Samuel
Willard
I
Born in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Josiah Willard
and Hannah (Hosmer) Maltby
Brother of
Thomas Willard, Josiah Willard, Simon Willard, Dorothy (Willard) Belden, Stephen Willard and Hannah (Willard) Meigs
Husband of
Sarah (Clark) Pratt
— married
6 Jun 1683 (to 19 Jan 1716) in Hartford, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Willard II and Joseph Willard
Died
at age 57
in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 21 May 2012
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Biography
Samuel Willard was born in Hartford, Connecticut, son of Josiah Willard and Hannah Hosmer.
Samuel married Sarah Clark on June 6, 1683. Children Sarah, Samuel II, Joseph and Mehitable.
Samuel bought five acres of land in Saybrook, Connecticut from David Parker in 1687. He built thereon a house which was still standing in 1716. He was elected town clerk April 10, 1713. He had command of the fort in Saybrook in 1696.
Marriage
- 6 Jun 1683
- Wife: Sarah Clark
- Child: Samuel Willard
- Child: Joseph Willard
Sources
- Early Hartford Vital Records, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society (The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1912) Vol. 14, Page 602. Birth record.
- Yale Biographies
- Willard genealogy : sequel to Willard memoir. pg. 26
- The Hosmer Heritage: Ancestors and Descendants of the Emigrant Thomas Hosmer Author: Ronald Longaker Roberts Publication: South Lake Tahoe, CA: 1984. Page 167.
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