Rev. Samuel Willard

1640 - 1707  (67 years)

• Name	Samuel Willard
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	31 Jan 1639/40	Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  	His birth date was recorded as 31 (11) 1639.
  Graduation	1659 (Age 19)	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [2]
  He graduated from Harvard College.
  History	1662	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  	Samuel began to preach in Groton.
  Ordained	13 Jul 1664 (Age 24)	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Married	8 Aug 1664 (Age 24)	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [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 (Age 30)
  History	1672  [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	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  	He was installed in the Old South Church in Boston.
  Married	1679 (Age 39)  [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 (Age 60)  [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   [2, 3]
  Burial	Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  1. Mary Willard,   b. Abt 1631, England d. 1656 to 1661, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 25 years)   2. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1632, England d. young   3. Josiah Willard,   b. Abt 1635, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Jul 1674, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 39 years)   4. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1636, Massachusetts d. 29 Aug 1690, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 54 years)   5. Dorothy Willard,   b. Abt 1638, Massachusetts d. young   6. Rev. Samuel Willard,   b. 31 Jan 1639/40, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 12 Sep 1707, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 67 years)   7. Sarah Willard,   b. 24 Jul 1642, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 22 Jan 1677/78, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 35 years)
  Person ID	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 (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Sharpe,   b. 16 Oct 1614, Horsemonden, Kent, England
  Marriage	13 Oct 1628	Marden, Kent, England
  Age at Marriage	He : 23 years and 6 months - She : 14 years.
  Family ID	F641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  [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).