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• Birth	24 May 1782	Groton, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I77386	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2003 00:00:00
  Father	Jonathan HILLARD, b. 27 Feb 1754, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Mother	Mary WILLIAMS, b. 26 Feb 1749/1750, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F33356	Group Sheet
  Married	Abt 1813	Unadilla Forks, Otsego County, New York
  Family ID	F33424	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Isaiah was left an orphan in early boyhood, and soon entered on a somewhat adventurous career as a "sailor-boy," first in the cabin and finally as a fully-equipped seaman. With other sailors he paid his twenty-five cents to inspect Robert Fulton's original little steamer and joined in predicting the results - wise and otherwise. His "protection paper," No. 3,123, U.S.A., to insure against seizure by the British on the high seas, had at one time been the possession of his grandson. Upon attaining his majority, he left New York Cty and invested his savings in unimproved land near Unadilla Forks, where he soon married Keturah, daughter of his neighbor. Keturah is a seventh generation descendant of Walter Palmer, who came to this county in 1629 and eventually settled in Stonington, New London Co., CT. Per census lived Plainfield, 1820 thru 1850.

• Sources

  [S187] General Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Collection, Connecticut Vital Records, Groton, page 80. [S190] Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Manuscripts - Hilliard (State Library (Hartford) of the Connecticut Genealogical Society.).