Sir Moyses Hill (often written as Sir Moses Hill) was an

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army officer who served in

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and later settled in Ireland. He was the governor of

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, mareschal of Carrickfergus, provost mareschal of Ulster, and represented

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in the Irish parliament of 1613. Moyses arrived in Ireland in 1573 as part of the

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, Walter Devereux's army to subdue or colonize

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. He was appointed the governor of

and knighted in 1603. In 1611, he was given possession of the village of Cromlin (now Hillsborough). The position of Provost Mareschal of the Province of Ulster was created for him in 1617. He was granted 2,000 acres in

and 40,000 acres in

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for his services to the Crown. He died in February 1629–30.

Family

He married, firstly, Alice MacDonnell, sister of

Sorley Boy MacDonnell Sorley Boy MacDonnell (Scottish Gaelic: ''Somhairle Buidhe Mac Domhnaill''), also spelt as MacDonald (c. 1505 – 1590), Scoto-Irish chief, was the son of Alexander Carragh MacDonnell, 5th of Dunnyveg, of Dunyvaig Castle, lord of Islay and ...

, daughter of Alexander MacDonnell, Lord of Islay and Kintyre, and Catherine MacDonald. Their children were: * Mary Hill, married Sir James Craige of Carrickfergus. * Penelope Hill, married firstly Arthur Wilmot, son of

Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot Charles Wilmot, 1st Viscount Wilmot of Athlone (c. 1572 – 1644) was an English soldier active in Ireland. Life He was the son of Edward Wilmot of Culham (otherwise of Newent, Gloucestershire and Witney, Oxfordshire) and Elizabeth Stafford. O ...

; secondly Sir William Brooke, and had issue, including the celebrated beauty Margaret, Lady Denham and

Hon. Frances Brooke Hon. Frances Brooke (1640 – c. 1690) was a British courtier. She was styled Hon. Frances Brooke, and then Lady Whitmore. She was granted the style of a daughter of a baron in 1665. Frances and her sister Margaret, Lady Denham, were two of ...

; and thirdly Hon. Edward Russell, and had further issue, including the leading Whig statesman

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. Penelope died in July 1694 * Frances Hill, married Colonel Thomas Coote. * Peter Hill (died 1644) He married, secondly, Anne Grogan and had issue: * Arthur Hill (died April 1663)

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Hill Surname Origins & Heraldry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Moyses 16th-century English people 17th-century English people People from County Antrim People of Elizabethan Ireland English emigrants to Ireland English knights Irish knights Year of birth missing 1630 deaths Moyses Irish MPs 1613–1615 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Antrim constituencies