... To Alexander Sears Hill, Harvard 1764, belongs the distinction of first teaching the girls of Medford in her public school. The Selectman record an order Jan. 19, 1767 ; to Alex. Sears Hill for teaching 6 m. L24-13, "from June 23 to Dec. 23, 1766 part of which time he Schooled the Girls as well as Boys." ...
... her mother was a Boston girl, one of the daughters of Alexander Sears Hill and Mary Richey of Santa Cruz. The tradition was that Alexander Sears Hill had gone to Philadelphia for a milder climate in winter, had fallen in love with Mary Richey, and that they had married without the knowledge of their parents. A handsome couple they were, as the full-length portraits by Copley attest to this day. They both died young. ...
