1759 - 1834

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• Birth	31 Jan 1759	Norwich, New London County, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Nov 1834	Plattsburg, Clinton County, New York   [2]
  Buried	Schuyler Falls, Clinton County, New York (Hilyard Cemetery)
  Person ID	I77314	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	21 Jan 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	Rebecca WASHBURN, b. 8 Mar 1766, Connecticut
  Married	17 Aug 1786	Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   [2]
  Notes	No date given in DAR reference.
  Children	1. Obediah HILLIARD, b. 6 Oct 1786, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   2. Fanny HILLIARD, b. 2 Feb 1788, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   3. Arna HILLIARD, b. 15 Nov 1789, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   4. Marinus HILLIARD, b. 25 Jul 1791, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   5. Harriet HILLIARD, b. 26 May 1793, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   6. Statira E. HILLIARD, b. 25 Oct 1795, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   7. Chloe HILLIARD, b. 18 Sep 1797, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   8. Minor HILLIARD, b. 29 Mar 1800, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   9. Lonson HILLIARD, b. 17 Sep 1802, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   10. Abigail HILLIARD, b. 14 Oct 1804, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   11. Hiram R. HILLIARD, b. 19 Dec 1807, Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont   12. Daniel HILLIARD, b. Abt 1820, Danby, Rutland County, Vermont
  Family ID	F33361	Group Sheet

• Notes

  In the Revolutionary War Daniel served as a marine on board the ship "Oliver Cromwell" which captured the British ship "Admiral Cable" near Barbados. After his discharge he went to the Island of Saint Eustatius in the West Indies and enlisted JAN 1781 on the brig "General Washington." He was taken prisoner to Antigua on Saint John's Island and imprisoned nearly 11 months before being exchanged at Philadelphia. He also served from Vermont for which a pension was awarded. They resided in Manchester, VT, where all their children were born. At some time after 1807, they removed to Plattsburg, NY, where they both died. The census of 1850, show Rebecca living with her son Marimus in Plattsburg, NY.

• Sources

  [S472] Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Town of Norwich, Connecticut, Vital Records, 1659-1848 (Hartford: 1, page 323. [S207] National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Centennial Adminstration, DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edi, Part II, page 1427..