Isaac and Sarah had been natives of the Green Mountain State, Isaac of Scotch origin (?). Isaac was a harness-maker by trade, and in 1836 joined the western movement of emigration, coming with his family overland to Ashtabula Co., OH and, in 1840, settled in Orwell.

They were devout members of the Baptist Church, and died as they had lived, good Christians, full of the fear of God and the love of their fellow men. Their last resting place is in the cemetery at Orwell.

In 1860, there is in the household, a Chas. F. Hilliard, born IL, about 1850. Probably a son of either Jeremiah or Charles, both of whom lived Bond, IL.