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• Birth	1708	Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jul 1792	Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Buried	North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut (Hillard Cemetery)
  Person ID	I74861	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	David HILLARD, b. 25 Feb 1677/1678, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Mother	Johanna ANDROS, b. 8 Dec 1678
  Family ID	F5071	Group Sheet
  Family	Sarah WILBORE, b. 28 Feb 1712/1713, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Married	18 Nov 1731	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   [2]
  Children	1. Sarah HILLARD, b. 15 Aug 1747, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 2. Joanna HILLARD, b. 26 Mar 1733, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   3. John HILLARD, b. 5 Apr 1735, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 4. Isaac HILLARD, b. 1 Apr 1737, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   5. David HILLARD, b. 21 Apr 1743, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   6. William HILLARD, b. 21 Apr 1743, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   7. Joseph HILLARD, b. 8 May 1745, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   8. Oliver HILLARD, b. 15 Aug 1747, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F4173	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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.

• Sources

  [S1038] John Reid Wilbor and Benjamin Franklin Wilbor, The Wildbores in America, A Family Tree (NEHGS, 1933), page 59. [S204] James N. Arnold, Arnold Collection, Vital Records of Rhode Island; 1636-1850 (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Pub, Volume 4. Newport County, Little Compton, page 33.