Captain Benjamin Willard

1665 - 1732  (67 years)

• Name	Benjamin Willard
  Birth	1665	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2, 3, 4]
  Find-a-Grave lists his birth year as 1664. [1]
  Married	Before 1690 (24 years)  [2, 3, 5]
  Sarah Lakin, the daughter of John and Mary Lakin. She was born on 14 February 1661 in Groton, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 15 March 1740 in Grafton, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sarah Willard 2. Joseph Willard (1693-____) 3. Margaret Willard 4. Esther Willard 5. Simon Willard (1701-____) 6. Hannah Willard (1702-____) 7. Hannah Willard (1705-____)
  History	17 Oct 1691 (26 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Military	1702 to 1713 (37 years)
  During Queen Anne's War, Benjamin was the captain of a militia company but declined an appointment to Lt. Col.
  Offices Held	1731 (66 years)
  He became a justice of the peace.
  Death	16 Jun 1732	Grafton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2]
  Burial	Aft 16 Jun 1732	Old Oak Street Burial Ground, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Old Oak Street Burial Ground,  Grafton, Massachusetts   [1]
  	Just a moment...
  Siblings	7 brothers and 5 sisters
  1. Abovehope Willard,   b. 30 Oct 1646, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Dec 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 17 years)   2. Deacon Simon Willard,   b. 23 Nov 1649, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 21 Jun 1731, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 81 years) + 3. Mary Willard,   b. 7 Sep 1653, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1685  (Age 31 years) ▻ Cyprian Stevens,  m. 22 Jan 1671/72   4. Henry Willard,   b. 4 Jun 1655, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1701, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 45 years)   5. John Willard,   b. 12 Feb 1656/57, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 27 Aug 1726, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years)   6. Daniel Willard,   b. 26 Dec 1658, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Aug 1708, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 49 years)   7. Joseph Willard,   b. 4 Jan 1660/61, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Jun 1721, London, England  (Age 60 years)   8. Hope Willard,   b. 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Oct 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   9. Captain Benjamin Willard,   b. 1665, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 16 Jun 1732, Grafton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 67 years)   10. Hannah Willard,   b. 6 Oct 1666, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   11. Jonathan Willard,   b. 14 Dec 1669, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1706, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 36 years)   12. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1671, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. young   13. Dorothy Willard,   b. Abt 1673, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. young
  Half siblings	2 half brothers and 5 half sisters (family of Simon Willard and Mary Sharpe )
  1. Mary Willard,   b. Abt 1631, England d. 1656 to 1661, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 25 years)   2. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1632, England d. young   3. Josiah Willard,   b. Abt 1635, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Jul 1674, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 39 years)   4. Elizabeth Willard,   b. Abt 1636, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 29 Aug 1690, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 54 years)   5. Dorothy Willard,   b. Abt 1638, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. young   6. Rev. Samuel Willard,   b. 31 Jan 1639/40, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 Sep 1707, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)   7. Sarah Willard,   b. 24 Jul 1642, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Jan 1677/78, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 35 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Richard Willard,   b. England d. Feb 1616, Horsemonden, Kent, England   (Grandfather)  Mary Gerrett   bur. 31 Dec 1634, Bury Parish, Lancashire, England   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I19537
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Major Simon Willard,   c. 7 Apr 1605, Horsemonden, Kent, England d. 24 Apr 1676, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Dunster,   c. 5 Dec 1630, Bury Parish, Lancashire, England d. 28 Dec 1715, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 85 years)
  Family ID	F241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Benjamin Willard(1665 – 1732) 2Major Simon Willard(1605 – 1676) 4Richard Willard( – 1616) 8 16 17 9 18 19 5Margery Humphrie(1572 – 1608) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Mary Dunster(1630 – 1715) 6Robert Dunster(1605 – 1644) 12Henry Dunster(Abt 1580 – 1646) 24Robert Dunster(Abt 1555 – 1599) 25Jony Scholes( – 1624) 13first wife 26 27 7Mary Gerrett( – 1634) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1665 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Death - 16 Jun 1732 - Grafton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 16 Jun 1732 - Old Oak Street Burial Ground, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). Memorial# 45579958 Capt. Benjamin Willard [S1047] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Willard-Hosmer , (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/ancestries/willard.html. Printout dated 22 March 1998). [S1048] Potter, Charles Edward. Genealogies of Some Old Families of Concord, Mass. and Their Descendants in Part to the Present Generation, (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1887). [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890). [S801] Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, volume VII (T-Y), (Boston: New England Historic Genealogy Society, 2011).