In brief

Born September 20, 1654, in Windsor, Connecticut. She married July 30, 1677, in Windsor, Connecticut.

Family

Father
Mother
Spouse
m. 1677

Children

  • Richard Saxton
    b. Abt. 1680 in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Hannah Buell, June 20, 1706
    d. March 27, 1714, in Simsbury, Connecticut
  • John Saxton
    b. Abt. 1682 in Simsbury, Connecticut
    d. October 13, 1766
  • Mary Saxton · in this line
    b. Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. William Gillett, September 14, 1699

Siblings

  • Lydia Hill
    b. February 18, 1651[1652] in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. Arthur Henbury, November 5, 1670
  • Eliazer Hill
    b. March 1656[1657] in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. ____
    d. March 3, 1724[1725]
  • Tahan Hill
    b. November 23, 1659, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. Hannah Parmalee, November 29, 1688
    d. December 16/18, 1692
  • Luke Hill
    b. March 6, 1661, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. Hannah ____
  • Abigail Hill
    b. April 16, 1664, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. ____ Parmely
  • Elizabeth Hill
    b. October 8/17, 1666, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. William Buckland
  • John Hill
    b. November 28, 1668, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. Sarah Terrey, April 22, 1708

Life story

A Ferryman's Daughter

Mary Hill was born September 20, 1654, in Windsor, Connecticut, daughter of the ferryman Luke Hill and his wife Mary Hoyt, and moved with her family to Simsbury around 1669. She married John Sexton in Windsor in July 1677.

Sources (2)
  1. Buell Burdett Bassette, One Bassett Family in America: Part 2 (New Britain, Connecticut: F.A. Bassette Company, 1926); image copy, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/onebassettfamily00bass_0 : accessed 13 July 2026).
  2. Buell Burdett Bassette, One Bassett Family in America: Part 1 (New Britain, Connecticut: F.A. Bassette Company, 1926); image copy, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/onebassettfamily00bass : accessed 4 August 2026).