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• Birth	27 Feb 1754	Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Between Nov 1791 and 7 Feb 1792	Groton, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I77307	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2003 00:00:00
  Father	Isaac HILLARD, b. 2 Oct 1726, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Mother	Victoria COATES, b. 17 Oct 1723, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F33350	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary WILLIAMS, b. 26 Feb 1749/1750, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Married	Bef 1771  [4]
  Children	1. Eliphalet HILLARD, b. 30 Oct 1771, Groton, New London, 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   5. Sarah HILLARD, b. 3 Dec 1778, Groton, New London, Connecticut   6. Joseph HILLIARD, b. 7 Oct 1780, Groton, New London, Connecticut   7. Isaiah HILLIARD, b. 24 May 1782, Groton, New London, Connecticut   8. William HILLIARD, b. 30 Dec 1784, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F33356	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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.

• Sources

  [S1095] Town of Groton, Connecticut, Stonington Probate District, No. 1770. Date 1792. [S207] National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Centennial Adminstration, DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edi, Part II, page 1427.. [S187] General Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Collection, Connecticut Vital Records, Stonington. [3:93]. [S190] Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Manuscripts - Hilliard (State Library (Hartford) of the Connecticut Genealogical Society.).