Benjamin Willard

1665 - 1732  (67 years)

• Name	Benjamin Willard  [1]
  Birth	1665	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jun 1732	Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I42485	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Maj. Simon Willard,   b. Bef 7 Apr 1605   d. 24 Apr 1676, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age > 71 years)
  Mother	Mary
  Marriage	Bef 1653  [3]
  Family ID	F16998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Lakin,   b. 4 Feb 1662, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 15 Mar 1740, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Willard,   b. 27 May 1693, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 18 Oct 1774, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F24851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He was a carpenter and a housewright.

  
  

• Sources

  [S733] Douglas Richardson, "The English Origin of the Lakin Family of Reading and Groton, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist 70:142, 1995. [S7562] Willard Genealogy, Sequel to Willard Memoir by Joseph Willard and Charles Wilkes Walker, ed. Charles Henry Pope. Boston: Willard Family Association, 1915. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.