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Maj. Simon Willard

Maj. Simon Willard[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

Male 1605 - 1676  (71 years)


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  • Name Simon Willard 
    Prefix Maj. 
    Birth 1604/5  Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 16] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 7 Apr 1605  Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 17, 18] 
    Migration probably the end of Mar 1634  From London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21] 
    To Boston
    Ships "bound for New England & now lying in the River Thames" 
    • The ships arrived during the week of May 12-17 "with store of passengers and cattle" after a "short passage."
    • Role: Family2
    Removed to 1637  Concord, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Removed to Abt 1659  Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Removed to 1671  Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Event 3 Aug 1675  Brookfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    reinforcements were sent for
    at the siege of Brookfield 
    • Maj. Simon Willard and his company of forty-six men reached the garrison after nightfall.
    Death 24 Apr 1676  Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 13, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25] 
    Person ID I17416  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2020 

    Father Richard Willard,   b. Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1616/7, Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Joan Morebread   bur. 25 Feb 1617 
    Marriage 17 Jan 1610  [26, 27, 28] 
    Family ID F5925  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Sharpe,   b. Abt 1614   d. Abt 1643 (Age ~ 29 years)  [12] 
    Marriage 24 Sep 1630  Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 17, 18] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Willard,   b. Abt 1631, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1653 (Age ~ 21 years)
     2. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1632   d. in infancy
     3. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1633
     4. Dorothy Willard,   b. Abt 1634   d. young
     5. Josiah Willard,   b. Abt 1635, Concord, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1674, Wethersfield Village, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years)
     6. Rev. Samuel Willard,   b. 31 Jan 1639/40, Concord, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1707 (Age 67 years)
     7. Sarah Willard,   b. 27 Jun 1642 OR 24 Jul 1642, Concord, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1677/8 (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F5936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Dunster,   b. Abt 1619   d. Abt 1646 (Age ~ 27 years)  [29] 
    Marriage Abt 1645  [2, 4, 18, 29] 
    • NEHGS 80:93 says about 1651.
    Children 
     1. Abovehope Willard,   b. 30 Oct 1646, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1663, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
    Family ID F6729  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 3 Mary Dunster,   b. 1630, Bury, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1715, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [13, 14, 30] 
    Marriage 1648  Nashaway, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 8, 17, 18] 
    Children 
     1. Deacon Simon Willard,   b. 23 Sep 1649, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1730/1, Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. Mary Willard,   b. 7 Sep 1653, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1685 (Age 31 years)
    +3. Henry Willard,   b. 4 Jun 1655, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1701, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     4. John Willard,   b. 12 Feb 1656/7, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1726, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     5. Daniel Willard,   b. 29 Dec 1658, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1708, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     6. Joseph Willard,   b. 4 Jan 1660/1, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 23 Jun 1721, London, Middlesex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 60 years)
    +7. Capt. Benjamin Willard,   b. 1664/5, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1732 (Age 67 years)
     8. Hannah Willard,   b. 10 Oct 1666, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Jonathan Willard,   b. 14 Dec 1669, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1705, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    Family ID F5919  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1604/5 - Horsemonden, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 7 Apr 1605 - Horsemonden, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Sep 1630 - Horsemonden, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,Ships "bound for New England & now lying in the River Thames"  - probably the end of Mar 1634 - London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - 1637 - Concord, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1648 - Nashaway, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - Abt 1659 - Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - 1671 - Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEvent - reinforcements were sent for,at the siege of Brookfield  - 3 Aug 1675 - Brookfield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Apr 1676 - Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Illustrations
    Major Simon Willard    		Major Simon Willard
    from http://famousamericans.net/simonwillard/ extracted on 26 Nov 2001.
    wills_02.jpg    		wills_02.jpg

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 554, 00193.

    2.  2.  [S532] Willard Genealogy, 4, 00625.

    3.  3.  [S608] Early New England People, 80, 00171.

    4.  4.  [S431] History of Wethersfield, CT Vol. 2, 792, 00282.

    5.  5.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, Worcester:Lancaster:19, 00596.

    6.  6.  [S768] Mayflower Births & Deaths, Vol. 1, 96, 00768.

    7.  7.  [S139] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 6, 85, 00422.

    8.  8.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 16:354, 00390.

    9.  9.  [S905] Founders of Old Dunstable, 83, 00901.

    10.  10.  [S917] History of Ashburnham, 978, 00913.

    11.  11.  [S1140] Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, 738, 00990.

    12.  12.  [S1137] Planters of the Commonwealth, 109, 00988.

    13.  13.  [S1357] NEXUS, 6:21, 00206.

    14.  14.  [S867] TAG, 70:148, 00863.

    15.  15.  [S1413] King Philip's War, 93, 00413.

    16.  16.  [S532] Willard Genealogy, 5, 00625.

    17.  17.  [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 555, 00193.

    18.  18.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 24:85, 00390.

    19.  19.  [S1137] Planters of the Commonwealth, 108, 00988.

    20.  20.  [S576] TGMSP, Thomas Stanley, 00516.

    21.  21.  [S532] Willard Genealogy, 10, 00625.

    22.  22.  [S1413] King Philip's War, 94, 00413.

    23.  23.  [S532] Willard Genealogy, 7, 00625.

    24.  24.  [S431] History of Wethersfield, CT Vol. 2, 793, 00282.

    25.  25.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 8:330, 00390.

    26.  26.  [S236] New England Families: Vol. 4 (pdf), 2030, 00394.

    27.  27.  [S661] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, 824, 00661.

    28.  28.  [S139] Penobscot Pioneers, Volume 6, 137, 00422.

    29.  29.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 80:93, 00390.

    30.  30.  [S1336] Torrey Online, 2:1105, 00153.