64 High St., Ipswich MA

64 High St.

Gorham Francis Hills (1841–1901) married Elizabeth Stanley (1843–1924). Here’s the link on the Family Search site.  I found a mortgage for Gorham F. Hills and his wife Elizabeth Hills at 64 High St. dated 1873. The house is still standing directly across from the Old North Burying Ground. The house is still standing directly across from the Old North Burying Ground. The town gives an estimated date of construction as 1860.

In 1880 the couple gave an easement to their neighbor, Daniel G. Jewett. In 1903, Elizabeth HIlls, widow, deeded half of the house for $1 to Howard S.Hills. It lists Jewett and Harris as neighboring properties, which clearly defines the house as the same address as the present day 64 High St. In this deed she states that the property was conveyed to her by John H. Philbrooks in 1863 (Book 640, Page 228). In that deed, Philbrook sold the lot to Elizabeth Stanley with half of a dwelling house. From these deeds, it appears that Gorham and Elizabeth owned only half of the house, which was not an unusual situation at that time. The house, thus, predates their purchase in 1873. The 1884 Ipswich map shows the owner of 64 High St. as A. Herman Hill.

Gorham Francis Hills died in 1901, and Elizabeth in 1924. 

One of their sons was Forrest G. Hills. His chart:  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hills-287. Forrest G. Hills sold a meadow in Ipswich in 1910. There are a number of 1920s deeds of sale by Forrest G. Hills in nearby Newburyport, which I assume he moved to. One of Gorham’s brothers was Albert S. Hills who also served in the Civil War.

Gorham and Elizabeth Hills are buried at the Old North Burying Ground across from their house, location E-57