Solomon Hill (August 30, 1756 – August 30, 1807) was a farmer and political figure in

Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the ...

. He represented West York, 1st Lincoln & Haldimand in the

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from 1804 to 1807. He was born in Red Mills,

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, the son of William Hill and Bethia Smith, and received a land grant in Grimsby Township in Upper Canada. Hill served in the

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during the

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. He married Bethiah Griffin. Hill died in office in Smithville, Grimsby Township at the age of 51.

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