mar, 60, born Maidstone, Kent Eliza Hills, daughter, unm, 36, born Maidstone, Kent Ann Hills, daughter, unm, 34, nurse (domestic) unemployed, born Maidstone, Kent [S8] 1881 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Kew, Surrey, England, (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.: Genealogical Society of Utah), Maidstone, Kent, England, RG 11/927, ED 4, fol. 54, p. 6, FHL film #1341221, 3 Apr 1881. Household Sch. #22, 31 Pudding Lane: Richard Hills, head, mar, 71, grocer, born Maidstone, Kent Elizabeth Hills, wife, mar, 70, born Maidstone, Kent [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), East Peckham, Kent, England, 2 Nov 1794. Franics Hills of this parish and Lidia Eaton of this parish were married in this church by banns this second day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four by me . Mitchell Curate. This Marriage was solemnized between us Francis Hills, Lidia Ethon [sic]. In the presence of Thomas Miller, John Durtnall. All parties signed their names.