Mary (Hayward) Willard (1671 - bef. 1729)

Born 5 Dec 1671 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Willard — married 31 Oct 1698 (to 27 Aug 1726) in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 9 Mar 1729 before age 57 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary Hayward was born on 05 December 1671 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the daughter of John and Anna (White) Hayward. ^[1][2]

She almost certainly^[2] married John Willard on 31 October 1698 in Concord.^[3] He was the son of Simon and Mary (Dunster) Willard, born Concord 12 February 1656/7. He died Concord 27 August 1726 "husband to Mary."^[4]

John died in Concord on 27 August 1726.^[5]

Mary probably died between 20 November 1727 when a Mary Willard rendered and account on the estate of her husband, and 9 March 1729 when an administrator was appointed on the "estate of John Willard ... unadministered by his widow Mary, lately also deceased."^[6]

The reason there is some small doubt^[2] of Mary, wife of John Willard, being the daughter of John³ Hayward and wife Anna, is that she is not named in several documents where her four sister are. John³ Hayward deeded to his sons George⁴ and John⁴. In the deed^[7] to son John⁴ it is stated that John⁴ was to pay certain amounts to his sisters Judith Goss, Mercy Brown, Sarah Allen and Anna Allen. No mention of a sister Mary. In 1715 John⁴ Hayward deeded^[8] to John Willard a saw mill, with the instruction that he care for "my father John Hayward" and after the latter's death, pay to the same four sisters mentioned above. Again no mention of Mary.

A month later John⁴ Hayward sold his own house and other property received from his father to the same John Willard;^[9] and in 1717 John Willard paid off a mortgate of John⁴ Hayward.^[2]

Children born Concord:^[2][10]

1. David, b. 09 Sep 1699; living in Concord 1757. "Of weak understanding."^[6]
2. Jonathan, b. 28 Apr 1701
3. Mercy, b. 04 Jun 1708
4. Simon, b. 02 Aug 1708

Sources

1. ↑ Concord, Massachusetts, Births Marriages & Deaths 1635-1850 (Concord, MA: Town of Concord, 1895), p. 16.

   "mary daughter of John heaward & anna his wife borne, 5 desem^r 1671."

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White. Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006) pp. 12, 27-28.
3. ↑ Concord VRs, p. 46.

   "Jn^o Willard of Lancaster & Mary Hayward of Concord were marryed by y^e Rever^nd m^r Joseph Estabrooke octob^r 31st 1698"

4. ↑ Concord VRs, p. 8

   "John Sonne of mair Simon willard & mary his wife born y^e 12th febr. 1656."

5. ↑ Concord VRs, p. 110.

   "Mr John Willard Husband to Mary his wife died August 27th : 1726"

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Middlesex County Probate Records file #24944, John Willard; 24938, David Willard
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch : 22 May 2014, Middlesex > Deeds 1712-1714 vol 16 > image 26 of 679; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex County Land Records, Deeds Vol. 16:45,(John Hayward Sr to John Hayward Jr)
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch : 22 May 2014, Middlesex > Deeds 1714-1716 vol 17 > image 199 of 351; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Middlesex County Land Records, Deeds Vol. 17:352 (John Hayward Jr to John Willard)
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch : 22 May 2014, Middlesex > Deeds 1714-1716 vol 17 > image 201 of 351; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.Middlesex County Land Records, Deeds Vol. 17:355 (John Hayward Jr to John Willard)
10. ↑ Concord VRs pp. 48, 51, 61, 72.

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