Charles Hill, died in October, 1684
The first copartnership in trading at New London, of which we have any knowledge, is that of Hill and Christophers, 'Charles Hill, of London, guirdler, and Christopher Christophers, mariner.' The earliest date respecting them is June 26th, 1665, when they purchased a warehouse that had been John Tinker's, on Mill Cove. Hill, though styled of London, had previously been at the south, for in 1668, he assigned to Robert Prowse, merchant, all right to a plantation in Maryland, with milch cows and small cattle, &c, which had been four years jointly owned and cultivated by them.
Mr. Hill was chosen recorder of the town, February 25th, 1669-70, and held the office till his death. His handwriting was compact and neat, but not distinct. He was also clerk of the county court at the time of his decease. His first marriage is thus recorded: 'Charles, son to George Hill, of Barley, Derbyshire, Esq., was married July 16, 1668, to Ruth, widow of John Picket.' Children—Jane, born December 9th, 1669; Charles, October 16th, 1671; Ruth, baptized October, 1673, probably died in infancy; Jonathan, born December, 1674. Ruth, wife of Charles Hill, died April 30th, 1677. Charles Hill married, second, June 12th, 1678, Rachel, daughter of Major John Mason, deputy governor of the colony. This second wife and her infant child died in 1679."
