My William Hill , born 27 Oct 1783 in Rutland VT, migrated to Whiteside Co IL from Rutland VT. His father was William Hill, Sr. who was in the War of 1812 and died in a military hospital. He and his sons bought several tracts of federal land in Whiteside Co. The sons were James (1810-1884); John (1812-1844); William III (1818-1904); Ezra (1822-1909) my gg grandfather; Fordyce (1825-1907); Joseph (1827-1911); and Joshua (1828-?). They bought land in the area of Prophetstown and were very early settlers. Ezra's obit lists him as one of the three originsl settlers still remaining-- along with his brother Joseph. I have no information about William's brothers. Can you connect the dots at all?