Henry and Benoni Hill were brothers. Sons of Jesse Hill and Mary ( Pritchard) Hill. They were first cousins to Hannah (Hill), wife of Amos Peacock. Henry Hill was further tied to the Peacocks in that Achsah Peacock, daughter of Abraham, was Henry's first wife. By her, his first five children were born. She died on February 1, 1830, and is buried at old Jericho. He next married Achsah Thomas (the daughter of Isaac and Rachel) by whom his next three children were born. She died September 29, 1835, and is buried in Old Jericho. Last he married Avis Woodard (a widow, daughter of Thomas and Miriam Cox) by whom his last two children were born. Henry died May 2, 1874 and Avis August 15. 1875. Both are buried in the present Jericho burying-ground.
Benoni Hill married Mary Boswell in North Carolina. She was known by the nickname 'Polly'. They had nine children of whom the first five are known definitely to have married Jericho folks. (See membership lists). Fanny Diggs, who married Mathew Hill, the son of Benoni was said to have been the first white child born on the White River. Benoni Hill died August 20, 1870, and Mary Hill on May 9. 1856. Both are buried in the present Jericho burying-ground. They lived on Owl Creek, adjacent to Amos Peacock.
Jericho Friends Meeting And Its Community Randolph County, Indiana, 1846, page 7.
Submitted by Lora Radiches