Othon Henri Willard

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ID: I0996

Name: (Othon) Henri , Count Villard

Sex: M

Note:

The oldest son of Count Humbert was named Othon for his grandfather, and it was he who inherited the title. Othon went to Rouen and from there to Caen. In Caen, he no longer used the title and went only by the name of Villard. In 1310 he was suspected of being disloyal to the French Crown, and he fled with his family to England.

In England, "Henri, Count Willard" (Othon) was awarded grants of land in Sussex and Kent by King Edward III. Later King Richard appointed him a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant of the five counties. He was also granted a coat of arms described as "Argent a chevron sable between three fish weirs proper five ermine spots." The family motto is Patientia Duris; Endure with strength.

Othon, also known as Henri, Count Willard, was the ancestor of the Willard lines of England. His descendent Richard Willard is the earliest positively identified Willard ancestor of the Stephen line. Richard was a yeoman at Brenchley and was the great grandfather of the American emigrant. Richard's son Symon had two sons, Thomas and Richard. Richard was the father of the emigrant and he lived at Horsemonden, County Kent, England.

Sources:

"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915

Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com

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Father: Count Humbert

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children

Mr. Willard

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1 (Othon) Henri , Count Villard

   2 Mr. Willard

     +  Unknown

       3 William Willard b: 1474 d: 5 DEC 1571

         +  Johanna b: 1474

           4 Richard Willard b: 1500 d: AFT. 18 SEP 1558

             +  Elizabeth b: 1502

               5 Robert Willard

               5 Alexander Willard

               5 George Willard

               5 Andrew Willard

               5 Thomas Willard

               5 William Willard

               5 Alice Willard

               5 Agnes Willard

               5 Symon Thomas Willard b: 1530 d: 1584

                 + Joan Elizabeth Road(Rode) b: 1532

                   6 Thomas Willard

                   6 Thomasine Willard

                   6 Unknown Willard

                   6 Richard Willard b: 6 FEB 1582/83 d: 12 FEB 1616/17

                     +  Catherine

                       7 Mary Willard

                       7 Thomas Willard

                       7 Elizabeth Willard b: 5 JAN 1594/95

                       7 Richard Willard , Jr. b: BEF. 4 SEP 1597

                     + Margery Humphrie b: 25 MAY 1572

                       7 Margery Willard b: 6 NOV 1602

                       7 Major Simon Willard b: BEF. 7 APR 1605 d: 24 APR 1676

                         + Mary Dunster

                           8 Mary Willard b: 7 SEP 1653

                           8 Henry Willard b: 4 JUN 1655

                               9 Heny Willard

                                   10 Abram Willard

                           8 John Willard b: 12 FEB 1656/57

                           8 Daniel Willard b: 29 DEC 1658

                           8 Joseph Willard b: 4 JAN 1660/61

                           8 Hope Willard b: ABT. 1663

                           8 Benjamin Willard b: 1665

                           8 Hannah Willard b: 6 OCT 1666

                           8 Jonathan Willard b: 14 DEC 1669

                         + Elizabeth Dunster

                         + Mary Sharpe b: 16 OCT 1614

                           8 Elizabeth Willard b: BEF. 1634

                           8 Mary Willard b: BEF. MAY 1634

                           8 Josiah Willard b: ABT. 1635 d: JUL 1674

                             + Hannah Hosmer b: ABT. 1639

                               9 Simon Willard

                               9 Thomas Willard

                               9 John Willard

                               9 Samuel Willard b: 19 SEP 1658 d: 19 JAN 1715/16

                                 + Sarah Clark b: ABT. 1662

                                   10 Sarah Willard b: 6 SEP 1689

                                   10 Samuel Willard b: 8 MAY 1693

                                   10 Joseph Willard b: 23 JUL 1696 d: 14 AUG 1723

                                     + Susanna Lynde b: 11 APR 1700

                                   10 Mehitable Willard b: 30 MAY 1700

                               9 Josiah Willard b: 13 MAR 1659/60

                               9 Dorothy Willard b: ABT. 1662

                               9 Stephen Willard b: BET. 1667 - 1668

                               9 Hannah Willard b: 1674

                           8 Dorothy Willard b: 1638

                           8 Samuel Willard b: 31 JAN 1639/40

                           8 Sarah Willard b: 27 JUN 1642

                           8 Abovehope Willard b: 30 OCT 1646

                           8 Simon Willard , Jr. b: 23 NOV 1649

                       7 Catherine Willard b: 30 AUG 1607

                     +  Joan

                       7 Edward Willard

                       7 John Willard

                       7 George Willard b: BEF. 14 DEC 1614

                 + Elizabeth Waterman b: 1532

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ID: I0997

Name: Count Humbert

Sex: M

Death: 1260 in Lyon, France

Note: The German persecution drove Count Humbert from his home in Italy and he, with Pope Innocent IV, fled to Lyon, France. Humbert died there in 1260.

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children

(Othon) Henri , Count Villard

Cardinal Humbert Villard b: BEF. 1280