When Fanny Hilliard was born on 2 February 1788, in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, United States, her father, Daniel Hilliard, was 29 and her mother, Rebecca Washburn, was 21. She married James Brand about 1803, in Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Schuyler Falls, Clinton, New York, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 January 1878, in Lenawee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Clayton, Township of Dover, Lenawee, Michigan, United States.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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