Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth DUNSTER
Birth16192447, p 817
Baptism26 Apr 1619, Baleholt, Bury, Lancashire, England2799 Age: <1
Deathabt 1652, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts2799, date only,2800, place only Age: 33
FatherHenry DUNSTER (~1580-1646)
MotherUNNAMED (-1644)
Individual Notes
• Came to New England between 1647 and 1651. Died about six months after her marriage.2799
Spouses
Birth16051809, p 1218
Baptism7 Apr 1605, Horsmonden, Kent, England1811, p 4,2796 Age: 1
MemoSt. Margaret’s Church
Death24 Apr 1676, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts2447, p 817; year only,1811,2797, date only Age: 72
Burial27 Apr 1676, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts2798
Ancestral File #35TX-PH2798
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
Marriageabt 1643, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts2447, p 817
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