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Joel Willard

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Death: May 1838 (73)
Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Dea. Lemuel Willard, Sr. and Hannah [Willard] Hartwell
Husband of Mary 'Polly' Willard and Mary Willard
Father of Sophronia Wood; Jacob Gates Willard; Martin Willard; Joseph Edgarton Willard; Polly Reed and 4 others
Brother of Esther Page; Anna Willard infant; Lemuel Willard, Jr.; Hannah [Turner] Lewis; Doctor Elias Willard and 3 others

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About Joel Willard

ID: I64552 Name: Joel (4) WILLARD 1 Sex: M Birth: 25 APR 1765 in HARVARD, MA 1 Reference Number: 37195 Death: MAY 1818 in HARVARD, MA 1

Ancestry Hints for Joel (4) WILLARD

   4 possible matches found on Ancestry.com	

Father: Lemuel (3) WILLARD b: 28 JUL 1725 in LANCASTER, MA Mother: Hannah HASKELL b: 29 FEB 1727/28 in LANCASTER, MA

Marriage 1 Mary (3) GATES b: 25 DEC 1774 in HARVARD, MA

Sources: Title: CHURCH OF LATER DAY SAINTS - Submission Search: 3836950-0702106153119 Note: Source Medium: Internet

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  1. ID: I25997
  2. Name: Joel Willard 1
  3. Sex: M
  4. Birth: 25 APR 1765 in Harvard, Worcester, MA
  5. Death: MAY 1838
  6. Residence: Harvard, Worcester, MA
  7. Note:
   Josiah Willard, yeoman; Jonathan Lewis, cordwainer; Levi Haske l and Joel Willard, cordwainers, all of Harvard, Mass ., bought alot of land in Surrey, N. H., November 20, 1784.
   Sources:
   Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on WorldConnect.Root sW eb .c om En tr ie s: 67491 Updated: Sat Jul 20 11:46:07 2002 Co nt ac t: Ma ry Be th Whe el er at mb@thewheelers.com Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler
   Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915.
   Title: Vital Records of Harvard, Worcester Co., Massachusetts to the Ye ar 1850
   Author: Thomas W. Baldwin
   Publication: Boston: 1917; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1999
   Repository:
   Call Number:
   Media: Book
   Page: pg. 122
   Title: Vital Records of Harvard, Worcester Co., Mas sa ch us et ts to t he Ye ar 1850
   Author: Thomas W. Baldwin
   Publication: Boston: 1917; reproduced on CD by Search & Re Se ar ch Pu bl is hi ng Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1999
   Repository:
   Call Number:
   Media: Book
   Page: pg. 236

Father: Lemuel Willard b: 28 JUL 1725 in Harvard, Worcester, MA

Mother: Hannah Haskell b: 29 FEB 1727/28 in Gloucester, Essex, MA

Marriage 1 Mary (Polly) Haskell b: BEF. 12 MAY 1771 in Harvard, Worcester, MA

   * Married: 2 JAN 1791 in Harvard, Worcester, MA

Marriage 2 Mary Gates

   * Married: 4 FEB 1802

Children

  1. Has No Children Sophronia Willard
  2. Has No Children Jacob Gates Willard
  3. Has No Children Martin Willard
  4. Has No Children Joseph Edgarton Willard
  5. Has No Children Polly Willard b: 15 OCT 1791
  6. Has No Children Abel Willard b: 13 MAY 1793
  7. Has No Children Hannah Willard b: 31 MAR 1795
  8. Has No Children Nancy Willard b: 21 MAR 1797
  9. Has No Children Levi Willard b: 26 DEC 1799

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 

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Family Links Spouses/Children:

1. Polly HASKELL

Mary Haskell WILLARD Abel WILLARD Hannah WILLARD Nancy WILLARD Levi WILLARD 2. Mary GATES Sophronia WILLARD Jacob Gates WILLARD Martin WILLARD Joseph Edgarton WILLARD Joel WILLARD 2 3 4 Born: 25 Apr 1765, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Marriage (1): Polly HASKELL on 2 Jan 1791 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States 1 Marriage (2): Mary GATES on 4 Feb 1802 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Died: May 1838, , , Massachusetts, United States at age 73

Joel married Polly HASKELL, daughter of Col. Josiah HASKELL and Mary GATES, on 2 Jan 1791 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.1 (Polly HASKELL was christened on 12 May 1771 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States and died about 1800 in , , Massachusetts, United States.)

 Marriage Notes:

Name: Joel Willard Gender: Male Spouse: Polley Haskell Marriage Date: 2 Jan 1791 City: Harvard County: Worchester Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0903680.

Joel next married Mary GATES on 4 Feb 1802 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. (Mary GATES was born about 1775 in , , Massachusetts, United States.)

 Marriage Notes:

Name: Joel Willard Gender: Male Spouse: Mary Davis Marriage Date: 4 Feb 1802 City: Harvard County: Worchester Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0903680.

Sources

Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Marion S. Anderson,compiler, "Genealogy of William Haskell c1618-1693 and Mary Tybott 1628-1693"; report to Haskell Family Association. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., rootsweb (http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/). North America Vital Records Index 1631-1888, CD-ROM Database (Utah: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1998).

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Joel Willard's Timeline

1765
April 25, 1765
Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1791
October 15, 1791
United States
1793
May 13, 1793
United States
1795
March 31, 1795
United States
1797
March 21, 1797
United States
1799
December 26, 1799
United States
1838
May 1838
Age 73
Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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