Husband Richard Willard
Born:
Christened: 1 Mar 1582-1 Mar 1583 - Goudhurst, Kent, England
Died: 20 Feb 1616 - Horsemonden, Kent, England
Buried:
Father: Symon Willarde (1530-1585)
Mother: Elizabeth ( - )
Marriage: Bef 1591
Other Spouse: Margarie Humphrie (1575-Abt 1608) - 28 Sep 1601 - Westgate, Margate, Kent, England
Other Spouse: Joan Morebread ( - ) - 17 Jan 1609 - St Mgt Church, Horsmonden, Kent
Wife Catherine
Born:
Christened:
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Children
1 M Rycharde Willard
Born:
Christened: 7 May 1591
Died: Bef 1596
Buried:
2 M Thomas Willard
Born:
Christened: 6 May 1593
Died:
Buried:
3 F Elizabeth Willard
Born:
Christened: 5 Jan 1594-5 Jan 1595
Died:
Buried:
4 M Richard Willard
Born:
Christened: 5 Sep 1596
Died: 5 Sep 1596
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General Notes (Husband)
Styled himself "yeoman" in his will, thrice married, children by each wife. Margery and Simon were children of second wife Margery. George, christened 1614 who also emigrated in 1634 was child of third wife.
The first wife and children I have for him works if he was not baptized as an infant.
He left a considerable estate, mainly in lands. His will;
these portions pertain to daughter Margery:
"Item, I geve and bequeth vnto my fower daughters namely Mary Elizabeth Margery and Catherine, all my household stuff & implements of householde (not before willed nor bequethed) beinge in fower pts equally devydede by my executor,"
"The disposicon of my sayd lands and tenemets is as followeth that is that I do will geve and bequeth to Maregerie & Catherin & to their heires for eu'r my mesuag barn cloase ij gardines & orchards sch I bought of Wood,"
Itm I do will & beqeth vnto my said fower daughters the yerely pfecte of all my said mesuage & lands untyll Symon Willard my sonn shall come to his fuill agee of xxijty yeres equally to be devided between them & to be payed vnto as they shall come to their seurall ages of xxjty yeres"
The will appears to be signed by Richard Willard in person. He mentions Mary now wife of John Davy my syster in Lawe.
Unknown how and why Simon disposed of the landed estate he inherited from his father.
I thought I would share some information I found on the A2A about Simon Willard father Richard Willard of Horsmonden.
FILE - File for Easter 1605 - ref. QM/SI/1605/6 - date: 1605 item: John Perryn of Horsmonden, yeoman, and Richard Willard of Horsmonden, yeoman, armed with weapons, assaulted John Willard at Horsmonden in the highway and ill treated him and imprisoned him for five hours. [Ignoramus] - ref.
QM/SI/1605/6/4 - date: 9 March 1604/5 item: John Perryn of Horsmonden, yeoman, Richard Willard and John Foster of the same, husbandman, stole two cows worth 1 00s., one feather bed worth 60s., one cooking pot worth 30s., one table worth 10s. belonging to Thomas Willard of Horsmonden in his house there. [Ignoramus] - ref. QM/SI/1605/6/6 - date: 6 March 1604/5 Mike Welch
Notes on Willard Ancestry
The English origins of Maj. Simon WILLARD of MA continues to be difficult to document. While the following ancestry is based on considerable circumstantial evidence, it is often difficult to state positively that a particular event is for the person in the relationship shown, since several idividuals with the same name are sometimes found in the same place and time. Some relationships here are tentative and subject to change as additional documentation is revealed.
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Richard Willard
Richard WILLARD - d. about Sep. 1558, Benchley, Kent. Yeoman of Benchley. Will dated Sep. 18, 1558 and proved in Oct. 1558. Benchley, Goudhurst and Horsmonden were adjacent towns in Kent. The birth order of his children is not known, and the order here is probably based on the order in which they are named in their father's will.
Robert -
Alexander -
George -
Richard -
Andrew -
Symon - d. about 1584, Goudhurst, Kent.
Thomas -
William -
Alice -
Agnes -
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Benchley, Goudhurst and Horsmonden were adjacent towns in Kent.
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Symon Willard
Symon WILLARD - d. about 1584, Goudhurst, Kent. Probably son of Richard WILLARD. Yeoman of Goudhurst. In his will, proved Feb. 26, 1584, his surname is spelled WILLARDE.
A daughter - Married Mr. BOLDE. Children.
Thomas -
Thomasine -
Richard - b. Mar. 10, 1581, Horsmonden, Kent; bur. Feb. 20, 1617, Horsmonden, Kent.
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Richard and Margery (Humphrie) Willard
Richard WILLARD - b. Mar. 10, 1581, Horsmonden, Kent; bur. Feb. 20, 1617, Horsmonden, Kent. Probably son of Symon WILLARD. His will, dated Feb. 12, 1616/7, was proved Mar. 8, 1616/7 before Edward POPE, Vicar General. The will names, in order, his wife Joan, her son Francis MOREBREAD, his son George, his daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Margery and Catherine, his son Richard, and his son Symon. Simon was to receive his bequest when he becomes of age. Based on the wording and order his children were named, it appears that Goerge was the son of Joan, and that daughters Mary and Elizabeth were born before Margery. Due to the presence of more than one Richard WILLARD in Horsmonden, it cannot be stated with certainty that the father of Simon WILLARD was the subject of the following three marriages. Catherine, wife of Richard WILLARD, was buried Mar. 11, 1597/8 at Horsmonden. Richard was married on Sep. 23, 1601 at Westgate, Kent to Margery HUMPHRIE. Margery, wife of Richard WILLARD, was buried Dec. 12, 1608 at Horsmonden. Richard was married on Jan. 17, 1609 at Horsmonden, Kent to Joan MOREBREAD (bur. Feb. 25, 1617), a widow with son Francis MOREBREAD.
Margery HUMPHRIE - bur. Dec. 12, 1608, Horsmonden, Kent. Daughter of Raynold HUMPHRIE. Probably the mother of Major Simon WILLARD and his sisters Margery and Catherine.
Mary - Named in her father's will as the first of four daughters.
Elizabeth - Named in her father's will as the second of four daughters.
Margery - bap. Nov. 6, 1602, Horsmonden, Kent; d. after Jul. 1658, MA. Margery signed a deed on Jul. 17, 1658 for the sale of land at Barnstable, MA. Married Mar. 29, 1624 in East Farleigh, Kent to Dolar DAVIS (b. 1593, England; d. Jun. 16, 1673, Barnstable Co., MA). Dolar, a master builder, arrived in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA in 1634, and lived subsequently at Duxbury in 1635, Barnstable in 1643 and 1666, and Concord in 1655. He was secretary to the first colonial governor of MA. Dolar was married second in 1671 to Mrs. Joanna BURSLEY. Children of Margery and Dolar: John married Hannah LINNELL; Elizabeth; Mary married Thomas LEWIS; Simon married Mary BLOOD; Samuel married first Mary MEADOW, and second Ruth TAYLOR; and Ruth married Stephen HALL.
Simon - bap. Apr. 7, 1605, Horsmonden, Kent; d. Apr. 24, 1676, Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA.
Catherine - bap. Aug. 30, 1607, Horsmonden, Kent.
George - bap. Dec. 4, 1614, Horsmonden, Kent. Probably son of Richard and Joan, and half-brother of Francis MOREBREAD. Removed to New England.