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• Birth	27 Oct 1719	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 9 Mar 1777  [2]
  Person ID	I78213	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2003 00:00:00
  Father	David HILLARD, b. 25 Feb 1677/1678, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Mother	Susannah LUTHER, b. 1686, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F5072	Group Sheet
  Family	Esther BURGESS, b. 27 Jul 1725, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Married	1744	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   [3]
  Children	> 1. Mary HILLIARD, b. 23 Jun 1745, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 2. Samuel HILLIARD, b. 28 Jul 1747, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   3. Elizabeth HILLIARD, b. 18 Dec 1749, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 4. Benjamin HILLARD, b. 29 Jan 1753, Rhode Island > 5. David HILLIARD, b. EST 1756, Connecticut (probably) > 6. Luther HILLARD, b. 5 May 1759, Connecticut (probably) > 7. Lucretia HILLARD, b. Abt 1763, Connecticut > 8. Richmond A. HILLARD, b. 25 Jan 1764, Connecticut
  Family ID	F32872	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Joshua left Little Compton and probably moved to Stonington, CT, where additional children (unrecorded) were probably born: Benjamin, Richmond, Luther and Lucy. Later, Richmond, Luther and Lucy are found in Cornish, NH, where it was believed they were siblings of Samuel. Undoubtedly true since, Richmond was the maiden name of Esther's paternal grandmother and Luther was the maiden name of Joshua's mother. Benjamin is thought to be a son because it is known that Benjamin arrives in Preston ca 1767 while the land records show that Joshua buys land in Preston in 1768. Also, Joshua's daughters, Mary and Elizabeth appeared to have married in Preston and the first three children of his son, Samuel were born in Preston. Esther was admitted to full comunnion on this date as a widow.

• Sources

  [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 127. [S1068] NEHGS Register, (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society), Volume 72, page 282.. [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 34..