Richard Willard
Yeoman
Baptized: March 10, 1581 Horsmonden, Kent, England
Married: Septemner 23, 1601 Westgate, Kent, England
Buried: February 20, 1617 Horsmonden, Kent, England
Father: Symon Willard
Mother: Elizabeth ?
Wife: Margery Humphrie
Charles Henry Pope, "Sequel to Willard Memorial (1915)
Children:
Simon Willard b.1605
Notes:
-Wrote his will Feb 12, 1616/7 (proved March 8, 1616/7). Bequeathed to the poor of Horsmonsen, his wife, and sons and daughters. He left his son Simon his house and property when he reaches 21 years of age. He directs that Simon be put with some honest man to learn a good trade.
-In 1605 "Richard Willard of Horsmonden, yeoman" "armed with weapons, assaulted John Willard at Horsmonden in the highway and ill treated him and imprisoned him for five hours". Also in 1605 "Richard Willard" "stole two cows worth 100s, one feather bed worth 60s, one cooking pot worth 30s, one table worth 10s belonging to Thomas Willard of Horsmonden in his house there"
Sources:
Joseph Willard, "Willard Memior, Or, Life and Times of Major Simon Willard; With Notices of Three Generations of his Descendants, and Two Collateral Branches in the United States" (1858)
D.H. Willard, "Willard Memior: Sketch of the Life of Maj. Simon Willard with Notice of some of his descendants to the Ninth Generation" (1879)
Joseph Willard, Esq: "Johnson, Willard, Sheafe", NEHGR 4(1850):309
Birth Source: Baptism Record in Horsmonden. Mentioned in father's will.