Jacque Vieillard (1667 - abt. 1721)

Born 10 Sep 1667 in Otterberg, Bayern, Germany

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Died about 1721 at about age 53 in Erlenbach, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

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Biography

Jacob Vieillard (Jacque Vieillar) was born in September 10, and baptized September 15, 1667 in Otterberg, Bayern, Germany.^[1] He was the son of Nicolaus Vieillard & Katherine Grosjean.^[2]
OR
(Alternately) Dr. Jakob Vieillard was born on September 15, 1667, in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany, to Catherine Boye, age 30, and Nicolaus Vieillard, age 32.

It is thought that all of the Willards originally came from France and during the Huguenot persecution they fled to England and Germany.
Jacobs descendants became “The Willards of Maryland” (as opposed to the Simon Willard descendants of New England). The book: “Life and Times of Major Simon Willard” has a chapter on the Maryland Willard.^[3]
The book above says that 3 brothers (DeWalt, Peter & Caspar) and 1 sister (Catherine) left Upper Mallingea, Palts (Pfaltz) Germany and came to Maryland in 1746, landing in Philadelphia.

Jakob Vieillar married Maria Elisabeth Gordier, Oct 15, 1680 in Bavaria, Germany. They resided in Erlenbach where he was a surgeon and supposedly affiliated with the Kaiser while he resided at his nearby summer residence.
They had four children in 11 years.

Jakob died on September 29, 1717, in Erlenbach, Germany, at the age of 50. OR he died in 1721. His 4th child, Anna Catherine was b Dec 21, 1721. One of these dates is obvioiusly wrong.

Jakob's wife, emigrated to America with her son Johann Peter in 1744. After Jakob's death in 1717, Maria emigrated to American with her son, Johan Peter, in 1744, along with Johan Peter's wife, Magdalena Maria. They arrived in 1744 aboard the Friendship in Philadelphia and resided near Thurmont, Maryland near the Graceham Moravian Church.

Mary Elizabeth's FAG in Maryland. Graceham Cemetery, Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Plot: grave 73, 4th row^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPKV-LDT7 : 26 March 2023), Jacque Vieillar, 15 Sep 1667; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Otterberg, Otterberg, Kaiserslautern, Pfalz, Bayern, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
2. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZMT-97Z : 24 October 2021), Jacque Vieillar, 1667.
3. ↑ Willard, Joseph, 1798-1865, Willard memoir: or, Life and times of Major Simon Willard; with notices of three generations of his descendants, and two collateral branches in the United States; also, some account of the name and family in Europe from an early day. 1858 Phillips, Sampson and Co, Boston. See: p. 81.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #127575806

• Germany Select Births Germany Select Deaths Family Trees
• Unsourced family tree handed down to Dina (Willard) McDaniel.
• Son: "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLT2-73Y : 26 October 2021), Jacob Williar in entry for Theobald Williar, 1711.
• Son's marriage: "Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4JF-H8N : 26 October 2021), Jacob Villiar in entry for Theobald Villiar, 1731.
• Son: "Maryland Deaths and Burials, 1877-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H3J5-G3T2 : 16 January 2020), Peter Willjar, 1794.

Children of Jakob Wilgar Vieillar and Maria Elisabeth Cordier

Hans Casper Vieillar(1703-?) (immigrated in 1732 on the Pink John and William) m. Magdalena Fischer in Germany

Deward Theobold Vieillar (1711-?) (immigrated in 1750 to Philadelphia) m. Anna Katherine Kirch in Germany

Johan Peter Vieillar (1714/5-1794) m. Magdalena Elizabeth Schlim (c1717-1792) m. 2) Rebecca Protzman

Catherine Bender Vieillar (1721-1791) m. George Harbaugh in Germany

FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 Germany

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Jakob Vieillard

Pedigree

Birth: 10 SEP 1667 Otterberg, , Pfalz, Bayern

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Marriage: 1702 Erlenbach Otterbach, , Pfalz, Bayern

Death: 29 SEP 1717

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Father: Nicolaus Vieillard

Family

Mother: Katherine Grosjean

Wife

Maria Elizabeth Gordier

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Children

1. John Peter Williard

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Male

Birth: DEC 1714 Erlenbach,Near, Kaiserslautern, Pfalz, Bayern

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Death: 28 JUL 1794

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2. Catherine Williard

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Female

Birth: 21 DEC 1721 Erlenbach,Near Kaiserslautern,In The, , Pfalz, Bayern

Christening:

Death: 12 JAN 1791

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