Families of Eaton-Sutherland, Layton-Hill

Court of Common Pleas in Colchester, and from 1799 to
1806 representative of the County of Halifax in the local
legislature. Another of Judge Fulton's daughters, Ann,
was the wife of Samuel Hill, third son of Patrick Hill,
of Economy.
The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Francis Layton
were David and Jane (Hill) Vance, who were born in
the North of Ireland, and came to Nova Scotia in 176 1
They were residents of Economy, Colchester County,
where they married and had a family. David Vance died
January 31, 1832, aged 84 ; Mrs. Vance died October 27 or
29, 1827, in her 72d year. Jane (Hill) Vance was a sister,
and the only sister we know of, of the Honorable Charles
and Patrick Hill, and aunt of Robert Hill, Jr., of Halifax
(born August 14, 1772, son of Robert Hill, Sr., another
brother of Honorable Charles and Patrick), who married,
in Halifax, May 21, 1795, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of
John and Elizabeth Cleveland, born September 10, 1775.
Few families have attained the prominence in Nova
Scotia of this Hill family. The father, Robert Hill, with
three sons, Charles, Patrick, and Robert, and one daughter,
Jane, came from the North of Ireland in Col. Alexander
McNutt's company, probably in the autumn of 1761, and
settled in Economy. From there, probably, Charles Hill,
and a nephew Robert, son of Robert, went to Halifax,
engaged successfully in business, and founded families,
the nephew's becoming in time much the more important.
In 1801, Charles Hill, was admitted to a seat in the Legis-
lative Council, and from that time until his death, in 1825,
he was one of its most prominent members. The nephew,
Robert Hill, died in his fortieth year, March 16, 181 2,
having had, however, by his wife, Elizabeth Cleveland, no
less than nine children. His widow afterwards married
Major Thomas King, of Retreat Farm, Windsor.
The Honorable Charles Hill married (1) Rebecca ,
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