1753 - 1801

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• Title	Capt.
  Birth	29 Jan 1753	Rhode Island   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 May 1801	Preston, New London County, Connecticut   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I77534	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	08 Mar 2004 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	Sabra SMITH, b. 18 Mar 1762, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Married	11 Jan 1780	New London County, Connecticut   [1]
  Notes	Barbour did not give a date. Date of 11 JAN 1780 possibly came from DAR record from the "Boston Transcript" for February 1910. Bob Gardner has a letter written by Erastus Brewster Hillard in 1894 that gives date as 1 JUN 1780. I don't have an Erastus Brewster Hillard in my data base. Could he mean Elias Brewster Hillard?
  Children	1. Moses HILLARD, b. 28 Sep 1780, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   2. Sarah HILLARD, b. 2 Jun 1782, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   3. John HILLARD, b. 15 Jun 1784, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut   4. Chester HILLARD, b. 13 Jun 1786, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut   5. Esther HILLARD, b. 2 Oct 1788, Preston, New London County, Connecticut   6. Clarissa HILLARD, b. 29 Jan 1792, Preston, New London County, Connecticut   7. Sophia HILLARD, b. 22 Feb 1794, Preston, New London County, Connecticut   8. George Washington HILLARD, b. 23 Jul 1796, Preston, New London County, Connecticut   9. Betsey HILLARD, b. 20 Sep 1798, Preston, New London County, Connecticut   10. Benjamin Franklin HILLARD, b. 27 Feb 1801, Preston, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F33507	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Have not been able to determine parentage of Benjamin. His parents have to be one of the following: Benoni and Martha (Lord) Hillard; or Joshua and Esther (Burgess) Hilliard; or David (son of Jonathan and Abigail (Wilbore) Hillard); or Azariah (son of Jonathan and Abigail (Wilbor) Hillard). Most likely, Joshua and Esther (Burgess) Hillard because of his residence of Preston and because most of Joshua's children born in probably Preston were not recorded. Benjamin served as sergeant in Captain Mott's company, raised for the defense of New London Harbor, 1776. Will of Benjamin Hillard I Benjamin Hilliard of Preston in the County of New London being some advanced in years and sick in bed though by the blessing of God, of sound mind and memory. Calling to mind the mortality of my body and that all must die and how soon I must go the way of all living, I know not. I do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament commending my Soul to God that gave it me and my body to the dust to be decently buried at the direction of my Executor hereafter named, and as to my wordly interests which I am blessed with here I dispose of it in the following manner (viz) 1st I give to my loving wife Sabra Hilliard the use and improvement of one third of my real estate during her natural life. I also give to my said wife the one third part of my live stock as her own property. I also give to my said wife the use and improvement of so much more of my real estate as to include and contain the one half of my dwelling house at the west end. I also give to my said wife the whole of my household furniture excepting one cherry tree bedstead with a sacking bottom, the sd. bedstead with a sacking bottom I give and bequeath to my daughter Sally. 2nd I give to my five sons (viz) Moses, John, Chester, George Washington & Benjamin Franklin. To each two hundred dollars. 3rd I Give to my five daughter (viz) Sally, Esther, Clarissa, Sophia & Betsey. To each eighty three dollars and one third. 4th If my estate should surmount, or should fall short of amounting to the above legacy my Will is that the said legacy shall be increased or diminished in proportion. 5th My will is that after the appraisment of my whole estate all my just debst and funeral charges first be paid by my executor before the sum of the legacys are ascertained and my will is that all parts of my estate herin disposed of in this will shall be equally liable to the payment of my debst & funeral charges excepting the bedstead given to my daughter Sally, 6th and I do also order & my will is that my said five daughters shall have the improvement of the west half of my dwelling during the time that they or any of them shall remain single & unmarried, and not interupting my sd. Wife in the improvement so long as she shall need it. And my will is also that in case anyone or more of my sons should die in homage and without issue the share or shares coming to him or them shall revert to my other sons, & that it fare in like manner to my daughters - and farther my will is that in case my son Moses is desirous of having my desk & bookcase he shall have the priviledge of it in paying to his mother twenty dollars therefor, and I do hereby appoint my said wife, Sabra Hilliard together with Chester Smith of Stonington the Executor of my last willand testament. Revoking any will by me heretofore made and declaring this to be my my last in witness so hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of April A.D. 1801 Benjamin Hillard Signed Sealed & Declared In presence of Sam Mott, Sarah Smith, Hannah Fillmore

• Sources

  [S190] Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Manuscripts - Hilliard (State Library (Hartford) of the Connecticut Genealogical Society.). [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, Preston [2:230}.