Hills, Medad

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Hills, Medad		Goshen	Connecticut	1758	1780s

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Son of Benoni Hills. Medad was born April 27, 1729 at Durham, Connecticut. He died on April 9, 1808 at Goshen. He was married to Sarah ?. They had six children. Together with his Brother John he learned the gun business from his father. Benoni, John and Medad worked together in Goshen, Connecticut. A gun made for Noah North is known made by Medad. The gun is believed having had made in 1758. Several of Medad still exist. For excample one made for Noah North, probably made in 1758. As his father he engraved the name of the owner on the side plate. All the survived guns are six footer, about .60 caliber, very fine brass hardware, brass or silver elongated front sight set back about four inches from the muzzle and a notched rear sight in most cases integral with the barrel and breech plug. The barrels are pin fastened to the stock which are curly maple, very slender and similar to the French style fowlers. The rifles were very well made that many have been converted to percussion almost one hundred years later. Medad and John carried on their gun and tool work after their father's dead. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War Medad would have received a contract for muskets from Connecticut's War governor Jonathan Trumbull. John and Medad became big producers of muskets and bayonets. Medad Hills was appointed captain in December, 1776, and raised his company from Goshen, Torrington, and Winchester. Hills resided in Goshen, near the Torrington line, and is celebrated for the guns which he made during the war more than for the battles he fought, for the reason that his guns have been seen more than his battles have been heard of.

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Son of Benoni Hills. Medad was born April 27, 1729 at Durham, Connecticut. He died on April 9, 1808 at Goshen. He was married to Sarah ?. They had six children.

Together with his Brother John he learned the gun business from his father. Benoni, John and Medad worked together in Goshen, Connecticut.

A gun made for Noah North is known made by Medad. The gun is believed having had made in 1758.

Several of Medad still exist. For excample one made for Noah North, probably made in 1758. As his father he engraved the name of the owner on the side plate. All the survived guns are six footer, about .60 caliber, very fine brass hardware, brass or silver elongated front sight set back about four inches from the muzzle and a notched rear sight in most cases integral with the barrel and breech plug. The barrels are pin fastened to the stock which are curly maple, very slender and similar to the French style fowlers.

The rifles were very well made that many have been converted to percussion almost one hundred years later.

Medad and John carried on their gun and tool work after their father's dead. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War Medad would have received a contract for muskets from Connecticut's War governor Jonathan Trumbull. John and Medad became big producers of muskets and bayonets.

Medad Hills was appointed captain in December, 1776, and raised his company from Goshen, Torrington, and Winchester. Hills resided in Goshen, near the Torrington line, and is celebrated for the guns which he made during the war more than for the battles he fought, for the reason that his guns have been seen more than his battles have been heard of.