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• Parents
  Husband | Male William HILLARD
  Birth	Abt 1614	England
  Died		Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (possibly)
  Buried
  Married	Oct 1640[1]	Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts[1]
  Father
  Mother
  Wife | Female Esther
  Birth		England
  Died		Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (possibly)
  Buried
  Father
  Mother
  Children
  Child 1 | Male > William HILLARD
  Birth	Abt 1641	Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (probably)
  Died	24 Jan 1713/1714	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Buried		Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island (Old Commons Cemetery)
  Spouse	Deborah WARREN | F5073
  Married	12 Jun 1671	Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Child 2 | Female > Esther HILLARD
  Birth	25 Mar 1642/1643	Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Died	3 Jun 1709	Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Buried
  Spouse	Joseph BATES | F33127
  Married	7 Jan 1657/1658	Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Child 3 | Female > Mary HILLARD
  Birth	6 Jun 1644	Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Died	13 Sep 1689	Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Buried
  Spouse	John FARROW | F33531
  Married	14 Aug 1664	Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

• Notes

  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.

• Sources

  [S476] Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, Court Orders. (Press of William White, 1855, Volume I. Pages 88, 119, 145, 152-153, 158..