Ancestry of
Bill Weld

68th Governor of Massachusetts

William Hillard

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Bill Weld — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 88 
  • Father:
  • Isaac Hillard 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah White   
  • Birth Date:
  • 05 or 06 DEC 1759 
  • Birth Location:
  • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 May 1830 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Christ Lutheran Church Memorial Garden, York, York Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Babcock
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  • Child:

  John Babcock Hillard (Ahnentafel No:44 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Hillard's birth, along with those of his siblings, is recorded in Vol. 5, p. 69, of the land records for Stratford, Connecticut. His tombstone states he was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island.

• Sources for William Hillard

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Stratford, p. 75, Birth record for William Hillard.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/08/2019).
  • ³ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, 01 SEP 1843, New York Evening Post, Death notice for spouse Hannah Hilliard.
  • ⁴ Johnston, Sarah Hall, Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 34, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Telegraph Printing Company (1912), 168.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 142.
  • ⁶ White, Lorraine Cook, ed., Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), originally published as The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vols. 1-55, Birth record for William Hillard.

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