ma52 Hills Family Legal Papers, 1826-1900 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Sarah Sorscher, Peter Nelson, Deborah Pelletier. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Amherst, MA

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Sarang Gopalakrishnan. 2003-06-24 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 ma52 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Hills Family Legal Papers, 1826-1900 Finding Aid Finding Aid: January 2002 Prepared by: Sarah Sorscher, Student Encoding Assistant Edited by: Peter Nelson, Assistant Archivist Listed: 1987 By: Deborah Pelletier Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Hills Family Legal Papers 1826-1900 1 half archives box (0.25 linear ft.) Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Family legal papers. Consists mainly of deeds that document the exchange of property in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Also includes two wills and miscellaneous legal papers. English. Scope and Contents of the Collection

This material consists of family legal papers from 1826 to 1900. Its primary content is deeds that document the exchange of property in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Also included are two wills and one folder of miscellaneous legal papers. Arrangement is chronological according to type.

Note: These papers should be considered as a supplement to Series 3, Legal Papers of the Hills Family Papers. See separate finding aid.

Arrangement of the Collection

Arranged chronologically according to type.

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

There is no restriction on access to the Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Requests for permission to publish material from the Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Hills Family Papers [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

Search Terms Hill family. Deeds--Connecticut--Tolland. Deeds--Massachusetts. Deeds--Massachusetts--Amherst. Legal instruments--Massachusetts. Deeds. Wills. Deeds, 1826-1858 1 1 1826: Boswell Stanley of Tolland, Conn. to Samuel Hills of Tolland - land in Tolland 1 1 1829: Leonard M. Hills of Tolland, Conn. to Samuel Hills of Tolland - half of land in Tolland 1 1 1833: Ambrose Hall of Tolland, Conn. to Samuel Hills Toland -- land in Tolland 1 1 1838: Alvin Kibbe 2nd of Tolland, Conn. to Samuel Hills of Tolland -- farm in Tolland 1 1 1838: Amasa Sweet of Tolland, Conn. to Samuel Hills of Tolland -- farm in Tolland 1 1 1839: John Eveleth of Amherst, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Tolland, Conn. -- farm in Amherst 1 1 1844: Hiram Fox of Amherst, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Amherst -- land in Amherst 1 1 1844: David Whipple of Amherst, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Amherst -- land in Amherst 1 1 1847: Reuben Thayer of Amherst, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Amherst -- land in Amherst [next to Hills land]; (recorded 1856) 1 1 1847: Sarah Williams of Amherst, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Amherst -- land in Amherst 1 1 1849: Simeon Prince of Amherst, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Amherst -- farm in Amherst 1 1 1853: Guardian's Deed -- Samuel Hills of Amherst, Mass., as guardian of John and Josiah Thayer, children of Samuel Thayer, deceased, to Oliver Curtis of Amherst -- land in Amherst 1 1 1854: Savannah Thayer of Amherst, Mass. to Oliver Curtis of Amherst -- land in Amherst [next to Samuel Hills farm] (recorded 1856) 1 1 1855: Dwight Dunbar of Pelham, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Amherst -- real estate in Pelham 1 1 1855: William Newell of Pelham, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Amherst -- land in Pelham 1 1 1855: William Newell of Pelham, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Amherst -- land in Pelham 1 1 1857: Anson F. Hills of Amherst, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Amherst -- land in Amherst (recorded 1863) 1 1 1858: Albert Jewett and Vileria Jewett of Pelham, Mass. to Oliver Curtis of Amherst -- land in Pelham Deeds, 1861-1900 1 2 [1861]: Town of Amherst, Mass. to Oliver Curtis and Samuel Hills of Amherst -- cemetery lot 1 2 1864: Reuben Thayer of Amherst, Mass. to Oliver Curtis of Amherst -- land in Amherst 1 2 1866: Reuben Thayer of Amherst, Mass. to Samuel Hills of Amherst -- land in Amherst 1 2 1866: Lycurgus Cook of Belchertown, Mass. and John Jones of Pelham to Samuel Hills and Harison Hanley of Amherst -- land in Pelham 1 2 1870: James Allen of Amherst, Mass. to Frank Curtis and Thomas Hastings of Amherst -- wood lot in Pelham 1 2 1871: Thomas Hastings of Amherst, Mass. to Frank Curtis of Amherst -- land in Pelham 1 2 1871: Samuel Hills of Amherst, Mass. to Frank Curtis of Amherst -- land in Amherst 1 2 1874: Amos Gray of Hadley, Mass. to Oliver Curtis of Amherst -- land in Belchertown 1 2 1879: Samuel Hills of Amherst, Mass. to Frank Curtis of Amherst -- land in Amherst 1 2 1879: James Twohig of Pelham, Mass. to F. A. Curtis and E. B. Sears of Amherst -- land in Pelham 1 2 1880: E. B. Sears of Amherst, Mass. to O. H. and J. O. Curtis of Amherst -- land in Pelham 1 2 1885: B. F. Kendrick of Amherst, Mass. to Frank Curtis of Amherst -- two lots in Pelham 1 2 1899: Plimpton of Northampton, Mass., Curtis of Amherst, Mass., and Curtis of Hartford, Conn. to Frank Curtis of Amherst -- real estate in Amherst willed by Samuel Hills [deceased 1880] to Oliver and Emily Curtis for their lives and the life of the survivor with remainder to their children [the deedors are the children; both parents are deceased] 1 2 1900: Emily Curtis of Amherst, Mass. to Frank Curtis -- land in Belchertown Wills, 1875, 1897 1 3 1875: Samuel Hills of Amherst, Mass. 1 3 1897: Oliver Curtis of Amherst, Mass. [codicil, 1899] Papers, 1844-1897 1 4 1844: John Eveleth of Amherst, Mass. to Samuel Hills -- Release of Mortgage 1 4 1851: Rebecca Dickinson to Simeon Prince -- Release of a Mortgage 1 4 1893: James Allen of Amherst, Mass. to [A.W.] Curtis and Son of Amherst -- Rights and Easements [water rights to springs in Amherst] 1 4 1897: Ephraim Sabin of Amherst, Mass. to L. D. Hills of Amherst -- Lease for College Street, Amherst