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• Birth	8 Dec 1678  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Apr 1716	Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   [2]
  Buried	North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut (Great Plain Cemetery)
  Person ID	I77781	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2003 00:00:00
  Family	David HILLARD, b. 25 Feb 1677/1678, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Married	13 Jul 1699	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   [3]
  Children	> 1. Deborah HILLARD, b. 4 Apr 1700, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   2. Lydia HILLARD, b. 4 Oct 1702, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 3. William HILLARD, b. 28 Oct 1703, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut > 4. Priscilla HILLARD, b. 2 Nov 1705, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   5. John HILLARD, b. 17 Nov 1707, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut > 6. Oliver HILLARD, b. 1708, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut > 7. Joseph HILLARD, b. Abt Aug 1711, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   8. Dorothy HILLARD, b. Abt 1713, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut > 9. Benoni HILLARD, b. 12 Mar 1715/1716, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F5071	Group Sheet

• Notes	Johanna died shortly after the birth of their ninth child. This child was named Benoni in memorial of her death; Benoni is Hebrew word meaning "son of our sorrow". Inscription: "Body of Johanna wife of David Hillard who departed this life April ye 14 1716 in ye 39 yeare of her age"

• Sources

  [S285] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, Families (Little Compton, RI: Little Compton Historical, pages 342-347. [S187] General Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Collection, Connecticut Vital Records, Stonington. [2:27]. [S204] James N. Arnold, Arnold Collection, Vital Records of Rhode Island; 1636-1850 (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Pub, Volume 4. Newport County, Little Compton, page 33.