Ephraim Willard

• BIRTH Dec 21, 1759 in Rutland, Worcester, MA [6]
• DEATH 1837 (aged 77–78) Harbor Creek Erie County, PA
• BURIAL East Ripley Cemetery, Ripley, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 10170400 Info on dau. Elizabeth provided by JUN 2002 Pamela Booth booth@worldnet.att.net

Ephriam Willard came from New Braintree MA, Died October 8, 1837 in Harbor Creek Erie CO PA at the home of his son Leonard Willard, was buried in East Ripley Cemetery . A badly worn stone bears his initials E.W.. and his wife's marked M.W. Between Aug 1775 - 12 Aug 1782 Ephriam was a Musician in the Revolutionary Army [6]
He applied for a pension in 1818 then living in Ripley, and July 14th 1835 he asked to have payments transferred to Harbor Creek, He enlisted for the Revolution June 1, 1775 in Capt. Jonathan Danforth's Co Col. Brewer's Regt of MA., His family record was filed with his application, He married at Granville NY Mindwell LOOMIS Dec 17, 1790 dau of Seth LOOMIS and Mindwell PORTER, She was born March 30, 1769 ,d 1845 in Harbor Creek,PA B East Ripley NY sister of Oliver and Joel JR LOOMIS also and others in area. [3]

Inscription
MASS Line Revolutionary War

Parents
Josiah Willard 1732–1815
Diane How

Spouse
Mindwell Loomis Willard 3/30/1769–1845 m. 17 Dec 1790 in Granville, New York)

Siblings
Josiah Willard 1756–1836
Levi Willard 1771 – unknown
Rhoda Willard Chapin 1774–1815

Children
1, Elizabeth Willard Shadduck 1791-1864 (m Joseph Shadduck b. 5 MAY 1773 in Hubbardston, MA d. 26 JUN 1835 in Greenfield Twp, Erie Co, PA) Elizabeth bore 17 or 18 Children she was his 3rd or 4th wife Death: 21 AUG 1864 in Harbor Creek, Erie Co, PA Nickname "Betsey" they are buried in Greenfield Twp in SHADDUCK Cemetery Route 531 North East [4]
2 Electa 1793 probably d young
3 James 1797
4 Porter 1799 * married Elizabeth (Betsy) SHADDUCK b: 4 Dec 1800 in Greenfield,Erie
Death: 16 Aug 1869 in 1860 is living in Harbor Creek Erie Co PA Same place in 1850 has ch Eliza Ann 30, EPHRAIM 24, MINDWELL 21, Harvey 16
5 Leonard 1801* Birth: 31 Jul 1801 in Ripley, Chautauqua, New York d. 10 Mar 1864 in South Fork, Iowa
Burial: Willard Cemetery, South Fork, Delaware, Iowa m Polly Ann DIGHTON has 12 ch
6 Electa Ann WILLARD 1803 m William MINIGER William MINIGAR died 7/2/1851 or 57 ae 60
Electa A., wife of William MINIGAR 10/10/1866 *Westfield Portland Union Cemetery
7 Minerva, 1807-1829 buried E Ripley
8 Annona 1810-1828 probably here also
9 Frances 1821-1901
10 __oble dau of Ephraim and Mindwell died 7/17/1821 in her 11th year

References

[1a] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10170400/ephraim-willard [1b] Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 7 2017, 20:05:19 UTC
[2a] http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enychauta/CEMETERY/Images/Eripley/Willard...
[2b] http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychauta/CEMETERY/Eripley5.htm

Sources

[3] Erie CO PA Revolutionary War Soldiers [4] Erie Historical Society records, Chaney's Genealogy, Pamela Shadduck Booth and cemetery records.
[5] http://www.shadduck.net/pedigreeshadduck2.htm
[6] WILLARD GENEALOGY, SEQUEL TO WILLARD MEMOIR Author: Materials gathered by Joseph Willard and Charles Wilkes Walker, Edited and completed by Charles Henry Pope Publication: Printed for the Willard Family Assn., Boston, MA, 1915, Murray and Emery, Kendall Sq., Cambridge, MA, Digital Edition 2001 by Richard Bingham, Oceanport, NJ
[7] Vital Records of Rutland
[8] DAR Ancestor A207271