WFA Genealogy Report Mary S-2 WillardWFA Genealogy Report
Mary S-2 Willard
Generation Three
3. Mary3Stevens (Mary2Willard, Simon1); born 22 November 1672
at Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts;15,13
married Capt. Samuel Wright, son of Edward
Wright and Hannah Axtell, (Samuel was of Sudbury);15,16 died 18 May 1739
at Rutland, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, at age 66.15
Capt. Samuel Wright was born on 9 April 1670 at Sudbury,
Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.15 He died on 15 January 1739/40 at
Rutland, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, at age 69.15
The only known child of Mary3Stevens and Capt. Samuel Wright
was:
8. i. Mary4
Wright; born circa 1703 (calculated from age at death "in 64th year");17
married Aaron Willard 16 December 1724 (Mary & Aaron are 2nd
cousins);17 died 27 April 1767.17
4. Simon3Stevens (Mary2Willard, Simon1); born either 13 August
1677 or 1678 at Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts;18,13
married Mary Wilder (Mary was of Lancaster).15
Mary Wilder was born on 12 May 1679 at Sudbury, Middlesex
Co., Massachusetts.15 She died between January 1725 and
June 1729 at Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.14
The six known children of Simon3Stevens and Mary Wilder all
born Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, were as follows:
6. Elizabeth3Stevens (Mary2Willard, Simon1); born circa 1681 at
Massachusetts;13 married Captain
Ephraim Wilder (Ephraim was of Lancaster);14,13
died 30 May 1769.14
Captain Ephraim Wilder was born in April 1676 (two months
after the destruction of Lancaster in Philip's War).14 He died on 14
December 1769 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, at age 93.14
The six known children of Elizabeth3Stevens and Captain
Ephraim Wilder all born Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, were as
follows:
7. Joseph3Stevens (Mary2Willard, Simon1); born at
Massachusetts;13 married Prudence
Rice, daughter of John Rice, (Prudence was of Sudbury);14,13 died 1769 at
Rutland, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.19
The four known children of Joseph3Stevens and Prudence Rice
were as follows:
21. i. Samuel4 Stevens; born at Worcester Co.,
Massachusetts;19 died 1723 at Rutland, Worcester
Co., Massachusetts, killed when the Indians attacked.19
+ 22. ii. Phinehas
Stevens, born 1707 Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
23. iii. Joseph Stevens; baptized
1716 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts;14 died 1723 at
Rutland, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, killed when the Indians attacked.19
24. iv. Isaac Stevens; baptized
1718 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.14