#52Ancestors Week 25 Same Name: Anne Hill

#52 Ancestors Week 25 Same Name: Anne Hill

I am named after my great-great grandmother, Regina Anne Hill.  Actually, I always hated my name, Anne Hill, the Hill part anyway, growing up.  It got me the nickname HillBilly, which I really hated.

However, later in life, when I was more interested in family history, I was rather pleased to be named after an ancestor, not to mention it was my mother's name also--Anne, not Hill.

So, Mary Regina Anne Hill was the daughter of Captain Alexander Penn Hill and Mary Elizabeth Childs.  She was born 2 February 1858 in the Nottingham District of Prince George's County MD, the sixth of nine children, a large and very Catholic family.  She grew up at Moss Side, the property her father had inherited from his father, Joseph Benedict Hill.

Sarah Elizabeth Hill (1846-1935) married Thomas Sprigg Blandford.

Samuel Childs Hill (1848-1928) married Mary Elizabeth Bowie.

Joseph Benedict Hill (1850-c. 1930) married Mary Hill.

Peter Henry Hill (1852-1893) married Nora Mary Young.

Mary Hester Hill (1854-1904)

Alexander Penn Hill Jr. (1860-1915) married Mary Catherine Munro

Emily Riddle Hill (1862-1959) married George Washington Young

Robert E. Lee Hill (1863-1934)

On 28 October 1878, Regina married John Kostka Summers, the oldest son of John Francis Summers and Eliza Ann Gwynn, neighbors of the Hills in Prince George's County.

Regina Anne Hill and John Kostka Summers had 15 children, of which my grandfather, Paul Francis, was the 12th.  The children included a set of twins, Joseph Mary and Mary Joseph.

John Kostka Summers Jr.  (1880-1943) married Benedicta Gannon.
John Lamar Summers (1879-1899)  drowned in the Patuxent River
Marie Emily Louise Summers (1882-1898)
Alexander Hill Summers (1883-1918)
Joseph Mary Summers (1885-1963)
Mary Joseph Summers (1885-1965) Sister Mary Ange
Eliza Mary Summers (1888-1980) married William August Dorr
Regina Agnes Summers (1889-1968) married Edward Payson Springer Jr.
Gretchen Summers (1891-1953) married Joseph Summerfield Perry
Mildred Elizabeth Summers (1892-1980) married Bernard Kummer
Dorothy Lucile Summers (1894-1945)  married James Heath Dodge
Paul Francis Summers (1895-1970) married Theresa Evalina Sasscer
Olin Jerome Summers (1897-1898)
Emily Ruth Summers (1899-1996) married Charles Henry Adams McPherson
Michael Jerome Summers (1902-1967)

The picture below shows the Summers family about 1910 at their home in Westwood, Prince George's County MD.  My grandfather Paul is in the center of the photo between his parents.

The picture below shows John Kostka Summers and Mary Regina Anne Hill celebrating their golden wedding anniversary in 1928.  My mother, Anne, is sitting on the ground in front of her grandfather, age about 3 years old. My grandfather Paul Summers is standing behind Sr. Ange holding his son on his shoulder.

Regina Anne Hill Summers died at her home 6 June 1932 and is buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in Waldorf MD.  Her husband, John Koskta Summers died 2 March 1941 and is also buried in St. Peter's.

I know very little about my namesake, but I do have an inheritance from her, a set of wine glasses that belonged to Anne gifted to me by her daughter-in-law, my grandmother.  I wrote about them here.