Maria Hill, Daughter of the Regiment

Maria Hill , a contemporary of Laura Secord, was a heroine of several battles in the AngloAmerican War of 1812 including the Battle of Queenston Heights, the Battle of Lundys Lane and the Battle of Chippawa serving as a surgeons assistant, while her husband fought in the war. After the war, she became an early settler to Ottawa, Ontario and attended to the Governor General of Canada, Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond when he died in her village of Richmond, Ontario.

Little is known of her early years, but it is thought that she was born Maria Woods in Winwick, Warrington, Lancashire, UK to Dr. amp Mrs Woods in 1791, Marias father died between 1791 and 1799. Her mother remarried to Mr. Greenhall, a recruiter for the British Army. In 1799, her mother then died in Tuam, Ireland. Mr. Greenhall brought Maria to Canada in 1803. She was referred to as a Daughter of the Regiment because of her stepfathers service to the British Army and her upbringing in the Niagara region British Army forts.

Source: Wikipedia