1. Joseph Willard, editor,
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 (Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1858), pg. 40.
Hereinafter cited as Willard Memoir. 2. Charles Henry Pope, editor, Willard
Genealogy; Sequel to Willard Memoir (Boston: Willard Family Association,
1915), p. 4. Hereinafter cited as Willard Genealogy. 3. Pope, Willard Genealogy,
pg. 4. 4. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 7. 5.
Willard, Willard Memoir, pg. 363, 364. 6. Willard, Willard Memoir, pg. 39 gives date
and place. 7. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 3, 4. 8. Submitted to the Willard Family Association,
Inc. Computer Archives, 1994, by Sally Von Benken, from her personal
files. 9. Willard,
Willard Memoir, pg. 360. 10. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 9, 22. 11. Oscar Hopestill Leland,
editor, Ancestry and Descendants of Jonathan and Sally (Martin) Boynton...
also Ancestry and Descendants of Caleb and Lakin (Willard) Leland (McGregor
TX: self published, 1907). A copy is held by Willard Family Association,
Inc. Paper Archives, Ruth Willard, Historian, 59 Oldham Rd, Wethersfield,
Hartford Co., Connecticut 06109. Hereinafter cited as Boynton-Leland
Genealogy. 12. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 22. 13. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, gives
place. 14. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg 22. 15. Willard, Willard Memoir, pg. 360 cites
Butler's History of Groton, pg. 410. 16. Willard, Willard Memoir, pg. 384. 17. Willard, Willard
Memoir, pg. 383. 18.
Pope, Willard Genealogy, p. 37. 19. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 38. 20. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 37. 21. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 37 gives year
only. 22. Willard,
Willard Memoir, pg. 384 gives Sudbury as the birthplace. 23. Submission from the
Willard Family Association website, 6 July 1998, by Lynn Loughney, 1916 NW
87th Circle, Vancouver, Washington 98665-6028. 24. Howe Family Records, submitted to WFA
Computer files 9 January 1999, by William D. Howe, El Paso, Texas. 25. Lynn Loughney,
"Submission from WFA website," e-mail to WFA Website, 6 July 1998, gives
"Westdore" Massachusetts as d.p.. 26. "L.D.S. Family History Library Ancestry
File"; gives Grafton as d.p., Ancestral File . 27. Howe Family Records of William Howe, gives
Grafton as d.p.. 28.
Daniel Wait Howe, compiler, Genealogy of John Howe (1929), . 29. History of
Westmoreland, N.H. . 30. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 39. 31. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 38, 69. 32. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 69. 33. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 70. 34. John Ware Willard, A History of Simon
Willard, Inventor and Clockmaker, together with some account of his sons -
his apprentices - and the workmen associated with him, with brief notices
of other clockmakers of the family name (1911; reprint New York: Dover
Publications, Inc., 1968), pg. 1 cites Original Grafton Records Vol 1 pg
206. Hereinafter cited as Simon Willard and His Clocks. 35. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 1 cites Original Grafton Records. Deaths
vol 1 pg 267. 36.
John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 1 cites Original
Grafton Records vol 1, pg 206. 37. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 70 says he
died in childhood. 38. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, says he died in
childhood. 39. John
Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 1 cites Original Grafton
Records. Deaths. vol 1, pg 267. 40. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 1 cites Original Grafton Records Vol 1, pg 206. 41. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 1 cites Original Grafton Records. Vol 1,
pg 206. 42. John Ware
Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 1 cites Grafton Vital Records pg
148. 43. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 38, 70. 44. Mackey Willard Ancestors (Ann Sturges
Mackey, 854 West 181st St #5A, New York, New York 10033-4407), downloaded 1
Nov 1995. 45. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, p. 70. 46. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, pg. 35. 47. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 77. 48. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 38, 77. 49. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 78. 50. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 38, 78. 51. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 39, 78. 52. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 78, 145. 53. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 145. 54. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 1 cites Original Grafton records Vol 1, pg 206. 55. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 136. 56. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 137. 57. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 137, 255. 58. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 255. 59. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 70, 137. 60. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 138. 61. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 81 cites Worcester Spy of 5 Oct
1803. 62. John Ware
Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 81 cites Grave Stone in Old
Grafton Cemetery. 63.
John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 81 cites Original
Grafton Records Vol 1 births and Deaths pg. 146. 64. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 138 gives date
of 6 Aug 1781. 65.
John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 81 cites Original
Grafton records Vol 1, births and deaths, pg. 146. 66. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 81 cites Worcester Probate, 66002. 67. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 139. 68. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 1 cites Original Grafton Records. vol 1, pg 206. 69. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 73, 139 gives January 28, 1775. 70. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, gives January 28,
1775. 71. John Ware
Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 5 cites Original Grafton
Records. Marriages Vol 3, pg 94. 72. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 9 cites Roxbury Marriages, 1632 to 1860. 73. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 73. 74. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 5 cites Original Grafton Records Births. vol 1, pg 220. 75. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 5 cites Family Record. 76. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 139 gives birthdate of 6 Feb 1777. 77. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, gives birthdate
of 6 Feb 1777. 78.
John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 5 cites Original
Grafton Record. Births and Deaths Vol 1, pg 104. 79. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 9 cites Boston Record Commissioner's reports Vol 21 pg
164. 80. John Ware
Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 9 cites Boston Record
Commisioner's Reports Vol 21 pg. 235. 81. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 9 cites Grave Stone in Forest Hills Cemetery. 82. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 9 cites Family Records. 83. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 10 cites Family Records. 84. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 70 gives March 8 as b.d.. 85. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 140. 86. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 101 cites Roxbury Births 1632 to
1844. 87. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 70, 140 gives Oct 14 as b.d.. 88. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 86. 89. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 86 cites Roxbury B.M. and D. 1630 to 1785 Manuscript Copy pg
114. 90. John Ware
Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 94. 91. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 86 cites Roxbury Births 1633 to 1844. 92. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 86 cites Family Records of Mr. Watson Gore, then of Braintree,
Massachusetts. 93.
Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 141. 94. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 86 notes that her birth is not recorded in the official
records. 95. John
Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 86 cites Lexington Vital
Records pg. 482. 96.
John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 86 cites Boston Births
1800 to 1849. 97.
John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 87 cites Boston Births
1800 to 1849. 98.
Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 71. 99. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, pg. 36. 100. Boynton-Leland
Genealogy, pg. 37. 101. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, gives June
1782; gives place. 102. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 73 gives 12
July 1760 as b.d.. 103. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 75. 104. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, p. 76. 105. unknown compiler, compiler, "Willard
correspondance to/from Ruth Brown Grandy Pike"; [1964 version], Ancestral
File (1958, 1964), unknown repository, unknown repository address. 106. unknown compiler,
compiler, "Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts"; p. 148, Ancestral File
unknown repository, unknown repository address. 107. unknown compiler, "Willard correspondance
to/from Ruth," Ancestral File, 1958 version--year only. 108. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 76. 109. unknown compiler, "Willard correspondance
to/from Ruth," Ancestral File, 1958 version. 110. unknown compiler, compiler, "The Leland
Magazine (descendants of Henry Leland)"; p. 145, Ancestral File (1850),
unknown repository, unknown repository address. 111. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 77,
141. 112. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 142. 113. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 143. 114. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 143, 266. 115. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 266. 116. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 77, 143. 117. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 144. 118. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 77, 144. 119. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 146. 120. Lynn Loughney,
"Submission from WFA website," e-mail to WFA Website, 6 July 1998, gives
place. 121. Howe
Family Records of William Howe, also gives death 12 Feb 1806 in Bloomfield
OH. 122. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 137, 254. 123. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 254. 124. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 81 cites Original Grafton Records Vol 1,
births and Deaths pg. 146. 125. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 10 cites Family Records, pg. 65 cites Roxbury Births 1632 to
1844. 126. John
Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 68, 69 cites Roxbury
Marriages 1632 to 1860. 127. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 72 citing a memorial written by Major General George w. Collom,
and the Boston Advertiser of 26 Aug 1874. 128. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 68, 69. 129. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 69 cites Roxbury Births 1632 to 1844. 130. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 256. 131. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 69 cites Grave Stone in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. 132. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 69 cites Graves Stone in Mt. Auburn
Cemetery. 133. John
Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 69 cites Family
Records. 134. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 140, 256 says he was born at Boston (almost the same
thing!). 135. John
Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 74 cites Boston Marriages
1800 to 1849. 136.
Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 256 gives d.d. of 13 March 1847. 137. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 74 cites Roxbury Deaths 1633 to
1860. 138. John
Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 74 cites Boston Deaths for
1892, No. 853. 139.
Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 256 gives full date. 140. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 74 cites Grave Stone, in Forest Hills
Cemetery. 141.
Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 140 gives Grafton as b.p.. 142. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 86 cites Roxbury B.M. and D. 1630 to 1785
Manuscript Copy pg 174. 143. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 95 cites Boston Marriages 1800 to 1849, pg 418. 144. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 256 gives marriage place as Sherborn. 145. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 95 cites Massachusetts Vital Records
Marriages 1855. 146. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 95 cites Middlesex Probate 37383. 147. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 95. 148. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 95 cites Boston Deaths 1810 to 1848. 149. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 95 cites Hollis St. Church Records. Baptisms Manuscript Copy
pg. 134. 150. John
Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 95 "survived Aaron". 151. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 98 cites Roxbury Marriages 1632 to
1860. 152. John
Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 98 cites Boston Marriages
for 1863, No. 1262. 153. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 72. 154. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 74. 155. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, pg. 68. 156. Boynton-Leland
Genealogy, pg. 79. 157. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, pg. 80. 158. Boynton-Leland
Genealogy, pg. 81. 159. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, pg. 82. 160. Boynton-Leland
Genealogy, pg. 84. 161. unknown compiler, compiler, "Birth
Certificate for Ann Mackey"; pg. 141, 257, Ancestral File unknown
repository, unknown repository address. 162. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 257. 163. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 141, 257. 164. Pope, Willard Genealogy, g. 257. 165. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 142, 258. 166. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 258. 167. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 142, 259. 168. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 259. 169. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 263. 170. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 142,
263. 171. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 264. 172. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 143,
264. 173. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 265. 174. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 143,
525-526. 175. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 143, 267. 176. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 267. 177. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 143, 267 the genealogy mistakenly put Oswego in Iowa on pg.
267, but it's correctly in Indiana on pg. 268. 178. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 144,
267. 179. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 144, 267-268. 180. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 268. 181. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 144, 268. 182. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 145,
270. 183. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 270. 184. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 271. 185. Howe Family Records
of William Howe, gives 1779 as birth year. 186. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 418 gives
b.p. as "Boston". 187. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 418. 188. John Ware Willard,
Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 73. 189. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks, pg. 69. 190. John Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His
Clocks. 191. John
Ware Willard, Simon Willard and His Clocks, pg. 95 cites Hollis St. Church
Records. Baptisms Manuscript Copy pg. 126. 192. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, pg. 70. 193. Boynton-Leland
Genealogy, pg. 71. 194. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, pg. 18. 195. Boynton-Leland
Genealogy, pg. 72. 196. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, pg. 73. 197. Boynton-Leland
Genealogy, pg. 74. 198. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, pg. 83. 199. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 419. 200. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 420. 201. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 260. 202. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 421. 203. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 422. 204. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 560. 205. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 561. 206. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 423. 207. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 424. 208. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 424,
425. 209. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 262. 210. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 425. 211. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 426, 427. 212. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 426. 213. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 427. 214. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 428. 215. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 429. 216. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 269. 217. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 430. 218. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 431. 219. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 432. 220. unknown compiler, compiler, "D.A.R.
National Record 260715"; Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown
repository address. 221. Willard Family Association Membership
Records, held by Marjorie W. Travis, 185 Grant St., Lexington, Middlesex
Co., Massachusetts 02420-2126. 222. Boynton-Leland Genealogy, pg. 75. 223. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 558. 224. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 559. 225. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 420, 559. 226. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 421,
422. 227. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 261. 228. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg. 562. 229. Pope, Willard
Genealogy, pg. 563. 230. Obituary, Fremont (Nebraska)
Tribune. 231. Pope,
Willard Genealogy, pg. 623. 232. Pope, Willard Genealogy, pg.
624.