Hannah Hillyer

Hannah Hillyer[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]

Female 1681 - 1751  (69 years)


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  • Name Hannah Hillyer  [1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21
    Birth 20 Dec 1681  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 16, 18, 20, 21
    Gender Female 
    Burial Dec 1751  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    Death 02 Dec 1751  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11, 20, 21
    Person ID I312684223477  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Andrew Hillyer,   b. 04 Nov 1646, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Hannah Burr,   b. Abt. 1648, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1684, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage Sep 1681  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 James Cornish,   b. 30 Oct 1663, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Apr 1740, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 15 Apr 1715  Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Gabriel Cornish,   b. 25 May 1716, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1753, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Mother: unknown]
     2. Jemima Cornish,   b. 20 Nov 1718, Simsbury, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Oct 1791, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     3. Kessiah Cornish,   b. 12 Oct 1721, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1721, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Jabez Cornish,   b. 04 Sep 1726, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1790, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     5. Mary Cornish,   b. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1800, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F2515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Thomas Howard Humphrey, Sr,   b. 01 Sep 1676, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1714, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Damarius Humphrey,   b. 1701, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1759, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     2. Thomas Humphrey,   b. 1710, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef. 1796, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     3. Martha Humphrey,   b. 1711, Simsbury, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Oct 1796, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     4. Hannah Humphreys,   b. Abt. 1713, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     5. Humphries,   b. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Dosa Humphrey,   b. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • !BIRTH: Hannah was 2nd Wife of James Cor
      !BIRTH: Hannah was 2nd Wife of James Cornish.

      Thomas/Humphrey
      Thomas/Humphrey

      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J
      From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

      HANNAH HILLIARD WAS MARRIED TWICE, FIRST
      HANNAH HILLIARD WAS MARRIED TWICE, FIRST TO THOMAS HUMPHREY AND SECOND TO JAMES CORNISH AS HIS SECOND WIFE. SEALED TO HUSBAND 27 MAR 1936, PROBABLY TO THOMAS HUMPHREY. NEEDS TO BE SEALED TO JAMES CORNISH.

      Birth - IGI Marr - Windsor Vital Records
      Birth - IGI Marr - Windsor Vital Records 0002983-md Hannah Humphries widow of Thomas of Simsbury bapt - IGI-14 Nov 1911, 4 Feb 1933 ARIZO end - IGI-3 Jan 1912 MANTI sld/p -IGI-7 Sep 1965 SLAKE sld/s -IGI-27 Mar 1936, 15 Apr 1976 SLAKE

      hus of Saybrook, Conn.
      hus of Saybrook, Conn.

      Fragment with only Ancestral File date
      NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

      widow of Thomas Humpris
      widow of Thomas Humpris

      !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
      !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) REPO: @R01@; ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; ;

      James/Cornish 2nd husband (Dea)
      James/Cornish 2nd husband (Dea)

      Other parents from Ancestral File
      This individual has the following other parents in the Ancestral File: William /HILLIARD/ (AFN:3ZSV-51) and Deborah /WARREN/ (AFN:3ZSV-66)

      Fragment, date with no event, no source
      (2) James/Cornish 15 Apr 1715

      !SOURCE: Savage's Compendium of Early Se
      !SOURCE: Savage's Compendium of Early Settlers of N. E.

      bp. 4Feb1933
      bp. 4Feb1933

      Thomas/Humprey
      Thomas/Humprey

      Through Hannah we are blood relatives o
      Through Hannah we are blood relatives of the noted Burr family of Aaron Burr, who fought the duel with Alexander Hamilton and killed him.

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