Major Simon Willard

1605 - 1676  (71 years)

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• Name	Simon Willard
  Title	Major
  Birth	1605	Horsmonden, Kent, England   [1, 2]
  Christening	7 Apr 1605	Horsmonden, Kent, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	1634	England to Boston, Massachusetts   [4]
  Death	24 Apr 1676	Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I10073	Watson Clan Tree
  Last Modified	28 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Richard B Willard,   b. 1581, Horsmonden, Kent, England
  Family ID	F5961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Dunster,   b. 1630
  Marriage	1652  [1, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Henry Willard,   b. 4 Jun 1655, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F5960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 May 2012

  
  

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  Simon Willard (1605-1676)

  
  

• Sources

  [S169] US & International Marriage Records (Reliability: 3). Name: Simon Willard Gender: Male Birth Year: 1605 Spouse Name: Mary Dunster Spouse Birth Year: 1630 Marriage Year: 1652 Marriage State: MA Number Pages: 1 [S320] Willard Genealogy, http://www.archive.org/stream/willardgenealogy00wi. (Reliability: 2). 1. Majok Simon 1 Willard, elder of the two brothers who founded the American Willard Family, was born at Horsmonden in the county of Kent, England, and baptized in the parish church there April 7, 1605. [S90] England & Wales Christening Records (Reliability: 3). Name: Simon Willard Gender: Male Birth Date: abt 1605 Christening Date: 7 Apr 1605 Christening Place: Horsemonden, Kent, England Father's Name: Richarde Willard [S240] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index (Reliability: 3). Name: Simon Willard Year: 1634 Place: Boston, Massachusetts Source Publication Code: 6111.8 Primary Immigrant: Willard, Simon Annotation: Date and place of arrival. Place of origin, ship name, intended destination, and other genealogical data are provided for some. Source Bibliography: "NEW ENGLAND SHIP AND PASSENGER LISTS." In Boulder Genealogical Society Quarterly (Boulder, CO). Vol. 4:4 (Nov. 1972), pp. 36-39 (1633-1634). Page: 38 [S320] Willard Genealogy, http://www.archive.org/stream/willardgenealogy00wi. (Reliability: 2). The following month he was at Charlestown, probably resting awhile from his tremendous labors, when he was seized with an "epidemic cold" and died April 24, 1676, having just passed his seventy-first birthday. He was probably buried there. [S274] Massachusetts Town Birth Records (Reliability: 3). Name: Henary Willard [Henry Willard] Birth Date: Jun 1655 Birth Place: Concord Father's First Name: Maj. Simon & Mary Gender: Male Source: Vital Records of Concord