Person:Samuel Willard (10)

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Samuel Willard
b.Abt Sep 1705 Kingston, Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica
d.25 Oct 1741 Kittery, York, Maine, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1703
  1. Samuel WillardAbt 1705 - 1741
Spouse and Children
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m. 29 Oct 1730
  1. John Willard1733 - 1807
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Samuel Willard
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt Sep 1705 Kingston, Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica
Marriage 29 Oct 1730 Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Wright
Death[1] 25 Oct 1741 Kittery, York, Maine, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Willard, Joseph; Charles Henry Pope; and Charles Wilkes Walker. Willard Genealogy: Sequel to Willard Memoir. (Boston, Massachusetts: Willard Family Association, 1915)
    p. 396-7.

    Samuel Willard [#52], s/o John Willard [#18, p. 27, and Frances Sherburne], b. Kingston, in the Island of Jamaica, about Sept. 1705, d. "at the house of Rev. Mr. Rogers", Kittery 25 Oct 1741, age 36, m. 29 Oct 1730 Abigail Wright [p. 364: his children "unite both maternal lines, - the Sharpe and the Dunster" [i.e., two lines by separate wives of his great-grandfather].] Sent to Boston at age 7 for schooling, graduated Harvard 1723, spent two years in Jamaica with his mother, then return to New England to teach school. Was ordained at Biddeford 30 Sep 1730. Seven children, four surviving: John, William, Joseph, Eunice.

  2.   Folsom, George. History of Saco and Biddeford: with notices of other early settlements, and of proprietary governments, in Maine, including the provinces of New Somersetshire and Lygonia. (Saco Me.: Printed by A.C. Putnam, 1830)
    p. 232.

    Quoting Boston Gazette, 3 Nov 1741: "Kittery, Octo. 26, 1741. On the last Lord's Day about two of the clock in the afternoon died the Rev Mr. Samuel Willard, Pastor of the Church in Biddeford, and on this day was decently interred at Kittery; to which place he came on Friday last, to preach an Evening Lecture for the Rev. Mr. Rogers. He was a Grandson of the Reverend and Learned Mr. Samuel Willard, some time Pastor of the Old South Church in Boston. and Vice President of Harvard College...
    [Note: October 26, 1741, was a Monday, so the "last Lord's Day" would be Sunday, Oct. 25.]

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