Early 1600's-
Jasper Lillard
married Miss Isaacs see
notes
Children:
Jean Lillard
Benjamin Lillard
Moise Lillard (b:
c.1630's/40's-?)
Joseph Lillard
David Lillard
Moise Lillard
married Lilli Balssa see
notes
Children:
Moise Lillard II
John (Jean) Lillard (b:
c.1668) see
notes
Benjamin Lillard
(b: c.1669) see
notes
John (Jean) Lillard married
Mildred Jones see
notes
Children:
Benjamin Lillard
(b: 1701) see
notes
Benjamin Lillard
married Elizabeth Lightfoot
see
notes
Children:
James Lillard (Jun 14th 1725- July 1804)
Thomas Lillard (b:
c. 1726) married Anne?
William Lillard (b: 1739)
married Anne?
Nancy Lillard (b:1730)
Moses Lillard (b:1735) married Molly Field
Elizabeth Lillard
married Lawrence Bradley
Sarah Lillard (b:1745) married
Augustine Bradley
John Lillard (Nov
3rd 1737-May 30th 1801) married 1st Susanna Ball
2nd Anne Moore
Benjamin Lillard
married 1st Francis Crow 2nd Elizabeth Hensley
James Lillard
married Kesiah Bradley see
notes
Children:
(7 children)
James Lillard (1752-1811)
William Lillard (1754-1830) married Rachael McCoy
Benjamin Lillard (b:1767) married Sarah James
Augustine Lillard (b:1769-1794)
Elizabeth Lillard (b:1771)
Mildred Lillard (b:1778)married Richard Layton
John Lillard married Sarah Campbell
James Lillard
(II) married Jala Seal see
notes
Children:
(8 children)
Lewis Lillard (b:1802
Mason Lillard (b:1804)
James Lillard III (17th Mar 1795-17th Dec 1875) married Mary Sandusky
Sarah Lillard
John Lillard married Elizabeth Taylor
Jalea Lillard
William Lillard
(1801-July 27th 1875)
Mary Polly Lillard married William Rogers
William Lillard
married Nancy Elder see
notes
Children:
Mary Anne Lillard
James Lillard
Sarah Craton Lillard
Robert Elder Lillard
Benjamin Franklin
Lillard (Feb 23rd 1838-Jun 2nd 1900)
Ava Jane Lillard
John Mason Lillard
AOP Nicholson Lillard
William Lafayette
Lillard
Thomas Jefferson
Lillard
Benjamin Franklin
Lillard married Eglyntine Neil
see
notes
Children:
Nancy Ellen Lillard
William Wallace
Lillard
John Russel Lillard
Mary Emma (Mayme)
Lillard (Mar 9th 1876-?)
Franklin Rose Lillard
Charles Layfette
Lillard
Grace Craton Lillard
Zoa Lillard
Robert Lillard
Thomas Alder Lillard
Esther Eglyntine
Lillard
Mary Emma (Mayme)
Lillard married Harry Levi Bumstead
see
notes
Children:
Willie Mae Bumstead
Willie Mae Bumstead
married Lyndon Emil Eckhoff see
Eckhoff family tree
Children:
Orville Lynn Eckhoff
(b: Apr 20th 1930)
Orville Lynn Eckhoff
married Sally Virginia Hickey see
Hickey family tree
Children:
Grant Mitchell Eckhoff
(b: Aug 17th 1956)
Walter Edward Eckhoff
(b: Mar 21st 1959)
Stephen Lynn Eckhoff
(b: Sept 7th 1965)
Walter Edward
Eckhoff married Margaret Ann Henderson see
Henderson family tree
Notes:
Lillard name
in France 1415-
The first reference under King Henry V
of England when Thomas Lollard was knighted by Henry V for his gallant
bravery in the Battle of Agincourt 1415. During the English invasion of
France 1420 Sir Thomas Lollard was supposed to have met a French lady of
gentile birth, this romance led to marriage, as a result Sir Thomas Lollard
decided not to return to Britain and gave up his knightly rights as well
as changing his surname to Lillard. Thomas Lillard lived in the town of
Samur on the Loire River. There is about 4 generations between Thomas Lillard
and his direct descendant Jasper Lillard.
Jasper
Lillard and Miss Issacs
Jasper Lillard was a vine grower and in
addition to tending vines owned and operated a line of boats up and down
the Loire river, from Angers to Nantes, and from Angers to Tours. His fathers
name is unknown. He married a Miss Issacs (first name unknown). Miss Issacs
gave up her religion to marry Jasper as he was a devout Huguenot. They
had at least 5 sons.
Moise Lillard
and Lilli Balssa
Moise one of Jasper Lillard's sons married
Lilli Balssa. With the death of Jasper, Noise took over the ownership of
the boat line along the Loire River.
In 1598 King Henry IV gave equal rights
to all those who practiced the Huguenot religion. However in 1685 Louis
XIV revoked these rights, and all privileges and worship was forbidden
to the Huguenots except in Alsace. Goods were confiscated and churches
burned. All children were taken from their parents and instructed in the
Roman Catholic faith.
At this time Moise Lillard sold his vineyards
and moved his family to Nantes. Noise and his wife wanted to stay in France
and face the issues, he decided his elder son should stay with them. They
decided however to send John Lillard and Benjamin Lillard to America.
John
and Benjamin Lillard
John and Benjamin Lillard came to America
and settled in Virginia in 1685. John was around 16 or 17 years old at
the time. Benjamin a few years younger. It is thought they landed at Fredricksburg
and then moved south to near Richmond, where they took land along the James
River. Benjamin drowned in this river.
John Lillard
and Mildred Jones
In 1700 John Lillard anglicized his name
from Jean to John and married Mildred Jones. Mildred died around 1720 and
John and his son Benjamin moved to Prince William Co. Virginia, near the
present town of Manassas. John remarried Martha Littlejohn. John Lillard
and Martha had one daughter Sarah.
Benjamin
Lillard
Benjamin Lillard served in the French
and Indian wars at Fort Duquesne, with the Virginia troups under George
Washington. He also fought in Lord Dunmores war under Col. Wm Flemming
and later at Fort Pitt under Cresap. In 1724 he married Elizabeth Lightfoot.
Elizabeth
Lightfoot
Elizabeth Lightfoot wife of Benjamin Lillard
was the daughter of William Lightfoot. She was also first cousin of "Light
horse Harry" Lee, who was the father of Gen. Robert E Lee.
Benjamin Lillard and Elizabeth lived in
Culpepper Co. Virginia.
James Lillard
and Kesiah Bradley
James Lillard was a revolutionary soldier.
He married Kesiah Bradley, a second cousin of James Maddison, father of
President Maddison.
James and Kesiah resided in Culpepper
Co. and parish of Brumfield, in Virginia. It is said in in the Virginia
records office that, James and kesiah had over 800 acres of land, many
negro slaves, and livestock.
James and Kesiah had 7 children.
James Lillard
and Jala Seal
James Lillard and Jala Seal married in
1752 and moved to Tennessee in 1798. They later moved to Smithland Ky.
at the mouth of the Cumberland River, where James died in 1811. James and
Jala had 8 children.
William Lillard
and Nancy Elder
William Lillard was born in Cocke Co.
Tennessee he was taken by his parents to Smithland Ky. but returned to
Tennessee with his brother James.
William settled where the town of Decatur
is now located. He married Nancy Elder (b: Jan 12th 1809 d: June 24th 1888).
They had 10 children. Both Nancy and William are buried at Decatur.
Benjamin
Franklin Lillard and Eglyntine Neil
Benjamin Franklin was born in Decatur,
Tenn. He married Eglyntine Neil November 30th 1869.
Eglyntine died June 23rd 1919.
Benjamin Franklin Lillard served in the
Confederate Army in co. I, 3rd Tenn. Inft. as Lieutenant, fighting in many
famous battles at Manassas, Vicksburg and in the Valley of Virginia. he
was wounded at Duvals Ford on the Watuaga River, 1864. After the war they
moved to Atlanta, Georgia. He died there in 1900 aged 62.
Benjamin and Eglyntine had 11 children.
Mary
Emma (Mayme) Lillard and Harry Levi Bumstead
Mary Emma (Mayme) Lillard was born in
Decatur, Tenn. Died in Baytown Tx.
Harry Levi Bumstead, born on Nov 2nd 1877,
served in the Spanish- American war. he was a quartermaster sergeant of
Company E in the 3rd Georgia Infantry. He was discharged on April 22nd
1899 in Augusta Georgia. He died 1925 between Nov and Dec.
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