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• Birth	23 May 1754	Norwich, New London County, Connecticut   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Sep 1783
  Person ID	I77312	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	02 Aug 2004 00:00:00
  Father	John HILLARD, b. 12 Mar 1728/1729, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Mother	Elizabeth SMITH, b. 12 Apr 1733, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F33067	Group Sheet
  Family	Dimmis BENTLEY, b. 12 Aug 1754, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
  Married	22 Oct 1778	Preston, New London County, Connecticut (New Concord Society)   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Dimmis HILLIARD, b. 26 Jul 1779, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut   2. Azariah HILLIARD, b. 16 May 1782, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F33360	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Captain Azariah Hillard, along with Captain's Wattles, Buddington, Reed and Cook, were the men, who during the years 1779 through 1781, successively commanded the privateer brig Cromwell against the British. Captain Azariah sailed from Norwich in AUG 1783 and a hurricane overset his vessel, and all on board perished except Joseph Pierce, the mate, who clung to the wreck and returned home in safety.

• Sources

  [S1098] Frances Manwaring Caulkins., History of Norwich, Connecticut from Its Possession by the Indians to the year 1866. (Cheste, Page 407, 493.. [S472] Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Town of Norwich, Connecticut, Vital Records, 1659-1848 (Hartford: 1, page 323. [S190] Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Manuscripts - Hilliard (State Library (Hartford) of the Connecticut Genealogical Society.). [S472] Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Town of Norwich, Connecticut, Vital Records, 1659-1848 (Hartford: 1, page 531.