Early records of an old Glasgow family

AN OLD GLASGOW FAMILY 159
John Hill.
John Hill, born on 14th September, 1756, and died either on
the 6th or the 9th of December, 1818, without issue, 1 and was
buried in the Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh.
He was enrolled as a Member of the Merchants' House of
Glasgow, qua "Home Trader" (No. 191), in 1789. His name,
however, appears on 2nd September, 1785, in the "Gold Book"
(vol. 11., p. 14) as having paid £2 2s.
He appears also in Jones' Directory of Glasgow for 1787,
in the General List (p. 47), as " Hill, John, stays along with
his father, Mr. James Hill," in " 1st Flat, corner land, east side
Stockwell."
He evidently did not succeed in business, as appears from a
letter by James Hill of Gartloch to his brother, Lieut.-Colonel
Thomas Hill, dated 4th May, 1801, where John's "misfortunes" are
referred to, "but," it is added, "he enjoys more health and spirits
than us all," 2 as also from a letter by said James Hill to his
brother, Robert Hill, W.S., dated 21st May, 1813, in which
James says "you must husband the ^200 for John, as it is the
remittance for next year." 3
John Hill appears to have gone to Edinburgh, and to have
engaged in business as an Accountant prior to 1803/ and he
evidently died there in 18 18, as above mentioned, unmarried.
Ninian Hill (No. 1).
Ninian Hill (No. i) was born on 31st May, 1758, and
died at Edinburgh on 26th November, 1774.
He was " booked " in the Sederunt Book of the Faculty of
Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow as an apprentice to his
uncle, Dr. Ninian Hill, on 2nd May, 1774. 5
1 Hill, Munimenta, vol. II., Part VI., No. 13 ; also Hill's Cases, No. 16, p. 3.
•Hill, Munimenta, vol. II., Part VI., No. 19. 'Hill, Munimenta, vol. II., Part VII., No. 9.
♦Hill's Cases, No. 13, p. 16. ° Hill, Munimenta, vol. 11., Part V., No.18/1.