Clement Hill (?-1708)
MSA SC 3520-647

Biography:

IMMIGRATED: by 1665/66 as a free adult.
RESIDED: in St. Mary's County.
MARRIED Elizabeth, widow of Luke Gardiner (1622-1674); daughter of Richard Hatton; stepdaughter of Richard Banks (ca. 1612-ca. 1667); niece of Thomas Hatton (?-1654/55). Her brothers were William Hatton (?-1712), who married Elizabeth Wilkinson; and Richard, who married by 1674 Ann (1659-?), daughter of John Price (ca. 1607-1660/61). Her sisters were Elinor (1642-1725), who married first, Thomas Brooke (1632-1676), and second, Henry Darnall (ca. 1645-1711); Mary, who married Zachary Wade (ca. 1627-1678); and Barbara, who married James Johnson (?-?).
CHILDREN. STEPSONS: Richard Gardiner (?-1687); John Gardiner; Luke Gardiner; and Thomas Gardiner. 

PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Catholic.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: his marriage brought rapid upward mobility.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter. 

PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, St, Mary's County, 1678-1682 (elected to the 2nd session), 1682-1684 (Accounts 1-3; Laws 3), 1686 (appointed to Council before the 1st session met); Upper House, 1686-1688 (Accounts 2).
OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: Board of Deputy Governors, 1685-1689; Council, 1685-1689; justice, Provincial Court, 1685-1689; joint commissary general, 1685-1689; deputy surveyor general, 1685.
LOCAL OFFICES: sheriff, St. Mary's County, 1674-1677; justice, St. Mary's County, 1677-1685.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: displaced by the revolution of 1689 because as a Catholic he was ineligible to hold public office under the royal government. 

WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,400 acres. 

WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: will probated in April 1708; named nephew Clement Hill as his heir.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £568.6.6 sterling (including 7 slaves and 2 servants); FB, £524.8.11.
LAND: 2,400 acres.
 
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