Jonathan served as a private in Capt. Ezra Cary's company, Connecticutt Militia.

Will of Jonathan Hillard of Groton. Date: 1792. No. 1660. Stonington Probate District.

In the Name of God, Amen. I Jonathan Hillard of Groton in the County of New London & State of Connecticut being Long indisposed in Body, But of a Sound Disposing mind & memory Thanks to God there for, & calling to mind the mortality of my body. I make, ordain this my Last will & testamentPrincipally & first of all I Give & recommend my Soul to God that Gave it, & my Body to the dust of my decsed to be Buried in a deasent Christian manner of the Direction of my Executrix, not doubting but I Shall receive it again at the General Resurrection of the dead, & ____ Such Wordly Estate as it ____ Pleased God to Bless me with in This Life, I Give & Bequeath in the following manner.

Impr__. I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved wife Mary Hillard after my just debts & funeral Charges being first paid out, the whole Improvement of my Real and Personal estate During the ____ of time untill my Son William Hillard Shall arrive to the age of twenty one years for consideration & for her bringing up my Children in a Deasent manner, and when my Said Son William Shall arrive to the age of twenty one, then I Give unto my Sd wife mary one third of my Real Estate During the time of her Natural Life and one third of my Personal Estate for Ever.

Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my Well Beloved Eldest Son Eliphalet Hillard, Double or two Shears out of my Real & Personal Estate, at the Close of the time if the Improvement as above It Given to my Sd wife (excepting two Shear which is to be taken out before any Direction made of my Sd Estate & to be Disposed of as I Shall here after order) all which I Give unto my Sd Son Eliphalet to him and his Heirs for Ever.

Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my four well Beloved Sons and my three well,Beloved Daughters (viz) Jonathan Hillard, Joseph Hillard, Isaiah Hillard, William Hillard - Abigail Hillard, Mary Hillard & Sarah Hillard the whole remainder of my Real and Personal Estate (except the Sd two shears) To be Equilly Divided Between them at the Expiration of the time of my Sd wifes Improving the whole ____ -- which I Give unto them my Sd four Sons & three Daughters to them & there heirs for Ever.

Further more I Give unto my Sd Son Isaiah more than his Equal Shear two Shears (being the Two Shears be fore excepted) which I Give unto him & his heirs for ever.

Further more I Constitute, make & ordain my sd wife Mary Hillard my Sole Excutrix to this my Last will & Testament. Revoking, Diss_____ and for Ever making void, all other former will or testament by me made or done. Rattefying, ___- blessing and Conforming this to be ny Last will & testament, in witness hereof, I have hear unto Set my hand & Seal this the __ day of November Ad. 1791. Jonathan Hillard

Signed, Sealed, Published & Prounced by the sd testament to be his Last will & testament in Present of us witness.
Park Allyn
William Brown
Shapley Morgan

Mary Hilliard and Ebenezer Morgan are named Executors in Groton on the 7th day of Febry 1792.


DAR reference gives date as 1748.


The DAR reference gave the yearr as 1803.

1. 2. Eliphalet HILLARD   b. 30 Oct 1771, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 4 Jul 1835, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
2. 3. Abigail HILLARD   b. 8 Jun 1773, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
3. 4. Mary HILLARD   b. 10 Apr 1775, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
4. 5. Jonathan HILLIARD   b. 3 Dec 1776, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Aft 1860, Plainfield, Otsego County, New York.
5. 6. Sarah HILLARD   b. 3 Dec 1778, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
6. 7. Joseph HILLIARD   b. 7 Oct 1780, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 19 Apr 1861, Salem, New London County, Connecticut; bur. Salem, New London County, Connecticut (Murray Farm Cemetery).
7. 8. Isaiah HILLIARD   b. 24 May 1782, Groton, New London, Connecticut.
8. 9. William HILLIARD   b. 30 Dec 1784, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 9 Feb 1872, Springfield, Walworth County, Wisconsin.

Eliphalet Hilliard is named Guardian to Jonathan Hilliard on 7 JUN 1796.

New London County Sd Grotonfebry 4th 179_.
Personally appeared Jonathan Hillard of Groton in Sd County of New London a miner under the age of twenty one years but of Lawfull age to Chuse a gerdean and made Choice of Eliphalet Hilliard of Sd Groton in Sd County to Be his gardean Before Stephen Billings, Justice Peace

Isaiah was left an orphan in early boyhood, and soon entered on a somewhat adventurous career as a "sailor-boy," first in the cabin and finally as a fully-equipped seaman. With other sailors he paid his twenty-five cents to inspect Robert Fulton's original little steamer and joined in predicting the results - wise and otherwise. His "protection paper," No. 3,123, U.S.A., to insure against seizure by the British on the high seas, had at one time been the possession of his grandson.

Upon attaining his majority, he left New York Cty and invested his savings in unimproved land near Unadilla Forks, where he soon married Keturah, daughter of his neighbor. Keturah is a seventh generation descendant of Walter Palmer, who came to this county in 1629 and eventually settled in Stonington, New London Co., CT.

Per census lived Plainfield, 1820 thru 1850.

He served in the Navy during the War of 1812. They resided in Groton; Hebron, Toland Co., CT; Marlboro, Ulster Co., NY; Berne, Albany Co., NY; and Springfield, Walworth Co., WI.