Solomon Hill was a farmer and political figure in Upper Canada

Upper Canada

The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...

. He represented West York, 1st Lincoln & Haldimand in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada

Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada

The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was the elected legislature for the province of Upper Canada and functioned as the province's lower house in the Parliament of Upper Canada...

 from 1804 to 1807.

He was born in Red Mills, Duchess County, New York, the son of William Hill and Bethia Smith, and received a land grant in Grimsby Township

Grimsby, Ontario

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 in Upper Canada. Hill served in the Loyal American Regiment

Loyal American Regiment

The Loyal American Regiment was a Royal Provincial regiment composed of American loyalists who served in the American Revolution from 1777 to 1783...

 during the American Revolution

American Revolution

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. He married Bethiah Griffin. Hill died in office in Smithville

Smithville, Ontario

Smithville is a community in the township of West Lincoln. It is located on Regional Road 20 between Hamilton and Niagara Falls in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada.-Annual events:...

, Grimsby Township at the age of 51.