Margaret Cleveland Hiller ~
Margaret Cleveland Hiller & her husband, Joseph Hiller, Sr., read and accepted the views of Swedenborg's Heaven & Hell
"The following tribute is paid to Margaret by her daughter Dorcas C.;
"'My venerable, respected, and beloved mother, of whom I cannot be expected tp speak impartially, yet of whom I may be pardoned for speaking in glowing language and with affectionate warmth, I will not pretend either that she was a perfect being or that she approached nearer to it than any of her family; but if she did not equal them in some intellectual endowments, she certainly did exceed them in the best qualities of the heart, and, altogether, formed as pure, as blameless, and as actively useful a character as it has ben my lot to meet."'
From "Cleveland Genealogy," page 234, No. 361,
Father: Aaron Cleveland (Birth 29 Oct 1715, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA-Death 11 Aug 1757, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Burial: Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA).
Mother: Susannah Porter Cleveland (Birth 26 Apr 1716, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA-Death 1 Mar 1788, Salem, Essex, MA).
Married (31 Oct 1770, Salem, Essex, MA): Maj Joseph Hiller, Sr., (Born: 24 Mar 1747/48, Boston, Suffolk, MA - 09 Feb 1814, Lancaster, MA or Salem, Essex, MA)
Children:
1. Margaret Hiller Prescott, Author, "Religion and Philosophy United (1816)", (B: 29 Jul 1775, Salem, Essex, MA - 04 Aug 1841, Brookline, Norfolk, MA) married (13 Nov 1804, Boston, MA): Samuel Jackson Prescott (B: 15 Mar 1773, Groton, Middlesex, MA - 07 Oct 1857, Pleasant Street, Brookline, Norfolk, MA) S/o Hon. Oliver Prescott, M.D., (B: 27 Apr 1731 - 17 Nov 1809) & Lydia Baldwin Prescott (B: 15 Oct 1735, Sudbury, MA - 27 Sep 1798, Groton, MA; Burial: Sep 1798, Old Burial Ground, Groton, MA);
2. Joseph Hiller, Jr. (B: 21 Jun 1777, Salem, Essex, MA -22 Aug 1797, drowned at sea, Cape of Good Hope, Africa)
Burial The Sewall Tomb, Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Sewall Family tomb in the Granary Burying Ground)
Margaret Cleveland Hiller & her husband, Joseph Hiller, Sr., read and accepted the views of Swedenborg's Heaven & Hell
"The following tribute is paid to Margaret by her daughter Dorcas C.;
"'My venerable, respected, and beloved mother, of whom I cannot be expected tp speak impartially, yet of whom I may be pardoned for speaking in glowing language and with affectionate warmth, I will not pretend either that she was a perfect being or that she approached nearer to it than any of her family; but if she did not equal them in some intellectual endowments, she certainly did exceed them in the best qualities of the heart, and, altogether, formed as pure, as blameless, and as actively useful a character as it has ben my lot to meet."'
From "Cleveland Genealogy," page 234, No. 361,
Father: Aaron Cleveland (Birth 29 Oct 1715, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA-Death 11 Aug 1757, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Burial: Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA).
Mother: Susannah Porter Cleveland (Birth 26 Apr 1716, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA-Death 1 Mar 1788, Salem, Essex, MA).
Married (31 Oct 1770, Salem, Essex, MA): Maj Joseph Hiller, Sr., (Born: 24 Mar 1747/48, Boston, Suffolk, MA - 09 Feb 1814, Lancaster, MA or Salem, Essex, MA)
Children:
1. Margaret Hiller Prescott, Author, "Religion and Philosophy United (1816)", (B: 29 Jul 1775, Salem, Essex, MA - 04 Aug 1841, Brookline, Norfolk, MA) married (13 Nov 1804, Boston, MA): Samuel Jackson Prescott (B: 15 Mar 1773, Groton, Middlesex, MA - 07 Oct 1857, Pleasant Street, Brookline, Norfolk, MA) S/o Hon. Oliver Prescott, M.D., (B: 27 Apr 1731 - 17 Nov 1809) & Lydia Baldwin Prescott (B: 15 Oct 1735, Sudbury, MA - 27 Sep 1798, Groton, MA; Burial: Sep 1798, Old Burial Ground, Groton, MA);
2. Joseph Hiller, Jr. (B: 21 Jun 1777, Salem, Essex, MA -22 Aug 1797, drowned at sea, Cape of Good Hope, Africa)
Burial The Sewall Tomb, Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Sewall Family tomb in the Granary Burying Ground)
Margaret Cleveland Hiller ~
Margaret Cleveland Hiller & her husband, Joseph Hiller, Sr., read and accepted the views of Swedenborg's Heaven & Hell
"The following tribute is paid to Margaret by her daughter Dorcas C.;
"'My venerable, respected, and beloved mother, of whom I cannot be expected tp speak impartially, yet of whom I may be pardoned for speaking in glowing language and with affectionate warmth, I will not pretend either that she was a perfect being or that she approached nearer to it than any of her family; but if she did not equal them in some intellectual endowments, she certainly did exceed them in the best qualities of the heart, and, altogether, formed as pure, as blameless, and as actively useful a character as it has ben my lot to meet."'
From "Cleveland Genealogy," page 234, No. 361,
Father: Aaron Cleveland (Birth 29 Oct 1715, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA-Death 11 Aug 1757, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Burial: Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA).
Mother: Susannah Porter Cleveland (Birth 26 Apr 1716, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA-Death 1 Mar 1788, Salem, Essex, MA).
Married (31 Oct 1770, Salem, Essex, MA): Maj Joseph Hiller, Sr., (Born: 24 Mar 1747/48, Boston, Suffolk, MA - 09 Feb 1814, Lancaster, MA or Salem, Essex, MA)
Children:
1. Margaret Hiller Prescott, Author, "Religion and Philosophy United (1816)", (B: 29 Jul 1775, Salem, Essex, MA - 04 Aug 1841, Brookline, Norfolk, MA) married (13 Nov 1804, Boston, MA): Samuel Jackson Prescott (B: 15 Mar 1773, Groton, Middlesex, MA - 07 Oct 1857, Pleasant Street, Brookline, Norfolk, MA) S/o Hon. Oliver Prescott, M.D., (B: 27 Apr 1731 - 17 Nov 1809) & Lydia Baldwin Prescott (B: 15 Oct 1735, Sudbury, MA - 27 Sep 1798, Groton, MA; Burial: Sep 1798, Old Burial Ground, Groton, MA);
2. Joseph Hiller, Jr. (B: 21 Jun 1777, Salem, Essex, MA -22 Aug 1797, drowned at sea, Cape of Good Hope, Africa)
Burial The Sewall Tomb, Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Sewall Family tomb in the Granary Burying Ground)
Margaret Cleveland Hiller & her husband, Joseph Hiller, Sr., read and accepted the views of Swedenborg's Heaven & Hell
"The following tribute is paid to Margaret by her daughter Dorcas C.;
"'My venerable, respected, and beloved mother, of whom I cannot be expected tp speak impartially, yet of whom I may be pardoned for speaking in glowing language and with affectionate warmth, I will not pretend either that she was a perfect being or that she approached nearer to it than any of her family; but if she did not equal them in some intellectual endowments, she certainly did exceed them in the best qualities of the heart, and, altogether, formed as pure, as blameless, and as actively useful a character as it has ben my lot to meet."'
From "Cleveland Genealogy," page 234, No. 361,
Father: Aaron Cleveland (Birth 29 Oct 1715, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA-Death 11 Aug 1757, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Burial: Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA).
Mother: Susannah Porter Cleveland (Birth 26 Apr 1716, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA-Death 1 Mar 1788, Salem, Essex, MA).
Married (31 Oct 1770, Salem, Essex, MA): Maj Joseph Hiller, Sr., (Born: 24 Mar 1747/48, Boston, Suffolk, MA - 09 Feb 1814, Lancaster, MA or Salem, Essex, MA)
Children:
1. Margaret Hiller Prescott, Author, "Religion and Philosophy United (1816)", (B: 29 Jul 1775, Salem, Essex, MA - 04 Aug 1841, Brookline, Norfolk, MA) married (13 Nov 1804, Boston, MA): Samuel Jackson Prescott (B: 15 Mar 1773, Groton, Middlesex, MA - 07 Oct 1857, Pleasant Street, Brookline, Norfolk, MA) S/o Hon. Oliver Prescott, M.D., (B: 27 Apr 1731 - 17 Nov 1809) & Lydia Baldwin Prescott (B: 15 Oct 1735, Sudbury, MA - 27 Sep 1798, Groton, MA; Burial: Sep 1798, Old Burial Ground, Groton, MA);
2. Joseph Hiller, Jr. (B: 21 Jun 1777, Salem, Essex, MA -22 Aug 1797, drowned at sea, Cape of Good Hope, Africa)
Burial The Sewall Tomb, Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Sewall Family tomb in the Granary Burying Ground)
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