Rev. Samuel Willard

1640 - 1707  (67 years)

• Name	Samuel Willard
  Birth	31 Jan 1639/40	Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  His birth date was recorded as 31 (11) 1639.
  Graduation	1659 (18 years)	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  He graduated from Harvard College.
  History	1662 (21 years)	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Samuel began to preach in Groton.
  Ordained	13 Jul 1664 (24 years)	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Married	8 Aug 1664 (24 years)	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  (1) Abigail Sherman, the daughter of the Rev. John and Mary (Lawrence) Sherman. Issue: 1. Abigail Willard (1664-1745) 2. Samuel Willard (1668-____) 3. Mary Willard (1669-____) 4. John Willard (1673-____) 5. Elizabeth Willard (1675-____) 6. Simon Willard (1677-____) 7. baby Willard 8. baby Willard
  Freeman	1670 (29 years)
  History	1672 (31 years)  [2]
  He authored The Complete Body of Divinity and a 8000 word treatise entitled A Brief Account of a Strange and Unusual Providence of God Befallen to Elizabeth Knapp of Groton. Elizabeth Knapp was his maidservant, and fell, in 1671, into a three month diabolical distemper which he attributed to Satan.
  History	31 Mar 1678 (38 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  He was installed in the Old South Church in Boston.
  Married	1679 (38 years)  [2, 3]
  (2) Eunice Tyng, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Sears) Tyng. She was born on 8 March 1655 in Boston, Massachusetts. She died in 1720. Issue: 1. Edward Willard (1680-____) 2. Josiah Willard (1681-____) 3. Eunice Willard (1683-____) 4. Richard Willard (1684-1697) 5. William Willard (1686-____) 6. Margaret Willard (1687-____) 7. Edward Willard (1689-____) 8. Hannah Willard (1690-____) 9. Sarah Willard (1693-____) 10. Eunice Willard (1693-____) 11. Sarah Willard (1697-____) 12. Richard Willard (1699-____)
  Offices Held	1700 to 1707 (59 years)  [2]
  He was the Vice-president and acting President of Harvard College upon Increase Mather's resignation owing to the witchcraft delusion. Samuel resigned 14 August 1707
  Death	12 Sep 1707	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3]
  Burial	Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts   [2]
  Siblings	1 brother and 5 sisters
  1. Mary Willard,   b. Abt 1631, England d. 1656 to 1661, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 25 years)   2. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1632, England d. young   3. Josiah Willard,   b. Abt 1635, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Jul 1674, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 39 years)   4. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1636, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 29 Aug 1690, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 54 years)   5. Dorothy Willard,   b. Abt 1638, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. young   6. Rev. Samuel Willard,   b. 31 Jan 1639/40, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 Sep 1707, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)   7. Sarah Willard,   b. 24 Jul 1642, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Jan 1677/78, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 35 years)
  Half siblings	8 half brothers and 5 half sisters (family of Simon Willard and Mary Dunster)
  1. Abovehope Willard,   b. 30 Oct 1646, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Dec 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 17 years)   2. Deacon Simon Willard,   b. 23 Nov 1649, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 21 Jun 1731, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 81 years) + 3. Mary Willard,   b. 7 Sep 1653, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1685  (Age 31 years) ▻ Cyprian Stevens,  m. 22 Jan 1671/72   4. Henry Willard,   b. 4 Jun 1655, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1701, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 45 years)   5. John Willard,   b. 12 Feb 1656/57, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Aug 1726, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years)   6. Daniel Willard,   b. 26 Dec 1658, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Aug 1708, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 49 years)   7. Joseph Willard,   b. 4 Jan 1660/61, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Jun 1721, London, England  (Age 60 years)   8. Hope Willard,   b. 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Oct 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   9. Captain Benjamin Willard,   b. 1665, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 16 Jun 1732, Grafton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 67 years)   10. Hannah Willard,   b. 6 Oct 1666, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   11. Jonathan Willard,   b. 14 Dec 1669, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1706, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 36 years)   12. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1671, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. young   13. Dorothy Willard,   b. Abt 1673, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. young
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Richard Willard,   b. England d. Feb 1616, Horsemonden, Kent, England   (Grandfather)  Mary Sharpe,   b. 16 Oct 1614, Horsemonden, Kent, England   (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I19509
  Last Modified	16 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Major Simon Willard,   c. 7 Apr 1605, Horsemonden, Kent, England d. 24 Apr 1676, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Sharpe,   b. 16 Oct 1614, Horsemonden, Kent, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Rev. Samuel Willard(31 Jan 1639/40 – 1707) 2Major Simon Willard(1605 – 1676) 4Richard Willard( – 1616) 5Margery Humphrie(1572 – 1608) 3Mary Sharpe(1614 – ) 6 7

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 31 Jan 1639/40 - Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Graduation - 1659 - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 1662 - Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Ordained - 13 Jul 1664 - Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 8 Aug 1664 - Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. History - 31 Mar 1678 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 12 Sep 1707 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - - Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1175] Pulsifer, David. "Early Records of Boston", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume IV, 1850). [S1047] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Willard-Hosmer , (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/ancestries/willard.html. Printout dated 22 March 1998). [S1048] Potter, Charles Edward. Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, Mass. and Their Descendants in Part to the Present Generation, (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1887).