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Sarah Willard (Brooks)

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Birthplace: Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: August 26, 1775 (57-58)
South Grafton, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ebenezer Park Brooks and Sarah Brooks
Wife of Edward Gearfield and Benjamin Willard
Mother of Daniel Gearfield; Meribah Mary Wheeler; Jotham Gearfield; Anna Billing; Thaddeus Gearfield and 12 others
Sister of Capt. Noah Noah Brooks, SR; Joel Brooks; Simon Simon Brooks and Peter Brooks

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About Sarah Willard

  1. ID: I26612
  2. Name: Sarah Brooks 1
  3. Sex: F
  4. Residence: Concord, Middlesex, MA

Marriage 1 Benjamin Willard b: 13 NOV 1716 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA

   * Married: 17 MAY 1739

Children

  1. Has No Children Eunice Willard

2. Has No Children Sarah Willard b: 7 JUL 1740
3. Has Children Joseph Willard b: 27 DEC 1741 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
4. Has Children Benjamin Willard b: 19 MAR 1742/43 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
5. Has No Children Solomon Willard b: 8 JAN 1744/45
6. Has No Children Samuel Willard b: 19 AUG 1746
7. Has No Children John Willard b: 8 AUG 1748
8. Has Children Joshua Willard b: 18 MAY 1751 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
9. Has Children Simon Willard b: 3 APR 1753 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
10. Has Children Ephraim Willard b: 8 MAR 1755 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
11. Has Children Aaron Willard b: 14 OCT 1757 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
12. Has No Children Lucy Willard b: 10 OCT 1759
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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Birth: 1717

Concord

Middlesex County

Massachusetts, USA

Death: Aug. 26, 1775

Grafton

Worcester County

Massachusetts, USA

Sarah Brooks Willard 1771-1775 was mother of the Famous American clockmakers Benjamin 1743-1803, Simon Willard 1753-1848, and Aaron Willard 1757-1844 from Grafton, Massachusetts. The most famous was Simon Willard 1753-1848, who patented the Willard patent timepiece (1802) and the banjo wall clock.

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Parents:

Sarah Fletcher Brooks (1690 - 1775)
Ebenezer Brooks (1691 - 1768)
Children:
Aaron Willard (1757 - 1844)*
Spouse:
Benjamin Willard (1716 - 1775)
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Burial:

Old Oak Street Burial Ground

Grafton

Worcester County

Massachusetts, USA


  1. ID: I26612
  2. Name: Sarah Brooks 1
  3. Sex: F
  4. Residence: Concord, Middlesex, MA

Marriage 1 Benjamin Willard b: 13 NOV 1716 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA

   * Married: 17 MAY 1739

Children

  1. Has No Children Eunice Willard

2. Has No Children Sarah Willard b: 7 JUL 1740
3. Has Children Joseph Willard b: 27 DEC 1741 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
4. Has Children Benjamin Willard b: 19 MAR 1742/43 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
5. Has No Children Solomon Willard b: 8 JAN 1744/45
6. Has No Children Samuel Willard b: 19 AUG 1746
7. Has No Children John Willard b: 8 AUG 1748
8. Has Children Joshua Willard b: 18 MAY 1751 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
9. Has Children Simon Willard b: 3 APR 1753 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
10. Has Children Ephraim Willard b: 8 MAR 1755 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
11. Has Children Aaron Willard b: 14 OCT 1757 in Grafton, Worcester, MA
12. Has No Children Lucy Willard b: 10 OCT 1759
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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Sarah Willard's Timeline

1717
1717
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1736
1736
1738
January 24, 1738
Washington County, Ohio, United States
1740
July 7, 1740
United States
1741
December 27, 1741
Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1743
March 19, 1743
Grafton, Worchester, Massachusetts , United States
1744
January 8, 1744
United States
1746
August 19, 1746
United States
1746