RTree - Person Sheet
NameSimon WILLARD 
Birth7 Apr 1605, Horsmonden, Kent, England
Death24 Apr 1676, Charlestown, Middlesex, MA
FatherRichard WILLARD (1579-1617)
MotherMargery HUMFRY (1572-1608)
Misc. Notes
DESCENDANT LINE:
(1) Richard WILLARD (1579 - 1617) & Margery HUMFRY (1572 - 1608)
(2) Simon WILLARD (1605 - 1676) & Mary DUNSTER (1630 - 1715)
(3) Benjamin WILLARD (1664 - 1732) & Sarah LARKIN (1661 - 1740)
(4) Margaret WILLARD (1694 - 1758) & Nehemiah HOW (1693 - 1747)
(5) Hannah HOW (1733 - 1797) & Ebenezer MILLER (1725 - 1809)
(6) Samuel Willard MILLER (1772 - ) & Sarah (Sally) GAY (~1775 - 1871)
(7) Hannah Clark MILLER (1807 - 1883) & John SMITH (1802 - 1881)
(8) Ellen Maria SMITH (1832 - >1912) & Abner Gardner TEELE Sr. (1837 - 1868)
(9) Gardner Abner TEELE Jr. (1868 - 1957) & Emma Augusta DEAN (1868 - 1913)
(10) Louis Gardner TEELE Sr. (1889 - 1982) & Gertrude Grace BOLTON (1890 - 1943)
(11) Louis Gardner TEELE Jr. (1913 - 2004) & Margaret Catherine SLINE (1943 - )
MEMORIAL (POSTED BY DESCENDANTS IN THE CRYPT OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL)
“A HENTISH SOLDIER AND AN EARLY PIONEER IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE BRITISH COLONY OF NEW ENGLAND, AMERICA, 1634. HE WAS MADE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE BRITISH FORCES AGAINST THE HOSTILE INDIAN TRIBES. HE WAS DISTINGUISHED IN THE MILITARY LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL SERVICE OF THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH UNTIL HIS DEATH, AGED 72.”
MEMORIAL: “Jethro’s Tree: Near this spot stood the ancient oak known as Jethro’s Tree beneath which Major Simon Willard and his associates bought from the Indians the ‘6 myles of land square’ ordered by the general court for the Plantation of Concord september 12, 1635.” Located at the intersection of Monument Sq and Main Street, Concord. 42° 27.627′ N, 71° 20.955′ W.
Major Simon Willard Memorial: site of his Nonacoicus (Indian Name) farm, part of which would now lie within the gates of Fort Devens. *The Indian name of his farm.
WIKEPEDIA:
“Fort Devens is a United States Army Reserve military installation in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County. The first military base on the site was established by Major Simon Willard, an English army officer, in 1656.[3] Willard, a founder of the town of Concord, Massachusetts, was the commanding officer of “Willard’s Dragoons” of the Militia of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the earliest organized military forces in central Massachusetts.[4] Willard's home was situated near the Verbeck Gate of Fort Devens, and was destroyed in 1676 in a Nehântick raid during King Philip's War. A memorial erected in 1934 marks the location today.”
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
“Simon Willard was born at Horsmonden, County Kent, England, in 1605; he was baptized in this same town on 7 April 1605. He moved from England to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1634 with his (first) wife Mary [Sharpe] Willard and their two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. At the time he was a major in the English army. Simon Willard is considered a key Massachusetts Historical figure, as well as in the history of Concord, Massachusetts:[1][2][3] He was a founder of the town, and served it as clerk from 1635 to 1653. He represented it in the Massachusetts General Court from 1636 to 1654, and was assistant and councillor from 1654 to 1676.[4]
“He moved to Lancaster in 1660, and in 1672 moved to Groton. On the dispersion of the inhabitants of Groton by King Philip's War (1676), in which he served as major of militia, he settled in Salem. During the war, at 70 years of age, he was the Chief Military Officer of Middlesex County, Massachusetts and repelled a Nipmuc force that had laid siege to Brookfield. He became a magistrate, and died at an age of 71 years, on 24 April 1676, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, while holding court there.[4]
“He was one of the thirteen heads of families in Concord that signed Reverend Peter Bulkeley's 1643 petition to Governor John Endecott in support of Ambrose Martin. One of his seventeen children was Reverend Samuel Willard, the second minister of the Old South Church, or Old South Meetinghouse in Boston and acting president of Harvard College. Around 1692 he used his influence to publicly condemn the Witch Trials at Salem, and was considered important in swaying public opinion to end them.[5] One of Simon Willard's descendants was the celebrated U.S. clockmaker Simon Willard.
“The Willard Elementary School in Concord, MA is named after Simon Willard.
(1) Richard WILLARD (1579 - 1617) & Margery HUMFRY (1572 - 1608)
(2) Simon WILLARD (1605 - 1676) & Mary DUNSTER (1630 - 1715)
(3) Benjamin WILLARD (1664 - 1732) & Sarah LARKIN (1661 - 1740)
(4) Margaret WILLARD (1694 - 1758) & Nehemiah HOW (1693 - 1747)
(5) Hannah HOW (1733 - 1797) & Ebenezer MILLER (1725 - 1809)
(6) Samuel Willard MILLER (1772 - ) & Sarah (Sally) GAY (~1775 - 1871)
(7) Hannah Clark MILLER (1807 - 1883) & John SMITH (1802 - 1881)
(8) Ellen Maria SMITH (1832 - >1912) & Abner Gardner TEELE Sr. (1837 - 1868)
(9) Gardner Abner TEELE Jr. (1868 - 1957) & Emma Augusta DEAN (1868 - 1913)
(10) Louis Gardner TEELE Sr. (1889 - 1982) & Gertrude Grace BOLTON (1890 - 1943)
(11) Louis Gardner TEELE Jr. (1913 - 2004) & Margaret Catherine SLINE (1943 - )
MEMORIAL (POSTED BY DESCENDANTS IN THE CRYPT OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL)
“A HENTISH SOLDIER AND AN EARLY PIONEER IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE BRITISH COLONY OF NEW ENGLAND, AMERICA, 1634. HE WAS MADE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE BRITISH FORCES AGAINST THE HOSTILE INDIAN TRIBES. HE WAS DISTINGUISHED IN THE MILITARY LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL SERVICE OF THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH UNTIL HIS DEATH, AGED 72.”
MEMORIAL: “Jethro’s Tree: Near this spot stood the ancient oak known as Jethro’s Tree beneath which Major Simon Willard and his associates bought from the Indians the ‘6 myles of land square’ ordered by the general court for the Plantation of Concord september 12, 1635.” Located at the intersection of Monument Sq and Main Street, Concord. 42° 27.627′ N, 71° 20.955′ W.
Major Simon Willard Memorial: site of his Nonacoicus (Indian Name) farm, part of which would now lie within the gates of Fort Devens. *The Indian name of his farm.
WIKEPEDIA:
“Fort Devens is a United States Army Reserve military installation in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County. The first military base on the site was established by Major Simon Willard, an English army officer, in 1656.[3] Willard, a founder of the town of Concord, Massachusetts, was the commanding officer of “Willard’s Dragoons” of the Militia of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the earliest organized military forces in central Massachusetts.[4] Willard's home was situated near the Verbeck Gate of Fort Devens, and was destroyed in 1676 in a Nehântick raid during King Philip's War. A memorial erected in 1934 marks the location today.”
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
“Simon Willard was born at Horsmonden, County Kent, England, in 1605; he was baptized in this same town on 7 April 1605. He moved from England to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1634 with his (first) wife Mary [Sharpe] Willard and their two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. At the time he was a major in the English army. Simon Willard is considered a key Massachusetts Historical figure, as well as in the history of Concord, Massachusetts:[1][2][3] He was a founder of the town, and served it as clerk from 1635 to 1653. He represented it in the Massachusetts General Court from 1636 to 1654, and was assistant and councillor from 1654 to 1676.[4]
“He moved to Lancaster in 1660, and in 1672 moved to Groton. On the dispersion of the inhabitants of Groton by King Philip's War (1676), in which he served as major of militia, he settled in Salem. During the war, at 70 years of age, he was the Chief Military Officer of Middlesex County, Massachusetts and repelled a Nipmuc force that had laid siege to Brookfield. He became a magistrate, and died at an age of 71 years, on 24 April 1676, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, while holding court there.[4]
“He was one of the thirteen heads of families in Concord that signed Reverend Peter Bulkeley's 1643 petition to Governor John Endecott in support of Ambrose Martin. One of his seventeen children was Reverend Samuel Willard, the second minister of the Old South Church, or Old South Meetinghouse in Boston and acting president of Harvard College. Around 1692 he used his influence to publicly condemn the Witch Trials at Salem, and was considered important in swaying public opinion to end them.[5] One of Simon Willard's descendants was the celebrated U.S. clockmaker Simon Willard.
“The Willard Elementary School in Concord, MA is named after Simon Willard.