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• Birth	Abt 1731	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Jun 1815	North Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [6]
  Buried	North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut (Great Plain Cemetery)
  Person ID	I9218	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	09 May 2005 00:00:00
  Father	William HILLARD, b. 28 Oct 1703, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Mother	Prudence BROWN, b. 28 Apr 1707, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F4003	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary DENISON, b. 24 Jan 1735/1736, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Married	20 Feb 1755	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [7]
  Notes	They were both of Stonington when married by Samuel Prentice, JP.
  Children	> 1. John HILLARD, b. 4 Oct 1756, Stonington, New London, Connecticut   2. William HILLARD, b. 10 Jan 1759, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   3. Azariah HILLARD, b. 25 Jan 1761, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   4. Mary HILLARD, b. 13 Apr 1763, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   5. Phebe HILLARD, b. 24 Oct 1765, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   6. Prescilla HILLARD, b. 11 Mar 1767, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   7. Gurdon HILLARD, b. 10 Feb 1771, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut   8. Denison HILLIARD, b. Abt 1778, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F4002	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Following is the Will of William as proved in the Stonington Probate District in the year 1815. It is document 1667. In the name of God, Amen - I William Hilliard of North Stonington in the County of New London - Although laboring at present under some indisposition of Body, yet being of sound and disposing mind, memory & understanding, through the Mercy of God, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following - First & principally I resign my Soul with the utmost humility unto the hands of Almighty God, My Creator, humbly hoping for a blessed Immortality through the Marvels & Medication of My Blessed Saviour & Redeemer, Jesus Christ, and my body I desire may be decently buried at the definition of my Executor herein after named. And as for such Temporal Estate as the Lord has Intrusted me to be the Steward of I give _____ & dispose thereof as follows. Imprimis - I will that all my debts & funeral charges be paid & discharged by my Executors herein after named out of my Estate. Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving Wife Mary Hilliard the use & improvements of the one third part of my Real Estate for her to enjoy so long as she shall remain my widow, and also my household furniture and indoor movables & also one good cow - to her & to her heirs and assigns forever. Item - I give & bequeath to my Loving Son John Hilliard fifty dollars to be paid to him within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named out of my estate, and I also do hereby relinquish all the obligations I hold against him - it's being together with that I have formerly given him his equal proportions of my Estate - to him & to his heirs &c forever. Item - I give & bequeath to my Loving Son Azariah Hilliard fifty dollars to be paid to him within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named out of my Estate which together with what I have formerly given him is his equal proportion of my Estate - to him & to his heirs &c forever. Item - I give & bequeath Unto my Loving Son Gurdon Hilliard Twenty five dollars to be paid to him within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named out of my Estate & also I do hereby relinquish & give unto said Gurdon all the obligations I hold against him is his Equal proportion of my Estate - to him & to his heirs &c forever. Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving Son Denison Hilliard twenty five dollars to be paid to him within one year by my Executor herein after named out of my Estate & also I do hereby relinquish & give unto the said Denison all the obligations I hold against him which together with what I have formerly given him is his Equal proportion of my Estate - to him & his heirs &c forever. Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving daughter Polly York wife of Oliver York, twenty five dollars to be paid to her within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named out of my Estate which together with what I have formerly given her is her Equal share of my Estate - to her & to her heirs &c forever. Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving daughter Phebe Hilliard forty dollars to be paid to her by me Executor herein after named within one year after my decease out of my Estate - to her & to her heirs &c forever, and also I give to my Sd Daughter Phebe the use & improvement of the east great room in my dwelling house where I now live for her to use & improve so long as she shall remain single & unmarried. Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving daughter Presilla Hilliard wife of Henry Hilliard twenty dollars to be paid to her by my Executor herein after named within one year after my decease out of my Estate - to her & to her heirs &c forever which together with what I have formerly given her is her equal share of my Estate. Item - I give & bequeath unto my Loving Grand Son William Hilliard Son of Azariah Hilliard fifty dollars to be paid to him by my Executor herein after named within one year after my decease out of my Estate - to him & to his heirs &c forever. Item - I give and bequeath unto my Loving Grand Son Hewit Hilliard Son of Denison Hilliard all the lands & buildings I own in the Town of Pharsalia, State of New York that I purchased of Gilbert Billings; his father & mother Denison & Olive Hilliard is to have the use and improvement of the same during their natural lives & after their decease the same is to decend to the Sd Hewit Hilliard & his heirs & assigns forever. Item - I give & bequeath to my Loving Grand Son Robert Hilliard Son to Gurdon Hilliard a Lot of Land containing nine acres with the small dwelling house therein being in North Stonington and is to be Lot off at the south east corner of my home said farm adjoining Lands of Jown Brown___ and also one acre as a Wood Lot being to be Lot off at the NW corner of my house and farm adjoining Captain Gilbert Billings lands - to him & his heirs &c forever, under the incumbrance of my Son Gurdon & his wife Pecurah Hilliard Improving the same during their natural lives. Item - I give and bequeath unto my Loving Grand daughter Lusinda York wife of Oliver York, Jr. who is daughter of my daughter Priscilla forty dollars to given to her by my Executor herein after named in one year after my decease out of my Estate to her & her heirs &c forever. and it is further my will that all the residue of my Estate that is not already disposed of in this will if any should remain after all just debts S__man's & Ex___ &c are first paid - shall be equally divided between my four sons (viz) John, Azariah, Gurdon & Denison to each of them & to each of their heirs & assigns forever. ___ I do make & constitute my good friend Elias Hewit Esq my Executor of this my Last Will & Testament . . . . . William Hillard The Denison mentioned in the will does not appear in the Stonington Vital Records; the Polly mentioned is Mary; William is not mentioned as he is deceased. Following is a deed found in the Stonington Court Records where part of the original land that David purchased is sold to William's son William, Jr. ". . for the consideration of eight pounds . . . unto the sd William Hilliard, Jr. . . one certain tract or parcile of land lying of land & being in sd Stonington bounded as follows. Beginning at a walnut tree in the N.W. corner of the premises & a corner of ____ Phelps, Esq. land, thence southwesterly by Collins York's land to the Mill Brook thence easterly by sd brook to heap of stones, thence northerly to heap of stones in the line of sd Phelps land then westerly with sd Phelps land to the first mentioned bound containing about one & 1/2 acres of land more or less . . .Sept. 22,1804 . . ." William Hillard William was credited with service in the Revolutionary War in Captain Eliezer Prentice's Company, CT Militia. He is buried Great Plains Cemetery, North Stonington. The date of death and burial place of Mary, his widow, is not known.

• Sources

  [S185] The Groton Avery Clan, Elroy McKendree Avery and Catharine Hichcock (Tildon) Avery, (Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA). [S45] [BOOK] A Record of the Descendants of Capt. George Denison of Stonington, Conn., John Denison Baldwin and William Clift, (Tyler and Seagrave, Worcester). [S46] [BOOK] History of the Town of Stonington, Richard Anson Wheeler, (Press of the Day Publishing Company, New London, Connecticut). [S128] Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Mass, Anna Chesebrough Wildey, (Press of T. A. Wright). [S187] General Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Collection, Connecticut Vital Records, Stonington, page 124. [S190] Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Manuscripts - Hilliard (State Library (Hartford) of the Connecticut Genealogical Society.). [S187] General Lucius Barnes Barbour, Barbour Collection, Connecticut Vital Records, Stonington. [3:200].