Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Hilliard was born about 1728, in Shillington, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Hilliard, was 39 and his mother, Martha Goodgroom, was 42. He married Ann Farrer on 10 October 1753, in Shillington, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He was buried in Shillington, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Edward Hylliar, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Edw Hilliard, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Edward Hilliard, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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Name Meaning
English (southeastern England and Midlands):
variant of Hillier , with excrescent -d. Compare Hillard , Heller , and Hellard .
of Norman origin, from the Middle English female personal name Hildiard, Holdiard, Anglo-Norman French forms of ancient Germanic Hildigard, Hildiardis, from hild ‘battle’ + gard ‘protective enclosure, yard’. Either this or the name above was brought to Ireland from Yorkshire in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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