David Lillie (abt. 1742 - 1827)

Born about 28 Nov 1742 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Huldah (Blodgett) Lillie — married 19 Sep 1771 in Stafford, Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1827 at about age 84 in Bethel, Windsor, Vermont, USA

Biography

David Lillie was born in Lebanon, Connecticut in 1742. By 1790, he had moved to Bethel, Vermont, where he lived the rest of his life. David Lillie died in Bethel, Vermont on 1 Sep 1827.

Children

David Lillie married Huldah Blodgett on 19 Sep 1771 in Stafford, Connecticut. They had seven known children together.

1. Joshua (b. 7 Apr 1772)
2. Benjamin (b. 27 Nov 17??)^[1]
3. David (b. 19 Apr 1776)^[2]
4. Roswell (b. 23 Jul 1783)
5. Silas (b. 8 Apr 1790)
6. Huldah (b. 7 Jun 1793)
7. Sophia (b. 4 Oct 1797)

Military

Corporal David Lillie served with 8th Connecticut Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

David Lillie is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A070362.

David Lilley enlisted on 10 Jul 1775 as a Corporal in Captain Charles Ellsworth's Company, 8th Connecticut Regiment. He was discharged on 18 Dec 1775.^[3][4]

Another soldier with similar name, David Lillye, served as ensign in the eighth company, Seventh regiment of Connecticut militia.^[5] He was commissioned on 6 Jul 1775 and discharged on 22 Dec 1775.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1034/VBMDUSACT1634_0044-0111?pid=152431
2. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stafford 1719-1850, Tolland 1715-1850, Vol 44, page 101. https://books.google.com/books?id=ADZKSv5lYPwC
3. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3N8-S?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 104 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 03 Sep 2023), "Record of David Lilley", Ancestor # A070362.
5. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3D3-6?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 100 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.

See also:

• 1790 US Census
  "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-XN2 : accessed 7 March 2018), David Lilley, Bethel, Windsor, Vermont, United States; citing p. 36, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 568,152.
• 1800 US Census
  "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR7-S5P : accessed 7 March 2018), David Lylie, Bethel, Windsor, Vermont, United States; citing p. 485, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 52; FHL microfilm 218,689.
• 1810 US Census
  "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH26-3BW : accessed 7 March 2018), David Lillie, Bethel, Windsor, Vermont, United States; citing p. 488, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 65; FHL microfilm 218,669.
• 1820 US Census
  "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLP-ZM4 : accessed 7 March 2018), David Lillie, Bethel, Windsor, Vermont, United States; citing p. 367, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 128; FHL microfilm 281,249.
• Death Record
  "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVR-CHP : 17 October 2017), David Lillie, 01 Sep 1827, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,614.
• Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 045, page 369.
  https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE8157780
• DAR Genealogical Research Database Entry: http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A070362