Brief Life History of James
When James Willard was born on 6 September 1813, in Guestling, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Willard, was 27 and his mother, Mercy Baker, was 22. He married Mary Ann Furner on 6 April 1834, in Guestling, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Guestling, Sussex, England in 1841. He died after 1881, in Guestling, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
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- James Willard, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- James Willard, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- James Willard, "Find A Grave Index"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
Name Meaning
English (Sussex, Kent, and Surrey): from the Middle English personal name Willard, representing either Old English Wilheard or Old French Willard (ancient Germanic Willihard), the source of both of which consists of elements meaning ‘will, desire’ + ‘hardy, brave’. The name may also derive from the Middle English personal name Withelard, shortened to Willard (Old French, ancient Germanic Widelard).
German: variant of Willhardt (see Willert ) and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
History: Simon Willard (1605–76) came from Horsmonden, Kent, England, to Boston, MA, in 1634. In that year he became one of the founders of Cambridge, MA, and the following year (1635) was a founder of Concord, MA. Twenty years later, in 1659, he was a founder of Lancaster, MA. Simon Willard was involved in numerous confrontations with the Native Americans, in particular in ‘King Philip's War’ of 1675–76. He had seventeen children and was the ancestor of many prominent Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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