Paulette, Although I do not know if/how your Frederick Francis Biggers Hill connects to Rev. Allen Hill, I can clarify or add to some of the data in your post to the HILL list. First, Rev. Allen Hill, 13th child of the 14 children of Isaac Hill, Sr. b. 1748 and Lucinda Wallace, was born November 27, 1792 in Windsor Town, Bertie Co., NC. He married 1) Annie Parham b. GA (who was a sister of Sarah H. Parham, the wife of Allen's brother, John J. Hill, and both women were daughters of Stith Parham and Elizabeth Ingram). Allen and Annie married abt. 1811 in Jasper Co., GA, and had eleven children together; 1. Carolynn b. abt. 1813 2. Lucinda b. abt. 1815 3. Milton Oliphant b. Apr 20, 1816 m. Savory Ann Coffman 4. Elizabeth b. 1818 5. Augustus b. 1822 6. Hertentious b. 1823 7. Ceylon S. b. Jan. 26, 1826 m. Demelsia A. _____ 8. Laurence b. 1829 9. Adonis "Alonzo" b. 1833 10. Martha Adelaide b. 1834 married a Mr. Williams 11. Annie Alzena b. 1838 married a Mr. Broach Allen was a Baptist minister. He and his family moved from GA to the vacinity of Somerville, TN about 1816 and a year later to Maury Co., TN. His ministerial credentials were recorded in Maury Co., Nov. 20, 1819. He was pastor of the Baptist Church of Christ on Fountain Creek. In 1830 he was pastor of Pigeon Ford Creek Baptist Church in Giles Co. He officiated at numerous marriages there, and later in Laurence Co., TN when he lived on Weakly Creek. He was advised to go south for his health and in 1843 he moved to Monroe Co., MS. On May 3, 1843 he presented evidence to the court that he was a regular ordained minister of the Baptist Church and a certificate was issued authorizing him to solemnize the rites of matrimony in that state. In 1847 he was called to be pastor of the Baptist Church of Christ in New Hope, Chicasaw Co., MS. He and his family show up on the 1850 census. His reported profession at the time was clerk, and son Lawrence studied Law. His wife, Anna, died there about 1851. Allen's first wife, Annie Parham, died while several of her children were still young according to a Sept. 24, 1901 letter written by the youngest child, Annie Alzena Broach, to her cousin James Monroe Hill. (I posted the letter in its entirety this past week to the HILL list) Allen married a second time Apr 4, 1855 in Pontotoc, Chicasaw Co.,MS to Hepsiba (sometimes found as Hepsinda) Prewitt Baily b. July 1, 1798, and moved to Clark Co., AR soon after the marriage. His oldest son, Milton, and family had settled there before 1850. Allen and his wife Hepsiba show up on the 1860 & 1870 census for Clark Co., Ark. Rev. Allen Hill had an account, along with 225 other persons, with Doby and Paisley Mercantile located in the community. Allen is buried on his farm near Dobeyville; Hill Cemetery, two graves in the woods near the Stitt Home Place, Hwy. 53, junction Hwy. 10. One date of death is listed as 1874. The cemetery book for Clark Co. lists it as 1876. Hepsiba, his second wife, is buried there as well, although the date of her death is unreadable on her tombstone. To the best of my knowledge, Hepsiba and Allen had no children together. I have corresponded with several descendants of Allen and Annie over the years although none recently. Perhaps some are members of the HILL list and can add additional information. Here are some names and emails (which may or may not still be valid): This descendent of Ceylon still reside in Arkansas; Harry Steven Hill, email: [email protected] William C. Hill, Kilgore, TX. Email: [email protected] (no longer valid unfortunately) Steve and Janis Hill, email: [email protected] I know little of what became of the majority of Allen's children. Perhaps your Frederick Francis Biggers Hill was a grandchild? Perhaps one of his sons married a woman by the last name Biggers? Perhaps the Whitten boy was as well. I don't have married names for three of his daughters, but perhaps one married a Whitten? Or perhaps Frederick Whitten was a relative of his second wife, Hepsiba Prewitt Bailey. One thing of great importance I would like to point out, is that beyond Allen Hill and siblings being the children of Isaac Hill, Sr. b. July 22, 1748 and Lucinda Wallace b. abt. 1746, there is NO proof of which I am aware that shows the parents of Isaac Hill, Sr. There are several theories, including that of Abraham and an unknown wife, but this is strictly conjecture. I currently lean toward the theory that Isaac was the son of a John Hill and Martha Whitmel of Bertie Co., NC, but this is also conjecture on my part based on a lot of circumstantial evidence. I had Abraham as Isaac's father at one time, but now I only keep that information in file as a way to keep it organized for future reference. My web site now states that the lineage and birthplace of Isaac Hill, Sr., is NOT yet proven. If anyone out there has ANY document that can solve this once and for all, I would be delighted to hear of it. Best regards, Jackie Hill Bower GA http://www.geocities.com/abackwardglance ______________________________________________________________ Get Your Free E-mail at http://www.prontomail.com