Ireland. The surname Hill was brought to Ireland by Sir Moyses Hill. He was a landless second son of an English west country family who served under the Earl of Essex in suppressing Irish revolts in the 1590's. The town of Hillsborough in county Down was named after his family.
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Is Hill a Viking name?
Hill is one of the many new names that came to England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. … The name was originally derived from the Old English hyll, which simply meant hill or dweller by the hill.
How old is the name Hill?
The first record of Hill as a surname was a Simon Hille in Worcestershire in 1273. These Hills claimed a Norman origin back to 1100 and became an important medieval family. Droitwich records in Worcestershire showed a William atte Hille in 1379. Early Hills were also in Shropshire and Staffordshire.
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