Birth record of Hannah Hillier, b. 20 Feb. 178
The 12th anniversary issue (vol. XI, issue 5) of ANTIQUES AND FINE ART magazine pictures and describes a decorated birth certificate, or record, of Hannah Hillier, b. 20 February 1782 in Burlington County, N.J., the daughter of John Hillier (1744-1790) & Frances Haines Hillier (1746-1822) of Rancocas, Burlington County, N.J. They were a Quaker family.
Actually, it is not an officially produced certificate of a birth by Burlington County officials, but instead it is much more a family-commissioned celebration of a birth in the form of a beautiful, personal document to hang on the birth family's home wall in obvious pride and joy. What a nice idea. I wish I had thought of that when my three boys were born; some 51 down to 48 years ago.
This is the fourth Hillier birth record from this family that I have posted about on this Hillier Genforum website. Some interesting genealogical information about the family is also included in this particular article about Hannah's newly discovered record.
This fine, decorated birth record should be made known to the Hillier family. I am scanning it in case any of the descendants or other family members might like a copy freely by email. Someone in the family ought to have it--it is too good to be missed by the family & it would be a distinct injustice to the family not to know of it. It certainly does have a great deal of genealogical, historic, and artistic merit.
My email address can be found by clicking on my underlined name above. Please respond by emailing me DIRECTLY and NOT by posting a reply on this Genforum website, which I might not see. Be careful to note that in the first part of my email address there is a period between my first and last name (it is indistinct)--and that there is also a period between the two parts of the last part of my email address that follows the "@."
This computer technology stuff can be complicated, can't it? But then, it also can be very, very productive. I'm sure glad that my three boys dragged me, kicking & screaming, into it about a decade and a half ago.
William Pease
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Re: Birth record of Hannah Hillier, b.1782, Burlington,NJ
William Pease 2/18/12