Elizabeth Willard

ID: I10421

Name: Elizabeth Willard

Sex: F

Birth: 27 FEB 1674/75 in Groton, Middlesex, MA

Death: BEF. 9 APR 1722

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Sources:

"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willa rd Me mo ir ," Jo se ph W illard, 1858.

Title: History of the Town of Groton, Including Peppe re ll a nd Sh ir le y: fr om the First Grant of Groton Plantation

Author: Caleb Butler

Publication: Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1848

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Media: Book

"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willa rd Me mo ir ," Jo se ph W illard, 1858

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Father: Samuel Willard b: 31 JAN 1639/40 in Concord, Middlesex, MA

Mother: Abigail Sherman b: 1 FEB 1647/48 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA

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ID: I42

Name: Elizabeth Willard

Sex: F

Birth: 27 DEC 1674/1675 in Groton Middlesex Massachusetts

Death: Mar or Apr 1722

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Note: Willard Geneology, 1915

Change Date: 22 MAY 2002 at 20:45:06

Father: Samuel Willard b: 31 JAN 1639/1640 in Concord Middlesex Massachusetts

Mother: Abigail Sherman b: 3 FEB 1647 in Watertown Massachusetts

SAMUEL, Groton, sec. s. of major Simon, began to preach there 1662, was ord. 13 July, and m. 8 Aug. 1664, Abigail, d. of John Sherman, the min. of Watertown, and of that Mary Launce of wh. is told in the Magn. the preposterous myth, of her being gr.d. of Earl Rivers, as also of the happiness of the two ws. of Sherman, the latter count. by the score, in bring. him ch. He had Abigail, b. 5 July 1665; Samuel, 25 Jan. or 17 Mar. 1668, d. young; Mary, 10 Oct. 1669; John, 8 Sept. 1673, H. C. 1690, merch. at Kingston, Jamaica (wh. was f. of Rev. Samuel, H. C. 1723, wh. was f. of the Rev. Joseph, H. C. 1765, and presid. of the Univ. from 1781 to his d. 25 Sept. 1840); Elizabeth 27 Feb. 1675; and Simon, the latter b. at Boston, aft. the ind. destr. Groton, 6 Dec. 1676, H. C. 1695. But two more ch. of the first m. are report.' wh. d. too young to have names. His w. d. soon after, and he m. a. 1679, Eunice, d. of the first Edward Tyng, had Edward, 6 July 1680, d. young; Josiah, 21 June 1681, H. C. 1698 (wh. was long Secr. of our prov. a counsel. and judge of pro. d. 6 Dec. 1656); Eunice, Jan. 1683, d. young; Richard, May 1684, drown. 28 June 1697, few hrs. after ent. coll. in his 13th yr. says Sewall's diary; William, bapt. 14 Feb. 1686; Margaret, b. 3 Dec. 1687; Edward, again, Sept. 1689, d. young; Hannah, Dec. 1690; Sarah, Feb. 1693, d. young; Eunice, again, bapt. 16 June 1695; Sarah, again, b. 10 June 1697, d. young; and Richard, again, Sept. 1699. Only six of these twelve by the sec. w. outliv. their f. and only the sec.

Eunice and Josiah liv. to mid. age. Nor is there now remain, any male descend. of the progenit. exc. in the line of John through Rev. Samuel. He was freem. 1670, instal. 31 Mar. 1678 at the O. S. ch. as success. to Thacher, the first min. and was highly esteem. call. by the Gen. Ct. to preach their sermon on a fast, in the anxious days of Feb. 1683, and doing gr. service, in recov. the public judgm. from the horrible delusion of the witchcraft cruelty, and on the forced resignat. of Increase Mather, as Presid. of the coll. was made his success. as vice-presid. 6 Sept. 1701, without the obligat. of resid. at Cambridge, the fatal necessity that disgusted his predecess. He resign. 14 Aug. 1707, and d. 12 Sept. foll.