Hello, I am searching for information about the parents of Joseph HILL.  He was born in Bristol, St. Phillips parish, around 1790-1801 and died in 1832.  His wife was Elizabeth (WATERS), born in Bristol about 1790-1800, and died in 1832.  Joseph was the owner of the Plume of Feathers Pub (now Castle Green Pub) from 1828-1832. They were married in 1822. They had three children Charlotte b. 1828, Sarah b. 1829, and Elizabeth b.1823.   I am also interested in learning Elizabeth WATERS lineage.  Her parents may have been Benjamin and Sarah WATERS who were born about 1769 in St. Phillips parish.  Joseph & Elizabeth died within months of each other.  Their children were then orphans and Charlotte, my 2X gr grandmother, was the first orphan at George Muller’s Orphanage in Bristol.  Muller recorded information about Charlotte and her plight in his admission book.  Her mother Elizabeth had died suddenly of some sort of infection and had not told her husband where she had hidden their savings of 300 pounds.  The once wealthy family was destitute and then Joseph  died but of an unknown cause. Eventually Charlotte became a house maid for an attorney until she married Joseph COX in 1851 at St. Mary’s Redcliff and then a few months later emigrated to Iowa in the USA. I have been searching for quite a while on familysearch.org and Freereg.  Thank you for any help. Judy Cooper

On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:30:57 +0100, jcoupe <[email protected]> wrote: > I am searching for information about the parents of Joseph > HILL. He was born in Bristol, St. Phillips parish, around 1790-1801 and > died in 1832. Hi Judy, A possible match could be Joseph HILL, the son of Joseph and Charlotte, who was baptized on 12th. July 1801, at the age of 2 years 11 months, at the church of St. Philip & St. Jacob, Bristol. Abode was The Marsh and father's occupation was tile maker. A brother, Henry, noted as an infant, was baptized at the same church on the same day. These baptisms are included in Bristol Diocese Baptismal Registers Vols. 8 to 10 Index & Transcripts 1754-1812 produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk Josephine

On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:30:57 +0100, jcoupe <[email protected]> wrote: > I am searching for information about the parents of Joseph HILL. He was > born in Bristol, St.Phillips parish, around 1790-1801 and died in 1832. > His wife was Elizabeth (WATERS), born in > Bristol about 1790-1800, and died in 1832. Hi Judy, A match for the burial of Elizabeth HILL, who died in 1832, could be that of Elizabeth HILL, aged 36, who was buried on 17th. August 1832 at the church of St. Philip & St. Jacob, Bristol. Her age at death is not an exact match with the 1789 baptism for Elizabeth WATERS, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah, which I gave in a previous message, but I've often seen mistakes in ages recorded at death. This burial is included in the CD of Bristol Burials 1813 to 1837 produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk I couldn't find a match for the burial of Joseph HILL in 1832. Josephine

On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:30:57 +0100, jcoupe <[email protected]> wrote: > I am searching for information about the parents of Joseph HILL. He was > born in Bristol, St.Phillips parish, around 1790-1801 and died in 1832. > His wife was Elizabeth (WATERS), born in > Bristol about 1790-1800, and died in 1832. Joseph was the owner of the > Plume of Feathers > Pub (now Castle Green Pub) from 1828-1832. They were married in 1822. > They had three childrenCharlotte b. 1828, Sarah b. 1829, and Elizabeth > b.1823. Hi Judy, I thought I would look at the Bristol baptisms of the children of Joseph and Elizabeth HILL to see if I could find any information, which you don't already know. I found that the three children you've mentioned were baptized at the church of St. Philip & St. Jacob, Bristol. Elizabeth Waters HILL was baptized on 3rd. August 1823. Abode was Wapping and father's occupation was brick maker. Charlotte was baptized on 22nd. May 1825. Abode was Bedminster and father's occupation was tile maker. Note the baptism was in 1825, though you have 1828 for Charlotte's birth. Sarah was baptized on 19th. July 1829. Abode was St. Philip and father's occupation was victualler. These baptisms are included in Bristol Diocese Baptismal Registers Vols. 1 to 7 Index & Transcripts 1813-1837 produced by Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk Josephine

On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:30:57 +0100, jcoupe <[email protected]> wrote: > Charlotte, my 2X gr grandmother, was the first orphan at George Muller’s > Orphanage in Bristol. Hi Listers, There's a reference to Judy's 2x great-grandmother, Charlotte HILL, the first orphan at Muller's Orphanage, in the section entitled First Orphanage, on the following web page: http://www.e-n.org.uk/p-566-By-faith-the-life-of-George-Muller-remembered.htm Josephine