Hi,
My earlliest ancestor was John Hillier 1783-1863 who died at Lamaline Newfoundland Canada.
Presumably he was from southern England. In an effort to find his origin, I have taken a DNA test and found my family to be haplogroup "G". Here is a data link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_G_(Y-DNA)

Hopefully, some other Hillier member will get tested and we can see who is closely related.

Eric Hillier

Hi Eric

There are a lot of Hilliers in Dorset. My roots come from the Bridport area. The spelling of Hillier seems to have changed over the years so Hellier Hayler are also common. Do you have any more information about John so that I can check with my tree? Wife, brothers & children? My brother (1946) is also a John Hillier and he now lives in Eastbourne in Sussex. One of my ancestors with Dorset roots moved to Canada in 1920. He went on the Metagamba from Liverpool to Quebec and then on to see a Charles Branston in Toronto. That's where I have lost him.

Any idea when your John moved to Canada? Was he born in England?

I have some more work to do on the Parish Registers but there is no record of him so far. If he was born in Canada then we would have to know his parents names to stand any chance of establishing a link.

Regards

Alan Hillier

My John appears in Newfoundland around 1810. He possibly had a brother Charles born in 1793 who also appears in Newfoundland.

I am clyde hillier and live in central nl.all hilliers came from england and settled in this area .4 brothers came one went to the st.anthony area and one to your area the other two stayed here.thought you might like to know

Hi Clyde,
In the last month, another Hillier from the Trinity Bay branch took the DNA test. The result was that there is no relationship between the Lamaline and Trinity branches for thousands of years. If you would consider testing, we could determine if you are part of either branch, or a completely new branch.

Eric