Brief Life History of Elijah
When Elijah Willard was born on 18 April 1754, in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his father, Simon Willard, was 44 and his mother, Catherine Field, was 39. He died on 7 September 1779, in Greenfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 25.
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- Elijah Willard, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Elijah Willard, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
- Elijah Willard, "New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
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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