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Joshua Willard

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Death: November 09, 1831 (80)
United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Benjamin Willard and Sarah Willard
Husband of Phebe Porter
Father of Phebe Willard; George Willard; Fortunatus Willard; Porter Willard; Joshua Willard and 3 others
Brother of Reverend Joseph Willard; Benjamin Willard Jr.; Simon Willard Sr.; Aaron Willard; Eunice Carroll and 6 others
Half brother of Daniel Gearfield; Meribah Mary Wheeler; Jotham Gearfield and Anna Billing

Occupation: Blacksmith
Managed by: Carol Ann Selis
Last Updated:

About Joshua Willard

  1. ID: I26619
  2. Name: Joshua Willard 1
  3. Sex: M
  4. Birth: 18 MAY 1751 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
  5. Death: 9 NOV 1831
  6. Occupation: Blacksmith
  7. Residence: Grafton, Worcester, MA, Fitzwilliam, NH, Hubbardston, Worcester, MA
  8. Military Service: 19 APR 1775 Revolutionary Army, Lexington Alarm

Father: Benjamin Willard b: 13 NOV 1716 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA

Mother: Sarah Brooks

Marriage 1 Phebe Porter

   * Married: 13 JUN 1776

Children

  1. Has Children Phebe Willard b: 27 JAN 1777
  2. Has No Children George Willard b: 1 JUN 1778
  3. Has No Children Fortunatus Willard b: 24 FEB 1780
  4. Has No Children Porter Willard b: 16 JUL 1781
  5. Has No Children Joshua Willard b: 10 JAN 1783
  6. Has No Children Ephraim Willard b: 20 JUN 1785 in Fitzwilliam, NH
  7. Has No Children Simeon Willard b: 20 JUN 1785
  8. Has No Children Salem Willard b: 4 AUG 1787 in Fitzwilliam, NH

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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Joshua Willard's Timeline

1751
May 18, 1751
Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
1777
January 27, 1777
United States
1778
June 1, 1778
United States
1780
February 24, 1780
United States
1781
July 16, 1781
United States
1783
January 10, 1783
United States
1785
June 20, 1785
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, United States
June 20, 1785
United States
1787
August 4, 1787
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, United States