1759 - 1850

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• Birth	5 May 1759	Connecticut (probably)   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Dec 1850	Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire   [1]
  Buried	Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire (Edminster Cemetery)   [1]
  Person ID	I76943	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	03 Jan 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Joshua HILLARD, b. 27 Oct 1719, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Mother	Esther BURGESS, b. 27 Jul 1725, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F32872	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Elizabeth YORK, b. EST 1759
  Married	27 Feb 1783	Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire   [2]
  Children	1. (female) HILLARD, b. Aft 1783, Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
  Family ID	F33040	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Abigail Tasker \HILLARD\, b. Dec 1790
  Family ID	F33041	Group Sheet

• Notes	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.

• Sources

  [S1069] Wm. H. Child, Town of Cornish, New Hampshire, Volume II, History and Genealogical Record, 1763-1910 (Concord, NH: The Rum, page 199-206. [S1068] NEHGS Register, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society), 72:284.