Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameMaj. Simon WILLARD 
Birth16042447, p 817; gives 1605,1811, p 4b
Birth16051809, p 1218
MemoSt. Margaret’s Church
RemovalMay 1634, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts1809, p 1218; states 1635,1811, p 6 Age: 30
Memofrom Horsmonden, England
Death24 Apr 1676, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts2447, p 817; year only,1811,2797, date only Age: 72
Burial27 Apr 1676, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts2798
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
FatherRichard WILLARD (~1564-1617)
MotherMargery HUMPHRIE (-1608)
Individual Notes
• Major Simon 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, 1605.1811, p 4a
• A man of note in the history of the Massachusetts Colony.2514, p 289
• A Kentish solder, and an Early Pioneer in the Settlement of the British Colony of New England, America, 1634. He was made Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces against the Hostile Indian Tribes. He was distinguished in the military legislative and judicial service of the American commonwealth until his death, aged 72.
Of Simon Willard’s ancestors one was Provost of Canterbury 1218, and another was Baron of Cinque Ports 1377.
-- Tablet in the Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral1811, p 4b
• By his first and third wives, it is believed, Major Willard had seventeen children. The town clerks failed to record the death of either the first or second wife or the marriage of either the second or third.1811, p 7
• A man of note in the history of the Massachusetts Colony.2514, p 289
• A Kentish solder, and an Early Pioneer in the Settlement of the British Colony of New England, America, 1634. He was made Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces against the Hostile Indian Tribes. He was distinguished in the military legislative and judicial service of the American commonwealth until his death, aged 72.
Of Simon Willard’s ancestors one was Provost of Canterbury 1218, and another was Baron of Cinque Ports 1377.
-- Tablet in the Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral1811, p 4b
• By his first and third wives, it is believed, Major Willard had seventeen children. The town clerks failed to record the death of either the first or second wife or the marriage of either the second or third.1811, p 7
Spouses
Birthabt 1614, Horsmonden, Kent, England1811, from Gibby Notes,2796, p 2
MemoSt. Margaret’s Church
Death1640/42, Cambridge?, Middlesex, Massachusetts1811, from Gibby Notes Age: 27
Ancestral File #52Q5-3R2795, p 1
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
FatherHenry SHARPE
MotherJane FIELD
Individual Notes
• The Willard Genealogy states the mother of Josiah is uncertain.1739, p 1
Marriage24 Sep 1630, Horsmonden, Kent, England2447, p 817; marriage only,2798
ChildrenJosiah (~1635-~1674)
Samuel (1640-1707)
Birth16192447, p 817
Baptism26 Apr 1619, Baleholt, Bury, Lancashire, England2799 Age: <1
Deathabt 1652, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts2799, date only,2800, place only Age: 33
Ancestral File #9N3F-4G2800
FatherHenry DUNSTER (~1580-1646)
MotherUNNAMED (-1644)
Individual Notes
• Came to New England between 1647 and 1651. Died about six months after her marriage.2799
Marriageabt 1643, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts2447, p 817
Birthbef 25 Oct 1629, Bury, Lancashire, England2796, p 1
Birth16301811, p 5
Memobased on baptism date
Death28 Dec 1715, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts1811, p 7; date only,2797, date only,2801 Age: 86
Memoage 85 at death
Death28 Dec 1715, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts2796 Age: 86
Ancestral File #26XB-LT2802, p 1
FatherRobert DUNSTER (~1605-1644)
MotherMary GERRETT
Individual Notes
• Cousin of Elizabeth [Dunster, Simon’s second wife].1811, p 4
• After the death of Major Willard the widow Mary petitioneed to the court for help, speaking of the special need of “six of her younger children,” which may imply that she was mother of more than six.1811, p 8
• After the death of Major Willard the widow Mary petitioneed to the court for help, speaking of the special need of “six of her younger children,” which may imply that she was mother of more than six.1811, p 8
Marriageabt 1652, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts2447, p 817; date only,2798,2801
ChildrenHenry (1655-1726)
Benjamin (1664-1732)