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• Title	Col.
  Birth	21 Sep 1726	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Jul 1816	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   [1, 2]
  Buried	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island (Old Commons Cemetery)   [3]
  Person ID	I78311	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	Ann Mercy IRISH, b. 1728, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Married	9 Sep 1746	Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island   [4]
  Children	> 1. Susannah HILLARD, b. 14 May 1747, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 2. Priscilla HILLARD, b. 26 Sep 1749, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 3. Mary HILLARD, b. 17 Oct 1752, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 4. Betsey HILLARD, b. 27 Mar 1756, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 5. David HILLARD, b. 2 Apr 1760, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 6. Jonathan HILLARD, b. 24 Dec 1762, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 7. Samuel HILLARD, b. 18 Dec 1766, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island > 8. Anna HILLARD, b. 18 Aug 1769, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F33146	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Colonel David Hillard resided in Little Compton as he evidently owned the farm north of the Nathaniel Church place and the one owned by George C. G. Brown. His will, recorded in Little Compton, book 5, page 44, made 14, MAR 1810 and proved 5 AUG 1816. "To son David all the notes I have against him, my silver watch and 30 dollars, besides the household goods that I have given him. To son Samuel that farm whereon he now dwells which I bought of Samuel Gray, called the Carr farm and also the farm I bought of Oliver Hillard bounded west on the highway, south on Andrew Taylor, east on the northeast corner of the Andrew Taylor land with all the buildings and blacksmith tools and bellows. To each of my daughters; Susannah Earl, Priscilla Earl, Mary Brownell and Anna Pearce 30 dollars each; to daughter Betsey Hoxie 30 dollars, she being a widow. To them all my household goods. To grandson William Hillard, son of my son Jonathan, deceased, all my homestead farm except lot I gave to son Samuel. To grandson Benone Hillard, son of Jonathan, deceased, 300 dollars. To daughter Susannah Hillard, wife of Jonathan, deceased, use of my great chamber and my pew in the meeting house. I give my black woman, Kate her freedom after my decease. To son Samuel the rest and residue and he to take care of Kate if she needs it . . . ." Kate (Hillard), servant of Col. David Hillard, married Little Compton, 7 MAR 1784, Prince (Grinnell), servant of Richard Grinnell. Both black. DAR reference gives date as 27 JUL 1816. Inscription: "In Memory of Col Hillard who died July 27 1816 in the 90th year of his age"

• 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. [S207] National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Centennial Adminstration, DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edi, Part II, page 1427.. [S285] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, Families (Little Compton, RI: Little Compton Historical, page 344. [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..