Johanna Hilliard

Admitted to Stonington First Congregational Church 4 APR 1708 Stonington, New London County, Connecticut 4

Johanna died shortly after the birth of their ninth child. This child was named Benoni in memorial of her death; Benoni is Hebrew word meaning "son of our sorrow".

Inscription: "Here Lyeth Buried ye Body of Johanna(h) Hillard wife of David Hillard who departed this life April ye 14 1716 in ye 39 yeare of hur age"

Children:

1. Deborah Hillard Wheaton (1700 - 1777)
2. Lydia Hilliard (1702 - 1705)
3. Priscilla Hillard Palmer (1705 - 1736)
4. Oliver Hilliard (1709 - 1792)
5. Joseph Hilliard (1711 - 1744)
6. Benoni Hillard (1715 - 1801)

Origins

Hester Allen & John Andrews children included Benjamin Andrews, her son, had wife Rebecca and dwelt in Groton, Connecticut. Joanna married at Little Compton, Rhode Island (then Massachusetts), David Hillard, July 13, 1699; she died in North Stonington, Connecticut, April 14, 1716. Hannah married at New London, Robert Gauler, Sept. 8, 1719. S.M.F.

Johanna died shortly after the birth of their ninth child. This child was named Benoni in memorial of her death; Benoni is Hebrew word meaning "son of our sorrow".

Inscription: "Body of Johanna wife of David Hillard who departed this life April ye 14 1716 in ye 39 yeare of her age"

Birth: 8 Dec 1678; Between 1677 and 1684.

Joanna, wife of David Hilliard was baptised 8 Apr 1708 Stonington, Connecticut same day as some of their own children Deborah, William, John and Priscilla. She was admitted to the church 4 April 1708. [1]

Marriage: 13 July 1699 in Little Compton, Rhode Island[2][3]

Death: 14 April 1716 aged 38, burial Great Plain Cemetery. [4]

Death was before 1726 in Little Compton, Rhode Island[5]