Daniel Willard I (1658 - 1708)

Born 29 Dec 1658 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Cutler) Willard — married 6 Dec 1683 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mary (Mills) Willard — married 4 Jan 1693 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, New England

Descendants

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Biography

"Danill the Sone of maior Simon Willard and mary his wife, was borne the 26th of desem : 1658." at Concord, Massachusetts.^[1]

According to the Willard Genealogy, a Sequel, Daniel married twice.^[2] First, he married Hannah Cutler, daughter of John and Mehitable Cutler, on 6 Dec 1683 at Charlestown.

"Daniel Willard & Hannah Cuttler, m. by James Russell, Esq. Asst., Dec. 6, 1683."^[3]

She died on 22 Feb 1691. They had three children:

• Anna, b. 9 Nov 1684 Charlestown; d. 24 Nov 1684
• Anna, b. 5 May 1686 at Sudbury; m1. Timothy LeFevre; m2. John Bosworth
• Elizabeth, b. 10 March 1688 at Sudbury; m. Phinehas Rice

Mary Mills, the daughter of Jonathan Mills, was Daniel's second wife. They were married on 1 Jan 1693.^[2] or in 1691.^[4] They had at least 10 children:^[2]

• Daniel, b. at Braintree Oct. 3, 1693.
• George, b. at Boston Oct. 22, 1694.
• Mary, b. at Boston Nov. 16, 1695; m. (1) (int.) Aug. 2, 1711, John Schuyler, of Albany. She m. (2) Dr. Edward Ellis,
• Edward, b. at Braintree Feb. 28, 1696/7
• Benjamin, b. at Braintree July 10, 1698
• Susannah, b. at Boston Nov. 15, 1700; m. Sept. 3, 1724, Matthias Cowdry.
• William, b. at Boston Feb. 1, 1701/2.
• Sarah, b. June 12, 1703; d. Aug. 31, 1704.
• Mehitable, b. at Boston Jan. 12, 1705/6; m. at Dorchester, Mar. 12, 1727/8, John Baxter.
• Sarah

Daniel died on 23 Aug 1708.^[2]

Note

The Mary Mills who married, on 12 May 1690, John Marshal, son of John and Ruth Marshall, was Mary Mills, daughter of Edmund and Mary Sheffield. So, her Last Name At Birth was not Mills but Sheffield. See the records of Braintree: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924025963665#page/n728/mode/1up

John Marshall lived until 1732, so, unless there was a divorce, this Mary "Mills" couldn't be the wife of Daniel Williard and she couldn't be the daughter of John Mills and his wife Elizabeth Shove.

8. Daniel 2 Willard (Simon 1 ), born at Concord December 29, 1658; married first, December 6, 1683, Hannah, daughter of John and Mehitable Cutler, of Charlestown, who died February 22, 1690-1. He married second, January 1, 1692-3, Mary, daughter of Jonathan Mills, of Braintree and Boston, who survived him and married second, November 29, 1723, David Melville.

He was a blacksmith. He resided successively at Sudbury, Charlestown, Braintree and Boston. Was keeper of the Boston jail. He died August 23, 1708.

Children :

i. Anna 3 , b. at Charlestown Nov. 9; d. Nov. 24, 1684.

ii. Anna, b. at Sudbury May 5, 1686; m. (1) Aug. 7, 1707, Timothy LeFevre; m. (2) Oct. 7, 1718, John Bosworth.

iii. Elizabeth, b. at Sudbury Mar. 10, 1687-8; m. Oct. 2, 1707, Phinehas Rice.

35. iv. Daniel, b. at Braintree Oct. 3, 1693.

v. George, b. at Boston Oct. 22, 1694.

vi. Mary, b. at Boston Nov. 16, 1695; m. (1) (int.) Aug. 2, 1711, John Schuyler, of Albany. She m. (2) Dr. Edward Ellis,

vii. Edward, b. at Braintree Feb. 28, 1696-7; "perhaps went to Jamaica." ["Memoir."]

viii. Benjamin, b. at Braintree July 10, 1698; "perhaps went to Virginia." ["Memoir."]

ix. Susannah, b. at Boston Nov. 15, 1700; m. Sept. 3, 1724, Matthias Cowdry.

x. William, b. at Boston Feb. 1, 1701-2.

xi. Sarah, b. June 12, 1703; d. Aug. 31, 1704.

xii. Mehitable, b. at Boston Jan. 12, 1705-6; m. at Dorchester Mar. 12, 1727-8, John Baxter.

xiii. Sarah; sold her share in her grandfather Willard's Rutlandlands May 7, 1731; m. later a Mr. Hope, and is said to have had a son Henry Hope, who became a multimillionaire in Holland and London. (See expansion of the story in the "Memoir.")

Sources

1. ↑ Concord (Mass.) Concord, Massachusetts births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850 [Boston, T.Todd, printer : 1895. Page 9 Image copy accessed on 18 March 2017 at Archive.org. Page 9
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Willard, Joseph Willard genealogy, sequel to Willard memoir Printed for the Willard Family Association (Boston, Mass : 1915) Page 21ff Page 21
3. ↑ Vital records of Charlestown, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, compiled and edited by Roger D. Joslyn. New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston : 1984) Vol. 1, Pt. 1, Page 119. Accessed on 18 MArch 2017 at AmericanAncestors.org
4. ↑ "Rev. Peter Thacher's Record of Marriages at Milton, Mass." New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston. NEHGR 36 (July 1882):303 at 304. Image copy accessed at Archive.org on 18 March 2017 Image of page 304

• Ullmann, Helen Schatvet. The First Generations of John Mills of Braintree, Massachusetts, and His Descendants, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2021) Vol. 175, Page 205.