Esther is a great-great-granddaughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Esther was the third wife of Joseph Edmonds and he was possibly of Dudley, MA.

Esther Hillard, widow.

1. Mary HILLIARD b. 23 Jun 1745, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.
2. Samuel HILLIARD b. 28 Jul 1747, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; d. 16 Nov 1831, Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont; bur. Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire (Johnson Farm Cemetery).
3. Elizabeth HILLIARD b. 18 Dec 1749, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.
4. Benjamin HILLARD b. 29 Jan 1753, Rhode Island; d. 5 May 1801, Preston, New London County, Connecticut.
5. David HILLIARD b. EST 1756, Connecticut (probably); d. Bef 28 Jun 1813, Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York.
6. Luther HILLARD b. 5 May 1759, Connecticut (probably); d. 2 Dec 1850, Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire; bur. Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire (Edminster Cemetery).
7. Lucretia HILLARD b. Abt 1763, Connecticut; d. 5 Feb 1823, Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
8. Richmond A. HILLARD b. 25 Jan 1764, Connecticut; d. 3 Mar 1846, Brandon, Knox County, Ohio; bur. Miller, Knox County, Ohio (Miller Cemetery).