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| 14401 |
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. | Isaac HILLARD
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| 14402 |
He died of burns.
He died of burns. | Isaac HILLARD
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| 14403 |
I suggest he is either a son or grandson of Isaac and Sarah (White) Hillard because of the Redding, Connecticut heritage of his wife Abiah. | Isaac HILLARD
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| 14404 |
Isaac was commissioned in 1st Battalion, Connecticut State troops to serve from NOV 1776 to MAR 1777. Resided in Stratford Co., then Redding Co., CT. He was a poet of local celebrity and espoused the cause of the people and was a Whig. Following is a review of a pamphlet that he published by a traducer, the "New England Republican" of 29 AUG 1804.
'ISAAC HILLIARD, a wretched vagabond, originally of Reading, in Fairfield Co., has lately published a large pamphlet, in which he warmly advocates the cause of democracy. To criticise such a work, one must sink himself to a level with the author; that is, he must become an idiot, or a lunatic, or a brute. The composition is just about on a level with Peter St. John;s poetry. The pitiable but wrong- headed writer is now busied in hawking his pamphlets about the streets. He presents them to every man whom he is not afraid to insult, and tells those to whom he delivers them, to pay him twenty- five cents each, if they like the work; otherwise to return it. Never was a man better fitted to any cause than Hilliard to democracy; and never was a cause better adapted to the man engaged in it than democracy to Hilliard."
The pamphlet referred to above, entitled the Rights of Suffrage and "a brief examination would force one to conclude that, however brilliant a poet Mr. Hilliard may have been, he was not a master of prose. His nouns, adjectives, nominatives, and verbs are so co-mingled, that it is difficult to separate them; but in his preface Mr. Hilliard observes that he has written for persons of limited education, and had not therefore adopted a lofty and flourishing style-a fact which explains, perhaps, the somewhat ungrammatical construction of his sentences." An extract from his poem The Federal Pye is presented. It was used to open the proceedings of a Federal "caucus".
"BRETHREN, I know you see my tears,
The strong expression of my fears.
There's no one here that is a stranger-
Then every one must know our danger.
Poor people all begin to see
Their rights are gone, they are not free;
Some wicked men espouse their cause,
And say they're lost by cruel laws.
They have found out, as sure as death,
That they are taxed for their breath.
I am very sorry that our youth
Should ever find out so much truth;
The poor old men now make a noise
And say we tax all their boys
Somehow or other, those poor souls
Find other States don't tax their polls.
They say 'tis cruel, and a sin
To pay for breath which they breathe in-
And now they all set up this note,
If they pay taxes they will vote:
They say they've found what we're about-
We taxed their polls and left ours out.
That faculties, and the poll tax
They wish were under the French axe,
Together with all those that like 'em,
Why, they might just as well have said
They wished all Federal rulers dead.
The poor will rise in every nation
When they are drove to desperation."
Etc., etc.
Published in Marriages in Dutchess County, page 54.
Died on Wed., 26 Feb, 1823. Lately, in Amenia, Capt. Isaac Hillard, aged 79 years. The deceased was a soldier of the Revolution and through life a warm friend of civil and religious liberty; he possessed a strong but uncultivated mind and was the author of many political phamplets, written in poetry and prose. | Isaac HILLARD
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| 14405 |
John was a corporal in Captain Hyde's Company, Fourth Regiment, Connecticut Line, Formation of 1777-81. He enlisted for the war, 1 JAN 1777, and was honorably discharged 1 JAN 1780.
They moved to Marlborough, VT in 1807 and returned to Stonington in 1816.
Will witnessed by Stephen Avery, Elias hewitt and Prudence Smith. Adminstered 7 MAR 1826 to William M. and Elias Hilliard by David Coats. Invt., 11 MAR 1826 by Stephen Avery and David Coats. | John HILLARD
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| 14406 |
Norwich, March 21st 1742/3. This may Certife sd John Hylliard minor fourteen years of age son to Jonathan Hylliard Late of Stonington decec'd personally appeared and made Choice of Mr. Ephraim Kingsbury of Norwich to be his Guardian. Jabez Hide, Justice of peace
John's parents died when he was fourteen years of age. It appears that John went to Norwich to live with his cousin Joseph but possibly Joseph was not well enough (he died soon after) and recommended Ephraim Kingsbury to be his guardian. Following document is on record:
John and Elizabeth resided in New Concord Society (Preston), New London, CT. where he was baptized with his three eldest children, and with his wife owned the Church covenant, 12 SEP 1762. John, at an early date, settled in Manchester, Bennington Co., VT. About the year 1790 he came to Danby.
In reference [3:109] it is given that he died 24 JAN 1731/1732. That is the death of Ambrose.
The Barbour Collection has John dying Stonington, 24 JAN 1731/2. This date was actually the date that the next son, Ambrose, died. This has been very confusing to persons doing genealogy on the descendants of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Hillard. Apparently Mr. Barbour kept his information on cards with the birth on the front and the death on the back. The above error came about when the card of John and Ambrose stuck together. | John HILLARD
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| 14407 |
Inscription: "John Hillard 1727" | John HILLARD
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| 14408 |
Probably named after the father of his mother (John Warren). Nothing further known. Most believe that he died young. Definetely not mentioned in the will of his father or his mother. | John HILLARD
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| 14409 |
"John Wilkes Hillard was appointed and elected justice of the peace in Chartiers township, Feb. 24, 1798." Page 707 of 'History of Washington County, Penn., 1882.'
"In the year 1802 the name of Dr. J. W. Hilliard appears. His death occurred the next year." Page 613 of 'History of Washington County, Penn., 1882.'
John's will was registered 22 FEB 1802 and probated 24 SEP 1802. It mentions father Isaac Hillard and his wife Sarah; brother Thurston Hillard; sister Polly Henry; and friends Craig Richee and Andrew Munroe.
In 1800 census John W. Hillard, Esq is recorded as male 26-45. In the household is a male 10-16, female 0-10, and female 16-26.
John W. Hilliard, esq. (01010-10100). | John Wilkes HILLARD
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| 14410 |
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 | Jonathan HILLARD
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| 14411 |
Will proved Plainfield, CT, 24 OCT 1805, mentions wife Temperance; daughter Prudence Peckham; daughter Barintha; daughter Rebecca Clark (Ebenezer Clark); and son Jonathan.
In the 1790 census it appears that they had a fourth daughter. In the 1800 census, only the son and one daughter (born before 1774) remain at home. In the 1810 and 1820 census Temperance is living with her son Jonathan. | Jonathan HILLARD
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| 14412 |
Inscription: "In Memory of Capt Jonathan Hilliard who died March 7th 1810 in the 48th year of his age" | Jonathan HILLARD
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| 14413 |
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. | Jonathan HILLARD
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| 14414 |
The Barbour Manuscript gives no place or date. | Jonathan HILLARD
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| 14415 |
Joseph in early life was a saddle-tree maker in Tolland; but after coming to Warehouse Point, in East Windsor, he built, in connection with his father-in-law, Capt. Chamberlain, a vessel called a "coaster, " and loaded it with merchandise for Charleston, SC, James Chamberlain, Jr., going as the supercargo.
Joseph Hilliard was a tall and well proportioned man, favoring his mother physically, who was an unusually tall woman, and that the family came to Connecticutt from the region of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Coventry, CT Deed, Book 8 Page 446: Joseph Hillard to William Willson, 30 MAR 1793.
To all People to whom these Present shall come Greting. Know ye that I Joseph Hillard of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut for the Consideration of the Sum of Ninty Pounds Lawfull money Received to my full satisfaction of William Willson of sd Coventry in the County and State aforesd Do Give Grant bargain sell and Confirm unto the said William Willson his Heirs and assigns forever one certain Tract of parcel of Land being and lying in the Township of Coventry containing about Thirty Acres Butted and Bounded as follows West on a highway beginning at the Northwest corner of Ephraim Kingsbury land thence runs in the of Ephraim Andrew Kingsburys land about one Hundred & fifteen rods to a white oak Bush with stones about it thence runs North in the line of my own land thirty one Rods to a stake & Stones by Jesse Cook wall Thence runs by said Cook & my own land about one Hundred & fifteen rods to the highway thence Thirty two rods in the line at the ds highway to the first mentioned Bounds together with a mantion House and barn standing thereon To have and to Hold the above granted and bargained Premises with the appurtenances thereof unto him the sd William Willson his Heirs and assigns forever to this & their own proper use & behoof and also I the said Joseph Hillard do for myself and Heirs Executor and Administrators covenant with the said William Willson his Heirs and assigns that at and untill the Ensealing of these presents I am well seized of the Premises as a good indefeasible Estate in fee simple and have Good Right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written and that the same is free of all Incumbrances whatsoever and furthermore the said Joseph Hillard Do by these Presents bind myself and Heirs forever to warrent and Defend the above Granted and bargained Premises to him the said William Willson his Heirs and assigns against all Claims and Demands whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 30th Day of March AD 1793
Joseph Hillard L.S.
Signed Sealed and Delivered In Presents of Ephraim Kingsbury, Rust Willson.
Coventry, CT Deed, Book 8 Page 562-3: Joseph Hillard to William Wilson, 17 APR 1794.
Know all men by these Presents that I Joseph Hillard of Tolland in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut for the consideration of Fifty Eight Pounds Seven teene Shillings L Money paid to me in hand by William Wilson of Coventry in the County of Tolland aforesd Do by these Presents Sell & convey unto the aforesd William Wilson his heirs & assigns Two certain Lots of Land Lying in Coventry aforesd bounded & described as follows (viz) the first lot beginning at the North Corner of the sd Wilsons Land lately purchased of me thence runing East by Sd Wilson land about Eighty rods to land belongs to Jesse Cook thence nearly North about Twenty rods by sd Cook lands thence nearly West about Sixty five Rods by sd Cooks land to lands belonging to Amos Avery thence nearly Soiuth about Twelve Rods by the highway to the first mentioned bounds the whole containing Nine Acres & one Quarter of Ground - Also one other certain piece of Timber land bounded & described as follows viz beginning at a Whike Oak Bush with Stones about it as the Southeast corner of Sd Wilson land thence nearly East by Andrew Kingsbury land about Seventeen & half Rods to Land belonging to Eliphet Carpenter thence nearly North by sd Carpenter Land to Jesse Cooks land about Thirty & half rods thence nearly West about Seven & half rods by sd Cooks land thence nearly South about Thirty & half Rods by the aforesd Wilson land to the first mentioned bounds containing about One and half Acres of Ground -- also one certain _____ standing on the aforesd Wilson land the Property of me the Subscriber: To ye see the Nest page.
To have and to hold the above granted & bargained Premises with the Appurtinces thereof unto him the sd Wilson his Heirs & assigns forever to his and their own proper Use and behoof. And also I the sd Joseph Hillard do for my Self any heirs & Executors & Administrators Covenant with the Sd Wm. Wilson his Heirs and Assigns that at and untill the Ensealing of these presents I am well seized of the premises as a good indefeasible Estate in Fee Simple and have good Right to bargain & Sell the same in manner & form as is Written & that the same is free of all Incumbrances Whatsoever & further more I the said Joseph Hillard do by these presents bind myself Heirs & Assigns forever to Warrant and Defend the above Granted & bargained Premises to him the sd Wilm Wilson his Heirs and Assigns against all Claims and Demands whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal this 17th Day of April AD 1794. Joseph Hillard
Signed Sealed & Delivered In presence of Edward Dimock, Samuel Whitlebey
The Barbour Manuscript has no date or place. | Joseph HILLARD
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He was an early settler of Norwich in 1735.
Estate of Joseph Hillyard. Town of Norwich. Date: 1744. No. 2638. New London Probate District. 38 Total Documents but no will. | Joseph HILLARD
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Joseph turned out at the Lexington Alarm as a seargeant and was commissioned an Ensign in 1775 in Capt. Nathan Hale's Company, Sullivan's Brigade at the siege of Boston. He served under Colonel (later General) Horation Gates in the Northern Department in the Continental Line as a Lieutenant in 1776.
Children born Killingworth. [Could Sarah Burr be a second marriage? The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 20 page 81, DAR 19213 states that the Oliver Hillard who marries Ann Eliza Crawford is the son of Joseph and Sarah (Burr) Hilliard.}.
Who is the Joseph who married Nancy Crawford?] | Joseph HILLARD
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The Palmer Family that he was killed in the Revolutionary War.
Will witnessed by George Beebe, Benjamin Chesebro and Edward Hancox and mentions wife Lois. Adminstration date not mentioned, Inventory was 2 JUL 1776 by Daniel Fish and Elijah Palmer. | Joseph HILLARD
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Joshua left Little Compton and probably moved to Stonington, CT, where additional children (unrecorded) were probably born: Benjamin, Richmond, Luther and Lucy. Later, Richmond, Luther and Lucy are found in Cornish, NH, where it was believed they were siblings of Samuel. Undoubtedly true since, Richmond was the maiden name of Esther's paternal grandmother and Luther was the maiden name of Joshua's mother. Benjamin is thought to be a son because it is known that Benjamin arrives in Preston ca 1767 while the land records show that Joshua buys land in Preston in 1768. Also, Joshua's daughters, Mary and Elizabeth appeared to have married in Preston and the first three children of his son, Samuel were born in Preston.
Esther was admitted to full comunnion on this date as a widow. | Joshua HILLARD
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Levi enlisted in Capt. Andrew Lathrop's company, Backus' regiment of Light Horse. He served in the New York campaign and died in the army, October 15, 1776, at the age of thirty-two. | Levi HILLARD
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| 14421 |
The Cleveland Plain Dealer states that a Lydia Hillard married David Wickham in Nassau, NY on 6 JUN 1811. I have also seen that it was a Louisa Hillard who married David Wickham in Nassau on 6 JUN 1811.l | Louisa (Lydia) HILLARD
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Lucy died at the age of 60, when during a heavy snowstorm, she went on foot to visit a neighbor. Not returning at a reasonable hour her family found her dead and partially buried in the snow. I have never seen Lucy referred to as Lucretia except from Cindy Brown
She was aged 15. | Lucretia HILLARD
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Luther served at least twice in the Revolution: in Capt. Davenport Phelp's company starting 2 MAR 1778 for an expedition into Canada and in Captain Abel Steven's company starting 6 JUL 1780 until 23 OCT 1780 to join the Continental Army at West Point. In th former he is described as 18 yr. old, light complexion and 5 ft. 3 in. tall. | Luther HILLARD
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| 14424 |
Barbour's Manuscript does not give date but states she was not baptized with the others. | Lydia HILLARD
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| 14425 |
Daughter per Barbour. | Mabel HILLARD
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| 14426 |
She died 1 DEC 18__. | Maria Alice HILLARD
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| 14427 |
Probably had no issue because grandchildren not mentioned in father's will.
Inscription: "In memory of Mary ye wife of William Shaw died August ye 8th 1740 in ye 23d year of her age" | Mary HILLARD
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| 14428 |
John and Frances (____) Farrow came from Hingham, England with daughter Mary in 1635. John Sr. had a grant of five acres of land in our Hingham on Town (South) St., near the spot where Dr. H. E. Spaulding later resided. At the time the new meeting-house was erected he and his two sons were located on East St., below Cushings Bridge. Frances outlived her husband dying 28 JAN 1688/9; John Sr. died 7 JUL 1687, leaving a will dated 28 MAR 1687 and proved 17 AUG 1687. John Sr. and Frances had the following children: Mary, John, Remember, Hannah and Nathan.
John Jr. was a carpenter. Constable in 1672. He resided in the second precinct. In his will of 10 FEB 1708/9, proved 9 APR 1716, mentions wife Frances and seven children; two, namely Hannah and William, having died before him.
Boston records for the period 1644 and 1646 included earlier births from other towns claiming them to be Boston Records. I believe that Mary could have been born in Boston as the records indicate. Maybe her mother's parents lived in Boston and she went back home to have someone care for her two children, William and Esther. | Mary HILLARD
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Moses was a sea captain, an adventurous energetic man of no small fame in his day. He was master of the ship that brought to America the first news of the burning of Moscow. It is an interesting fact . . . that when Napoleon, after his overthrow at Waterloo, though of flying to this country, friends of his sought and were pledged the aid of Captain Hillard, then in France, in carrying out the design. It was fully arranged between him and them that the emperor should be concealed in a water casket on his vessel's deck and so escape through the English fleet, but for some reason he was not conveyed on board. | Moses HILLARD
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Olliver Hillard from William Hall, for two hundred and twenty pounds, a tract of land in Little Compton, about ____ acres of orchard and four acres of land adjoining -----------, signed by William Hall and witnessed by William Jocelyn and Rebekah Taylor on 30 June 1738. Bristol County Land Records, Book 27, page 163.
Ichabod Palmer, Jr. of Stonington for $750 pounds tenor bills of credit to Oliver Hilliard of Little Compton, County of Bristol, in Province of Mass. Bay. Tract of land in Stonington with dwelling house containing by estimation about 100 acres of land, bounded beginning at a white oak tree marked, thence west nearest to a crotched chestnut tree marked with IB and ID, thence southwardly to a stake and heap of stones which is Joseph Coles bound, thence south 63 degrees east 60 rods to a stake and heap of stones, thence south 6 degrees west until it comes to Thomas Holmes, his land, thence near east to a black oak tree now fallen down with stones about the roots thereof, which is another bound of the said Holmes, his land, thence near northeast to a heap of stones in a white oak bush marked, thence a straight line to the bound first mentioned, abutting south on land sold by Lieut. John Holmes to Joseph Cole, and the above said Thomas Holmes, his land, west on said Cole, his land, and the said Palmer's land; on the north with the said Palmer's land, on the east with Robert Dixson's land and the common. Presence of John Holmes and Joseph Cole. Stonington Land Records, Book 5, page 523 dated Feb 5, 1745/6.
Oliver Hillard of Little Compton, County of Bristol, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to James Thompson of Stonington, dated Mar. 1, 1746, for 750 pounds, 91 acres beginning at a white oak tree marked, thence west nearest to a crotched chestnut tree marked JB and JD, thence southwardly to a stake and heap of stones, which is Joseph Cole's bound, thence South 60 degrees West until it comes to Thomas Holmes land, thence near east to a black oak tree now fallen down with stones about the root, there of which is another bound of said Holme's land, thence near northeast to a heap of stones and a white oak bush marked, thence a straight line to the bounds first mentioned, abutting south on land of Joseph Cole and the above said Thomas Holmes, west on Cole's land to Ichabod Palmer land, on the north with said Palmer's land, on the east on Robert Dixson's land and the commons, with all of the buildings thereon. Witnessed by Daniel Brown and Joseph Palmer. Stonington Land Records, Volume 5, page 528.
Estate of Oliver Hillard. Town of Stonington. Date: 1792. No. 1663. Stonington Probate District. Will.
In The Fear of God Amen I Oliver Hillard of Stonington in the County of New London in the State of Connecticut being of Sound mind and memory (Blessed be God) do this Febry 4 day Anno Domine 1789. Make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say) Imprimus, I commend my Soul into the hands of almighty God who gave it to me: and my Body to the Earth from whence it came in hopes of a Joyful Resurrection through the merits of my Savious JESUS CHRIST, and as for that wordly estate wherewith it has pleased to bless me, I dispose thereof as follows, Viz.
First. I give to my loving wife Mrs. Sarah Hillard all my movable Estate of Every kind & Nature forever.
Item. I give to my loving Daughter Joanna Dennis & her heirs forever, the one half of all my lands lying East of the first Highway which was laid out on Long Point in sd Stonington Running North & South.
Item. I give to my loving son Isaac Hillard & his heirs forever the other half of my Lands lying East of sd Highway to be equally divided between him & my Daughter Joanna Dennis.
Item. I give to my Daughter Sarah Fish the Dwelling House in which I now live and the dwelling House in which Henry Worden now lives and the Blacksmith Shop and all the Lotts of Land on which they stand together with all other buildings standing on sd Lotts lying West of sd Highway to her and her heirs & assigns forever.
Item. I give to my loving wife Sarah Hillard in addition to what I heretofore gave her, the Sole Use & Improvement of all my said Real Estate both Houses & Lands during her natural life.
And my will further is that my Son Isaac & Daughters Joanna & Sarah in Consideration of what I have given them, pay all my Just Debts & all the Charge & Espence of Settling my Estate after my Decease.
And lastly I do hereby appoint my said Loving wife Sarah Hillard to be Sole Executrix to this my last Will and Testament. In witness Whereof I the Said Oliver Hillard do to this my last will & Testament Let my hand & Seal the day & year above written. Oliver Hillard
Signed, Sealed, Published & Declared by the Sd Oliver Hillard as and for his Last Will & Testament in the presence of us, whose names are here under written, who do Each of us Subscribe iyr names at his Request in his presence and in the presence of Each other and in the Room where we & said Oliver Hillard now are.
Ebenr Cobb
Amos Palmer
Betsy Palmer.
Will administered 6 NOV 1792 to wife Sarah by Thomas Stanton. Inventory 26 DEC 1792 by Edward Hancox a James Tripp. | Oliver HILLARD
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| 14431 |
Age 47, born Vermont.
Age 57, born New Hampshire.
Age 36, born New Hampshire. | Pamelia HILLARD
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Phebe Hilliard of North Stonington for $34 to William M. Hilliard and Elias Hilliard. Quit claim interest in dwelling house same my honored father William Hilliard gave me in his last will. Witnessed by Lathum Hull and Levi Walbut, July 3, 1827 and approved by Chester Smith, overseer of Phebe. North Stonington Land Record, book 3, page 278.
Does the fact that she had an overseer mean she was incompetent for some reason or another? She was unmarried. | Phebe HILLARD
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| 14433 |
Probable daughter per Barbour. | Phebe HILLARD
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| 14434 |
Probable daughter per Barbour. | Priscilla HILLARD
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| 14435 |
The Barbour Manuscript states she died in Little Compton on that date. | Priscilla HILLARD
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| 14436 |
Richmond moved, after 1810 but before 1812, with his family to Elmore township, Lamoille Co., VT, where his last child was born; then to Knox Co., OH, sometime before 1820.
Cemetery records state he died at the age of 82y4m8d which equates to a birth date of 26 OCT 1763. | Richmond A. HILLARD
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| 14437 |
His estate was administered 10 NOV 1834 by Cook Brownell.
Inscription: "In memory of Samuel Hilliard Esq who died Oct 8, 1834 in the 68th year of his age" | Samuel HILLARD
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| 14438 |
Date not given in Barbour Manuscript. | Samuel HILLARD
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| 14439 |
Inscription: "In memory of Samuel ye son of Captain David Hillard and Susanna Hillard his wife died August 6 1741 in ye 18th year of his age" | Samuel HILLARD
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| 14440 |
In memory of Mrs. Sally Brewster, Consort of Erastus Brewster, who died June 2d 1805, Aged 23 years
Farewell my friends, I bid adieu
To this vain world and things below
Yet I do hope at last to rise
And dwell with God above the skies | Sarah HILLARD
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They were both of Swansea, MA. | Sarah HILLARD
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Tombstone says died age 90. | Sarah HILLARD
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The wedding was witnessed by Ephraim Jackson. They lived in Dutchess Co., NY for a short time and then removed to Randolph, NJ and resided with son Charles.
Thurston served Brewer's Regiment, MA Militia and Patten's Co., Artillery, Continental Army. Wounded at Yorktown when a fallen piece of timber fractured his breast bone. Received pension and land grant.
Will Abstract of Thurston Hillard (File NJ 1422N)
Written 2 APR and proved 23 MAY 1810
Executors to procure headstones for me and my daughter, Eliza, who died last Sept. In case my wife, Eunice, remains my widow until Apr. 1, 1820, she is to have use of all real and personal estate in said Twsp. to remain unsold. She is to support and school 2 youngest children, Mariah and David Jackson Hilliard, in "reading, writing and cyphering sufficient to transact business". In case of her marriage, before that date, said estate to be sold and she is to have 1/3 of the proceeds; or in case of her death, said proceeds to be divided between 5 children equally, i.e., Charles, Anna, Henry, Mariah and David J. Son, Charles, $200 on condition that he remain with his mother until he is 21; also a colt. Son, Henry, a colt, when 21. Executors to put children out to trades, at their discretion. Land in Virginia (which my brother, John W. Hilliard, dec'd, obligated himself to procure deeds for me) to be sold, except one lot in name of George Kilton.
Executors - Captain Seth Gregory of Morris Twsp., and wife, Eunice, and son, Charles.
Witnesses - Silas Marchant, Stephen Sneden.
2 0 0 1 0 - 2(3?) 0 0 1 | Thurston HILLARD
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Following is the Will of William as proved in the Stonington Probate District in the year 1815. It is document 1667.
In the name of God, Amen - I William Hilliard of North Stonington in the County of New London - Although laboring at present under some indisposition of Body, yet being of sound and disposing mind, memory & understanding, through the Mercy of God, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following -
First & principally I resign my Soul with the utmost humility unto the hands of Almighty God, My Creator, humbly hoping for a blessed Immortality through the Marvels & Medication of My Blessed Saviour & Redeemer, Jesus Christ, and my body I desire may be decently buried at the definition of my Executor herein after named.
And as for such Temporal Estate as the Lord has Intrusted me to be the Steward of I give _____ & dispose thereof as follows.
Imprimis - I will that all my debts & funeral charges be paid & discharged by my Executors herein after named out of my Estate.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving Wife Mary Hilliard the use & improvements of the one third part of my Real Estate for her to enjoy so long as she shall remain my widow, and also my household furniture and indoor movables & also one good cow - to her & to her heirs and assigns forever.
Item - I give & bequeath to my Loving Son John Hilliard fifty dollars to be paid to him within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named out of my estate, and I also do hereby relinquish all the obligations I hold against him - it's being together with that I have formerly given him his equal proportions of my Estate - to him & to his heirs &c forever.
Item - I give & bequeath to my Loving Son Azariah Hilliard fifty dollars to be paid to him within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named out of my Estate which together with what I have formerly given him is his equal proportion of my Estate - to him & to his heirs &c forever.
Item - I give & bequeath Unto my Loving Son Gurdon Hilliard Twenty five dollars to be paid to him within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named out of my Estate & also I do hereby relinquish & give unto said Gurdon all the obligations I hold against him is his Equal proportion of my Estate - to him & to his heirs &c forever.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving Son Denison Hilliard twenty five dollars to be paid to him within one year by my Executor herein after named out of my Estate & also I do hereby relinquish & give unto the said Denison all the obligations I hold against him which together with
what I have formerly given him is his Equal proportion of my Estate - to him & his heirs &c forever.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving daughter Polly York wife of Oliver York, twenty five dollars to be paid to her within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named out of my Estate which together with what I have formerly given her is her Equal share of my Estate - to her & to her heirs &c forever.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving daughter Phebe Hilliard forty dollars to be paid to her by me Executor herein after named within one year after my decease out of my Estate - to her & to her heirs &c forever, and also I give to my Sd Daughter Phebe the use & improvement of the east great room in my dwelling house where I now live for her to use & improve so long as she shall remain single & unmarried.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving daughter Presilla Hilliard wife of Henry Hilliard twenty dollars to be paid to her by my Executor herein after named within one year after my decease out of my Estate - to her & to her heirs &c forever which together with what I have formerly given her is her equal share of my Estate.
Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving Grand Son William Hilliard Son of Azariah Hilliard fifty dollars to be paid to him by my Executor herein after named within one year after my decease out of my Estate - to him & to his heirs &c forever.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my Loving Grand Son Hewit Hilliard Son of Denison Hilliard all the lands & buildings I own in the Town of Pharsalia, State of New York that I purchased of Gilbert Billings; his father & mother Denison & Olive Hilliard is to have the use and improvement of the same during their natural lives & after their decease the same is to decend to the Sd Hewit Hilliard & his heirs & assigns forever.
Item - I give & bequeath to my Loving Grand Son Robert Hilliard Son to Gurdon Hilliard a Lot of Land containing nine acres with the small dwelling house therein being in North Stonington and is to be Lot off at the south east corner of my home said farm adjoining Lands of Jown Brown___ and also one acre as a Wood Lot being to be Lot off at the NW corner of my house and farm adjoining Captain Gilbert Billings lands - to him & his heirs &c forever, under the incumbrance of my Son Gurdon & his wife Pecurah Hilliard Improving the same during their natural lives.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my Loving Grand daughter Lusinda York wife of Oliver York, Jr. who is daughter of my daughter Priscilla forty dollars to given to her by my Executor herein after named in one year after my decease out of my Estate to her & her heirs &c forever. and it is further my will that all the residue of my Estate that is not already disposed of in this will if any should remain after all just debts S__man's & Ex___ &c are first paid - shall be equally divided between my four sons (viz) John, Azariah, Gurdon & Denison to each of them & to each of their heirs & assigns forever.
___ I do make & constitute my good friend Elias Hewit Esq my Executor of this my Last Will & Testament . . . . .
William Hillard
The Denison mentioned in the will does not appear in the Stonington Vital Records; the Polly mentioned is Mary; William is not mentioned as he is deceased. Following is a deed found in the Stonington Court Records where part of the original land that David purchased is sold to William's son William, Jr.
". . for the consideration of eight pounds . . . unto the sd William Hilliard, Jr. . . one certain tract or parcile of land lying of land & being in sd Stonington bounded as follows. Beginning at a walnut tree in the N.W. corner of the premises & a corner of ____ Phelps, Esq. land, thence southwesterly by Collins York's land to the Mill Brook thence easterly by sd brook to heap of stones, thence northerly to heap of stones in the line of sd Phelps land then westerly with sd Phelps land to the first mentioned bound containing about one & 1/2 acres of land more or less . . .Sept. 22,1804 . . ."
William Hillard
William was credited with service in the Revolutionary War in Captain Eliezer Prentice's Company, CT Militia. He is buried Great Plains Cemetery, North Stonington. The date of death and burial place of Mary, his widow, is not known. | William HILLARD
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He signed a will on 8 JUL 1810 in North Stonington, New London Co., CT. Witnessed by Juh. Halsey, Phebe Brown and Prudence Miner. Adminstrated 6 NOV 1810 to wife Mary & John S. Hewitt by Stephen Avery. Distributed 19 NOV 1811 by Stephen Avery, Elias Hewitt and Gilbert Billings. Heirs: Mary and only daughter Mary Hewitt. | William HILLARD
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William and Deborah resided at 'Liberty Plain' in Hingham, where William was a cooper, the industry for which Hingham was well noted. Some of their neighbors at Liberty Plain were Humphrey Johnson and son Benjamin; Robert Dunbar (a Scotchman); Capt. John Jacob; and James Whiton and son James.
I could find no record of William participating in church or town affairs, nor could I find any evidence that he was a property owner.. They must have had some relationship with the church because a sister of Deborah's married a son of Daniel Hobart, who was the twin brother of Rev. Peter Hobart, the minister of Hingham for many years.
There was some indication that they may have had a fire sometime in NOV 1683 because the cause of death of their son Isaac on 25 NOV 1683 is recorded as due to "burned in the fire".
During the King Philip's war, the home of a neighbor, James Whiton was burnt by the Indians. Also, the house of Nathaniel Chubbick, probably of nearby Accord Pond, was one of those destroyed on 20 APR 1676. No mention is made of William’s home.
The family moved to Little Compton, sometime between the birth in Hingham of Esther on 8 MAR 1684/5 and the birth in Little Compton of Mary on 3 APR 1687. The original settlement of Little Compton was about 1676 and it appears that William may have owned land shortly after that date but he was not recorded as one of the original owners.
There is a flag denoting military service honoring his grave in Little Compton. No record could be found showing service in King Philip's war, but a record exists showing that a William Hillerd from Little Compton had service in the Sir William Phips' Expedition to Canada in 1690. It shows that under Capt. Samuel Gallup, a body of about 60 men sailed from Plymouth in five Shallops. This battle was won at the expense of many lives. It is hard to believe it is William because he would have been fifty years of age, more likely his son, William.
William appeared to be more involved in the affairs of the town in Little Compton than in Hingham. At the 20 MAR 1703/4 town meeting it was voated that William Hillird is chosen "Clark of the Market" & William or Will Hillird (Hilliard, Hillard) was voated "Clark of the Market" at the town meeting every year thereafter until and including MAR 1708/9. He was voated as one of the "Surveyors of the Highways" on 18 MAR 1705/6 and 20 MAR 1707/7. On 18 MAR 1705/6 it was also voated that Will be chosen as "a monitor to see to our highways". On MAR 1708/9 he was selected for the "Jury of Tryalss". On 5 MAR 1710/11 and 10 MAR 1711/12 he was chosen as the "Tithing Man".
On 4 JUL 1691, William bought from Joseph Church, Sr., Lot 56 for 5 pounds. On 8 FEB 1692/3 he bought Lot 54 from Nathaniel Warren for 10 pounds. On 8 APR 1697 he bought from Joseph Church for eighteen shillings Lot 23, Lot 24, Lot 33, 1/2 of Lot 25 and 1/4 of Lot 18 and for 24 shillings, Lot 11. On 6 JUN 1699 he bought from John Rouse for eighteen shillings, 3/4 of Lot 14. Additional purchases were made that day from Samuel Bradford and Benjamin Church. The records indicate that a William Hillard sold land 29 APR 1714, to William Fobes. William had died three months earlier in JAN, so this sale may have been finalized after his death.
The will of William, recorded in Taunton, book 3, part 1, page 186 was made DEC 1712 and proved 1 FEB 1713.
". . .to wife Deborah Hilliard use of real and personal for life. To son David Hilliard one half of my real estate after the death of my wife. To son Jonathan one half of my real estate after the death of my wife. To daughter Deborah, wife of John Paddock 10 pounds. To daughter Esther, wife of Jeremy Geere ten pounds. To daughter Mary, wife of John Palmer 10 pounds. To daughter Abigail Hilliard 15 pounds. To daughter Sarah Hilliard 10 pounds. Rest and residue to wife Deborah including Indian woman . . . ." William Hilliard
Tombstone inscription:
Here lyeth the body of
William Hillard
who departed this life
January ye 24th
in the 72nd year of his age
1713-14
Inscription: "Here lyeth ye body of William Hillard who departed his life January ye 24th in the 72nd year of his age 1713/14" | William HILLARD
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William served in the Revolution, Captain Gallop's Regiment, CT Militia and his wife received a pension. William lived Redding, Fairfield when called in. After the war until 1797, lived Stratford, then Westerly and for several years, Norwich. Hannah went to Bridgeport about 1820. William pursued the business of trading to the Havana's and other places. | William HILLARD
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In memory of William son of Oliver and Sarah Hillard died October ye 26th in ye 13 year of his age. | William HILLARD
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Probably named after the father of his father. Nothing further known. Most believe that he died young. Definetely not mentioned in the will of his father or his mother.
A record exists showing that a William Hillerd from Little Compton had service in the Sir William Phips' Expedition to Canada in 1690. It shows that under Capt. Samuel Gallup, a body of about 60 men sailed from Plymouth in five Shallops. This battle was won at the expense of many lives. Could one of the lives lost be this William Hillard? If not then, then the participant was his father at the age of 50 years. | William HILLARD
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The family removes from Duxbury and is seen in Hingham 25 FEB 1654/5 when on that date in Hingham a William, Esther, and Mary Hilliard were baptized by Rev. Peter Hobart. I believe that it was the three children who were baptized because baptism of either or both of the parents would leave somebody out; either the child Esther or the mother Hester and it is more logical in my mind that the parents were not baptized at this time, especially since of the four other persons baptized on that day at least three and probably all four were children or youths.
These other four persons were as follows:
1. Hannah Sprague, tenth child of this family baptized by Rev. Hobart starting in the year 1638.
2. Ephraim Foulshom (Folsom), seventh child of this family bapt. by Rev. Hobart starting in year 1641.
3. Simon Burr, probably a teenager. The records show that he does not have children for ten years.
4. Hannah Burr, probably the sister of Simon.
The History of Hingham publication states that the family lived in an area called Liberty Plain., I could find nothing in the Hingham records concerning either William or Hester, not even a record of their death. The Liberty Plain cemetery has many old, unreadable tombstones. The marriages of William, Esther and Mary and the subsequent births of their children are recorded in Rev. Peter Hobart's diary.
He was the emigrant ancestor of his family. He came to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony in the spring of 1635 on the ship "Elizabeth and Ann", out of London. He was a carpenter, 21 years of age.
If William settled in the Mass Bay Colony, it was for a very short period, because on 24 MAR 1637, he purchased land of Richard Wright at Eele River in what was called the New Plymouth Colony.
MEMORAND the twenty fourth day of March 1637 Richard Wright acknowledged That hee hath sould to Willm Hiller carpenter fiue acres of lands formly graunted to him lying at fishing poynt towards the Eele River together wth the fenc & labours about the same and all his Right title & interrest therein wthall & singuler thapprtences therevnto belonging for and in consideracon of the sume of foure pounds fiue shill sterl To haue & to hold the said fiue acres of land and all & singuler the prmiss therevnto belonging vnto the said Willm Hiller his heires and Assignes for euer and to the onely pper vse & behoofe of the said Willm Hiller his heires and Assignes for euer.
It is obvious he settled on this land because in June of 1638, he was part of a inquistion panel selected to investigate a death of a fellow citizen. This panel was comprised of 'honest and lawfull men' of the New Plymouth Colony. The inquistion from the Plymouth Colony records reads as follows:
An Inquisicon taken at New Plymouth aforesaid, at the General Court there held, the fift Day of June, in the Yeare of our Souraigne Lord, Charles, by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland Kinge, Defendor of the Fayth, &c., the fourteenth.
Before: Thomas Prince, gent, Gounor William Bradford, Captaine Miles Standish, John Alden, John Atwood & John Browne
Gentlemen, and Assistants of the Goument aforesaid. Whereby it is manefest and appeareth by the oathes of John Done, John Barnes, Nicholas Snow, Richard Burne, Richard Sparrow, Giles Ricards, Josias Cooke, Anthony Snow, William Hiller, Richard Clough, Willm Fallowell, Thomas Atkinson, Richard Wright, John Smaley, Walter Horton, & John Wood, honest and lawfull men of the colony aforesaid, who being sworne, and charged vpon the view taken of the body of John England, found dead vpon the flatts of the shores of Plymouth aforesaid, dilligently to enquire how the said John England came to his death, vpon their oath aforesaid, doe say that the said John England, sayleing in a canow of Mr Thomas Burnes betwixt Greenes Harbor and Plymouth aforesaid, by reason of the insufficiency of the said canow, to make way in stormy weather, was ouer sett, and so the said John England was drowned. And so they say all that the said cannow was the cause of the death of the said John England, and do fynd the said cannow to be forfaited to our souaigne lord the Kinge, and doe apprise it at tenn shillings sterl and haue committed the same to the keeping of the go-ment of new Plymouth aforesaid. In witnesse whereof they haue herevnto put their hands, the day & yeare first aboue written, 1638.
The next appearance is ten months later when William apparently has performed some act without the required license for which he is taken before the court by Richard Clough (of Eele River). The record indicates that William Hiller was to appeare at the next General Court but I could not find this appearance.
Willm Hiller, of Plym, carpentr, acknowledgeth to owe the King, &c, . . . . . The condicon that the said Wilm Hiller shall keepe the peace towards our souaigne lord the King, and all his leigh people, and especially towards Richard Clough, and appeare at the next Genall Court to be holden for our sd souaigne lord the King for this gount, & not dept the same without lycence; that then, &c.
The next record found on William reports his sale of a parcell of land in Eele River, undoubtedly to have assets for the series of agreements and land purchases that follow one day later.
MEMORAND that Willm Hiller for and in consideracon of the sume of foure pounds sterl and twenty bushells of Indian Corne in hand payd by Marke Mendloue hath freely and absolutely sould vnto the said Marke Mendloue all those his fiue acrees of lands be it more or lesse lying at the Eele Riuer betweene the lands of Willm Dennis and Thomas Clark wch the said Willm hath lately bought of Richard Wright and all his right title & interrest of & into the same wth the fence about yt and all & singuler the prmisss therevnto belonging To haue and to hold the said fiue acrees of lands and all and singuler thapprtencs therevnto belonging vnto the said Marke Mendloue his heires and Assignes foreur- to the onely pp use and behoofe of him the said Marke Mendloue his heires and Assignes for eur.
The next few appearances of William in the records show that he would soon, if not already, reside in the Town of Duxbury in the Plymouth Colony. Duxbury was the location where the original pilgrims were given land grants after their seven years servitude to the "Merchants Adventurer's" was over. The pilgrims started to 'improve' their land in Duxbury as early as 1629 but they were required to return to Plymouth during the winter months in order to support the church. Duxbury became incorporated as a town in 1637. Some of the famous pilgrims who settled in Duxbury were John Alden, Miles Standish, George Soule, Alice Southworth, Governor Bradford and Jonathan Brewester, to mention a few. These next few appearances in the records are interesting in that they show the agreement between the Town of Duxbury and the partnership of William Hiller and George Pollard who agree to build and operate the first grist mill for the people of the Town of Duxbury on condition of certain guarantees and promises of land from the town.
MEMORAND That Rowland Leighorne of Duxborrow doth acknowledg that for and in consideracon of the sume of eighteene pounds sterl to be payd in August next hath freely and absolutely bargained and sould vnto Willm Hiller and George Pollerd all that his house & garden place in Duxborrow aforesd and tenn acres of lands therevnto belonging wth one acre of Meaddow therevnto adjoyneing wth all & singuler thapprtencs vnto the said prmisss belonging and all his right title and interrest of and into the same & euery pte thereof To gaue and to hold the said house garden place tenn acres of vpland and one acre of meaddow and all & singuler thapprtences therevnto belonging vnto the said Willm Hiller & George Pollerd theire heires and Assignes for euer to the onely use & behoofe of them the said Willm Hiller and George Pollerd their heires & Assignes for euer.
At a genall Townes meeting holden by the Inhabitants of the Towne of Duxborrow vpon the seauenth day of November in the year of our Lord God 1639 for the making of such lawes and orders as should be thought good and beneficiall for the said Towne of Duxborrow, It was agreed as followeth. viz,
Imprimis It is couenanted and agreed of betweene Georg Pollard late inhabitant of the Towne of Stokeclere in the Realme of England yeoman and Willm Hiller of the Towne of New Plym Carpenter of the one pte and the Inhabitants of the Towne of Duxborrow of the other pte in manner following To witt the said George Pollard and Willm Hiller is at their owne pper cost and charges to build frame and set vp one sufficient water Milne to grind Corne on both English & Indion, within the terme of one whole yeare next after the date hereof. As also stampers to beate Indian Corne at, as speedyly as possible they cann. And that they parties aforesaid are to build the said Milne and Stampers vpon a certain brooke comonly called or knowne by the name of Stony brooke lying by the house of Phillip Delanoy In consideracon whereof we the Inhabitants of the Towne of Duxborrow do bynd our selues to the aboue said pties as followeth.
Imprimis That no other Millne shalbe set up or erected within our Towne limmitts alwayes prouided that the foresaid pties at their Millne be able well & sufficiently to grind all the Corne of thaforesaid Inhabitants of the Towne of Duxborrow in tyme convenyent.
2ly Wee the Inhabitants of the Towne of Duxborrow do pmise to vse all our best endeavours to pcure all the Comon lands that lyeth vpon the north side of the said brooke vndisposed of next to the place where the said Milne shall stand, as also that meddow land that lyeth next to yt.
3ly Wee the Inhabitants aforesaid do pmise to do our best endeavours to pcure the lands of John Irish and Henry Wallis, and to pcure them lands elswhere in exchange or ortherwise, but if said parties will not so exchaung, that then the said Georg Pollerd and Willm Hiller may if they can pcure the said lands either by purchase or otherwise of the owners thereof That wee the said Inhabits do pmise to giue vnto the said parties the sum of six pounds towards the purchase of the same.
4ly Wee pmise to help the said Georg Pollerd & Willm Hiller to land both meddow and arrable in some place further of from the Towne of Duxborrow for their use, when their stocks of cattell shall require the same, as we shall allow to other of our townes man and neighbours.
And also that the said pties are to take a pottle of Corne for grinding euery bushell that shall be brought vnto them and no more. ffurther and lastly It is couenanted graunted and agreed vpon betwixt the Inhabitants of the Towne of Duxborrow and pties aboue said That the said Georg Pollard & Willm Hiller shall haue hold occupie use & ymploy the said Milne, together with all and euery the seuall priuiledges prorogatiues benefits immunities and appurtences whatsoeur before specifyed in this present writing To haue and to hold the same to them their heires executers and Assignes foreur Dated the seauenth day of November in the fifteenth yeare of the now Raigne of King Charles King of England Scotland ffranc & Ireland Defendor of the fayth &c Anno Dni 1639.
Subscribed by
Wm Collier Jonathan Brewster
Christopher Waddesworth Miles Standish
Vpon report made to the Court by Mr Willm Collyer, Capt Standish & Mr John Browne, (who were appoynted to take a view of the water passage desired to be turned to the milne to be erected at Stony Brooke, in Duxborrow, for the good & benefit of the said towne of Duxborrow) that the same will not be any way prejudiciall to any man, the Court doth graunt that Willm Hiller and Georg Pollerd shall haue liberty to turne that part of the said streame so viewed vnto the said milne.
Willm Hiller & George Pollerd are granted a pporcon of land containing about fourty acres, be it more or less, abutting vpon the Stony Brooke, in Duxborrow, & lying on the north side thereof; to be viewed and layd forth for them by Mr Collyer, Jonathan Brewster, & Wm Bassett, which was bounded thus, viz: lying on the south side of a swampe aboue the homesteads on Stony Brooke, or the Milne Brooke, from a marked tree on the north side of the said swamp to another marked tree south & by west along the said riuer side, in breadth containing 80 pole, and in length to another marked tree, west south west, runing to a pcell of land graunted to John washborne, thelder, on thone side of the said land, & on thother side to runn all along by the said swamp as the marked tres are marked on the north side thereof, runing to the head of the said swampe, then from other marked trees to an arme at Greens harbour Brooke; and also all the meddow land that lyeth before the said land vppon the said Stony Brooke on that side the brooke.
Willm Hiller & Georg Pollerd are graunted a pcell of vpland by the heigh way at the Stony Brooke, in Duxborrow, containeing by estimacon three or foure acrees or there abouts, to set the mille vpon, puided that there be a sufficient way left & layd forth; and likewise haue liberty graunted to mowe the two acrees of marsh meddow lying betwixt Rowlands Leighorns & Edmond Chaundlers marsh. The said lands lye betwixt John Irish & John Caruers meadsteads, with a pcell of comon land, lying from the said John Irish marked trees & Edward Bumpasse meddow land lying vpon the said brooke.
MEMORAND the xjth of June 1641 That John Irish doth acknowledg that for and in condiseracon of the dwelling house wherein Willm Hiller now dwelleth in Duxborrow and the meadstead or garden adjoyneing wth the fruits thereon now groweing hath freely and absolutely bargained and sold vnto the said Willm Hillr & George Pollerd of Duxborrow milners all those tenn acrss of vpland lying on the north side of Stony brooke and on the East side of the lands of the said Willm and George wth two acres of Marsh meddow adjoyneing to the said vpland wth all & singuler thapprtencs therevnto belonging and all his right title & interrest of and into the said prmisses and euery pt and pcell thereof To haue and to hold the said Tenn acres of vpland wth the said two acres of marsh meddow wth all and singuler their apprtences therevnto belonging unto the said William Hiller and Geor Pollerd their heires and Assignes for euer to the onely pper vse and behoofe of them the said Willm Hiller and George Pollerd their heires and Assignes for euer.
The mill was a wooden frame building, and William Hiller mortgaged his half of the mill to pay Robert Carver, for the planks. This mortgage was apparently sold to Nathaniel Sowther and eventually paid off.
The relative records I found were a court order relative to the agreement between William and Robert Carver and the transfer of the mortgage as follows:
The differrence betwixt Robte Caruer & Willm Hiller, about the payment of the corne, the Court doth order that the corne shalbe valued by two men chosen by either pt; & if they cannot agree, then they two to choose a third man to apprise yt as corne will then passe when it is payable.
MEMORAND That Willm Hiller doth acknowledg That for and in consideracon That Nathaniell Sowther of Plym is bound with the said Willm Hiller and for his pper debt in the sum of xxviijl for the payment of fourteene pounds sterl in merchantable Corne at certaine dayes menconed in a writing beareing date the last day of May 1642 vnto Robert Carver made betweene the said Robert Carver and the said Willm Hiller Hath (for the securing discharging and saueing harmelesse the said Nathaniell Sowther his heires Executers & Administraters & euery of them of and concerning the said debt) freely & absolutely bargained and sold assigned and mortgaged all that his moyitie of the milne in Duxborrow with all and singuler the prmisss & pfitts therevnto belonging and all his Right and interrest of and into the same & every pt thereof To haue and to hold the said moyitie of the said milne & all thapptencs therevnto belonging vnto the said Nathaniell Sowther his heires and Assignes foreuer to the only pper use and behoofe of him the said Nathaniell Sowther his heires and Assignes for euer. Prouided alwayes That if the said Willm Hiller do from tyme to tyme and at all tymes well & sufficiently saue and keep harmelesse the said Nathaniell Sowther his heires Executers & Administraters and eurey of them concerning the said debt & payments and do well and truly satisfye the said payments as they shall grow due and payable, That then the bargaine & sale aforesd to be voyd or els remayne in full force strengh & vertue.
The mortgage was paid off which indicates a successful mill operation. Although the mill was successful for the builders and the investors, it was not always satisfactory to the customers and employees. A Town Order was issued which reminded the miller to "Keep his Mortars clean and the Dogs from out his milne." Also a court order was issued as follows:
It is ordered by the Court, that Willm Hiller shall pay vnto John Holmes, the messenger, liijs iiijd in corne, for his man wages.
In 1644 William bought a parcell of land, consisting of ten acres of upland and two acres of meadow, from Robert Mendame through a third party, Thomas Clarke, of Eele River. This humorous record reads as follows:
Whereas there was a suite comenced by Arthur Howland against Robte Mendame for the sum of six pounds, for goods which the said Robte Mendams wyfe brought for the said Arthur Howland out of England, and did not deli- them, but sould them, and conurted the money to her owne use, as was proued in the Court; and whereas the said Robte Mendame hath authorized Thomas Clarke, of the Eele Riuer, to sell a pcell of land that said Robte Mendam hath at Duxborrow, viz, tenn acrees of vpland, and two acrees of meddow, the which the said Thomas Clarke had pformed for him, and made sale thereof vnto Willm Hiller, of Duxborrow, for one Dutch cowe, valued at six pounds, and hath confirmed the same vnto the said Wilm Hiller, his heires and assignes foreur, by quiet and peaceable liuery and seisen by twigg & turffe of the pmisses, as appeareth by the oathes of Phillip Delanoy and Thomas Chillingsworth, the same being donn in their psence; and that the said Arthur Howland comenced his suite as aforesaid by attaching the said cowe; and vpon tryall the jury found the six pounds due to the said pltiff Howland, and the charges of the suite. The Court hath, therefore, graunted judgnt and execucon vpon the said cowe for the said pltiff Howland, and do order and confirme the said lands, viz, the tenn acrees of vpland, & two acrees of meddow, with their appurtences, to be and remayne vnto the said Willm Hiller, his heires and assigns fore-, according to the said bargaine and sale made thereof vnto him by Thomas Clarke: to haue and to hold the said tenn acrees of vpland and two acrees of meddow, with their appurtencs, vnto the said Willm Hiller, his heires and assigns foreur, and to their onely pper use and behoofe foreur, prouided it shalbe lawfull for the said Robt Mendam to bringe the suite about againe at any tyme within a yeare and a day now next ensuing if he please.
The next appearance is when William sells the upland parcell of land that he bought from Robert Mendame.
Very few Duxbury Town records survive, if at all they ever existed, for the period prior to 1660. An insight as to what may have happened to the records is that the "Crab House" that William Hillard built on Crab Island became the residence of Constant Southworth and it appears that it was destroyed by fire in 1665 at which time Constant Southworth was the officer of the colony and possibly had possesion of the records. Constant Southworth rebuilt the house and pictures exist of the rebuilt house as it was prior to 4 JUL 1900 when it was burned to the ground as a teen-age prank. The following record was found as one of many in an apparent attempt by the town to recover from the missing or non-existant records.
The Bounds of the upland lands, formerly granted to William Hilier and George Pollard, and now in possession of Samuel West, is as followeth, viz, Lying on the south side of a swamp, and the west side of the Stony or Mill brook, running up said brooke from the north side of said swamp, south and by west, Eighty poles for the breadth, and to a red oak tree marked with stones, from thence by trees marked running west south west to a white oak tree marked, for the corner bound, from thence by trees marked with heaps of stones by them, ranging to a white oak marked, by Green's Harbour brook, with a heap of stones by it, and from said tree, running eastwardly upon a straight line to a red oak tree marked, at the head of aforesaid swamp, and so running a long said swamp on the north side to the homestead, or house lots, with all the meadow land on the north side of said brook lying before the land. -
John Wadsworth
John Soule
John Tracy.
MEMORAND That Willm Hiller of Duxborrow Carpenter doth acknowledge that for and in consideracon of the sum of fourty shillinges to him in hand payd by Willm ffoard of the same Miller wherewth he doth acknowledg himself fully satisfyed & payd Hath freely and absolutely bargained and sold vnto the said Willm ffoard all that pcell of vpland lying on Duxborrow side of the west side of the heigh way leading from Plymouth to Duxborrow mill pcell of the lands lately purchased of Robert Mendame contayneing by estimacon nine acrees be it more or lesse all his Right title and interrest of and into the said prmisss wth all and singuler thapprtences therevnto belonging to Haue and to hold the said nine acrees of vpland be it more or lesse wth thapprtences vnto the said Willm ffoard his heires and Assignes for euer to the onely pp use and behoofe of him the said Willm ffoard his heires and Assignes for euer.
Anno 1646. The .10. of Nouember William Hillier of Duxburie Carpenter came before the Gour and acknowledged ye sale of his house & lands and all ye purtenances belonging to all, or any parte of ye same. And his halfe of ye mille at Duxburie with all ye appurtenances thervnto belonging, or any way appertaineing to ye same, and his parte of all those lands and meadows, that any way belongs to ye same being in partnership betweene Georg Pollerd, and him; To Constant Southworth of Duxburie aforesaid to him & his heires for euer, as appears more at large in the writing following.
These presents doe witnes that William Hillier of Duxburie Carpenter, for & in consideration of ye sume of threeskore pounds sterling to be payed by Constante Southworth of Duxburie planter in maner & forme following, that is to say thirtie pounds in hand twenty pounds of ye said thirtie in money or beauer, and the other tenn pound in Cattle. And the other thirtie pounds in wheat by ten pounds a year, in three seuerall payments, viz. tenn pounds the twenty of october .1647. And ten pounds ye .20. of ye afforsaid month Anno .1648. and the other .10 li. at ye same day Ano: 1649. All which three payments are to be made at Boston in ye Massachusett Bay, as the price goes commonly betweene man & man. Hath freely and absolutly barganed & sould, and by these presents doth bargaine and sell vnto the said Constante Southworth all that right and title which he hath vnto the mille at Duxburie standing vpon Stonie riuer being in partnership betweene him and Georg Pollerd late of Duxbury affore said, that is to say the on halfe therof, and all & all manner of things thervnto belonging, with all the rights, & Interests which he hath, or euer had, or may haue vnto the same and all that parcell of land wher the mille stands being thre or foure acres or ther abouts, with tow acres of meadow be it more or less, lying betweene Rowland leighorns and Edmond Chanlers march, with fortie acres of land be it more or less, abutting vpon Stonie broke in Duxburie, & lying on ye north side thereof, thus bounded, viz. lying on the south side of a swampe, aboue ye home steads on x y brooke, or the mill brook, from a marked tree on ye north side of x said swampe to an other marked tree west southwest, runing to x parcell of land granted to John Washburne ye elder on ye one side of, x land and on ye other side to rune all along by the said swampe as xked trees are marked on ye north side therof, runing to the head of ye said swampe, and then from other marked trees to an arme of greens harbor brooke, and also all ye meadowe lands that lyeth before ye said land vpon ye said Stony brooke, on yt side the brooke. Also ten acres of vpland lying on ye north side of Stony brooke, and on ye east side of ye lands of ye said William Hillier & georg Pollarde, with tow acres of march meadow adjoyning to ye said vpland, with all & singuler the appurtenances ther vnto belonging. And also ten acres of vpland, & one acre of meadow (which the said William & Georg bought of Rowland Leighorne) as it stands bounded vpon recorde, To haue and to hold the said halfe of the mill, and all the halfe of all ye afforesaid vpland & meadows, and all the housing, fences, and all & all maner of appurtenances belonging to any part & parcell therof. vnto the said Constant Southworth his heires and asignes for euer, and to the only proper vse & behoofe of him the said Constante Southworth his heirs and asignes for euer, and with warranties against all people from, by, or vnder him claiming any right, title or Interest of and into the said premisses, or any part therof. Also the said Constante is to be freed from all acconts, reckonings, or charges, aboute ye mille or any of the premises, in partnership betweene ye said William Hillier and Georg Pollard, by the said William, any way acrewing before the day of date herof; prouided notwithstanding it shall be free and lawfull for ye said William to demande satisfaction of the said George Pollerd or his Assignes for any charg he hath been at before the making of this bargane about ye mille, so as ye said Constante be no way charged, or molested aboute ye same. Also one dwelling house with a barne & all other out housing and three acres of land, with garden fences & all, and all maner of appurtenances ther vnto belonging, and also a parcell of vpland lying on ye east side of ye comone hige way and .2. acers of meadow thervnto belonging be it more or less, which ye said William bougte, belonging some time to Robart Mendame. All which dwelling house, barne, out-housing lands fences and ye apurtenances being his owne proper, and no way belonging to ye afforsaid partnership, he for ye afforsaid consideration before expresed, hath freely, and absolutly bargained & sould, and by these presents doth bargaine and sell vnto ye said Constante Southworth, all that his dwelling house barne garden & lands afforsaid with all & singuler ye premises, & apurtenances, to haue and to hold, to the only behofe & proper vse of him, his heires and assignes for euer, with warrenty as aboue said. In witnes wherof the said William Hilliard hath put too his hand to these presents, before ye Gour this .10. of Nouember Ano: Dom. 1646.
In ye presence of Wittnes hereof
Myles Standish
Thomas Southworth
And Captaine Standish gaue in a certificate at ye same time, yt the wife of ye said William Hillier, before him gaue her free consent to ye sale of all ye premises aboue said.
William Hillar.
CONSTANT SOUTHWORTH acknowledge to have sould vnto William Bradford of Plimoth all his lands & meadows lying at the Iland creeke with all & all maner of apurtenances therevnto belonging for ye sume of .12 pounds, ten pounds whereof is to be payd to William Hillier for his vse the twentih of October Anno. 1628 (?). To haue and hold ye said lands, & meadows with all ye appurtenances to his owne proper vse, to him & heires for euer. As may more at larg apear in a writing made therof.
Constant Southworth, son of Alice Carpenter Southworth who married Governor Bradford, moved to a house included in the purchase, a house on the so-called Crab Island. Three generations of Southworths' ran the grist mill. The buildings were destroyed as a prank by teen-age boys on 4 JUL 1900. The fact that there ever was a grist mill is now indicated by the presense of a permant memorial located on the main land.
In August of 1643, William Hillier was on a list of eighty Duxbury men submitted to the Court, who were between the ages of sixteen and sixty and able to bear arms in the Indian wars.
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