George Willard

Corroborated sources

Scituate, Massachusetts, and colonial Maryland

The Willard genealogy identifies him as Deborah Willard’s father. New England records place him in Scituate. A Provincial Court deed describes him as a Patuxent planter. His father Richard’s English will names both George and Simon.^{[1] [2] [3]}

From Scituate to Maryland

A published transcription of Scituate’s church register records Deborah’s baptism in 1645. A Maryland deed identifies George as a Patuxent planter. Richard Willard’s English will names both George and Simon. The identity of George’s wife remains open. Evidence and records

References

• Willard genealogy and Scituate baptisms
• Scituate Historical Society, early families
• Archives of Maryland, George Willard’s cattle deed, p. 317
• Richard Willard’s English will abstract
• Willard Memoir, Scituate baptism transcription