Jonathan served as a private in Capt. Ezra Cary's company, Connecticutt Militia.

Will of Jonathan Hillard of Groton. Date: 1792. No. 1660. Stonington Probate District.

In the Name of God, Amen. I Jonathan Hillard of Groton in the County of New London & State of Connecticut being Long indisposed in Body, But of a Sound Disposing mind & memory Thanks to God there for, & calling to mind the mortality of my body. I make, ordain this my Last will & testamentPrincipally & first of all I Give & recommend my Soul to God that Gave it, & my Body to the dust of my decsed to be Buried in a deasent Christian manner of the Direction of my Executrix, not doubting but I Shall receive it again at the General Resurrection of the dead, & ____ Such Wordly Estate as it ____ Pleased God to Bless me with in This Life, I Give & Bequeath in the following manner.

Impr__. I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved wife Mary Hillard after my just debts & funeral Charges being first paid out, the whole Improvement of my Real and Personal estate During the ____ of time untill my Son William Hillard Shall arrive to the age of twenty one years for consideration & for her bringing up my Children in a Deasent manner, and when my Said Son William Shall arrive to the age of twenty one, then I Give unto my Sd wife mary one third of my Real Estate During the time of her Natural Life and one third of my Personal Estate for Ever.

Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my Well Beloved Eldest Son Eliphalet Hillard, Double or two Shears out of my Real & Personal Estate, at the Close of the time if the Improvement as above It Given to my Sd wife (excepting two Shear which is to be taken out before any Direction made of my Sd Estate & to be Disposed of as I Shall here after order) all which I Give unto my Sd Son Eliphalet to him and his Heirs for Ever.

Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my four well Beloved Sons and my three well,Beloved Daughters (viz) Jonathan Hillard, Joseph Hillard, Isaiah Hillard, William Hillard - Abigail Hillard, Mary Hillard & Sarah Hillard the whole remainder of my Real and Personal Estate (except the Sd two shears) To be Equilly Divided Between them at the Expiration of the time of my Sd wifes Improving the whole ____ -- which I Give unto them my Sd four Sons & three Daughters to them & there heirs for Ever.

Further more I Give unto my Sd Son Isaiah more than his Equal Shear two Shears (being the Two Shears be fore excepted) which I Give unto him & his heirs for ever.

Further more I Constitute, make & ordain my sd wife Mary Hillard my Sole Excutrix to this my Last will & Testament. Revoking, Diss_____ and for Ever making void, all other former will or testament by me made or done. Rattefying, ___- blessing and Conforming this to be ny Last will & testament, in witness hereof, I have hear unto Set my hand & Seal this the __ day of November Ad. 1791. Jonathan Hillard

Signed, Sealed, Published & Prounced by the sd testament to be his Last will & testament in Present of us witness.
Park Allyn
William Brown
Shapley Morgan

Mary Hilliard and Ebenezer Morgan are named Executors in Groton on the 7th day of Febry 1792.


DAR reference gives date as 1748.


The DAR reference gave the yearr as 1803.

Probably the Mary Williams, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Hurlbutt) Williams born Groton, 26 FEB 1749/50.

1. Eliphalet HILLARD b. 30 Oct 1771, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 4 Jul 1835, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
2. Abigail HILLARD b. 8 Jun 1773, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
3. Mary HILLARD b. 10 Apr 1775, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
4. Jonathan HILLIARD b. 3 Dec 1776, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Aft 1860, Plainfield, Otsego County, New York.
5. Sarah HILLARD b. 3 Dec 1778, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
6. 1. Joseph HILLIARD b. 7 Oct 1780, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Apr 1861, Salem, New London County, Connecticut; bur. Salem, New London County, Connecticut (Murray Farm Cemetery).
7. Isaiah HILLIARD b. 24 May 1782, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
8. William HILLIARD b. 30 Dec 1784, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 9 Feb 1872, Springfield, Walworth County, Wisconsin.

Personally approved Isaac Hillard Son of Jonathan Hillard Late of Stonington, deceased, being a minor, upwards of 14 years old and under 21 years, and made choice of Mr. William Hillard of sd Stonington to be his Guardian, before Simeon Minor. Stonington ??: New London County Probate, January 28th 1744/5.

Following are several land transfers recorded in Stonington Land Records, Volume 9, page 313.

Sam Stewart of Vol. Co of Windham, State of Conn. For 40s. from Isaac Hillard do equate unto Isaac Hillard and his wife Victorous all the rt I have in a tract of land lying in Ston. That I rec'd by one certain deed. Sd deed was given by sd Isaac Hillard & his wife Victorious & is recorded in Ston. Book of record, reference thereunto being had. 2-10-1773
Elijah Wiatt
Paul Wheeler

Wee, Isaac Hillard & Victoria Hillard his wife of Ston. For 8 lbs rec's of Jesse Billing of Ston. All our right & every part of the Lands in Sd Ston. Which was our father Robert Coats late of sd Ston. Dec. his land that he died seized & possessed of, which right & part & share wee sold & are seized & possessed. In Common & undivided with the rest of the heirs of sd deceased, In & by virtue of the last will of the Robert Coats, dec. 2-17-1773
Sam'l Prentice
Joshua Prentice


In reference [1:125} given as Jesse then crossed out and Isaac written in.

Israel, m. Victorious Coates, b. of Stonington, Apr. 5, 1751, in Westerly, by John Larkin, J [Isarael crossed out and replaced by Isaac] Note says see RI Vital records, v.5, Westerly, p.22.

1. Abigail HILLARD b. 30 Mar 1752, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
2. 2. Jonathan HILLARD b. 27 Feb 1754, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. Between Nov 1791 and 7 Feb 1792, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
3. Joannah HILLARD b. 14 Feb 1758, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
4. Elizabeth HILLARD b. 21 Feb 1761, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 16 Mar 1834, Union, Tolland County, Connecticut.
5. Delight HILLARD b. 18 Aug 1764, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. Abt 1806, Broad Brook, Royalton County, Vermont (possibly).
6. David HILLARD b. 17 Feb 1767, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.

David Hillard of Little Compton, R.I., and wife Susanna to Jonathan Hillard of Stonington. Feb. 4, 1718. Land beginning at the sw corner of Moses Palmer, his land, and thence running in a direct line southwest and by west near to a great rock on ye left side of a brook, and a walnut tree standing on ye rock, and a rock marked thus I on ye side of it, and marked D on ye north side, from thence bounded by the brook on the east side until it comes to land laid out to Joshue Holmes, ye northeast corner of it being a pine tree, and so by said land to land laid out to Moses Palmer, and by said palmer to ye tree first mentioned. Witnessed by JohnMcDowell and William Holdridge. Stonington Land Records, Volume 3, page 239

David Hilliard from Jonathan Hilliard (cooper) with the consent of his wife Abigail, the one half he received in Little Compton from his father by will for four hundred pounds ---------------. Signed by Jonathan Hilliard and witnessed by William Holdred, John MacDowel and John Yeoman on 4 February 1717/8. Bristol County Land Records, Book 11, page 431

John Smith of Groton, yeoman, for 120 pounds, to Jonathan Hillard --quit claim to a certain tract of land and buildings situated in the town of Stonington bounded in a mortgage deed to me by said Jonathan Hillard which deed bears date May 21, 1728, and do by these presents surrender and yield unto said Jonathan Hillard the full and peacefull possession all such real estate as in above said tract. Witnessed by D. Elderige and Lional Udall.
Stonington Land Records, Vol. 4, page 214. May 16, 1730

On 28 JAN 1744/1745,Isaac, son of Jonathan, deceased, selected William Hilliard of Stonington as his guardian.

On 21 MAR 1742/1743, John, son of Jonathan, selected Ephraim Kingsbury of Norwich. Barbour Manuscript

1. David HILLARD b. 3 Sep 1718, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
2. Azariah HILLARD b. 30 Nov 1719, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. Bef 1724, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
3. Joanna HILLARD b. 24 May 1722, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
4. Azariah HILLARD b. 16 Jun 1724, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
5. 4. Isaac HILLARD b. 2 Oct 1726, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
6. John HILLARD b. 12 Mar 1728/1729, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 1793, Danby, Rutland County, Vermont.
7. Ambrose HILLARD b. 6 Feb 1730/1731, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut; d. 24 Jan 1731/1732, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.