Joseph HILLS1, 74, 75, 76 was born about _____ _____ 1817 in Cowfold, Cuckfield, Sussex, England, was baptized 30 Mar 1817 in Cowfold, Cuckfield, Sussex,
England,4 died after _____ _____ 1900 in Havana, Mason, Illinois, USA,77 and was
buried _____ _____ _____ in __________, __________, __________.

Other names for Joseph were Joseph HILE, Joseph HILL, 78 Joseph HILLMAN, Joseph HILLSMAN.

Noted events in his life were:
• He has conflicting birth information of _____ _____ 1816 and __________, __________, Sussex, England.77
• He has conflicting birth information of _____ Feb 1819 and Cowfold, Cuckfield, Sussex, England.80
• Baptism Notes: The IGI has the baptism of a Joseph Hills, son of William & Emma at
Cowfold on Mar 30, 1817.
• He appeared on the census in _____ _____ 1841 in Cowfold, Cuckfield, Sussex, England.9
• He worked as a Laborer in _____ _____ 1841 in Cowfold, , Sussex, England.9
• He appeared on the census 30 Mar 1851 in Cowfold, Cuckfield, Sussex, England.79
• He worked as an Agricultural. Laborer in 1851 in Cowfold, , Sussex, England.79
• He worked as a Laborer in 1854 in Cowfold, Cuckfield, Sussex, England.78
• He immigrated From London, England to New York on the Patrick Henry 22 Aug 1856 to New York.81
• He appeared on the Township 21, Range 8 census 24 Jul 1860 in , Mason, Illinois, USA.82
• He had a residence in _____ _____ 1868 in Lynchburg Township, Mason, Illinois, USA. A Joseph Hill f, is listed in the Mason County Directory by J. B. Wright - 977.3553.E4w
• He had a residence in 1868 in Salt Creek Township, Mason, Illinois, USA. A
Joe Hill f, is listed in the Mason County Directory by J. B. Wright - 977.3553.E4w
• He appeared on the Township 10 Range 7 census 7 Jun 1870 in , Macoupin,
Illinois, USA.83
• He appeared on the census 10 Jun 1880 in Mason City, Mason, Illinois, USA.84
• He appeared on the census 2 Jun 1885 in Elen Creek, Webster, Nebraska, USA.85
• He appeared on the census 14 Jun 1900 in Pekin City, Tazewell, Illinois, USA.86
• Death Notes: Second IGI Page had Hauana

General Notes: IGI Family Record: Hills, Joseph S William and Emma Bap Cowfold, 30 Mar 1817

1841 English Census: PRO HO107/1098/11, WSRD MF 495, Parish or Township of
Cowfold, Page 24, Place: Church Lodge, Houses - Uninhabited__, Inhabited: marked,
Names of each Person who abode therein the preceding Night: Joseph Hill, AGE and SEX: Male 20, Female: __, PROFESSION, TRADE, EMPLOYMENT, or of INDEPENDENT MEANS: Laborer, Where Born - Whether born in same county: Y, Whether Born in Scotland, Ireland, or Foreign Parts:___, Folio: 24, Living with Benjamin Hill

1851 English Census: Parish of Cowfold, Borough of New Shoreham, Village of
Cowfold, Reference H.O. 107/1642, No of Householder ?: 76, Name of Street, Place, or Road and Name or No. of House: Little Brook, Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house, on the Night of the 30th March, 1851: Joseph Hill, Relation to Head of Family: Head, Condition: Mar, Age of Male: 33, Female: , Rank, Profession, or Occupation: Agricultural Lab, Where Born: Cowfold, Sussex?, Folio: 374
1851 England Census Record, Name: Joseph Hill, Age: 33, Relation: Head, Gender: Male, Where born: Cowfold, Sussex, England, Civil parish: Cowfold, County: Sussex,
Country: England, Registration district: Cuckfield, Sub-registration district: Lindfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 4b, Folio: 374, Page: 21, Household schedule number: 76,
GSU Number: 193545
1851 England Census - Others in home:
Name . . . Estimated Birth Year, Birthplace, . . .Relationship Civil Parish County/Island
Henry Hill . . abt 1849 . . .Cowfold, Sussex, England; Son;. . . Cowfold. . . . Sussex
Joseph Hill . abt 1818 . . .Cowfold, Sussex, England; Head; . .Cowfold. . . . Sussex
Joseph Hill . abt 1850 . . .Cowfold, Sussex, England; Son; . . . Cowfold . . . .Sussex
Lydia Hill . . .abt 1819 . . .Cowfold, Sussex, England; Wife; . . .Cowfold . . . .Sussex
Lydia Hill . . .abt 1851 . . .Cowfold, Sussex, England; Daughter Cowfold . . . Sussex
Sophia Hill . abt 1845 . . .Cowfold, Sussex, England; Daughter Cowfold . . . .Sussex

1856 District of New York -- Port of New York
I __? H. Gifford___ Master of the ___Patrick Henry___ do solemnly, sincerely and truly the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the to the Collector of the customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passenger taken on board of the said ___Patrick Henry___ at London from which port said ship has now arrived: and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs and also the country of which it is intended by each to became inhabitant; and that said list or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this __22 @ August 1856______? Gifford so help me God
Before me__Muoffman?___
List of manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Patrick Henry
whereof
Thms K afford is Master, from London burthen______ tons_____
Joseph Hill 39 M Farmer England, United States Between decks
Lydia Hill . .38 F . Wife. . England, United States Between decks
Sophia Hill 11 F Daughter England, United States Between decks
Sarah Hill . .9 .F Daughter England, United States Between decks
Henry Hill . .7 M Son . . . .England, United States Between decks
Joseph Hill .6 M Son . . . .England, United States Between decks
Lydia Hill . . .5 F Daughter England, United States Between decks
Mary Ann Hill 4 F Daughter England, United States Between decks
Peter Hill . . . .2 M Son . . . .England, United States Between decks
Ann Hill . . 1 week Daughter England, United States Between decks
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Name: Peter Hill, Arrival Date: 22 Aug 1856,
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854, Age: 2, Gender: Male, Port of Departure: London, England, Destination: United States of America, Place of Origin: England, Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: English, Ship Name: Patrick Henry
Search Ship Database: Patrick Henry, Line: 28, Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_166, List Number: 838, Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States

1860 United States Federal Census - Page: 99, State: Illinois, County: Mason, City:
Township 21, Range 8, Call Number/URL: 653-210, Enumeration Date: 24 July 1860, 1. Dwelling #: 678, 2. Families #: 1, 3. Name: Joseph Hill, Description - 4. Age: 41, 5. Sex: M, 6. Color: , 7. Profession: Farmer, 8. Value of Real Estate owned: --, 9. Value of Personal Estate: $450, 10. Place of Birth: England
1860 United States Federal Census Record: Name: Joseph Hill, Age in 1860: 41
Birth Year: abt 1819, Birthplace: England, Home in 1860: Township 21 Range 8, Mason, Illinois, Gender: Male, Post Office: Havana
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Hill . . . .41
Lydia Hill . . . . . 40
Sophia Hill. . . . 15
Sarah Hill . . . . .14
Henry Hill . . . . .12
Joseph Hill . . . .11
Peter Hill . . . . . . 6
Mary Hill . . . . . . .8
Edward Hill . . . . .2
Alfred J Hill . . . 1/12

This is the best match I could find:
1870 United States Federal Census - Page: 49, State: Illinois, County: Macoupin, City:
Township 10 Range 7, Enumeration Date: 7 June 1870, 1. Dwelling #: 352, 2. Family #: 373, 3. Name: Hill, Joseph, 4. Age: 50, 5. Sex: M, 6. Color: W , 7. Profession: Grocery Merchant, 9. Value of Personal Estate: $400, 10. Place of Birth: England, Parentage: 11. Father Foreign born: marked, 12. Mother Foreign born: marked, Constitutional Relations - 19. Male Citizens 21 & up: marked?, 20. Male Citizens 21 & up where rights to vote is denied on other grounds than rebellion or other crime: marked?, (Living with Sarah age 31 - I found his daughter Sarah, age 22, living with her brothers, Joseph & Henry, in Mason City)
1870 United States Federal Census: Name: Joseph Hill, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820, Age in 1870: 50, Birthplace: England, Home in 1870: Township 10 Range 7, Macoupin, Illinois, Race: White, Gender: Male, Post Office: Carlinvill
I also found a Joseph Hill, bd: abt 1819, age: 51, Birthplace: England, Home in 1870:
Lynchburg, Mason, Illinois, Race: White, Gender: Male, and Pst Office: Snicarte. He had an unknown Elizabeth Hill, age: 43, living with him keeping house.

This is the best match I could find:
1880 United States Federal Census: State: Illinois, County: Mason, City: Mason City,
Page: 35, ED.: 138, Enumeration Date: 10 June 1880, Dwelling #: 369, 2. Family #: 386, 3. Name: Hill, Peter, Personal Description: 4. Color: W, 5. Sex: M, 6. Age: 56, 8. Civil Condition - 11. Widowed, 13. Occupation: Gardener, 14. Numbers of months unemployed: checked, Nativity: 24. Person's Place of Birth: England, 25. Father's Place of Birth: England, 26. Mother's Place of Birth: England
1880 United States Federal Census Record: Name: Joseph Hill, Age: 56, Estimated birth year: <1824>, Birthplace: England, Occupation: Gardener, Relationship to head-of-household: Self, Home in 1880: Mason City, Mason, Illinois, Marital status: Widower, Race: White, Gender: Male, Father's birthplace: Eng, Mother's birthplace: Eng

1885 Nebraska State Census - Name: Joseph Hill, Race: W, Age: 59, Birth Place:
England, ED 779. Loc: Elen Creek Precinct, Webster, Nebraska, Date: 02 June 1885,
Enumerator: L. D. Thomas, Locality: Midway Borough, ED 192, OSPage Number: 9B, Listed with Peter Hill's family.
1885 Nebraska State Census: Name: Joseph Hill, Age: 59, Birth Place: England
LOCATION: Elen Creek Precinct, Webster, Nebraska, Date: 2 Jun 1885,
Enumeration District: 779, Page: 3, Race: White, Locality: Midway Borough
Schedules of the Nebraska State Census of 1885. M352. RG029. 56 rolls.
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

1900 United States Federal Census - State: Illinois, County: Tazewell, City: Perkin City, 3rd or 4th Ward, Call Number/URL: 47-55 hand written, Enumeration District: 150, Sheet #: 2A, Enumeration Date: 14 June 1900, Line #: 30, Location - Street: Broadway, House #: 705, Dwelling #: 25, 2. Family #: 27, 3. Name: Hill, Joseph, 4. Relationship: Fa in Law, Personal Description - 5. Color: W, 6. Sex: M, 7. Date of Birth: Feb 1819, 8. Age: 82, 9. Widower, Nativity Place of Birth - 13. Place of Birth: England, 14. Father's place of Birth: England, 15. Mother's Place of Birth: England, Education - 22. Can read, 23. Can write and 24 Can speak English: yes
1900 United States Federal Census Record: Home in 1900: Pekin Ward 3, Tazewell, Illinois, Age: 82, Estimated birth year: abt 1818, Birthplace: England, Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Father-in-law, Occupation: , Immigration year: 1856

Summer 2005 Lost Cousins e=mail: The IGI has the baptism of a Joseph Hills, son of
William & Emma at Cowfold on Mar 30, 1817. This is about the right time for it to be your relative.9, 79

Joseph married Lydia BROWN1, 2, 74, 76, 78 9 Sep 1841 in Cowfold, Cuckfield, Sussex, England,4, 75 daughter of Abraham BROWN and Ann STEELE.
Lydia was born about 1818 in Cowfold, Cuckfield, Sussex, England,1, 78 was baptized 26 Apr 1818 in Cowfold, Cuckfield, Sussex, England,1, 2 died before _____ _____ 1880 in Havana, Mason, Illinois, USA,1, 87 and was buried _____ _____ _____ in
__________, __________, __________.

Other names for Lydia were Lidia BROWN,9 Lydia HILL, and Lydia HILLS.

They had 12 children: William, William, Sophia, Sarah, Henry, Joseph, Lydia, Mary Ann, Peter, Ann, Edward D., and Alfred J.

Source Citations
1. GEDCOM - Morris (Sources: Ancestry.co.uk., Birth Certificate, Birthday Book, brian.demonweb.co.uk/f85, Brighton History Center, Certificate of Death, Certificate of Service, Civil Registration Indexes: 1837- 1983 (From Ancestry.com database: England and Wales, Civil Registration Index.), East Sussex Records Office, E-mail, Family Records Center, FreeBMD - Civil Registration Indexes, FreeBMD, England and Wales, Insurance Policy, Marriage Certificate, Parish Registers, relative, School Certificate, Sussex Family History Group, web site, www.census.pro.gov.uk., www.familysearch.org , FreeBMD, England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexs: 1837-1983, From Ancestry.com database: England and Wales, Civil Registration Index.)

2. Web Site - Family Search Records, www.familysearch.org. (IGI, Pedigree Resource Files, Started Searching this Web Site Jan 2006), IGI British Isles Search.

3. Sussex Record Society, Genealogical Society of Utah, edited by P. S. Godman, The Parish Register of Cowfold, Sussex, England 1558 - 1812 .

4. GEDCOM - Morris: www.familysearch.org.

5. Marriage Certified Copy - Hills, Joseph and Lydia Hill's Marriage certificate MXC 268901.

9. Census - 1841 English Census, FHL British Microfilm 474673, abt 1769. W.S.R.O. MP 41504 - An Index of the 1841 - 1891 Census schedule of the Parish of Cowfold in West Sussex
ENGLAND AND WALE ENUMERATOR'S SCHEDULE, County of Sussex West (Parliamentary Division) _______, Hundred, Wapentake, Sake or Liberty of Mindhaur, Euhurst Parish of Cowfold (part of), City or Borough, or Town, or County Corporate of ____________, Within the Limits of the Parliamentary Boundary of the Borough of Shoreham and Brambe Rafe, Within the Municipal Boundary of ________________, Superintendent Registrar's District Cuckfield Union?, Registrar's Distract Cuckfield, No. of Enumeration District 7, Description of ditto Cowfold Parish, Commences at a gate called Bakendean Gate continue the Parish? Boun?? to home fields thence to Druits acr % ??? Northwards to gowers green then near the Crab Tree into the High Road continue the High Road to Cowfold taking the North East side thereof then Pakendean Road continuing the same rod & Pakendean gate the commencement.

75. Microfilm - 1363791, Marriage Index.

76. GEDCOM - Hill.

77. Web Site - Family Search Records, www.familysearch.org. (IGI, Pedigree
Resource Files, Started Searching this Web Site Jan 2006).

78. Certificate of Birth - Peter Hill, Peter Hill's Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth Registration District: Cuckfield (Location: Lois, Obtained through <britishancestors.com>).

79. Census - 1851 British Census. 1851 English Census: Parish of Cowfold, Borough of New Shoreham, Village of Cowfold, Reference H.O. 107/1642, No of Householder

80. 1860 United States Federal Census.

81. Ship List - Joseph Hill (District of New York -- Port of New York, Patrick Henry landed on 22 Aug 1856 from London to New York.)

82. 1860 United States Federal Census.

83. 1870 United States Federal Census

84. 1880 United States Federal Census, Submitted by: Lois.

85. 1885 Nebraska Census, Ancestry.com.

86. 1900 United States Federal Census, Twelfth Census of the United States.

87. Web Site - Family Search Records, www.familysearch.org. (IGI, Pedigree
Resource Files, Started Searching this Web Site Jan 2006), Place.