"1. Thomas (Gill), b. in Eng. ab. 1616, was one of the early planters of Hing., and the ancestor of all who have borne the surname in this town. He prob. came here at or ab. the time Rev. Peter Hobart and his company arrived, as he had a house-lot of five acres granted him the same yr., 1635, which was located on or near what is now the corner of Main and South Sts. He also had grants of land at Broad Cove, at Pleasant Hill, etc. His w. was Hannah, dau. of the first John Otis, who names her with other ch., in his will of May 30, 1657. She d. in Hing. 25 Jan. 1675-76. He d. 24 Feb. 1704-5, æt. 'ab. 89 yrs.' Constable in 1668; selectman 1645, 1676, 1684, and 1690. On May 4, 1650, his house was destroyed by fire. He afts. resided on North St., near Hobart's Bridge."
