Thomas Farquhar Hill

Lawyer, in London from the 1830s, a partner in Kingston Jamaica with Robert Davies and John Nicol (q.v.), awarded the compensation for five small awards in Jamaica.   

1. Born Jamaica c. 1785 or 1788, possibly son of William Hill and Sarah Farquhar who married 19/09/1769 in St Catherine. Moved to London as 'island law agent' or 'West India law agent'. Married Anna Maria Simpson 08/05/1834, and possibly married a second time in 1863. Died 16/06/1868 late of Grove Park Camberwell, effects under £1000.

2. Listed among Attornies at Law in 1824 and 1839 Jamaica Almanac Civil Lists as Thomas F. Hill and Thos. F. Hill, in the latter case marked as 'off the Island'; similarly listed in 1851 with no delineation as 'off the Island' and apparently still with a current Annual Certificate.

1. 1861 census gives Thomas Farquhar Hill living at Park Hill Clapham with family, aged '43', born Jamaica. The underlying image reads 73. FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online] Q2 1868 gives Thomas Farquhar Hill of Camberwell dying aged 83, and Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online] shows him buried at Norwood Cemetery 19/6/1868 aged 83. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online] shows his marriage to Anna Maria Simpson on 8/5/1834, and England & Wales FreeBMD marriage index 1837-1915 registers a marriage for a Thomas Farquhar Hill (almost certainly the son, b. 1835 who matriculated Gonville & Caius Cambridge in 1855 and became a clergyman) Q4 1863 in Wandsworth. National Probate Calendar shows will proved 12/10/1868, executors Frederick William Hill and Hinton Hill. Children are from the 1861 census other than Thomas Farquhar Hill, Mary Caroline and Arthur Furly (London England Births and Baptisms 1813-1906, baptisms at St Luke West Norwood 24/02/1836; Christ Church Streatham Hill (06/10/1844; and Holy Trinity Clapham 24/01/1848 respectively.

2. Marriage of William Hill and Sarah Farquhar, Excerpts from Anglican Parish Registers B0080, II, p 163; Jamaica Almanacs for 1824, 1839 and 1851, all accessed via www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com accessed 12/11/2010.