Among the founding Settlers of Hartland Vermont (then Hertford)... along with James Nutting Willard, his 1st cousin.

See: In Sight of Ye Great River
Hertford Grand List of 1778

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59274214/oliver-willard 'Id: I555155619

Birth: 6 Mar 1730 in Lunenburg, Worcester, MA

Death: 15 Sep 1810 in Hartland, Windsor, Vt

Burial: 1810 Cutts Cem, Windsor, VT

Ancestral File #: XH57-91

Change Date: 2 Jan 2004 at 18:49

Father: Josiah WILLARD b: 1693 in , Lancaster, Worcester, Ma

Mother: Hannah WILDER b: Abt 1694 in Lunenberg, Worcester, Massachusetts

ID: I5421

Occupation: Judge

Father: Josiah WILLARD b: 1693 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Mother: Hannah WILDER b: 1644

Marriage 1 Thankful DOOLITTLE b: 1724 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts

Married: 1750

Spouse

Thankful Doolittle

Born: 20 Jan 1734 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts

Died: 15 Aug 1798 in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont, USA

children

• Oliver Willard M 1755 in Hartland, Windsor, New Hampshire Grants (now Vermont)
• Levi Willard M 1759 in Hartland
• Wilder Willard M abt 1761 in Hartland
• Eli Willard M 4 Jul 1761 in Fort Dummer
• Thankful Willard F 1763 in Fort Dummer
• Titus Willard M abt 1764 in Hartland
• Myra Willard F 25 Sep 1765 in Hartland (Myra Willard Billings (1765 - 1827))
• Peter Willard M 8 Nov 1767 in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts
• Charles Willard M abt 1774 in Hartland

Note: Was at Fort Dummer as early as 1748; became a colonel. Was one of the grantees of Winchester and Westmoreland, N. H .; settled at Hartland, Vt., where he was (a)†† proprietor of the entire township' and sold lots to settlers. He took the side of New York in the boundary controversy. Was a justice of the peace and an assistant judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

†† There were a number of Proprietors: see meeting of Nov. 1794 on the <Timeline>

Children

  1. Has Children Charles Willard

2. Has No Children Oliver Willard
3. Has Children Wilder Willard
4. Has No Children Thankful Willard
5. Has No Children Myra Willard
6. Has Children Levi Willard b: 1759 in Hartland, VT
7. Has Children Eli Willard b: 4 JUL 1761 in Ft. Dummer, VT
8. Has Children Titus Willard b: ABT. 1764 in Hartland, VT
9. Has Children Peter Willard b: 8 NOV 1767 in Ashburnham, Worcester, MA
==Sources==

• WILLARD GENEALOGY, SEQUEL TO WILLARD MEMOIR
  • Author: Materials gathered by Joseph Willard and Charles Wilkes Walker, Edited and completed by Charles Henry Pope
  • Publication: Printed for the Willard Family Assn., Boston, MA, 1915, Murray and Emery, Kendall Sq., Cambridge, MA, Digital Edition 2001 by Richard Bingham, Oceanport, NJ
• In Sight of Ye Great River (1991) Hartland Historical Society (various Hartland contributors)

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WILLARD, OLIVER SR DAR Ancestor #: A125786 Service: VERMONT Rank: CIVIL SERVICE Birth: 3-6-1729 LUNENBURG MASSACHUSETTS Death: 9-15-1810 HARTLAND VERMONT Service Description: 1) JUROR
Inscription: Oliver Willard b 1729 d 1810 and his wife Thankful Doolittle b 1733 d 1798
Burial: Cutts Cemetery Hartland, Windsor County