This Plymouth Court Record in 1640 is why historians were unable to determine the maiden name of William Hiller's wife. The record is as follows and as you can see nothing was recorded. It was like the recorder was going to enter the information at a later date and simply forgot


Georg Pidcock & Sarah Ricard marryed the xvjth May, 1640.
John Mynard & Mary Starr marryed.
William Fallowell & Martha Beels marryed.
Benjamin Noye and Katherne Tupper marryed the xixth October, 1640.
Willm Hiller and
William Nelson and Martha Forde marryed the xxixth of Octobr, 1640.

From the above record it can be seen that William married his wife in Duxbury between 19 OCT 1640 and 29 OCT 1640. No records show her surname but her Christian name is believed to be Hester, or Esther. A search of known residents of Duxbury in 1640 failed to reveal any possible 'Esther'. Since the births of their daughters, Esther and Mary, were recorded in Boston and it is known the family lived in Duxbury, possibly Esther went home to her parents to have the babies. The birth record of the son William could not be located.

1. William HILLARD b. Abt 1641, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (probably); d. 24 Jan 1713/1714, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; bur. Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island (Old Commons Cemetery).
2. Esther HILLARD b. 25 Mar 1642/1643, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 3 Jun 1709, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
3. Mary HILLARD b. 6 Jun 1644, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 13 Sep 1689, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.