QUERIES
Kirki Willard Thompson is looking for the parents of George (E.) Willard, born 23 Sept 1800 at or near Boston MA and died while rafting logs down the Illinois River 15 Apr 1854. Georgešs father may be Samuel. George surveyed military tracts in Illinois; married 19 Apr 1835 at Rushville IL to Rachel Garrett who was born 18 Apr 1817 in Indiana and died 15 Dec 1893. Resided in Browning Township, Schuyler Co., IL. They had ten children: Zemenia (1835-1866), Roderick (1837-1878), Marshall (1840-1918), George Jr (1842-1913), Mary Elizabeth (1844-1923), Patrick Henry (1846-1929, Elsie (1848-1852), Maro (1850-1929), Frank (1852-1866), and Thomas Russell (1854-1936).
Contact: Kirki at 92 Prescott St., North Andover MA 01845 or dwidgit@mathbox.com
George Engelhardt is looking for any information on the ancestry of Joseph Wellard/Willard, born about 1762-89 in England; m. about 1800 to Mary Haruden. They both died before 1878. Their children (in no particular order): (a) Jesse Willard was born 7 May 1801 in England and died 29 April 1884 in Chatauqua Co. NY. He married at the Episcopal church in Rochester, Monroe Co., NY to Jane Morgan. Jane was born 28 April 1815 in England and died 21 May 1876 in Chatauqua Co. (b) Charles A. Willard (1806-1882); (c) William Willard (about 1813-? in NY); and (d) Joseph Willard, born 17 Nov 1816 in County Kent, England and died 8 Sep 1908 in North East, Erie Co., PA. He married Philanda -?-. Their son, Francis Willard was born 20 Nov 1842 in Chatauqua Co and died 24 Nov 1885 in Wyalusing, Grant Co, WI. He married Marion Gulick of WI and are the parents of my grandfather, George Alvah Willard, also Ira Willard and Arthur Willard (Arthur changed his surname to Francis after moving to California). Another son of Joseph and Philanda, Lorenzo B. Willard, was born 1846 in Mina, Chatauqua Co, NY and died 1929 in Wyalusing.
Write to: 3108 E Nora, Spokane, WA 99207 or george@arias.net
Clyde Willard is looking for any information that will help him connect. If there is an association it has to have been before 1755, that is when William Willard was born in Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Va. His siblings were: Isaac, John, Joseph, Ann, Jean, Elendar and Mary. Their births had to be around 1755, but little is known. Most of our branch of Willardšs left Virginia for Tennessee, then around 1830 moved to Illinois and settled close to Quincy, Illinois. My Great-grandfather, James H. Willard, b. 1855 in Illinois, married Melissa Harris and moved to Meadville, Mo. around 1877.
E-mail Clyde at pop-willard@worldnet.att.net
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