Captain Benjamin Willard

1665 - 1732  (67 years)

• Name	Benjamin Willard
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1665	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  	Find-a-Grave lists his birth year as 1664. [1]
  Married	Before 1690 (Age 24)  [2, 3, 5]
  Sarah Lakin, the daughter of John and Mary Lakin. She was born on 14 February 1661 in Groton, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 15 March 1740 in Grafton, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sarah Willard 2. Joseph Willard (1693-____) 3. Margaret Willard 4. Esther Willard 5. Simon Willard (1701-____) 6. Hannah Willard (1702-____) 7. Hannah Willard (1705-____)
  Military	1702 to 1713 (Age 37)
  During Queen Anne's War, Benjamin was the captain of a militia company but declined an appointment to Lt. Col.
  Offices Held	1731 (Age 66)
  He became a justice of the peace.
  Death	16 Jun 1732	Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Burial	Old Oak Street Burial Ground, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Siblings	12 Siblings
  1. Abovehope Willard,   b. 30 Oct 1646, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 23 Dec 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 17 years)   2. Deacon Simon Willard,   b. 23 Nov 1649, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 21 Jun 1731, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 81 years) + 3. Mary Willard,   b. 7 Sep 1653, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Abt 1685  (Age 31 years) ▻ Cyprian Stevens,  m. 22 Jan 1671/72   4. Henry Willard,   b. 4 Jun 1655, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1701, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 45 years)   5. John Willard,   b. 12 Feb 1656/57, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 27 Aug 1726, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 69 years)   6. Daniel Willard,   b. 26 Dec 1658, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 23 Aug 1708, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 49 years)   7. Joseph Willard,   b. 4 Jan 1660/61, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. Jun 1721, London, England  (Age 60 years)   8. Hope Willard,   b. 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 23 Oct 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   9. Captain Benjamin Willard,   b. 1665, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 16 Jun 1732, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 67 years)   10. Hannah Willard,   b. 6 Oct 1666, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   11. Jonathan Willard,   b. 14 Dec 1669, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 1706, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 36 years)   12. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1671, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. young   13. Dorothy Willard,   b. Abt 1673, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. young
  Person ID	I19537
  Last Modified	17 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 Dunster,   c. 5 Dec 1630, Bury Parish, Lancashire, England d. 28 Dec 1715, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 85 years)
  Marriage	1652	Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 46 years and 8 months - She : ~ 21 years.
  Family ID	F241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1665 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 16 Jun 1732 - Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts Burial - - Old Oak Street Burial Ground, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://www.findagrave.com). Memorial# 45579958 Capt. Benjamin Willard [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). [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890). [S801] Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, volume VII (T-Y), (Boston: New England Historic Genealogy Society, 2011).