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Rev. Elijah Willard[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

Male 1782 - 1852  (70 years)


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  • Name Elijah Willard 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Birth 26 Apr 1782  Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7, 11, 15, 16, 17] 
    • 1850 census says he was born in Massachusetts, age 68. Stearns says 19 April 1782 on page 510 but 26 April 1782 on 983.
    Gender Male 
    Education Abt 1801  [11] 
    Methodism
    Occupation From 1803 to 1852  [7, 12, 18] 
    Methodist minister
    Census 1820  Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 19] 
    Census 1830  Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 20] 
    Census 1840  Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Alternate Name 1850  [17] 
    Elijah Willand
    Religion Methodist  [7]

    • The Methodist Episcopal Society of Wellfleet, was organized in 1802. Rev. Robert Yallaley Provincetown, visited the town in 1797 and preached several times. Reverends Rickhow, Weeks, Broadhead, Snelling, Willard and others followed, and in 1807 this was made part of the Harwich circuit. Rev. Joel Steele was the first minister to travel the circuit; he was succeeded by Rev. E. Otis; he by Rev. Joseph A. Merrill up to 1810. In 1811 this church was made a circuit with Truro, which continued to 1827, when it was made a station by itself. The society was organized with three members-Abigail Gross (mother-in-law?), Thankful Rich and Lurana Higgins (sister-in-law). Ephraim Higgins was the first-class leader. Accession to the membership followed, and in 1816 a church edifice was erected on the hill north of the village, which was the first house of this denomination in the town. From 1817 to 1824 the society grew, and in 1829 their house was enlarged to thirty-eight by sixty feet, with seventy pews on the floor, and galleries on both sides. In 1842-3 great revivals occurred and all the churches received large additions of members. The old house being too small for the worshippers, a new one was erected and dedicated December 5, 1843. This was the most elaborate church edifice on the Cape at that time, the site being changed from near the burying ground to the present one in the village. Rev. Paul Townsend preached the dedicatory sermon.

      .......The following list indicates what pastors have served the society, and the year they came: In 1812, Robert Arnold; 1813, Elias Marble; 1814, B. Otheman: 1815, Thomas C. Pierce; 1816, Orin Roberts; 1817, Benjamin Keith; 1818, Ephraim Wiley; 1820, Edward Hyde; 1822, L. Bennett; 1824, J. G. Atkins; 1825, Lewis Bates; 1827, Joel Steele; 1829, B. F. Lombard; 1831, N. S. Spaulding; 1832, Squire B. Haskell; 1833, H. Brownson; 1834, W. Emerson; 1836, B.F. Lombard; 1837, H. Perry; 1839, J. M. Bidwell; 1840, Paul Townsend; 1842, J. Cady; 1844, G. W. Steams; 1846, John Lovejoy; 1848, Cyrus C. Munger; 1849, Samuel Fox; 1851, John Howson; 1853, J. E. Gifford; 1854, Erastus Benton; 1856, E. K. Colby; 1858, E. H. Hatfield; 1860, James Mather; 1862, [p. 803] John Howson; 1863, A. N. Bodfish; 1865, William V. Morrison; 1867, Charles Nason; 1869, Walter Ela; 1870, A. J. Church; 1873, C. S. Macreading; 1875, A. P. Palmer; 1878, Edward Edson; 1881, Samuel M. Beal; 1883, Samuel McBurney; 1884, George A. Moss; 1886, Angelo Canoll; 1888, Charles S. Davis.

      .......In 1819 a Methodist camp meeting was held in South Wellfleet, and from 1823 to 1825 it was held on Bound Brook island, then was removed to Truro. These meetings rapidly increased the early membership.

      (bold text added by Duane Barton)
    Death 5 Sep 1852  Saugus, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 11, 22, 23] 
    Cause: consumption
    • The VRs have 6 Sep 1852.
    Burial Saugus, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [24, 25] 
    Cemetery:
    Riverside Cemetery
    Person ID I15129  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 1 May 2017 

    Father Deacon John Willard,   b. 26 Jul 1739, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1793, Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Sarah Willard,   b. 16 Nov 1746, Winchester, New Hampshire, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1834, Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Intentions 6 Jan 1765  Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    Marriage 21 May 1765  Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30] 
    Family ID F6547  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thankful Gross,   b. 4 Mar 1788, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1872, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [14, 23, 24, 31, 32] 
    Marriage 15 Sep 1807  Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 33] 
    Census 1850  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Notes 
    • Elijah and Thankful were supposed to have had 10 children. [34]
    Children 
    +1. Lorinda Willard,   b. 27 Aug 1812, Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1891, Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +2. Sgt. Elijah Willard, Jr.,   b. 1816, Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1894, Revere, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Albert Willard,   b. 6 Apr 1819, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1843, Havana, Cuba, Nueva España Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    +4. Lucius B. Willard,   b. 2 Sep 1821, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1892, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +5. Olivia P. Willard,   b. 11 Apr 1825, New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1892, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +6. Matilda Thankful Willard,   b. 27 Jan 1827, Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1912, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     7. Abigail T. Willard,   b. 1830   d. 1 Jan 1848, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
    Family ID F5250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Apr 1782 - Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Sep 1807 - Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1820 - Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1830 - Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1840 - Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: consumption - 5 Sep 1852 - Saugus, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Riverside Cemetery - - Saugus, Essex, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S120] History of Sullivan, NH, 1374, 00280.

    2.  2.  [S260] Vital Records of Lynn, MA, Vol. 2, 616, 00592.

    3.  3.  [S532] Willard Genealogy, 645, 00625.

    4.  4.  [S532] Willard Genealogy, 98, 00625.

    5.  5.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, Worcester:Ashburnham:88, 00596.

    6.  6.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, Worcester:Princeton:70, 00596.

    7.  7.  [S666] Rev. Elijah Willard - Methodist minister, 00665.

    8.  8.  [S994] Vital Records of CT Vol 25 (Barbour), 173, 00670.

    9.  9.  [S260] Vital Records of Lynn, MA, Vol. 2, 333, 00592.

    10.  10.  [S858] Ricker Compilation, 13850, 00854.

    11.  11.  [S917] History of Ashburnham, 510, 00913.

    12.  12.  [S950] Alice Coy E-mail, Coy Family query on FamilyHistory.com; e-mail; between 17 December 1999 and 18 December 1999; Duane Barton, 00028.

    13.  13.  [S1181] US CT Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut Newspaper Notices Vol 48; 57, 01026.

    14.  14.  [S806] Vital Records of MA, 1841-1910, 427:417, 00802.

    15.  15.  [S917] History of Ashburnham, 983, 00913.

    16.  16.  [S641] Vital Records of Ashburnham, MA, 88, 00642.

    17.  17.  [S268] 1850 MA Census - on line, roll 311, 234b, 00008.

    18.  18.  [S268] 1850 MA Census - on line, roll 311, 234, 00008.

    19.  19.  [S499] Census on CD and Online, CT:1820:3:260-261, 00095.

    20.  20.  [S499] Census on CD and Online, CT:1830:7:105A, 00095.

    21.  21.  [S499] Census on CD and Online, 1840:MA:Plymouth:Middleboro:31, 00095.

    22.  22.  [S943] Duane Barton, 00168.

    23.  23.  [S806] Vital Records of MA, 1841-1910, 447:543, 00802.

    24.  24.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 91716471, 00974.

    25.  25.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 155124649, 00974.

    26.  26.  [S917] History of Ashburnham, 982, 00913.

    27.  27.  [S532] Willard Genealogy, 97, 00625.

    28.  28.  [S641] Vital Records of Ashburnham, MA, 236, 00642.

    29.  29.  [S602] Vital Records of MA, 1620-1850, MA:Worcester:Harvard:marriages:236, 00596.

    30.  30.  [S432] Field Genealogy, 152, 00189.

    31.  31.  [S1174] Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, Lynn:1892:10, 01019.

    32.  32.  [S1171] Vital Records of MA, 1911–1915, 1912/63 Death:33, 01016.

    33.  33.  [S253] The History of Cape Cod, Vol. 2, 682, 00522.

    34.  34.  [S950] Alice Coy E-mail, 00028.