Colonel Samuel Willard, Sr.

124. Samuel WILLARD Sr. (Henry2 , Simon , Richard , Symon , Richard , William ) was born on May 31 1690 in Lancaster, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. He died on Nov 17 1752 in Lancaster, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts.

Samuel married Elizabeth PHELPS daughter of Edward PHELPS and Ruth ANDREWS on Aug 19 1717 in Lancaster, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born on Jan 27 1690. She died on Sep 28 1770 in Lancaster, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts.

They had the following children:

 264 M i Samuel WILLARD Jr. was born on Nov 12 1718. He died in 1755.  

265 M ii Abijah WILLARD infant was born on Jul 8 1720. He died on Oct 3 1722.
+ 266 M iii Nathum WILLARD

 267 M iv Abijah WILLARD was born on Jul 27 1724. He died in 1789.  

268 M v Levi WILLARD was born on Apr 19 1727. He died in 1775.
269 M vi Joshua WILLARD was born on Jan 24 1730.
270 M vii Able WILLARD was born on Jan 12 1732. He died in 1781.

ID: I6028

Name: Samuel WILLARD

Sex: M

Birth: 31 MAY 1690 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Death: NOV 1752 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

IDNO: F>2.200>2+1

Note: He bought his grandfather Willard's lands in Lancaster and settled on them; was a trader and large landholder; representative; judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Worcester County; colonel of a regiment at the reduction of Louisburg in 1745. 1

Change Date: 14 NOV 2004 at 20:08:23

Father: Henry WILLARD b: 4 JUN 1655 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Mother: Dorothy (Dorcas) BELL b: 1660/1661 in Prob Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Married: 19 AUG 1717

Sources:

Title: 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

Abbrev: WILLARD GENEALOGY, SEQUEL TO WILLARD MEMOIR

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Source Media Type: Electronic

GEORGE, Scituate 1638, younger br. of major Simon, and s. of Richard of Horsmonden, Co. Kent, where he was bapt. Dec. 1614, heavily fined in 1641, for erroneous opinions, had Deborah and Daniel, both bapt. 14 Sept. 1645; and Joshua, 2 Nov. foll. rem. soon aft. perhaps to Maryland. Deborah m. Paul Sears, and, it is said, descend, are num. HENRY, Groton, fourth s. of major Simon, m. 18 July 1674, Mary Lakin, d. of John of the same, had Henry, b. 11 Apr. 1675; Simon, 8 Oct. 1678; Mary, 3 Aug. 1680; John, 3 Sept. 1682; Hezekiah; Joseph, a. 1686; and Sarah; but it must not be thot. that all these exc. the first, were b. at G. or any one other town, in those yrs. of Ind. incurs. At Lancaster he liv. in the latter part of his life, but L. as well as G. was more than once destr. by the enemy. By sec. w. Dorcas Cutler, sis. perhaps, of the w. of his br. Daniel, he had Samuel, 31 May 1690, a man of distinct. wh. command. a regim. at the capt. of Louisburg, 1745,; James; Josiah, a. 1693; Abigail; Jonathan, a. 1696; Susanna; and Tabitha, wh. d. soon; and he d. 1701. His wid. m. 1704, Benjamin Bellows.

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Col Samuel Willard Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about upgrading this memorial... Birth: 1689 Death: Nov. 20, 1752

Note: Age: 63

Burial: Old Settlers Burial Yard Lancaster Worcester County Massachusetts, USA Plot:

Here Lies Buried The Body of the Honourable Col. Samuel Willard Esq. Who Departed This Life Novem'br 20th Anno Domini 1752 In the 63d Year of His Age.

Note: the footstone for Capt. Ephraim Wilder, 1770, is in foreground.