Moyses Hill

Sir Moyses Hill was an English army officer who served in Ireland and later settled in Ireland. He was the Governor of Olderfleet Castle, Mareschal of Carrickfergus, Provost Mareschal of Ulster and represented Antrim in the English parliament.

Moyses arrived in Ireland in 1573 as part of the Earl of Essex, Walter Devereux's army to subdue or colonize Ulster.^[1]

He was appointed the governor of Olderfleet Castle and knighted in 1603. In 1611, he was given possession of the village of Cromlyn (now Hillsborough).^[2] The position of Provost Mareschal of the Province of Ulster was created for him in 1617. He was granted 2,000 acres in County Antrim and 40,000 acres in County Down for his services to the Crown.

He died in February 1629/30.

Family

He married, firstly, Alice MacDonnell, sister of Sorley Boy MacDonnell, daughter of Alexander MacDonnell, Lord of Islay and Kintyre, and Catherine MacDonald, their children were:

• Mary Hill, married Sir James Craige of Carrickfergus.
• Penelope Hill, married Arthur Wilmot, son of Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot. d. c Jul 1694^[3]
• Frances Hill, married Colonel Thomas Coote.
• Peter Hill d. 1644

He married, secondly, Anne Grogan,

• Arthur Hill d. Apr 1663

References

1. ^ "Sir Moyses Hill, The Peerage". http://www.thepeerage.com/p1585.htm. Retrieved 19 September 2010. 
2. ^ "History of Hillsborough, County Down". http://www.hillsboroughvillage.co.uk/Village%20History.htm. Retrieved 19 September 2010. 
3. ^ Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 62, p.61.

External links

• Hill Surname Origins & Heraldry

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