Person:Josiah Willard (8)

Name^[2]	Colonel Josiah Willard
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Abt 1693	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Abt 1715	probably Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesBased on birth of eldest known child to Anna Wilder
Death^[1]^[2]	8 Dec 1750	Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1913)
p. 236.

WILLARD, Josiah, "Capt. of Ft. Dummer, formerly of Lancaster, Lunenburg, and Winchester, and Col. of a regiment of Ft., [died] Dec. 5 [sic, impossible to read from here], 1750, in his 58th y. GR5
[Age 57, so born about 1693. GR5=Little Cemetery, South Nashua, NH]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Willard, Joseph; Charles Henry Pope; and Charles Wilkes Walker. Willard Genealogy: Sequel to Willard Memoir. (Boston, Massachusetts: Willard Family Association, 1915)
p. 34.

Josiah Willard [#31], s/o Henry Willard [#6] and 2nd wife Dorcas Cutler, b. abt 1693, d. 8 Dec 1750, m. Hannah, "daughter of John Wilder, and granddaughter of Thomas Wilder".

"He was one of the first settlers of Lunenburg; a captain in frontier service against the Indian enemy; became a colonel and was commander of Fort Dummer (at Brattleboro, Vt.) Distinguished himself in strong protection of the exposed settlements; was described as 'faithful, vigilant, careful'. He was an original Proprietor in 'the township on the East side of Connecticut River above Northfield, commonly called Arlington', and sold a tract there May 31, 1735."