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Ancestors of Norman Roscoe WILSON

Generation No. 11


      1280. Maj. Simon Willard, born 07 Apr 1605 in Horsmonden, Kent, England; died 24 Apr 1676 in Charlestown, Suffolk, MA. He was the son of 2560. Richard Willard and 2561. Margery Humphrie. He married 1281. Mary Dunster 1652 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA.

      1281. Mary Dunster, born Bef. 25 Oct 1629 in Bury, Lancshire, England; died 28 Dec 1715 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA. She was the daughter of 2562. Robert Dunster and 2563. Mary Garrett.

Notes for Maj. Simon Willard:
ote: "Early New England People...Some Account of the Ellis, Pemberton, Willard, Prescott, Titcomb, Sewall...": Simon, son of Richard and Margery Willard, was born at Horsmonden, probably in the early part of the year 1605, as he was baptized in the church at that place, April 7, 1605, by Edward Alchine, Rector. He married Mary, daughter of Henry and Jane (Feylde) Sharpe, of Horsmonden. In April, 1634, Capt. Simon Willard, with his wife and one or two children, his sister Margery and her husband, Capt. Delour Davis, embarked from England, arriving at Boston about the middle of the month of May, after a short and very prosperous voyage. The name of the vessel is unknown, but there is on the files at Hartford, Conn., the deposition of a Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon, who states that she arrived in New England in the month of May, 1634, and that Samuel Greenhill "was reputed, by those who were well acquainted with him in the ship, a man of considerable estate, and was accordingly entertained in the ship with Mr. Willard and Mr. Pantry, and Mr. Crayfoote, and others of good account." Capt. Willard settled in Cambridge, Mass. From the Proprietors' Record, we learn that he had one hundred acres on the Brighton side of Charles River, adjoining the land owned by his brother-in-law, Capt. Davis. He engaged in the purchase and exportation of furs, dealing extensively with the Indians of the interior. At the time of his arrival the inhabitants of Cambridge were complaining of "straightness for want of land, especially meadow," and it may have been owing to this fact that he soon decided to leave Cambridge, and in company with others, to found a new plantation at Musketaquid. In September, 1635, a grant of land six miles square, was made by the General Court, Winthrop says, to "Mr. Buckly and [Simon Willard] merchant, and about twelve more families." The place was named Concord. Rev. Peter Bulkeley, with whom Mr. Willard was associated, was a man "of great learning, and large heart, 'of noble family,' 'possessed of wealth,' and distinguished as a divine. He arrived in Cambridge early in the summer of 1635, and to him Willard attached himself with affectionate regard." The following is from Capt. Edward Johnson's account of their removal: "Upon some inquiry of the Indians, who lived to the north west of the Bay, one Captain Simon Willard being acquainted with them by reason of his trade, became a chiefe instrument in erecting this town: the land they purchase of the Indians, and with much difficulties traveling through unknowne woods, and through watery scrampes (swamps), they discover the fitnesse of the place, sometimes passing through the thickets where their hands are forced to make way for their bodies passage, and their feete clambering over, the crossed trees, which when they missed they sunke into an uncertaine bottome in water, and wade up to the knees, tumbling sometimes higher and sometimes lower; wearied with this toile they at end of this , meete with a scorching plaine, yet not so plaine but that the ragged bushes scratch their legs fouly.....Their farther hardship is to travell, sometimes they know not whither, bewildred indeed without sight of sun, their compasse miscarrying in crowding through the bushes. They sadley search up and down for a known way,--the Indians paths being not above one foot broad, so that a man may travell many dayes and never find one.... Thus this poore people populate this howling desert, marching manfully on (the Lord assisting) through the greatest difficulties and sorest labors that ever any with such weake means have done." Soon after Capt. Willard's arrival in Concord, he and Maj.-Gen. Gibbons, with some twenty men under their control, were sent by Gov. Winthrop to Connecticut with instructions "to take possession of the place and to raise some buildings." Upon the organization of the town of Concord, Capt. Willaard was chosen Clerk of Writs, and was continued in that office by annual election for nineteen years. The second year he was appointed Surveyor of Arms, having been a Captain in England. His first military commission in the colony was that of Lieutenant-Commandant. He was afterwards made Captain, and in 1653, was chosen Major of Middlesex, second in rank only to the Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the colony. The next year he was placed in command of an expedition against a tribe of the Narraganset Indians. At the earliest election made by the town, he was chosen a Representative to the General Court, and was re-elected fifteen times. In 1654, he was placed by the freemen of the colony in a "more distinguished, responsible, and widely useful position, as assistant, or member of the higher branch of the Legislature, which office he held continuously till his death." This embraced a very critical period in the history of the colony,--the earnest and exciting controversy with the Commissioners of Charles II. "The Commissioners were clothed with large powers, some of which were wholly inconsistent with the charter, while others were especially offensive to the people of Massachusetts, who had enjoyed so much actual liberty under its provisions." The Commissioners having perused the "Books of the Generall Lawes and Liberties," proposed, in the name of the King, no less than twenty-six alterations and additions. Gov. Bellingham, Major Willard and Messrs. Collins and Fisher were appointed a committee to peruse the Commissioners' exceptions to the laws of the colony. "The Commissioners met," says Mr. Joseph Willard, "with a spirit as decided as their own,--a spirit that would not submit to any infringement of the patent, and hardly willing to stop even at that point. Thence arose a long and earnest controversy, which ended in the Commissioners being baffled at all points; and they left the country in a very angry frame of mind, with abundant threats of Royal indignation." The Commissioners, having been authorized by the King "to hear and determine complaints and appeals in all cases, as well military, as criminal and civil," gave notice to the General Court, that on a certain day, they should sit as his majesty's Commissioners to hear and determine the cause of Thomas Deane and others against the Governor and company, "and," say they, "we do expect you will by your attorney answer to the complaint." They did answer, but not as the Commissioners intended. When the day for meeting came, they published a long declaration by sound of trumpet, declaring the proposed trial inconsistent with the maintenance of the laws and authority, and summoned Thomas Deane to appear and make good his charges. The Commissioners express unfeigned surprise, that, in a case wherein the Governor and company are impleaded, they should assume to themselves the hearing; "it being," say they, "unheard of and contrary to all the laws of christendom, that the same persons should be judges and parties." The General Court sent loyal addresses to the King, with a ship-load of masts for his navy, of which he stood much in need, "and the colony had rest for a time." Major Willard resided in Concord twenty-five years, and was a "leading and valued citizen." His mansion house was afterwards owned by Dr. Joseph Lee, "who, being a strong tory, was imprisoned during the Revolutionary war, and his house was taken by the patriots and used for a time as a boarding house for Harvard students, when the College in 1775 was removed to Concord, by order of the Provincial Congress, as the College buildings at Cambridge were needed for the use of the soldiers of the American army. (Note: Concord Guide Book" G.B. Bartlett) The house was burned some years ago. Major Willard removed from Concord to Lancaster, Mass., "being importuned by the inhabitants to come and instruct them in municipal affairs. When the place was destroyed by the Indians, he removed to Groton, and remained there until that place was destroyed by the Indians, when he removed to Charlestown, Mass. He was employed by the government in various transactions with the Indians, and was associated with Apostle Eliot, and Major Gookins, in their friendly missions. When a company was formed to encourage the trade in furs with the Indians, he was intrusted with the superintendence. He was chosen by the Indians about Concord "to record, and keep in writing," what they had generally agreed upon, touching their religious and civil government. Passaconaway, cheif sachem of the Merrimac, requested that the Apostle Eliot and Capt. Willard would live near his people to teach them. During the thirty-seven years that Major Willard was a member of the General Court, he was constantly engaged in the public service. "The records of the General Court and other archives show a large aggregate of assiduous and valuable labor." "He was much sought after to settle vexed questions of the boundaries of towns, to arbitrate in controversies on the administration of the internal affairs of towns, and to settle disputed claims." He was one of the committee chosen by the General Court to consider the subject of supplies. This resulted in a law requiring "that all hands not necessarily employed in other occasions, as women, boys and girls," should "spin according to their skill and ability." The office of surveyor was of very considerable importance in the early days of the colony, and Major Willard possessing of the qualifications required for it, was frequently called upon for its exercise. For years, Massachusetts had laid claim to the Province of New Hampshire, under the provision of her charter which granted on the north of the Merrimac; and, in 1652, when she was preparing to ward off the attack of Mason's heirs, and establish her claim to a wider jurisdiction, Major Willard and Captain Edward Johnson were appointed Commissioners to find out the most northerly part of Merrimac River. An interesting memorial of the survey still exists. About forty-five years ago, in consequence of a dam having been thrown across the head of the weirs at the point where Lake Winnipiseogee discharges its waters into the Upper Merrimac, a large rock was exposed to view, deeply embedded in the gravel, with its surface but little above the water. On this rock was the following inscription: EJ SW, WP JOHN ENDICOT, GOV This points back unerringly to the spot which the Commissioners in their return to the General Court, designate and establish as the north line of the patent. Endicott was then the Governor of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, so his name was inscriber, with the abbreviation W.P., for Worshipful, together with the initials of Simon Willard and Edward Johnson. The rock is now called the Endicott Rock. "When King Philip's war began, Major Willard was summoned from the court he was presiding over, at the advanced age of 70 years, to lead the Middlesex Militia, and drive back the foe from the exposed towns of his district. This he did, and rapidly marched through the desert to Brookfield, just in time to relieve the garrison there." Bailies states, that "Major Willard so silently and skillfully managed his approach that he was perceived by the garrison before he was discovered by the Indians." Increase Mather says: "What a black appearance of death and ruin was before the poor people at Quaboag, when they were all cooped up in one unfortified house, and surrounded by a barbarious multitude of cruel Indians, who thirsted after their blood! But God by a strange providence sent Major Willard, who, with a small party of soldiers, came a few house or minutes before it was too late; by which means, the remaining inhabitants of that place had their lives given them for a prey." Hubbard, in his history of the war, gives abundant commendation to the Major, whom he entitles "that honoured person, that worthy patriot and experience soldier." Mr. Sidney Willard says: "For more than forty years he was a frontier commander with inadequate forces under his command, engaged with an enemy whose modes of warfare were of a kind to occasion the utmost perplexity, and who by sudden surprises and simultanious attacks on different places were enabled to accomplish their fatal purpose." Major Willard received a number of grants of land, making in all between four and five thousand acres, exclusive of this right to subsequent divisions in the lands of Lancaster. The towns of Acton, Stow, and a part of Groton, are on land that belonged to him. After his death, his six youngest children received a grant of one thousand acres in payment of money that was due Major Willard from the Indians. In 1686, a tract of land twelve miles square,--afterwards the township of Rutland,--was conveyed by the Indian proprietors to Henry and Benjamin, sons of Major Willard; Cyprian Stevens, his son-in-law; Joseph Rolandson, son of the former minister of Lancaster; and Joseph Foster of Billerica. Major Willard married for his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Dunster, of Balehoult, Lancashire, Eng. She was sister to President Dunster. She lived but six months after her marriage. His third wife was Mary Dunster, cousin to President Dunster. She survived him and married Deacon Noyes of Sudbury. Major Willard died April 24, 1676. While presiding at court, he was seized with an epidemic cold of a very malignant type then prevailing in New England, and after a few days' illness, died in the seventy-second year of his age. He had the pleasure of knowing a short time before his death "that a grateful public still acknowledged the value of his faithful labors, when the official count of the votes placed him among the highest on the list of the proposed assistants for the political year beginning in May, 1676; in fact, heading all others with the exception of the Govenor and Deputy-Governor." Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton says of him: "He was a sage patriot in Israel whose wisdom assinged him a seat at the Council Board, and his military skill and martial spirit entitled him to the chief place in the field." Rev. Horation Wood of Lowell, Mass., says: "Mr. Willard was a stalwart Puritan of the elder day, a conscientious, religious man, possessing strong religious convictions, a devout, humble and earnest spirit. He was a man of sound and enlightened understanding, of discreet wisdom and of a brave and enduring spirit, not boastful, but possessing that true courage which belongs to a modest and generous nature, and is ready, at the call of duty, to sacrifice ease and comfort, yea, life itself, in defense of the public weal. Never was motto on coat of arms more characteristic..." "Worcester County":Simon Willard was the pioneer ancestor of Mrs. Charles G. Cushing of Fitchburg...Major Simon Willard was baptized at Horsmondon, county Kent, England, April 7, 1605. He came to New England and settled in Cambridge; he was there in 1634 but in the following year removed to Concord, Massachusetts. He was a very prominent man. He had a long, honorable and eventful career, and during his long life no one was more distinguished and honored in Concord than he. He was a deputy to the general court in 1636 and 1649, assistant to the governor from 1657 to his death, lieutenant in 1637, captain in 1640 and major, the highest rank at that time, 1655. He married (first) Mary Sharpe, daughter of Henry Sharpe: (second) Elizabeth Dunster, sister of President Dunster of Harvard College; (third) Mary Dunster, cousin of the second wife. Major Willard died April 24, 1676, aged about sixty-eight years. He had sixteen children, of whom the first wife had six and the second and third wives ten in all. Pam Emerson Notes: (Source: "The Charles Book" by Arthur R. Tourtallot, published by Farrer and Rinehart; Chapter 11; Pages 130-145) Simon Willard came from Horsmonden, Kent Co. England the middle of May 1634, age 31 years. The name has been known on English soil for 800 years being 5 times in the Doomsday Book. He was one of the founders of Concord, Mass. and in one of its suburbs a granite boulder inscribed to his memory. He died in Charleston, April 24, 1676. The Charleston history states that he was buried in Groton but it is not found in the record there. Major Simon Willard married three times, his third wife was Mary Dunster, daughter of Harry Dunster. Major Willard and Mary Dunster were married in 1645. Her sister, Elizabeth Dunster, was this second wife. There was one daughter born of the second marriage but she died unmarried. (Scott Robinson Note: I doubt this last paragraph due to other sources.) (Source: "The Stevens Family" by E.H. Stevens) ...He had 3 wives (Source: "Willard Genealogy" by Joseph Willard) His father had arranged before his death for him to be apprenticed to learn some trade or business which was probably done but there is no record. It is probable that he had served in the army before coming to America as he was appointed to drill soldiers very soon after his arrival and was called the Kentish Soldier by historian Edward Johnson. It seemed that he was married in England but no record found nor the birth of any child. Joseph Willard says that he married Mary Sharpe in England and came with him to this country and had children before coming and several afterwards. He married secondly Elizabeth Dunster, a sister of President Henry Dunster of Harvard College. She died within a year and he married her cousin Mary Dunster. In his father's will it was stated that he was to get all the rest of the land not already promised. His father directed that Symon be placed with some honest man where he may learn some good trade and be instructed. In case of Symon's death before reaching maturity George was to have the land bequeathed to him. He was the elder of the two brothers who founded the American Willard line. There is no record of the other brother's life in America. Major Simon Willard came to America in the spring of 1634 as testified by a woman in Hartford, Conn. Saying that Simon Willard and others of good account were passengers on the same ship. This does not tell us whether he brought with him any of his family or not. It is simply inferred by this after history that his wife and at least one child came with him. It has been thought that his brother, George, probably came at the same time but there is no proof. The fourth of August 1634 he had a grant of land at Cambridge where he stayed for a year. the 25th of August 1635 he sold the property and with others founded the plantation of Concord the name meaning the home for aging men. They bought the land from Indians in 1636 and remained friends for many years. In 1636 he was chosen representative to the General Court. He performed eminent services on committees usually as chairman. These committees tried to settle differences between towns, groups of inhabitans and boundaries between towns. He helped lay out grants of land and was one of commissioner who supervised critical emergencies in Lancaster and other towns. He was a magistrate chosen as one of the assistant judges of the General Court in 1654 and disputed to hold court in Hampton and Salisbury in 1666 and in Dover and York in 1675. He was chosen sergeant major of Middlesex Co. in 1653, was commander in chief of the Narragansett expedition in 1654 and 1655. On the outbreak of the Indian horror known as King Philip's war in 1675 he performed valient service. In 1659 he sold his Concord homestead and moved to Lancaster. After 12 years he again removed to Groton and built a house and other buildings and enjoyed his fourth home. During the King Philip's war, Groton was attacked and the savages burned Major Willard's home in March 1676 so he had no home for his family. But he went on in his service, directing movements of troops and relief expeditions and bearing untold hardship and strains. He was 71 years old. The month after his home was burned in Groton he was in Charleston, probably resting from his tremendous labors when he caught an epidemic cold and died 24 April, 1676. He was probably buried there. No will was offered for probate and probably none was made. The widow struggled to care for the younger children and had a very difficult time. The Major had left great land possessions but very little ready money... It is believed that he has 17 children by his first and third wife. The town clerk did not record the death of the first and second wife or the marriage of either the second or third. (Source: "Willard Memoir - The Life and Times of Major Simon Willard") Major Willard had 17 children by three wives. Nine sons and five of eight daughters arrived to mature age. There is a lot of confusion as to the mother of various children. Before Sept. 1639 there was no law to make registration of births, marriages, and deaths. Since Major Willard was the town clerk from 1653 to 1653(?) the records during this period should be correct. He had children over 40 years, the first grandson, Samuel Edmunds, was older than eight of his aunts and uncles. His father dying early provided for his welfare. There were a lot of persons in England who were Puritans and did not want to worship in the Church of England. These views were illegal and probably were the reason for Simon willard to come to America. Watching the persecution of other Puritans by Bishop Laud influenced his decision. His decision to come to New England with his family was the only one he could make. It was difficult to leave England as the church and government demanded allegiance to church and country before you could embark. He arrived in the new world at the age of 29 with a young family and immediately identified himself with his religious views and his democratic feelings. He left England in April 1634 with his family and his sister Margery and her husband Captain Dolor Davis. No ship records of the passage has been found but it is believed that he came over on a Winthrop ship. They arrived in the middle of May after a short passage. He was mentioned by Governor Winthrop as a merchant. He immediately moved to Cambridge and started trading with the Indians buying and exporting furs. Immediately there was trouble as the leading Congregational clergy, Cotton, did not want anyone to leave the Boston area and there was crowding and a lot wanted to go to Connecticut. Willard was probably in favor of moving as he made preparations to do so. Another clergy, Hooker, who had lost influence to Cotton and was displeased with Governor Winthrop wanted to leave and eventually, with a party, Hooker went to Connecticut in 1635. Simon Willard showed no inclination to join the Hooker crowd but was dissatisfied in Cambridge. In 1635, a Rev. Peter Bulkeley came to the colony and Simon Willard and he became very close. On Sept 5, 1635 a grant was made to Mr. Buckley and Mr. Willard of thirty six square miles of land where Concord is today. Simon Willard in his trade with the Indians saw it as a rich area for farming. About 12 families were to move to this location through the tangle of brush and swamps. Mr. Willard led the group. The hardships endured were great. After getting there they bought the land from the indians paying in trade goods. Mr. Willard was one of the three men who met with the indians and made the trade. The complete satisfaction to both parties ensured friendship till the days of King Philip. Shortly after Willard founded the town of Concord, John Winthrop wanted to build a fortification at the mouth of the Connecticut river and sent 20 men under the direction of Gibbons and Willard to build a fortification. This was finished in December. Willard was a leading citizen in Concord and a leader in the church for about 25 years that he lived there. Immediately after the organization of the town, Willard was made clerk of the writs and continued for 19 years through annual elections. In this position, he had authority to grant summons and attachments in all civil actions, summon witnesses and take bond, etc. The next year after coming to Concord, he was appointed by the court surveyor of land and to exercise a military company at Concord. He must have had some military experience in England and one researcher states that he was a captain in England. He was granted a military commission in Corcord as lieutenant-commandant in March 1627. His military experience continued for 40 years until his death. He also filled various and important civil posts. In 1636 he was elected representative to the General Court and served till 1654 with the exception of three years. He was reelected in 1654 but refused to serve because of more important civic duties. Before the use of justices of peace, three freemen were appointed to serve in such proceedings. Any two could hear and determine such cases, Willard served in this capacity in the years 1639, 1641, and 1652. Since he was an special friend of the Indians he was assigned various tasks in dealing with them. He also assisted missionaries Eliot and Gookin in their missions. In 1641 a company was formed to trade for furs with the Indians and they were the only ones legally to trade with them. Simon Willard was a leader in this mission. They were to give one twentieth of the proceeds to the Treasury for their 3 year exclusive contract. He also was assigned to collect tribute from the Indians on Block Island and other tribes. The Indian tribes in the vicinity of Concord had accepted the missionaries and have watched the whites and their life style. The chiefs came to Concord and wanted to be treated as equals with the whites. The people of Concord accepted their offer and the Indians requested that Simon Willard draw up a contract to state their civil and religious intentions. Another chief, Passaconaway, was approached by the missionary, Eliot, and he wanted Eliot and Willard to move out to their village and live with them and teach them Christian and civil beliefs. It is possible that Willard accompanied Eliot on his visits between 1648 and 1651. He served as a medium of communication between the missionary and the chiefs. He was a member of the General Court in some capacity for 37 years. The office of surveyor was important and Willard was used in this capacity frequently. 1637 - The people of Watertown asked Willard and two other men to lay out a plat of land in Concord for 50 to 60 families. 1638 - Proceeded in helping the people of Watertown to move. He also was on a committee on Mr. Gurling's land. 1640 - One of a committee to assess the value of stock on the Colony rate of Lb 1, 206 1641 - Lt. Willard and three others to lay out bounds of the Colony. Willard was one of a committee to aly out Mrs. Marg Winthrop's 3000 acres of land granted to here after the death of her husband. 1642, June - 14 Simon Willard was one of the committee appointed to levy a rate of Lb 800 upon the various towns of the colony. 1644 - Simon Willard was one of a committee to survey property on the Sudbury River. 1645 - On a committee to draw up certain bills for positive laws against lying, swearing, sabbath-breaking, drunkenness Etc. 1649, May - On a committee of Deputies to draw laws regarding the dividing shires, counties, etc. 1649, May - An order was passed by the Board of Deputies to regulate the practices of physicians, phirugeons, midwives and others requiring them to be ethical. Simon Willard was one of 7 deputies who voted against the measure. 1649, May 4 - Captain Willard and Sergeant Wheeler, a committee to lay out a tract of land. 1650, May - Captain Willard is chosen Comptroller for the session. 1650, June - Captain Willard and Sergeant Blood ordered to lay out the grant of Samuel Haugh. 1650, October - Captain Symon Willard was chosen controller for the session. 1650, October - Captain Willard and two others, commissioners to settle the boundaries of Sudbury and Watertown. They also served here in 1651. 1651, May - Captain Willard and Lt. Goodenow returned to help lay out 2000 acres to be laid out of the town of Watertown. Civic work between 1651 and 1658 are not included here because I did not gather this material by mistake. (Pam's note) 1658, June 25 - Major Simon Willard and Thomas Danforth are appointed by the court to audit the account of the treasurer of the county and present what they find to the next County Court in Cambridge. 1658, October Sessions - They determined that the trade with the Indians belonged to the Colony and that they had full authority to regulate the trade. Major Willard was appointed one who could trade with the Indians. 1659, May Sessions - It is ordered the Major Symon Willard and two others shall hereby be appointed a committee to draw up the order which may prevent deceit in making and dressing of cloths and present the same to the next session of the court. 1659, November Session - Simon Willard was one of three judges of the county court to settle the controversy between the estate of Edward Goffe and his son, Samuel Goffe. 1659, November Session - Simon Willard was one of some who made return of the bounds of the Indian plantation called Niticke. Skipping to the year 1676, we find 4000 Indians in the field ready to attack the whites. King Philip and others killed some whites. The whites caught and executed them, one of them was Philips brother. This was the spark that brought on the war. The war started in Plymouth Colony where Philip's father as chief had sold the land to the colonists. Sources:NEHGS "Register," Vol 13, pg. 78 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915. Title: Paine Ancestry, The Family of Robert Treat Paine Author: Sara

More About Maj. Simon Willard:
Burial: Groton, Middlesex, MA

Notes for Mary Dunster:
Mary was the cousin of Simon's 2nd wife, Elizabeth Dunster Baptism: It was presumed that she was baptized at Bury, Lancashire, England on Dec 15, 1630 Note: Mary Dunster was either a sister or cousin of Henry Dunster, the 1st presiden of Harvard University. (Source: "Willard Genealogy" by Joseph Willard) Her second marriage on July 14, 1680 to Dea. Joseph Noyes, of Sudbury probably eased her financial burdons and in due time her children became self supporting. She died 28 Dec. 1715 at the age of 85. Mary had petitioned the court for help because of the need of six of her younger children. (No source listed) Another source says she was born in 1625. She was the cousin of Simon Willard's second wife who lived only a year after marriage. Mary outlived Simon and married Deacon Noyes of Sudbury. The following are notes continued for Simon Willard, Mary's husband. They had to be continued here due to lack of space allotted under Simon. Pam Emerson Notes: (Source: "Willard Memoir - The Life and Times of Major Simon Willard") ***** continued from Simon Wilard Notes. By this time, Major Willard was an old man but had been in command of the military in the area for 21 years. Now, with the large number of towns and many young brave men under his command he became active. He endured the hardships and discomforts and dangers of a soldier on the frontier. The town of Brookfield was attacked and burned entirely except one house containing the residents of the town. They would have been killed if it had not been for Major Willard and his force arriving from Groton. At this time Major Willard and family were at Groton. While he was away on military duty, the Indians burned his home. The town of Groton was burned except for 6 fortified homes. Sixty-five dwellings were burned. Major Willard came with forces from Concord to rescue the survivors. Just a note (Pam's) - Nicholas Cady was one of those rescued. The town of Lancaster was burned except for the fortified home of Cyprian Steven's which was fortified and not of wood. Cyprian Stevens was married to Simon Willard's daughter. At this time there was a flu epidemic and many died. Major Willard was resting at Charlestown at the age of 71, from his military hardships and caught the flu and died 24 May 1676. (Scott's Note - This conflicts with other dates which Pam has. This could be a typo.) Over 600 died in the epidemic including Governor Winthrop of Connecticut. Major Simon Willard died with his family surrounding him. At his funeral were several hundred soldiers consisting of 3 companies under command of Capt. Sill, Cutler, and Holbrook and three companies of horses under command of Captains Brattle, Prentice, and Henchman. There were considerable civil attendance. His burial place is not known. (Source: "History of Chelmsford Mass., by Rev. Wilson Waters) Simon Willard was one of the leading citizens of Concord and the ancestor of two presidents of Harvard College. In 1652 under the commission from the government of the Colony, the river Merrimack was explored by Captain Simon Willard and Captain Edward Johnson as far as Lake Winnepseukee. In July 1657, the exclusive right of trading with the Indians on the Merrimack River was sold to Simon Willard, Thomas Henchman, ensign Thomas Wheeler and William Brenton for 25 lbs. In June 1674 the Indians attacked Brookfield and Major Simon Willard on his way from Lancaster to Groton with 47 horsemen turned toward Brookfield and routed the Indians. By 1676 the Indians had been practically exterminated. Philip was shot by his own men and many chiefs were executed and many warriors sold into slavery to the West Indies. From a paper which was presented to the Court after Major Willard's death in a statement of his unpaid services it appears that he was in continual service from Sept. 20, 1675 to April, 1676. This was in civil business, settling of garrisons in towns and settling the Indians of Concord and Chelmsford and other business. After Sept. 1675, Major Willard was busily engaged in ordering the defenses of the Middlesex frontier towns and settling the various bodies of friendly Indians. Garrisons were maintained at Lancaster, Chelmsford, Groton, and Dunstable. Dec. 1675 - Major Willard and three others went to the friendly Indians and persuaded them to stay in certain places so that they would be considered friends. Jan 11, 1675/76 - It was ordered that the troops under Capt. Willard be returned home to defend in place of garrisoned soldiers who have become obnoxious. Major Willard on complaint of the people of Chelmsford fortified the bridge at Billerica and seized two great rafts which the Indians had in possession. On the tax roll in 1675 of the north end of Chelmsford were 13 Stevens families. (Settlers by Savage) The order of names and dates of the children on the family file do not match entirely with Savage. My other soruces are all different from Savage so I have ignored his findings which could be right. from Savage- I suppose that he had some acquaintance in England with military duty for he was made Lieutenant here as early as 1637, Captain in 1646, and Major, the highest rank at the time in 1655 and was a Representative 1636-39 and was chosen Assistant in 1657 to his death 24 April 1676. Before the Indians destroyed Groton in 1676 to where he had removed a few years earlier he had established a retreat in Salem but died in Charleston during the session of the Court of Assistants. For his services the government had many years before granted him 1000 acres of land which he had never taken up but had given it to his daughter Elizabeth on her marriage by his wife Mary was compelled by petition for it in the year of his death. (The Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Henry Pope) Willard, Simon, Cambridge, proprietor Moved to Concord. Sergeant appointed to exercise the military Co. 13 8 1636 Was a Kentish soldier. Was either deputy or assistant deputy for about 40 year. Was a major. Had a patent with associated in 1641 for trading with the Indians and collecting tribune from them. Removed to Lexington. Sources: Title: Rose Marie Anderson - descendent of Asa Stevens, Jr. Title: Pamelia T. Emerson of San Diego, CA - descendant of Asa Stevens, Sr. Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Title: "The Compendium of American Genealogy", by Frederick A. Virkus Page: Volume 4, Page 473; 973.0W2v=LDS/SD Title: "Worcester County", LDS/SD Page: Vol 2,4-974.43H2c, p. 152 Title: "Early New England People...Some Account of the Ellis, Pemberton, Willard, Prescott, Titcomb, Sewall..." by Sarah Elizabeth Titcomb, 1882 Page: 57-65,82 also: "Genealogical Research in England," NEHGS "Register," Vol 61, pg. 187 NEHGS "Register," Vol 38, pg. 225 & Vol 61, pg. 187 & "Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," J ames Savage, 1860-1862. Title: Vital Records of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Author: The New England Historic Genealogical Society Publication: Boston: 1903; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 318 NEHGS "Register," Vol 61, pg. 187 Title: Sudbury Records Publication: NEHGS Register, Vol. 17, July, 1863 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 313 Title: Vital Records of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Author: The New England Historic Genealogical Society Publication: Boston: 1903; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 286

More About Mary Dunster:
Christening: 25 Oct 1629, Bury, Lancashire, England
     
Children of Maj. Willard and Mary Dunster are:
  i.   Mary Willard, born 07 Sep 1653 in Concord, Middlesex, MA; died Bef. 1693 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA.
  Notes for Mary Willard:
Sources: NEHGS "Register," Vol 61, pg. 187 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willar d, 1858 "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 NEHGS "Register," Vol 93, pg. 286 & "Lancaster Records," NEHGS "Register," Vol 16, pg. 259 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Genealogy," Char les Henry Pope, 1915. Title: Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800, Third Book Author: Rev. Frederic W. Bailey Publication: New Haven, CT: 1897 & Worcester, MA: 1914; repr. by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1968 Repository: Note: Morristown Free Public Library, Morristown, NJ Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 60 Title: The Birth, Marriage & Death Register of Lancaster, Masachusetts, 1643-1850 Author: Henry S. Nourse Publication: Clinton, MA: 1890; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 14 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------------------- Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler Source: WILLARD GENEALOGY, SEQUEL TO WILLARD MEMORIAL MATERIALS GATHERED CHIEFLY BY JOSEPH WILLARD AND CHARLES WILKES WALKER EDITED AND COMPLETED BY CHARLES HENRY POPE PRINTED FOR THE WILLARD FAMILY ASSOCIATION, BOSTON, MASS., 1915* Digital Edition b 2001 by Richard Bingham Oceanport, New Jersey ISBN 1-930968-20-5 Copyright, 1915 By THE WILLARD FAMILY ASSOCIATION Murray and Emery Company Kendall Square Cambridge

  640 ii.   Henry Willard, born 04 Jun 1655 in Concord, Middlesex, MA; died 1701 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA; married (1) Mary Lakin 18 Jul 1674 in Groton, Middlesex, MA; married (2) Dorothy Bell 1689 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA.
  iii.   John Willard, born 12 Feb 1656/57 in Concord, Middlesex, MA; died 27 Aug 1726 in Concord, Middlesex, MA.
  Notes for John Willard:
Sources: "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858. Title: Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850 Publication: Boston: undated; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 110 Title: Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850 Publication: Boston: undated; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 46 Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  iv.   Daniel Willard, born 29 Dec 1658 in Concord, Middlesex, MA; died 23 Aug 1708 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.
  Notes for Daniel Willard:
Sources: "Ages from Depositions in Middlesex Co., MA, 1675-1695," NEHGS "Register," Vol 85, pg. 455 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Genealogy," Char les Henry Pope, 1915. Title: The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, MA, 1629-1818 Author: Thomas Bellows Wyman Publication: Boston: 1879 Repository: Note: Morristown Free Public Library, Morristown, NJ Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 1032 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858. "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915. Title: Cutler Memorial & Genealogical History Author: Nahum S. Cutler Publication: Greenfield, MA: E. A. Hall & Co., 1889 Repository: Note: www.Genealogy Library.com Call Number: CS71.C989 Media: Book Page: pg. 510 Title: Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800, Third Book Author: Rev. Frederic W. Bailey Publication: New Haven, CT: 1897 & Worcester, MA: 1914; repr. by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1968 Repository: Note: Morristown Free Public Library, Morristown, NJ Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 29 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858. "Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  v.   Joseph Willard, born 04 Jan 1660/61 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA; died Bef. 23 Jun 1721 in London, Middlesex, England.
  Notes for Joseph Willard:
Sources: "Lancaster Records," NEHGS "Register," Vol 16, pg. 354 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858

  More About Joseph Willard:
Occupation: Sea Captain

  vi.   Hope Willard, born Abt. 1663; died 23 Dec 1663 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA.
  vii.   Benjamin Willard, born 1665 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA; died 16 Jun 1732 in Grafton, Worcester, MA; married Sarah Lakin 1691 in Sudbury, MA; born 14 Feb 1661/62 in Groton, Middlesex, MA; died 15 Mar 1739/40 in Grafton, Worcester, MA.
  Notes for Benjamin Willard:
Note: He is listed as Captain Benjamin Willard. According to the Willard Genealogy Benjamin was a Justice of the Peace, Carpenter and a Housewright Sources: "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858. Title: The Birth, Marriage & Death Register of Lancaster, Masachusetts, 1643-1850 Author: Henry S. Nourse Publication: Clinton, MA: 1890; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 452 Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. III Author: William Richard Cutter Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 1322 Title: Vital Records of Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 Author: Franklin P. Rice & Trustees of the Systematic History Fund Publication: Boston: 1906; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1999 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 375 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  Notes for Sarah Lakin:
Sources: "Gen. Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 & "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 320. Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 148 Title: History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley: from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655 Author: Caleb Butler Publication: Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1848 Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Call Number: Media: Book Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. III Author: William Richard Cutter Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 1322 Title: Vital Records of Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 Author: Franklin P. Rice & Trustees of the Systematic History Fund Publication: Boston: 1906; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1999 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 375 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  viii.   Hannah Willard, born 06 Oct 1666 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA; died Aft. 1743 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.
  Notes for Hannah Willard:
Sources: "Lancaster Records," NEHGS "Register," Vol 16, pg. 354 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858. Title: Vital Records of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Author: The New England Historic Genealogical Society Publication: Boston: 1903; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 286 Title: History of the Town of Revere, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Author: Benjamin Shurtleff Publication: Boston: 1937; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1997 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 62 Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  ix.   Jonathan Willard, born 14 Dec 1669 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA; died 1706 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.
  Notes for Jonathan Willard:
Sources: "Lancaster Records," NEHGS "Register," Vol 16, pg. 357 & "Gen. Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," James Savae, 1860-1862 & "Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir ," Joseph Willard, 1858 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858. Title: Vital Records of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Author: The New England Historic Genealogical Society Publication: Boston: 1903; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 286



      1282. John Lakin, born Bef. 01 Nov 1628 in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England; died 21 Mar 1697/98 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. He was the son of 2564. William Lakin and 2565. Mary. He married 1283. Mary Bacon 1656 in Groton, Middlesex, MA.

      1283. Mary Bacon, born Abt. 1635; died 02 Oct 1701 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. She was the daughter of 2566. Michael Bacon III and 2567. Mary Jobo.

Notes for John Lakin:
Note: According to "John Lakin's Deed, 1653," printed in NEHGS "Register," Vol 45, pg. 79, John Lakin was a native of England who came to this country with his elder brother William, his mother and his grandfather, William Lakin, Sr.. The family first settled at Reading where the name was often spelled "Laukin" and a few years later, all of them were living at Groton. He may have come from Nottinghamshire, England, although an Internet source names Reading, Berkshire as his birthplace (Hartshorn Home Page @www.co.catawba.nc.us/otheragency/ccgs/dhart/). John Lakin was one of the first settlers at Groton, MA. He was one of the original petitioners to set off the land which eventually knwn as Groton, along with elder brother William - and with Richard, John and Robert Blood (see all 4 elsewhere in this genealogy.) He and his brother each owned a 20 acre right as original proprietors. John's property was at Nod, a district lying northerly of the soapstone quarry. He was later an ensign there in the militia. Savage speculates that he may have fled Groton during the Indian Wars (Groton attacked and burned by the Indians March, 1676), but returned and died there in 1697. Sources: "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 318. Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 146 "Gen. Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 319. Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 147 Title: History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley: from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655 Author: Caleb Butler Publication: Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1848 Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Call Number: Media: Book ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------ Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  Notes for Mary Bacon:
Sources: Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 147 "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 319 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------ Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler
     
Children of John Lakin and Mary Bacon are:
  641 i.   Mary Lakin, born Abt. 1658 in Groton, Middlesex, MA; died Aft. 1688 in MA; married Henry Willard 18 Jul 1674 in Groton, Middlesex, MA.
  ii.   John Lakin, Jr., born Bet. 1659 - 1660 in Groton, Middlesex, MA?; died 21 Mar 1696/97 in Groton, Middlesex, MA.
  Notes for John Lakin, Jr.:
Sources: Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 148 (abt. 1660) Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Author: Clarence Almon Torrey Publication: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997 Repository: Note: Own book Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 447 (? 1659) "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 320. Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 148 Title: Vital Records of Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II Author: The Essex Institute Publication: Salem, MA: 1927; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 238 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------ Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  iii.   Sarah Lakin, born 14 Feb 1661/62 in Groton, Middlesex, MA; died 15 Mar 1739/40 in Grafton, Worcester, MA; married Benjamin Willard 1691 in Sudbury, MA; born 1665 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA; died 16 Jun 1732 in Grafton, Worcester, MA.
  Notes for Sarah Lakin:
Sources: "Gen. Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 & "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 320. Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 148 Title: History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley: from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655 Author: Caleb Butler Publication: Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1848 Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Call Number: Media: Book Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. III Author: William Richard Cutter Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 1322 Title: Vital Records of Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 Author: Franklin P. Rice & Trustees of the Systematic History Fund Publication: Boston: 1906; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1999 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 375 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  Notes for Benjamin Willard:
Note: He is listed as Captain Benjamin Willard. According to the Willard Genealogy Benjamin was a Justice of the Peace, Carpenter and a Housewright Sources: "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858. Title: The Birth, Marriage & Death Register of Lancaster, Masachusetts, 1643-1850 Author: Henry S. Nourse Publication: Clinton, MA: 1890; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 452 Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. III Author: William Richard Cutter Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 1322 Title: Vital Records of Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 Author: Franklin P. Rice & Trustees of the Systematic History Fund Publication: Boston: 1906; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1999 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 375 "Genealogical Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858 Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  iv.   William Lakin, born 12 May 1664 in Groton, Middlesex, MA; died 20 Dec 1672 in Groton, Middlesex, MA.
  Notes for William Lakin:
Sources: "Gen. Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol. 63, pg. 320. Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 148 Title: History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley: from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655 Author: Caleb Butler Publication: Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1848 Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Call Number: Media: Book "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 320. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------ Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  v.   Abigail Lakin, born 13 Mar 1666/67 in Groton, Middlesex, MA; died Bef. 1725 in Groton, Middlesex, MA.
  Notes for Abigail Lakin:
Sources: "Gen. Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 320. Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 148 Title: History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley: from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655 Author: Caleb Butler Publication: Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1848 Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Call Number: Media: Book Title: New England Families Genealogical & Memorial, Third Series, Vol. IV Author: William Richard Cutter Publication: NY: 1915; repr. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1997 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 1927 Title: Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800, Third Book Author: Rev. Frederic W. Bailey Publication: New Haven, CT: 1897 & Worcester, MA: 1914; repr. by Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, 1968 Repository: Note: Morristown Free Public Library, Morristown, NJ Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 58 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------ Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  vi.   Joseph Lakin, born 14 Apr 1670 in Groton, Middlesex, MA; died 01 Apr 1747 in Groton, Middlesex, MA.
  Notes for Joseph Lakin:
Sources: "Gen. Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 320. Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 148 Title: History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley: from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655 Author: Caleb Butler Publication: Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1848 Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Call Number: Media: Book "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 322. Title: Vital Records of Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II Author: The Essex Institute Publication: Salem, MA: 1927; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 238 Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 147 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------ Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  vii.   Benjamin Lakin, born 06 Nov 1672 in Groton, Middlesex, MA; died 07 Sep 1753.
  Notes for Benjamin Lakin:
Sources: "Gen. Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 320. Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 148 Title: History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley: from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655 Author: Caleb Butler Publication: Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1848 Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Call Number: Media: Book "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 322. Title: Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850 Publication: Boston: undated; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 66 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ----- Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  viii.   Josiah Lakin, born 14 Sep 1675 in Groton, Middlesex, MA; died Bef. 14 Nov 1723 in Groton, Middlesex, MA.
  Notes for Josiah Lakin:
Sources: "Gen. Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," James Savage, 1860-1862 & "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 320. Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 148 Title: History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley: from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655 Author: Caleb Butler Publication: Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1848 Repository: Note: www.ancestry.com Call Number: Media: Book Title: Vital Records of Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. I Author: The Essex Institute Publication: Salem, MA: 1927; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 132 "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 323. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------ Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler

  ix.   Lydia Lakin, born Abt. 1677 in Groton, Middlesex, MA; died in Groton, Middlesex, MA.
  Notes for Lydia Lakin:
Sources: Title: The English Origins of the Lakin Family of Reading & Groton, Massachusetts, TAG, Vol. 71 Author: Douglas Richardson Publication: 1995 Repository: Call Number: Media: Magazine Page: pg. 148 Title: Vital Records of Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II Author: The Essex Institute Publication: Salem, MA: 1927; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 104 "The Lakin Family of Groton," NEHGS "Register," Vol 63, pg. 320. Title: Vital Records of Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II Author: The Essex Institute Publication: Salem, MA: 1927; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1998 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: pg. 158 ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------ Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler on Ancestry.com Entries: 61472 Updated: Sun Aug 19 13:20:35 2001 Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler <mb@thewheelers.com> Home Page: Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler



      1408. John Cushing, born 1627 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died 31 Mar 1708 in Scituate, Mass. He was the son of 2816. Matthew Cushing and 2817. Nazareth Pitcher. He married 1409. Sarah Hawke.

      1409. Sarah Hawke, born 01 Aug 1641 in Hingham, Mass; died 09 Mar 1677/78 in Scituate, Mass.

Notes for John Cushing:
Occupation: Farmer, exporter, ship owner, 1692 First Representative from Scituate, Mass. In 1638 John Cushing, aged eleven, came with his parents Matthew and Nazareth and four siblings to New England. John returned to England briefly in 1657-1658, visiting his uncle Peter Cushing in London, and buying clothes, a bed tick and a pair of steel yards there, as well as travelling to Norwich and Hingham in Norfolk, where he visited other relatives .... This trip may represent the beginnings of John Cushing's long career as a merchant, town official and justice of the peace. Also in 1657 he, together with Matthias Briggs, purchased for 120 pounds the Varsall Estate in Scituate of Capt. John Vassall, son of William Vassall, to whom it was laid out 1634, which consisted of 120 acres with house and barns. He did not move there, however, until about 1662. The land on which the farm was situated was always known as (Bell House Neck), a name given to the place in consequence of a bell that hung at the house there, for a century, to give an alarm to the neighboring country in case of the approach of Indians. In 1663 he was surveyor of highways and in 1667, receiver of excises. He was deputy to the colony in 1674, and was often reelected. In 1673, he was on the committee for dividing Scituate lands; and in 1676, was chosen to report to the Government a statement of all services of the soldiers of Scituate in the war with King Philip. Selectman from 1674 to 1686 inclusive, and County Magistrate (Plymouth Co.) 1685 to 1692. Assistant of the Old Colony Government of Plymouth Colony 1689 to 1691, and representative to the General Court at Boston in 1692 (the first year after the two colonies, Plymouth and Massachusetts, were united), and for several succeeding years to 1697, Member of the Council 1706 and 1707. He was also Colonel of the Plymouth Regiment.
     
Child of John Cushing and Sarah Hawke is:
  704 i.   John Cushing, born 28 Apr 1662 in Hingham, Mass; died 19 Jan 1737/38 in Scituate, Mass; married Deborah Loring 20 May 1688.


      1536. William "The Emmigrant" RUSSELL71, born 1605 in England; died 14 Feb 1660/61 in Cambridge (Menotomy). He was the son of 3072. Joseph RUSSELL. He married 1537. Martha DANTS 26 May 1636 in England.

      1537. Martha DANTS72, born in England; died Abt. 1694 in Cambridge (Menotomy)72.

Notes for William "The Emmigrant" RUSSELL:
Was in Menotomy by 1645. Probably lived near Alewife Brook, known then as Menotomie river. He was a farmer. LDS says married 23 Jun 1632 in Sudbury, Mass. Not likely.

More About William "The Emmigrant" RUSSELL:
Burial: Cambridge

  Notes for Martha DANTS:
Marriage date may have been between 1625 and 1636. LDS says she was born in 1635 and married in 1632 in Sudbury, MA Obviously mistake somewhere. When William died she married Humphrey Bradshaw in 1665 and Thomas Hall in 1683. She is, by tradition, supposed to have built the Jason Russell house in Arlington about 1690 but recent research appears to disprove that and indicates that Jason himself built it about 1740.
     
Children of William RUSSELL and Martha DANTS are:
  768 i.   Joseph RUSSELL, born 1636 in England; died 14 Nov 1694 in Cambridge (Menotomy); married Mary BELCHER 23 Jun 1662.
  ii.   William RUSSELL, born 1655 in Cambridge73; died 17 May 1744 in Cambridge73
  iii.   Jason RUSSELL, born 14 Nov 1658 in Cambridge, MA74; died 1736 in Cambridge MA74; married Mary Hubbard 1684; born 20 Oct 1665 in Cambridge, MA74; died 14 May 1738 in Cambridge, MA74.


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