Josiah Willard (1635 - 1674)

Born 13 Mar 1635 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Hosmer) Maltby — married about 20 Mar 1656 in Concord, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1 Jul 1674 at age 39 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Josiah /WILLARD/ was born about 1635, possibly in Concord, Massachusetts.^[1] or in Cambridge (if born before the family had removed to Concord in Sep 1635). See Biography of his sister, second paragraph Elizabeth Willard.

He married in Concord 3 Mar 1656/7 Hannah Hosmer.^[2]

Resided some years at Hartford. Removed about 1662 to Wethersfield where he kept school for many years.

He died about July 1674 in Wethersfield, CT^[3]

Children

1. Hannah Willard, b. 1674, d. 1749.

Research Notes

Although Anderson suggests that Josiah Willard was born say 1631.^[4] This is refuted by the arrival of his father & family in New England first in May 1634, presumably with daughters Mary & Elizabeth. No record of Josiah can be found in England, e.g. Marden. He was likely conceived after May 1634 in New England, thus not born not earlier than Feb 1635, possibly later, and most probably in Concord. See also page 15 of ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ronald Longaker Roberts, The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer, South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984, Page: 139
2. ↑ Roberts, p 139
3. ↑ Roberts, p. 139
4. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 421-423 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014).
5. ↑ https://archive.org/details/willardgenealogy00will/page/15/mode/2up

• Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (2011), 421-423 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014).
• Josiah Willard (son of Simon Willard)
• Book Title: Willard genealogy : sequel to Willard memoir
• Hosmer, George Leonard. Hosmer Genealogy: Descendants of James Hosmer (Technical Composition Co., Cambridge, Mass., 1928) Page 14.
• Cook, Joseph. Corrected Ancestry of Mary, First Wife of Simon Willard, The Genealogist (American Society of Genealogists, 2016) Vol. 30, Page 231.

Josiah Willard Gender: Male Birth Date: 13 Mar 1635 Birth Place: Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America Death Date: 1 Jul 1674 Death Place: Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America Cemetery: Wethersfield Village Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America Has Bio?: N Spouse: Hannah Maltby Children: Simon Willard Hannah Meigs Dorothy Belding Stephen Willard Thomas Willard URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157315509/josiah-willard