Hezekiah Willard

   Hezekiah Willard

Birth 1688
in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Death 1799
in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
Parents

     Henry Willard 

1655 – 1726
Mary Lakin
1658 – 1688
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Spouse & Children

     Anna Wilder 

1689 – 1746
Thomas Willard
1713 – 1799
Phineas Willard
1714 – 1778
Hezekiah Willard
1717 – 1761
Anna Willard
1720 – 1744
Mary Willard
1722 – 1748
Ephraim Willard
1726 – 1803
Elizabeth Willard
1731 – 1789
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taken from : "Heroic Willards of '76"

Revolutionary Period

Quoted from 1917 book cited below: "Captain HEZEKIAH WILLARD, fourth son of Henry, at eighteen years of age became the possessor or a handsome estate under the will of his father; laying on Bare Hill, and the adjoining Plumtree meadows - so called - in the town of Lancaster (now Harvard).

This story is from the book titled, "Willards of '76," by James Andrew Phelps, in 1917:

My Father, Dwight Horton, 1908, is listed in this book.

Captian HEZEKIAH WILLARD, fourth son of Henry, at eighteen years of age became the possessor of a handsome estate under the will of his father; lying on Bare Hill, and the adjoining Plumtree meadows--so called--in the town of Lancaster, (now Harvard).

Having erected a comfortable house on the property, he married and settled there; and although that dwelling was destroyed by fire on August 31, 1859, its location can still be identified (on the slope of the hill, near the highway to Ayer Junction), a sightly spot affording a charming view of the Still River Valley, and mountain beyond.

In the disturbed conditions then prevailing, a garrison for that section was established, of which he was the commander. That he was of acknowledged importance in the community is farther attested by the fact that he was elected a Selectman in 1732; and assigned a prominent pew in the church, according to the customs of those days.

With the opening of the French war, public records were increasingly neglected, and for a period of fifty years or more were in many sections practically abandoned; a condition from which we have not fully recovered; wherefore we are without the record of his death.

HEZEKIAH WILLARD, born about 1688, at Lancaster, Mass.; married about 1712, Anna, (daughter of Thomas Wilder, born about 1689) and settled in that part of town which was included later in Harvard. His wife died January 10, 1746.

Children: [All children listed, including] Ephraim, born October 13, 1726, at Lancaster; married 1745, Azubah Atherton."

Quoted from: Heroic Willards of '76; life and times of Captain Reuben Willard of Fitchburg, Mass., and his lineal descendants, from 1775 to date; profusely embellished with authentic portraits not heretofore available; register of Willards in the revolution, and other wars, chronology of the George Willards (1917). James Andrew Phelps.

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123. Hezekiah WILLARD (Henry2 , Simon , Richard , Symon , Richard , William ) was born about 1688 in Lancaster, Worcester, Ma. He died in Jun 1778.

Hezekiah married Anna WILDER daughter of Thomas WILDER and Mary HOUGHTON in 1712 in Lancaster, Ma. Anna was born in 1690 in Lancaster, Ma. She died on Jan 10 1746.

They had the following children:

+ 257 M i Thomas WILLARD

+ 258 M ii Phinehas WILLARD

+ 259 M iii Hezekiah WILLARD

 260 F iv Anna WILLARD 1 was born 2 in 1720. She was christened on Apr 3 1720.  

Anna married (1) Phinehas BROWN on Mar 2 1749.
Anna married (2) Samuel PRENTICE.
261 F v Mary WILLARD 1 was born 2 in 1722. She was christened on Dec 22 1722. She died 3 on Aug 26 1748.
Mary married James FAIRBANKS on Nov 11 1742.
+ 262 M vi Ephraim WILLARD Sr.

 263 F vii Elizabeth WILLARD 1 was born on Jan 28 1731.  

Elizabeth married Josiah DAVIS on Jan 9 1754.

ID: I6027

Name: Hezekiah WILLARD

Sex: M

Birth: Abt 1680 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts 1

Death: Aft 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts 1

Ancestral File #: 9K8G-PT

IDNO: F>2.81>2.2

Event: Public Office 1732 First Selectman

Baptism: 3 MAY 1713 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts 1

Event: Public Office 1732 First Selectman 1

Note:

Sources:

Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. III

Author: William Richard Cutter

Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997

Repository:

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 1582

"Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858

"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915.

Title: The Birth, Marriage & Death Register of Lancaster, Masachusetts, 1643-1850

Author: Henry S. Nourse

Publication: Clinton, MA: 1890; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO

Repository:

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 452

Source:

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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.Sources:

Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. III

Author: William Richard Cutter

Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997

Repository:

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 1582

"Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858

"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915.

Title: The Birth, Marriage & Death Register of Lancaster, Masachusetts, 1643-1850

Author: Henry S. Nourse

Publication: Clinton, MA: 1890; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO

Repository:

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 452

Source:

Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

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2 3 1

Change Date: 14 NOV 2004 at 20:08:22

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

Mother: Mary LAKIN b: Abt 1658 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts c: 1660

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Married: 1707/1712 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Children

Phineas WILLARD b: 22 OCT 1714 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sources:

Title: WILLARDEzra.FBK

Abbrev: WILLARDEzra.FBK

Note:

Source Media Type: Other

Text: Date of Import: Nov 19, 2002

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

Note:

Source Media Type: Electronic

Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 11

Publication: (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2000)

Abbrev: Pedigree Resource File CD 11

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.

1. ID: I00229
2. Name: Hezekiah Willard 1
3. Sex: M
4. Birth: ABT. 1680 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA
5. Death: AFT. 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, MA
6. Change Date: 27 AUG 2000
7. Event: Public Office 1732 First Selectman
8. Reference Number: 1214
9. Note:

   Sources:

Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. III
Author: William Richard Cutter
Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: pg. 1582
"Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858
"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915.
Title: The Birth, Marriage & Death Register of Lancaster, Masachusetts, 1643-1850
Author: Henry S. Nourse
Publication: Clinton, MA: 1890; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: pg. 452
Source:
Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler
Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler
Father: Henry Willard I b: 4 JUN 1655 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Mother: Mary Lakin b: ABT. 1658 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Marriage 1 Anna Wilder b: ABT. 1690 in Charlestown, Suffolk, MA

   * Married: BET. 1707 - 1712 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA

Children

  1. Has Children Thomas Willard b: BEF. 3 MAY 1713

2. Has Children Phineas Willard b: 22 OCT 1714 in Harvard, Worcester, MA
3. Has Children Hezekiah Willard , Jr. b: BEF. 26 MAY 1717 in Harvard, Worcester, MA
4. Has No Children Anna Willard b: BEF. 3 APR 1720
5. Has No Children Mary Willard b: BEF. 22 DEC 1722
6. Has Children Ephraim Willard b: 13 OCT 1726 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA
7. Has No Children Elizabeth Willard b: 28 JAN 1731
Sources:

  1. 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
Repository:
Call Number: ISBN 1-930968-20-5
Media: Electronic
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1. ID: I33188
2. Name: Hezekiah Willard 1 2 3
3. Sex: M
4. Name: Hezekiah Willard 4 5 6 3
5. Birth: 1684 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts 3
6. Birth: ABT. 1680 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA 3
7. Birth: 1684 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts 3
8. Death: JUN 1778 3
9. Death: AFT. 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, MA 3
10. Death: 1799 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, N.h., No Group Sheet 3
11. Death: 1799 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, N.H., No Group Sheet 3
12. Baptism: 3 MAY 1713 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts 3
13. Ancestral File #: 9K8G-PT
14. LDS Baptism: 26 SEP 1893 3
15. Endowment: 4 SEP 1895 3
16. Sealing Child: 1 APR 1958 SLAKE 3
17. Event: Public Office 1732 First Selectman 3
18. Change Date: 27 AUG 2000 3
19. Reference Number: 2/304/5
20. Note:

   [WILLARDEzra.FBK]

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.Sources:
Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, T hi rd S er ie s, Vo l. II I
Author: William Richard Cutter
Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co ., I nc ., B al ti mo re, 1997
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: pg. 1582
"Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858
"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915.
Title: The Birth, Marriage & Death Register of Lancaster, M as ac hu se tt s, 16 43-1850
Author: Henry S. Nourse
Publication: Clinton, MA: 1890; reproduced on CD by Se ar ch & Re Se ar ch Pu bl ishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: pg. 452
Source:
Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler
Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20: 35 20 01 Co nt ac t: Ma ry Be th Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home P age: A nce st ry of B ob and Ma ry Be th Wheeler
Father: Henry Willard I b: 4 JUN 1655 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Mother: Mary Lakin b: ABT. 1658 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts c: 1660

Sources:

  1. Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 11

Publication: (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2000)
Repository:
Media: Book
2. 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
Repository:
Media: Electronic
3. Title: WILLARDEzra.FBK
Repository:
Media: Other
Text: Date of Import: Nov 19, 2002
4. Title: Ancestral File (R)
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
Repository:
Note: NAME Family History Library
ADDR 35 N West Temple Street
CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
Media: Book
5. Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 33
Publication: (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2001)
Repository:
Media: Book
6. Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 17
Publication: (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2000)
Repository:
Media: Book

1. ID: I00229
2. Name: Hezekiah Willard 1
3. Sex: M
4. Birth: ABT. 1680 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA
5. Death: AFT. 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, MA
6. Change Date: 27 AUG 2000
7. Event: Public Office 1732 First Selectman
8. Reference Number: 1214
9. Note:

   Sources:

Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, T hi rd S er ie s, Vo l. II I
Author: William Richard Cutter
Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co ., I nc ., B al ti mo re, 1997
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: pg. 1582
"Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858
"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915.
Title: The Birth, Marriage & Death Register of Lancaster, M as ac hu se tt s, 16 43-1850
Author: Henry S. Nourse
Publication: Clinton, MA: 1890; reproduced on CD by Se ar ch & Re Se ar ch Pu bl ishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: pg. 452
Source:
Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler
Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20: 35 20 01 Co nt ac t: Ma ry Be th Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home P age: A nce st ry of B ob and Ma ry Be th Wheeler
Father: Henry Willard I b: 4 JUN 1655 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Mother: Mary Lakin b: ABT. 1658 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts c: 1660

Marriage 1 Anna Wilder b: ABT. 1690 in Charlestown, Suffolk, MA

   * Married: BET. 1707 - 1712 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA

Children

  1. Has Children Thomas Willard b: BEF. 3 MAY 1713

2. Has Children Phineas Willard b: 22 OCT 1714 in Harvard, Worcester, MA
3. Has Children Hezekiah Willard , Jr. b: BEF. 26 MAY 1717 in Harvard, Worcester, MA
4. Has No Children Anna Willard b: BEF. 3 APR 1720
5. Has No Children Mary Willard b: BEF. 22 DEC 1722
6. Has Children Ephraim Willard b: 13 OCT 1726 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA
7. Has No Children Elizabeth Willard b: 28 JAN 1730/31
Sources:

  1. 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
Repository:
Media: Electronic

Name: Hezekiah WILLARD

Sex: M

Birth: 1688 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA

Death: JUN 1778

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

Mother: Mary LAKIN b: in Groton, Middlesex, MA

Marriage 1 Anna WILDER b: 1689

Married: 1712

Children

Thomas WILLARD b: 1 APR 1713 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA

Phineas WILLARD b: 22 OCT 1714 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA
Hezekiah WILLARD b: 1717 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA
Anna WILLARD b: 1720 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA
Mary WILLARD b: 1722 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA
Ephriam WILLARD b: 13 OCT 1726 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA
Elizabeth WILLARD b: 28 JAN 1730/31 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA