** Male Hilliard descendants of Amos show Noland Y DNA **
Recent Y DNA testing of two descendants of Amos Hillyard revealed a very strong likelihood that Amos' father was a Nolan/Noland... likely William Noland (descended from Pierce Noland, born ca. 1628, in Dublin, Ireland).
Based on one match with a genetic distance of 3, there is a potential MRCA in William Noland, III (1720-1804), who lived in Berkeley County, (W) Virginia. Given his age and that of Amos (born 1760), it seems feasible per DNA, but it's unlikely to have any supporting primary source records. There are also other Y matches who are descended from Pierce Noland (great grandfather of William Noland, III), one at a genetic distance of 7, and three at a genetic distance of 8. Autosomal DNA matches also exist between descendants of Amos Hillyard and Pierce Noland, matching strongest, generally, on Chromosome 3.
The mother of Amos may have been a daughter of one of two brothers - Thomas (wife: Elizabeth Cox) or John Hillyard (John died in 1761; Thomas died ca. 1766) - who appear regularly together, in records for Frederick and Berkeley County, Virginia, and Frederick (formerly part of Prince Georges County), Maryland. Both Thomas and John moved to Opequon Creek, in Frederick County, after having lived in "Monacasie (Monocacy) Hundred", in Maryland (documented on tax rolls there, in 1733). John (Hilyard) Hillyard's Will of March 16, 1761 (probated May 5, 1761), Frederick County, Virginia, left "all land and tenements to his brother Thomas Hillard".
Additional evidence of residence in Berkeley County is shown in the birth of Amos' son, Jacob (birthplace noted in Jacob's application for a pension for service in the War of 1812), in the 1780s. This also coincides with the fact that Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Hillyard, resided in Berkeley County in 1780.
By the latter 1780s, Amos had made his way up the Shenandoah Valley, to Rockingham County, where, in 1788, he was issued a horse for service under Capt. Josiah Harrison, Militia Company #9. It's believed that Amos remained in Rockingham through at least the late 1790s.
In April, 1795, Amos signed as a witness on the Will of a supposed Quaker (Thomas L. Looker) in Rockingham County, VA. This association with a Quaker may be more significant than it appears. He may have been Quaker himself (but, based on his association with the militia, not as of 1788). Thomas and John Hillyard's (Amos' uncles?) association with Monocacy Hundred suggests they may have been part of a Quaker settlement there. Additionally, their move to Opequon also suggests they may have been Quakers, considering the denomination's activities there.
1797 - marries Susan McFarland, Rockingham Co., Va.
1810 - Census - Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Va.
8/7/1820 - Census - Rockingham Co., Va.
Though, based on his age, Amos could have served in the Revolution, there is no record of an Amos Hillyard/Hilyard/Hilliard serving in the Continental forces. This also may indicate his membership in the Quakers/Society of Friends.
If there is no Quaker affiliation, the Hillyard family does appear, at least, to have consistently (through the 1780s) made their homes, several times, within or near Quaker settlements. This is not unlike another family (Hedges) which seems to remain unclear in its family's migratory patterns which follows Quakers closely.
*Notes regarding possible father (believed either John or Thomas):
FREDERICK COUNTY (formerly, part of Prince Georges County), MARYLAND
John Hillyard - List of Taxables, 1733, Monocosie Hundred
Thomas Hillyard, List of Taxables, 1733, Monocosie Hundred
Thomas Hilliard - On list of those that had no tobacco burnt in Monoccosea Hund., Aug 1734
FREDERICK COUNTY
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1759
Thomas Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1759
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1764
Thos. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1764
BERKELEY COUNTY
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Jno. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Thomas W. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Thomas Hillard, widow, Rent Rolls, 1772
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1777
Thomas Hillard, widow, Rent Rolls, 1777
Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, page 483, 1 Aug. 1765. "[Lease] Between Solomon Hedges and Rebeccah his wife of Hampshire to Thomas Hilyard of Frederick consideration of five Shillings part of a Tract of Land lying and being now in Frederick County and on the West side of Opechon Creek and is part of a Tract of Eight Hundred and Seventy five Acres Granted to Edward Davis the 12th Nov 1735... Line of Peter Hedges... Containing one Hundred and two Acres of Land more or less... Rents of one Pepper Corn on the Twenty ninth Day of September only if same shall be lawfully demanded... Solomon Hedges. Rebecca (O) Hedges. Witnesses: Thomas Rutherford, George Michael Laubinger, Henry Brinker." Recorded 3 Sep 1765.
May be connected with the Hillyard/Hilyard family from Kent County, Delaware, in the 1600s. The will of John Hillyard, made in 1684 in Kent County, lists children as John, Thomas, Oliver, Charles, and Mary. Another possibility may be that this line came from the Quakers of Somerset Co., Maryland, who before that had moved from Accomac County, Virginia due to the legislation passed requiring conversion to the Anglican Church.
Recent Y DNA testing of two descendants of Amos Hillyard revealed a very strong likelihood that Amos' father was a Nolan/Noland... likely William Noland (descended from Pierce Noland, born ca. 1628, in Dublin, Ireland).
Based on one match with a genetic distance of 3, there is a potential MRCA in William Noland, III (1720-1804), who lived in Berkeley County, (W) Virginia. Given his age and that of Amos (born 1760), it seems feasible per DNA, but it's unlikely to have any supporting primary source records. There are also other Y matches who are descended from Pierce Noland (great grandfather of William Noland, III), one at a genetic distance of 7, and three at a genetic distance of 8. Autosomal DNA matches also exist between descendants of Amos Hillyard and Pierce Noland, matching strongest, generally, on Chromosome 3.
The mother of Amos may have been a daughter of one of two brothers - Thomas (wife: Elizabeth Cox) or John Hillyard (John died in 1761; Thomas died ca. 1766) - who appear regularly together, in records for Frederick and Berkeley County, Virginia, and Frederick (formerly part of Prince Georges County), Maryland. Both Thomas and John moved to Opequon Creek, in Frederick County, after having lived in "Monacasie (Monocacy) Hundred", in Maryland (documented on tax rolls there, in 1733). John (Hilyard) Hillyard's Will of March 16, 1761 (probated May 5, 1761), Frederick County, Virginia, left "all land and tenements to his brother Thomas Hillard".
Additional evidence of residence in Berkeley County is shown in the birth of Amos' son, Jacob (birthplace noted in Jacob's application for a pension for service in the War of 1812), in the 1780s. This also coincides with the fact that Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Hillyard, resided in Berkeley County in 1780.
By the latter 1780s, Amos had made his way up the Shenandoah Valley, to Rockingham County, where, in 1788, he was issued a horse for service under Capt. Josiah Harrison, Militia Company #9. It's believed that Amos remained in Rockingham through at least the late 1790s.
In April, 1795, Amos signed as a witness on the Will of a supposed Quaker (Thomas L. Looker) in Rockingham County, VA. This association with a Quaker may be more significant than it appears. He may have been Quaker himself (but, based on his association with the militia, not as of 1788). Thomas and John Hillyard's (Amos' uncles?) association with Monocacy Hundred suggests they may have been part of a Quaker settlement there. Additionally, their move to Opequon also suggests they may have been Quakers, considering the denomination's activities there.
1797 - marries Susan McFarland, Rockingham Co., Va.
1810 - Census - Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Va.
8/7/1820 - Census - Rockingham Co., Va.
Though, based on his age, Amos could have served in the Revolution, there is no record of an Amos Hillyard/Hilyard/Hilliard serving in the Continental forces. This also may indicate his membership in the Quakers/Society of Friends.
If there is no Quaker affiliation, the Hillyard family does appear, at least, to have consistently (through the 1780s) made their homes, several times, within or near Quaker settlements. This is not unlike another family (Hedges) which seems to remain unclear in its family's migratory patterns which follows Quakers closely.
*Notes regarding possible father (believed either John or Thomas):
FREDERICK COUNTY (formerly, part of Prince Georges County), MARYLAND
John Hillyard - List of Taxables, 1733, Monocosie Hundred
Thomas Hillyard, List of Taxables, 1733, Monocosie Hundred
Thomas Hilliard - On list of those that had no tobacco burnt in Monoccosea Hund., Aug 1734
FREDERICK COUNTY
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1759
Thomas Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1759
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1764
Thos. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1764
BERKELEY COUNTY
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Jno. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Thomas W. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Thomas Hillard, widow, Rent Rolls, 1772
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1777
Thomas Hillard, widow, Rent Rolls, 1777
Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, page 483, 1 Aug. 1765. "[Lease] Between Solomon Hedges and Rebeccah his wife of Hampshire to Thomas Hilyard of Frederick consideration of five Shillings part of a Tract of Land lying and being now in Frederick County and on the West side of Opechon Creek and is part of a Tract of Eight Hundred and Seventy five Acres Granted to Edward Davis the 12th Nov 1735... Line of Peter Hedges... Containing one Hundred and two Acres of Land more or less... Rents of one Pepper Corn on the Twenty ninth Day of September only if same shall be lawfully demanded... Solomon Hedges. Rebecca (O) Hedges. Witnesses: Thomas Rutherford, George Michael Laubinger, Henry Brinker." Recorded 3 Sep 1765.
May be connected with the Hillyard/Hilyard family from Kent County, Delaware, in the 1600s. The will of John Hillyard, made in 1684 in Kent County, lists children as John, Thomas, Oliver, Charles, and Mary. Another possibility may be that this line came from the Quakers of Somerset Co., Maryland, who before that had moved from Accomac County, Virginia due to the legislation passed requiring conversion to the Anglican Church.
** Male Hilliard descendants of Amos show Noland Y DNA **
Recent Y DNA testing of two descendants of Amos Hillyard revealed a very strong likelihood that Amos' father was a Nolan/Noland... likely William Noland (descended from Pierce Noland, born ca. 1628, in Dublin, Ireland).
Based on one match with a genetic distance of 3, there is a potential MRCA in William Noland, III (1720-1804), who lived in Berkeley County, (W) Virginia. Given his age and that of Amos (born 1760), it seems feasible per DNA, but it's unlikely to have any supporting primary source records. There are also other Y matches who are descended from Pierce Noland (great grandfather of William Noland, III), one at a genetic distance of 7, and three at a genetic distance of 8. Autosomal DNA matches also exist between descendants of Amos Hillyard and Pierce Noland, matching strongest, generally, on Chromosome 3.
The mother of Amos may have been a daughter of one of two brothers - Thomas (wife: Elizabeth Cox) or John Hillyard (John died in 1761; Thomas died ca. 1766) - who appear regularly together, in records for Frederick and Berkeley County, Virginia, and Frederick (formerly part of Prince Georges County), Maryland. Both Thomas and John moved to Opequon Creek, in Frederick County, after having lived in "Monacasie (Monocacy) Hundred", in Maryland (documented on tax rolls there, in 1733). John (Hilyard) Hillyard's Will of March 16, 1761 (probated May 5, 1761), Frederick County, Virginia, left "all land and tenements to his brother Thomas Hillard".
Additional evidence of residence in Berkeley County is shown in the birth of Amos' son, Jacob (birthplace noted in Jacob's application for a pension for service in the War of 1812), in the 1780s. This also coincides with the fact that Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Hillyard, resided in Berkeley County in 1780.
By the latter 1780s, Amos had made his way up the Shenandoah Valley, to Rockingham County, where, in 1788, he was issued a horse for service under Capt. Josiah Harrison, Militia Company #9. It's believed that Amos remained in Rockingham through at least the late 1790s.
In April, 1795, Amos signed as a witness on the Will of a supposed Quaker (Thomas L. Looker) in Rockingham County, VA. This association with a Quaker may be more significant than it appears. He may have been Quaker himself (but, based on his association with the militia, not as of 1788). Thomas and John Hillyard's (Amos' uncles?) association with Monocacy Hundred suggests they may have been part of a Quaker settlement there. Additionally, their move to Opequon also suggests they may have been Quakers, considering the denomination's activities there.
1797 - marries Susan McFarland, Rockingham Co., Va.
1810 - Census - Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Va.
8/7/1820 - Census - Rockingham Co., Va.
Though, based on his age, Amos could have served in the Revolution, there is no record of an Amos Hillyard/Hilyard/Hilliard serving in the Continental forces. This also may indicate his membership in the Quakers/Society of Friends.
If there is no Quaker affiliation, the Hillyard family does appear, at least, to have consistently (through the 1780s) made their homes, several times, within or near Quaker settlements. This is not unlike another family (Hedges) which seems to remain unclear in its family's migratory patterns which follows Quakers closely.
*Notes regarding possible father (believed either John or Thomas):
FREDERICK COUNTY (formerly, part of Prince Georges County), MARYLAND
John Hillyard - List of Taxables, 1733, Monocosie Hundred
Thomas Hillyard, List of Taxables, 1733, Monocosie Hundred
Thomas Hilliard - On list of those that had no tobacco burnt in Monoccosea Hund., Aug 1734
FREDERICK COUNTY
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1759
Thomas Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1759
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1764
Thos. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1764
BERKELEY COUNTY
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Jno. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Thomas W. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Thomas Hillard, widow, Rent Rolls, 1772
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1777
Thomas Hillard, widow, Rent Rolls, 1777
Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, page 483, 1 Aug. 1765. "[Lease] Between Solomon Hedges and Rebeccah his wife of Hampshire to Thomas Hilyard of Frederick consideration of five Shillings part of a Tract of Land lying and being now in Frederick County and on the West side of Opechon Creek and is part of a Tract of Eight Hundred and Seventy five Acres Granted to Edward Davis the 12th Nov 1735... Line of Peter Hedges... Containing one Hundred and two Acres of Land more or less... Rents of one Pepper Corn on the Twenty ninth Day of September only if same shall be lawfully demanded... Solomon Hedges. Rebecca (O) Hedges. Witnesses: Thomas Rutherford, George Michael Laubinger, Henry Brinker." Recorded 3 Sep 1765.
May be connected with the Hillyard/Hilyard family from Kent County, Delaware, in the 1600s. The will of John Hillyard, made in 1684 in Kent County, lists children as John, Thomas, Oliver, Charles, and Mary. Another possibility may be that this line came from the Quakers of Somerset Co., Maryland, who before that had moved from Accomac County, Virginia due to the legislation passed requiring conversion to the Anglican Church.
Recent Y DNA testing of two descendants of Amos Hillyard revealed a very strong likelihood that Amos' father was a Nolan/Noland... likely William Noland (descended from Pierce Noland, born ca. 1628, in Dublin, Ireland).
Based on one match with a genetic distance of 3, there is a potential MRCA in William Noland, III (1720-1804), who lived in Berkeley County, (W) Virginia. Given his age and that of Amos (born 1760), it seems feasible per DNA, but it's unlikely to have any supporting primary source records. There are also other Y matches who are descended from Pierce Noland (great grandfather of William Noland, III), one at a genetic distance of 7, and three at a genetic distance of 8. Autosomal DNA matches also exist between descendants of Amos Hillyard and Pierce Noland, matching strongest, generally, on Chromosome 3.
The mother of Amos may have been a daughter of one of two brothers - Thomas (wife: Elizabeth Cox) or John Hillyard (John died in 1761; Thomas died ca. 1766) - who appear regularly together, in records for Frederick and Berkeley County, Virginia, and Frederick (formerly part of Prince Georges County), Maryland. Both Thomas and John moved to Opequon Creek, in Frederick County, after having lived in "Monacasie (Monocacy) Hundred", in Maryland (documented on tax rolls there, in 1733). John (Hilyard) Hillyard's Will of March 16, 1761 (probated May 5, 1761), Frederick County, Virginia, left "all land and tenements to his brother Thomas Hillard".
Additional evidence of residence in Berkeley County is shown in the birth of Amos' son, Jacob (birthplace noted in Jacob's application for a pension for service in the War of 1812), in the 1780s. This also coincides with the fact that Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Hillyard, resided in Berkeley County in 1780.
By the latter 1780s, Amos had made his way up the Shenandoah Valley, to Rockingham County, where, in 1788, he was issued a horse for service under Capt. Josiah Harrison, Militia Company #9. It's believed that Amos remained in Rockingham through at least the late 1790s.
In April, 1795, Amos signed as a witness on the Will of a supposed Quaker (Thomas L. Looker) in Rockingham County, VA. This association with a Quaker may be more significant than it appears. He may have been Quaker himself (but, based on his association with the militia, not as of 1788). Thomas and John Hillyard's (Amos' uncles?) association with Monocacy Hundred suggests they may have been part of a Quaker settlement there. Additionally, their move to Opequon also suggests they may have been Quakers, considering the denomination's activities there.
1797 - marries Susan McFarland, Rockingham Co., Va.
1810 - Census - Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Va.
8/7/1820 - Census - Rockingham Co., Va.
Though, based on his age, Amos could have served in the Revolution, there is no record of an Amos Hillyard/Hilyard/Hilliard serving in the Continental forces. This also may indicate his membership in the Quakers/Society of Friends.
If there is no Quaker affiliation, the Hillyard family does appear, at least, to have consistently (through the 1780s) made their homes, several times, within or near Quaker settlements. This is not unlike another family (Hedges) which seems to remain unclear in its family's migratory patterns which follows Quakers closely.
*Notes regarding possible father (believed either John or Thomas):
FREDERICK COUNTY (formerly, part of Prince Georges County), MARYLAND
John Hillyard - List of Taxables, 1733, Monocosie Hundred
Thomas Hillyard, List of Taxables, 1733, Monocosie Hundred
Thomas Hilliard - On list of those that had no tobacco burnt in Monoccosea Hund., Aug 1734
FREDERICK COUNTY
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1759
Thomas Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1759
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1764
Thos. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1764
BERKELEY COUNTY
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Jno. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Thomas W. Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1772
Thomas Hillard, widow, Rent Rolls, 1772
John Hilliard, Rent Rolls, 1777
Thomas Hillard, widow, Rent Rolls, 1777
Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, page 483, 1 Aug. 1765. "[Lease] Between Solomon Hedges and Rebeccah his wife of Hampshire to Thomas Hilyard of Frederick consideration of five Shillings part of a Tract of Land lying and being now in Frederick County and on the West side of Opechon Creek and is part of a Tract of Eight Hundred and Seventy five Acres Granted to Edward Davis the 12th Nov 1735... Line of Peter Hedges... Containing one Hundred and two Acres of Land more or less... Rents of one Pepper Corn on the Twenty ninth Day of September only if same shall be lawfully demanded... Solomon Hedges. Rebecca (O) Hedges. Witnesses: Thomas Rutherford, George Michael Laubinger, Henry Brinker." Recorded 3 Sep 1765.
May be connected with the Hillyard/Hilyard family from Kent County, Delaware, in the 1600s. The will of John Hillyard, made in 1684 in Kent County, lists children as John, Thomas, Oliver, Charles, and Mary. Another possibility may be that this line came from the Quakers of Somerset Co., Maryland, who before that had moved from Accomac County, Virginia due to the legislation passed requiring conversion to the Anglican Church.
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