Rev. Samuel Willard

Other Events and Attributes:

• Graduation: 1659, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He graduated from Harvard College.
• History: 1662, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Samuel began to preach in Groton.
• Ordained: 13 Jul 1664, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Married: 8 Aug 1664, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (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
• History: 1672; 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; (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; 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

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Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 31 (11) 1639.