Mary Willard

Not the daughter of Henry Sharpe & Jayne Sharpe

Mary Sharpey

• Born before 17 Apr 1609 in Marden, Kent, England
• Died about 1650 after about age 40 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Daughter of Samuel Sharpey and Abovehope (Nicholls) Parson
• Wife of Simon Willard — married 13 Oct 1628 in Marden, Kent, England

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sharpe-271

Mary Sharpey was Simon Willard's first wife. No evidence for the death date of Mary Sharpey Willard has been found. Simon was married to his 2nd wife by 1653, but he had 7 children with Mary Sharpey, the last of whom, Simon, was born in 1649.[1] For this reason, Mary's death date should be about 1650.

Simon Willard married twice and was the father of 17 children--nine by first wife, Mary (Sharpe) Willard, and eight by second wife, Mary (_____) Willard.

Note: According to the Willard Memorial, the Rev. Dr. Willard left a list of Simon's children. Anderson has chosen to not list two of these children, probably because they didn't marry, have progeny, or were not listed in the probate records, so therefore have no civil or church records. They are included on this list.

By first wife, Mary Sharp (1605-1649):

1. Mary Willard, b. say 1629 m. Joshua Edmonds by 1649[28]
2. Josiah Willard, b. say 1631 m. Hannah Hosmer 20 March 1656/7[28]
3. Elizabeth Willard (1632-1633) Included in the Willard Memorial
4. Elizabeth Willard, b. say 1633; m. Concord 8 April 1653 Robert Blood[28]
5. Dorothy Willard, ~1638 Included in Willard Memorial
6. Samuel Willard, January 31, 1639/40 [shown as "Symon"][29][28] - September 12, 1707. Reverend Samuel Willard (1640-1707), a Colonial clergyman who was the minister at Boston's Third Church and acting president of Harvard College.
7. Sarah Willard, June 27, 1642; m. Nathaniel Howard[28] died January 22, 1678
8. Abovehope Willard, daughter, bpt 30 8m. 164? [1645?] (30 Oct )[29]; died Lancaster 23 Dec 1663[28]
9. Simon Willard, November 23, 1649 [29][28] - June 23, 1731

He married again to Mary (unknown) by 1653.

References

1. "Corrected Ancestry of Mary, First Wife of Simon Willard", by Joe Cook. The Genealogist. Volume 30, Fall 2016. The Genealogist. American Society of Genealogists, 1980-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2022) < AmericanAncestors >
2. there was a fairly recent article in The Genealogist.. CONFIRMED ANCESTRY FOR MARY SHARPEY, FIRST WIFE OF SIMON1 WILLARD OF MASSACHUSETTS by Leslie Mahler, Spring 2018 Volume 32, No. 1 p 48. Its not online yet, but eventually should be available at AmericanAncestors.org.

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sharpe-271 cites

1. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 421-423 (in particular part); digital images, < AmericanAncestors.org >
2. Source: #S6 Record for Samuel Willard Record for Mary Sharpey
3. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNGF-3B4 : 19 March 2020), Marie Sharpy, 1609.
4. Source: Cook, Joseph, "Corrected Ancestry of Mary, First Wife of Simon Willard", The Genealogist, Fall 2016, p 226
5. Source: S6 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1 Record for Samuel Willard
6. Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.co.uk
7. England Select Marriages 1538-1973; Mary Sharpee - Simon Willard, October 13, 1628, Marden, Kent.
8. Savage, James: "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"' Volume 4, page 438 (Mary, daughter of Henry Sharpe)