Short Biography of George Hiland

George Highland, or Hiland, was at Guilford on Spet. 4, 1651, when he took the oath of fidelity. He may have come from Wethersfield. He had a home lot with an orchard, containing 1 1/2 acres, and a parcel of upland of 10 acres. Later in his life he sold these lands, and bought a new home lot containing 2 acres, adjoining a parcel of pasture land containing 13 acres and a piece of land in the plain. He married Mary [Hannah], daughter of Abraham Cruttenden, about 1665, and died Jan. 21 1692-3. He left no sons, but his daughters all married in Guilford, and left descendants who were among the most prominent families claiming a Guilford origin. Hon. Hiland Hall of Bennington, Vt., member of Congress and afterwards Governor of that State, was a descendant.

Source: "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" ⁶⁰¹⁷