Ancestors
- Sir Moyses Hill, knight (died February 1630) came to Ireland as a soldier under the Earl of Essex.
- Arthur Hill (died April 1663) a colonel under Charles I and appointed Constable of Hillsborough Castle in 1660.
- William Hill (died 1693) succeeded to the Hillsborough estates on the death of his elder half-brother Moyses Hill, and was a Privy Councillor under Charles II and James II and Member of the Irish Parliament for Ballyshannon from 1661 until 1666.
- Michael Hill (c.1662–1699) was a Privy Councillor, and an English Member of Parliament for Saltash. He married Ann, daughter and eventual heir of Sir John Trevor, Master of the Rolls and Speaker of the House of Commons.
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