Hi all,

Robert Golding Hills (1820), of Maidstone, Kent, married Ann Munday (1821) in 1843. I am descended from them through their son Charles (1860) who emmigrated to New Zealand. RGH and family lived for many years in lower London Rd, quite near the "White Horse" Inn and near another Hills family (Thomas William, who lived at #24) before RGH and Ann retired to nearby Scrubs/Scrubbs Lane.

I will be visiting Maidstone later this month and I'm interested in meeting relatives - and if you can tell me more about my ancestors, so much the better! I know that some of the family remained in the area for many years because the "Robert Golding" name appears to be distinct to "our" line of Hillses. RGH's grandafther (I think) was the first RGH, but one of RGH's own sons (1848) also bore the name, and one of his grandsons (1888, who died in WWII) received it, too. Both lived around Maidstone, so it's good odds that there are still some Hills descendants there.

I'd also be interested in meeting descendants of one Robert Golding (abt 1760) who married Ann Hills, as I suspect that the source of RGH's name lies around there, probably in a friendship between a Hills and a Golding.

- Greg R. son of Robert G.