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	Simon Willard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Willard was one of the founders of Concord, Massachusetts.
		Simon Willard was born on April 3, 1753.
		Simon Willard never referred to this design as a "banjo", and technically speaking it is a "timepiece" rather than as a "clock" because it does not stike.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Willard (2109 words)

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		Willard, Samuel (31 Jan. 1640-12 Sept. 1707), Puritan clergyman and theologian, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, the son of Simon Willard and Mary Sharpe.
		Samuel Willard graduated from Harvard in 1659, and in the early 1660s he was granted an M.A. In June 1663 Willard became pastor at the frontier community of Groton, Massachusetts, and was ordained on 13 July 1664 at the formal gathering of its church.
		Willard's most significant reaction to the crisis of the Dominion Era was to begin, in 1688, a cycle of Tuesday lectures on the Westminster Shorter Catechism, thus making him the first "catechism preacher" in New England on the pattern recently established among Calvinists in Scotland, Germany, England, and the Netherlands.
	www.pragmatism.org /american/willard_samuel.htm (1056 words)

	Willard Family
		Simon was a surveyor of highways in 1707; he died in the "Newington Society" section of Wethersfield on January 8, 1726-7.
		Daniel Willard, son of Daniel and Dorothy (Deming) Willard, was born in Wethersfield on April 7, 1753.
		William Francis Willard, son of Daniel and Laura (Francis) Willard, was born August 25, 1815 in the "Newington Society" section of Wethersfield.
	www.library.hbs.edu /hc/sfa/willardfamily.htm (591 words)

	Simon willard and his clocks 1911 edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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	simon-willard-and-his-clocks-1911-edition.jousson-hgkan.thealbanytime.org (2109 words)

	Willard
		Simon Willard came from Horsemondon County Kent to Cambridge in 1~34.
		Simon Willard came to America with his wife and children in 1634.
		In the settlement of the town of Lancaster Major Willard had been of great service to the inhabitants, and their appreciation was shown when, in 1658, the selectmen wrote him an earnest invitation to come and settle among them, offering a generous Share in their lands as inducement.
	www.jacksonsweb.org /willardnotes.htm (1449 words)

	Simon Willard
		Willard was a leading citizen in Concord and a leader in the church for the about 25 years that he lived there.
		1642-June 14 Simon Willard was one of the committee appointed to levy a rate of Lb 800 upon the various towns of the colony.
		Simon Willard was one of the leading citizens of Concord and the ancestor of two presidents of Harvard College.
	pharmacy.isu.edu /~cady/genealogy/PS04/PS04_286.HTM (3669 words)

	Newspaper Article: Grandfather Clocks
		Simon Willard was an inventor of genius, but that did not keep him from being a thrifty American.
		Although Simon Willard knew the worth of his clocks, it is doubtful if he dreamed of the approbation and patronage they would receive less than a hundred years after his death.
		The story goes that such accuracy did Willard have in his hand and eye that he habitually filed the teeth of his cogwheels without marking them; and that when some one asked him why he didn't stamp his brass with markers, he replied that it was unnecessary--his wheels were accurate.
	richmondthenandnow.com /Newspaper-Articles/Grandfather-Clocks.html (1025 words)

	OSV - Elegant Faces & Mahogany Cases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Simon Willard, already trained as a clock maker, remained at the family farm in Grafton, Massachusetts, during the Revolution.
		Simon's technical progress in making shelf clocks by the mid-1780s is shown by a weight-powered shelf clock with a pinwheel escapement, a feature seen on spring-powered clocks in France at the time.
		Simon expected to meet with his customers to discuss their purchases and recommended that when the clock was delivered, his workman stay overnight to ensure that all was in working order.
	www.osv.org /education/OSVisitor/Clocks.html (1602 words)

	SIMON WILLARD’S LIFE IN CONCORD
		Then Simon Willard set the bounds of the town by pointing to the four directions: 3 miles north, 3 miles east, 3 miles south and 3 miles west, making a six myle square area the white men could call theirs, and Squaw Sachem was satisfied.
		Simon was a man of means, and held in high esteem as a merchant.
		Ruth Wheeler suggests that perhaps Simon Willard was the one to name Walden Pond in Concord, after a place in England called Saffron Walden, and in honor of a Major Walden, who was also a fur trader and a contemporary of Willard.
	willardfamilyassn.org /SWConcord.htm (1802 words)

	Simon Willard
		He was the son of Richard Willard, came to New England in 1634, and was a founder of Concord, of which he was clerk from 1635 till 1653.
		See his "Life," by Joseph Willard (Boston, 1858).--His son, Samuel, clergyman, born in Concord, Massachusetts, 31 January, 1640; died in Boston, Massachusetts, 12 September, 1707, was graduated at Harvard in 1659, studied divinity, was ordained minister at Groton in 1663, and continued there until the Indian war of 1676.
		John Hovey, with a Funeral Sermon on Samuel Willard," by William Thompson, A. M., and a preface by Thomas Prentice (Boston, 1743).--The second Samuel's son, Joseph, clergyman, born in Biddeford, Maine, 9 January, 1738; died in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 25 September, 1804, was left fatherless at an early age, and made several coasting voyages.
	www.famousamericans.net /simonwillard (1130 words)

	horsmonden.co.uk - Simon Willard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Simon Willard was born in 1605 in Horsmonden.
		In case you are not convinced that Simon was a busy, capable, intelligent, efficient and wise man, try reading the five columns of his achievements during his lifetime in the index of the massive book Willard Memoir; or Life and Times of Major Simon Willard, 1858 edition, by Joseph Willard.
		In October, 1654, Major Willard was appointed commander-in-chief of the military expedition against Ninigret, Sachem of the Nyanticks, as told heretofore, in the Introductory Chapter, p.
	www.horsmonden.co.uk /content/view/37/9 (2733 words)

	History of Southern Illinois ~ Biography of Simon Willard, M. D.
		SIMON WILLARD, M. is one of the comparatively few Americans who can trace his ancestry back as far as the days of the coming of the "goode ship Mayflower," but the line of descent is well connected and his claim authenticated by completest details.
		His descendant, Jonothan Willard, spent his life in the then newly born "Green Mountain State," and it developed upon Jonothan Willard, second, to fare forth to unexplored sections of the country, he eventually established a new branch of the Willard family in the valley of the Mississippi and Ohio.
		Willard were passed in the town of Jonesboro, where his father had passed the best years of his life and where he carried on a commercial business.
	www.memoriallibrary.com /IL/South/Bios/W/Willard~Simon.htm (1257 words)

	The Sound of Truth From America's Banjo Clocks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Some contend that the early efforts of clockmaker Simon Willard were based on the marvelous sight of hot air balloons late in the 18th century.
		Willard certainly attained a wide reputation for his skills at clock making early in the 19th century, and was even commissioned to install clocks in the United States Senate.
		Curtis was a nephew and apprentice of Aaron Willard.
	www.antiquelynx.com /Articles/June03/Reed-Clocks.html (1045 words)

	Simon Willard, Benjamin Willard, Aaron Willard clockmakers
		Benjamin Willard was the first of several generations of Willard clock and watch makers.
		The Willard family tools, though small in size and number, are among the treasures of The Davistown Museum.
		It then descended in the Willard family until it was purchased from the Noyes St. Needham, MA, residence of the Willard family by the Liberty Tool Co. when later owners of that residence were selling the property.
	www.davistownmuseum.org /bioWillard.htm (258 words)

	The Lighthouse Clocks of Simon Willard
		Simon Willard's 1818 patent for these clocks also refers to them as "alarum (sic) clocks," and indeed they were the first alarm clocks produced in America.
		Willard President Rick Currier noted, "An important aspect of this show is that visitors get to see the tremendous amount of variation among lighthouse clocks.
		In their 1980 book, A Study of Simon Willard's Clocks, Richard Husher and Walter Welch noted, "More recent ones [reproductions} are recognizable from the use of rolled brass, good homogeneous steel and screws made to current standards.
	antiquesandthearts.com /CS0-10-01-2002-12-14-44 (2579 words)

	Willard-Hosmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Simon WILLARD of MA continues to be difficult to document.
		Simon WILLARD had no children by Elizabeth, and his ten youngest were by his third marriage.
		Simon's first marriage was recorded at Marden, Kent as: Simon Willard and Mary Sharpe were married the 13 day [Oct. 1628].
	kinnexions.com /smlawson/willard.htm (2575 words)

	Willard
		Nathum Willard became a Physician and established himself in that practice in Worcester, where he was held in much respect.
		Putnam in Worcester was a member of Dr Willards family, and on a very intimate and pleasant footing." Dr Willard had," said Mr.
		After the American Revolution, Dr Willard moved to Uxbridge, where he died April 26 1792, having completed nearly 3 score and 10 years.
	www.jacksonsweb.org /willard1.htm (908 words)

	Clocks by James Lea: Reproduction Grandfather Clock and Wall Clock Maker, and Antique Clock Repair and Restoration
		Simon Willard, considered the Father of American clock making, was born in Grafton, Massachusetts in 1753.
		This clock is a reproduction of the finest of Simon Willard's Tall Clocks and is copied from the original, which is in the Willard House Museum, Grafton Mass.
		This clock by Simon's brother Aaron Willard circa 1820 is copied from the original in the Willard House museum in Grafton Mass.
	www.jamesleaclocks.com /clocks.html (1085 words)

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		Its age is not known, but the style of the architecture is that of five hundred years ago; and just at the entrance, in the floor of the principal aisle, is a tablet to the dead, bearing the date 1587.
		In this church Simon Willard was baptized; and his American descendant read with much interest in the parchment register, in Old English characters, the record of the baptism, which runs thus: "A. The vijth day of April, Simon Willard, sonne of Richard Willard, was christened.
		In 1853, when Captain Willard began to discharge coal at the Portland wharves, only eleven thousand tons came to the city; and in 1894 nearly seven hundred thousand tons were discharged at the wharves.
	www.raynorshyn.com /megenweb/cumberland/biographies/willard.txt (995 words)

	SERMON: “. . . he left as his monument a clock that, up to the present day, no person has ever been able to ...
		When you see a Simon Willard Clock -- a shelf clock, a wall clock, a gallery clock, a light house clock, a turret clock, a tower clock -- to be sure, it will give you the correct time, but never take the clock itself for granted.
		Now just a couple of vital statistics: Simon Willard was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, in 1753, one of twelve children, a direct lineal descendent of the founder of Concord and leader in King Philip's War, Major Simon Willard.
		As the hands on Simon Willard's gallery clock rotated in silent and steady fashion, you rose to the hour and made a claim for peace in the name of the kingdom where violence has no place, makes no claim, in the name of the domain of the sovereign rule of Jesus Christ.
	www.scrollinggrid.com /osc/JWC_Sermons_by_date/112298/112298.html (1995 words)

	Woodlands Clocks & Gifts - Simon Willard Banjo Clock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The finest traditions of clockmaking are reflected in this superlative marriage of finely tuned mechanics and decorative art.
		The 95A Banjo Clock is manufactured in tribute to Simon Willard, who developed this uniquely American style in 1801.
		The reverse hand painted throat and lower door glasses are the focal point of this clock.
	www.woodlandsclocks.com /simonwillard.htm (349 words)

	Willard Family History - Other Willards
		The Willard Family Association is a group of descendants of Simon Willard.
		Another source of Willard information is a website run by Charles Willard who is a descendant of Simon Willard.
		De Walt Willard a sister and three brothers came to America from Germany in 1746 and settled in Maryland.
	www.willardfamilyhistory.com /HTML/other_willards.htm (223 words)

	simon willard grandfather clock: infos and news (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Willards (Benjamin, Simon, Aaron) Benjamin Willard was the first of several generations of Willard clock and watch makers.
		Simon Willard received patents for two of his experimental clocks in 1802 and...
		Notes for Simon Willard: From WILLARD MEMOIR live and times of Major Simon Willard He lived in Salem where for many years he was deacon of the First Church.
	www.inline-mittelland.de.cob-web.org:8888 /search_simon_willard_grandfather_clock.php (395 words)

	Major Simon Willard
		He was a brave commander, a wise statesman, and a trustworthy man, retaining the confidence of his fellow citizens undiminished till the close of life.
		, colonist, fur-trader, the son of Richard and Margery Willard, was baptized at Horsmonden, Kent, England, on Apr. 7, 1605 o.s.
		More information on my Willard ancestors and relatives can be found on my WorldConnect database.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~kidmiff/major_simon_willard.htm (735 words)

	Discovery: Simon Willard Family Record and Memorial by Antiques & Fine Art staff from Antiques & Fine Art magazine
		Courtesy of Gary R. Sullivan Antiques, Sharon, MA This watercolor memorial illustrates the family of celebrated clockmaker Simon Willard (1753-1848) of Roxbury, Massachusetts.
		Perhaps the best known of all American clockmakers, Willard was an innovator who changed the course of clock making with a number of major improvements such as the patent timepiece, commonly referred to as the "banjo clock."
		Although official records of Willard family genealogy are known, the discovery of the record owned by the Willard household is extraordinary.
	www.antiquesandfineart.com /articles/article.cfm?request=648 (201 words)

	Aaron Willard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They had two children: Aaron Willard, Junior, on June 29, 1783, and Nancy Willard, on July 14, 1785.
		Aaron Willard financed the Worcester Gazette, in Worcester, from 1814 to 1815, together with Geer Terry.
		In auction, the record for an Aaron Willard clock is $253,000—cipher which includes buyer's premium.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aaron_Willard (1467 words)

	Chapter No. 8 NAWCC 98-04-04 Page
		The Sixth Annual Horological Workshop was held at the Willard House and Clock Museum in Grafton Massachusetts on Saturday May 23,1998.The workshop was held in association with the Willard House and Clock Museum.
		Willard House is a unique place to host such an event-because it is in the same place that Simon Willard and his three brothers began their clock making, and began to set the standard for New England clock making.
		Joseph E Brown, FNAWCC,is a Trustee of the Willard House and Clock Museum,a corporator of the Charles River Museum of Industry,and Past President, and currently a Director of Chapter Eight Council.He specializes in the museum quality restoration of 18th.
	www.plads.com /nawcc008/98/9805/980523.htm (1601 words)

	WFA Genealogy Report John-2 Willard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Mary Dunster was baptized on 5 December 1630 at Parish of Bury, Lancashire, England.
		Willard and Mary Dunster that is the focus of this report:
		Willard, born 12 February 1656/57 Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; married Mary Hayward.
	www.willardfamilyassn.org /karenfiles/John/john0001.htm (243 words)

	Willard (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Think not that your own right hand has wrought out this your happy condition; but give thanks to him that belong, and believe that there was never a people more highly favored.
		OF all the names that stand upon the pages of New England history, none are more honored than that of Major Simon W illard.
		In 1653 Major Willard was chosen Sergeant-Major, the highest military officer of Middlesex County.
	www.jacksonsweb.org.cob-web.org:8888 /willard.htm (1969 words)

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