William (1813-1894) then took to teaching music,  styling himself,  in the manner of the day,  'Professor of Music',  as did his older brother,  great-great-grandfather John HILLS (1808-1870),   who married his first cousin Caroline Haynes in 1846,   following the death of his first wife.

We are keen to find descendants of William HILLS (born 6 Jul 1813, Newington, London)  and Elizabeth CHERRY who was born at New Brentford, London on 3 May 1839, dau of James CHERRY and Elizabeth VOLCHMAN.    Children were :  Margaret born c1865 [married Wardle],   Noel c 1868,   Frank c 1870,  and Frederick Herbert "Bertie" HILLS 1873.    Living members of this family were all in Essex in both the 1881 and 1901 censuses.   William Hills died at Bishop's Stortford in 1894;   his wife Elizabeth HILLS nee Cherry,  one of the first female graduates from the University of London,  was listed as a schoolmistress,  living in Ilford,  aged 61,  in the 1901 census.