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923. Dorothy DUNSTER(81). Not Proven. - "There has been a rumor that George Willard's wife was Dorothy Dunster, sister of the Rev. Henry Dunster, but nothing has been proved. The question was aired again in 1989 issues of NEXUS (New England Historic Genealogical Society)." (Bonnie Hubbard)
Children were:
- child461 i. Deborah WILLARD. Born before 14 Sep 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony. Married Paul Sears.
- child ii. Daniel WILLARD(81) was baptised on 14 Sep 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA. Married Esther Mathews.
- child iii. Joshua WILLARD(81) was baptised on 2 Nov 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.
Also seen;
- Jacob Willard b. about 1650. Married Mary White.
Disputed Origins
- not a known child of Henry Dunster of Balehoult
- not a known child of Henry Dunster of Elton
- wrong age to have been a child of Rev. Henry Dunster, First President of Harvard or his brother Robert Dunster
From https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LT73-8KP (deleted by merge)
Two excellent sources, the best of their kind on George Willard, agree that his wife is currently unknown. Efforts to assign Dorothy Dunster are spurious without serious sourcing. See:
1. The book "Williard Genealogy, Sequel to Willard Memoir," materials gathered chiefly by Joseph Willard and Charles Wilkes Walker, completed and edited by Charles Henry Pope in behalf of the Willard Family Association (Boston; 1915), pp. 10-14. AncestryImage
2. "Willard Memoir; or, Life and Times of Major Simon Willard...," by Joseph Willard (Boston; 1858), pp. 98-107: "George Willard.
ID: I02786
Name: Dorothy DUNSTER 1 2
Sex: F
Birth: ABT 1616 in Lancashire, England 2
Death: AFT 1659 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA 1 2
Event: Relationship Immigrant ancestor of the Browns, Fays & Humphreys of Underhill-Jericho, VT
Reference Number: C4929
Note:
[Flora McKee.FTW]
!LIFE: Wonder if she could be daughter of Rev Henry Dunster, son of Henry of Barry Lancashire, England who came to Boston, MA in 1640 and removed to Scituate, MA later OR daughter of Richard Dunster who is brother of Rev. Henry and who was a Cambridge, MA in 1642. From "Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families" by Frank R. Holmes, 1923, pg. lxxii.
!LIFE: From "The Pioneers of MA" by Charles H. Pope, 1981, p. 147. The will of
Rev. Henry Dunster of Cambridge, MA dated 18 Feb 1658 and probated 21 Jun 1659 states his daughter Elizabeth is to be brought up by "my sister Mrs. Hills of Mauldon" or "my sister Willard of Concord" in case of Elizabeth's mother's death. He also gives to "sister Hills" and to "sister Willard". Believe that this is probably RIN 200 but uncertain.
Marriage 1 George WILLARD b: 4 DEC 1614 in Horsmonden, Kent, England Married: BET 1636 AND 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA 1 2
Children
Jacob WILLARD b: ABT 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA
Sources:
Title: Flora McKee.FTW
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Media: Other
Text: Date of Import: 22 Oct 2000
Title: Ford & Matson & related famlies
Author: Mamie Smail
Publication: Ancestry.com World Tree
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ID: I6042
Name: Dorothy DUNSTER
Sex: F
Birth: Abt 1618 in Bury, Lancashire, England
Death: Aft 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
IDNO: R:6166-1+5
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SOURCES
1. Hon. H. Franklin Andrews. A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable Massachusetts Eldest Son of
James Hamlin, The Immigrant, Who Came from London, England, and Settled in Barnstable, 1639 1639--1902. Exira, Iowa: the author [1902].:41.
2. Ibid. :41.
3. Samuel P. May. The Decendants of Paul Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass. 1638-1888. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons [1890]. :44.
4. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: ?New England Historic and Genealogical Society. Volume 3 [April 1849]:188 List of Freemen by Rev. Licius R. Paige.
5. Ibid. Volume 4 [January 1850]:55 Early Records of Boston by Mr. David Pulsifer.
6. E. O. Jameson. The Choates in America. 1643 - 1896. John Choate and His Descendants. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers [1896]. :41.
7. Samuel P. May. The Decendants of Paul Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass. 1638-1888. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons [1890]. :44.
8. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: ?New England Historic and Genealogical Society. Volume 1 [July 1847]:289 "Time of the Arrival in New England of the Following Ministers".
9. Ibid. Volume 3 [April 1849] footnote:181 Ancient Wills in Middlesex.
10. Ibid. Volume 9 [July 1855]:270,271 The First President of Harvard College by the Hon. Timothy Farrar.
11. Ibid. Volume 27 [July 1873]:307 Dunster and Wade Families by Rev. Lucius R. Paige.
12. Ibid. Volume 7 [October 1853]:316 Notes on the Danforth Family by William Thaddeus Harris.
13. Ibid. Volume 17 [April 1863]:131 Rev. Michael Wigglesworth.
14. Ibid. Volume 27 [July 1873]: 307 Dunster and Wade Families by Rev. Lucius R. Paige.
15. Ibid. Volume 27 [July 1873]: 307 Dunster and Wade Families by Rev. Lucius R. Paige.
16. Ibid. Volume 1 [July 1847]:287 Decease of the Fathers of New England.
17. Hon. H. Franklin Andrews. A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable Massachusetts Eldest Son of
James Hamlin, The Immigrant, Who Came from London, England, and Settled in Barnstable, 1639 1639--1902. Exira, Iowa: the author [1902]. :41.
18. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: ?New England Historic and Genealogical Society. Volume 25 [July 1871]:225 Old Cambridge and New.
19. Ibid. Volume 23 [April 1869]:225 Minutes of the Meeting of the N. E. Historic-Geneological Society.
20. Hon. H. Franklin Andrews. A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable Massachusetts Eldest Son of
James Hamlin, The Immigrant, Who Came from London, England, and Settled in Barnstable, 1639 1639--1902. Exira, Iowa: the author [1902]. :41.
Eugene Hubbard
Note:
Possible wife of George Willard||
The Sears Genealogy (1890), page 44, states there is a possibility that the wife of George Willard was Dorothy
Dunster, daughter of Henry Dunster and sister to Elizabeth Dunster who married Simon Willard; also sister to Henry Dunster, President of Harvard College.
The Willard Genealogy (1915), page 5, states there is no record to support that Dorothy Dunster was the bride of George Willard. Similarly, The Dunster line in Holman's Ancestry of Colonel Stevens does not include Dorothy.
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Sources:
Title: The Descendants of Richard Sears
Author: May, Samuel P.
Publication: Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, New York, 1890
Page: p. 44
Title: Compiler's knowledge, facts known to the compiler
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Source:
WILLARD MEMOIR; or, LIFE AND TIMES of MAJOR SIMON WILLARD:WITH NOTICES OF THREE GENERATIONS OF HIS DESCENDANTS, AND TWO COLLATERAL BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES; ALSO Some account of the Name and family in Europe, from an Early Day. By JOSEPH WILLARD. BOSTON, LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1913. Digital Edition ? 2001 Richard Bingham Oceanport, New Jersey ISBN 1-930969-21-3 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by JOSEPH WILLARD, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Printers S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U. S. A.
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Father: Henry DUNSTER b: 30 APR 1592 in Bury, Lancashire, England c: 30 APR 1580 in Bury, Lancaster, England
Mother: Isabel KAYE b: 22 DEC 1595 in Bury, Lancashire, England c: 22 DEC 1595 in Bury, Lincs, England
Marriage 1 George WILLARD b: Bef 14 DEC 1614 in Horsmondon, Kent, England
Married: 1640 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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ID: I15961
Name: Dorothy DUNSTER
Given Name: Dorothy
Surname: DUNSTER
Sex: F
_UID: F81D1F4654A2D7119E320050BA49826B6868
Change Date: 19 Jun 2003 1
Birth: 4 DEC 1614
Death: Y
Father: Henry DUNSTER b: in Baleholt, Lancaster, England
Mother: Elizabeth UNDSWORTH
Marriage 1 George WILLARD b: 1614 in Horsmonden, Kent, England
Married: 1640 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA
Children
Deborah WILLARD b: 14 SEP 1645 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA
Sources:
Abbrev: Price, Barry
Title: Price Family Tree
Children
Daniel WILLARD b: 1641 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA
Joshua WILLARD b: 1643
George WILLARD b: 1644
Deborah WILLARD b: 1645
Jacob Samuel WILLARD b: 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA
ID: I529752244
Name: Dorothy DUNSTER
Given Name: Dorothy
Surname: Dunster
Sex: F
Birth: Abt 1615 in of,Horsmonden,Kent,England
Death: 1650 in Scituate,Plymouth,Massachusetts
Marriage 1 George WILLARD b: Bef 4 Dec 1614 in Horsmonden,Kent,England c: 4 Dec 1614 in Horsmonden,Kent,England
Married: Abt 1644 in Scituate,Plymouth,MA
Children
Jacob WILLARD b: Abt 1652 in of,Scituate,Plymouth,MA
Dunster, || Henry, Cambridge, first Presid. of Harv. Coll. a Lancashire man, s. of Henry of Balehoult, a seat in Bury of that Co. came in 1640, and resid. a short time in Boston, was of ar. co. 1640, but not of our ch. so that we may be sure he ws of ano. town prob. Cambridge bef. adm. as freem. 2 June 1641; was bred at Magdalen Coll. in the Univ. of Cambridge, had his degrees 1630, and 1634. Soon after com. he was made presid. 27 Aug. 1640, compell. to resign 24 Oct. 1654, on acco. of his opinion on inf. bapt. He was desir. to come to Ireland by the deputy Henry Cromwell and his coune. and £50 advance. for his passage, but he was wise eno. to avoid that evil, and d. at Scituate 18 or 27 Feb. 1659, where he preach. all his latter days; but his heart's desire was to be bur. at Cambridge, where, in his will, he says lay the remains of some of his babes. He names, as liv. two s. David, and Jonathan, d. Eliz. sis. Hills, w. of Joseph of Malden, and her childr. sis. Willard of Concord, and her childr. an cous. Faith D. His first w. Eliz. m. June 1641, d. 23 Aug. 1643; and next yr. he m. Eliz. wid. of Rev. Josse Glover, had David, b. 16 May 1645; Dorothy, 29 Jan. 1648; Henry, 1650; Jonathan, 28 Sept. or ano. acco. says, 26 Oct. 1653; and, after rem. from C. to S., Eliz. 29 Dec. 1656. Eliz. wh. at Cambridge they presume to have been his wid. d. in her 60th yr. 12 Sept. 1690, as the rec. plainly, but falsely, bears; for if it be so, she must have been only 14 yrs. old when he took her for his sec. w. and less than 9 yrs. old, when her h. d. on the ocean. Perhaps she was not mo. of Glover's ch. JONATHAN, Cambridge, s. of the preced. m. 5 Dec. 1678, Abigail Eliot, had Henry, b. 17 July 1680; and Eliz. 22 Feb. 1682. For sec. w. 5 Apr. 1693, he took Deborah Wade of Medford. The s. Henry had two ds. bur. at Cambridge; but in other parts of Mass. as well as in N. H. descend. of the long suffer. presid. remain; and Deane says that one of them did the presswork for his Hist. of Scituate. RICHARD, Cambridge 1642, br. ofHenry, of wh. no more is kn. A very curious letter of Mar. 1641, to him from his f. in Lancashire, is in 4 Hist. Coll. II. 191. Sis. of the Presid. were Eliz. and Mary, wh. successive. were ws. of Maj. Simon Willard, the latter surv. him, m. Joseph Noyes of Sudbury, and a third, perhaps, Rose, was [p.83] w. of Capt. Joseph Hills of Malden. One niece, Eliz. was w. of Benanuel Bowers; and ano. Faith, m. 12 May 1664, John Page of Groton.
Dorothy Willard's Timeline
1614 |
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England
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1645 |
September 14, 1645
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Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusets, United States
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September 14, 1645
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Scituate, (Present Plymouth County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
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1647 |
November 2, 1647
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusets, United States
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1650 |
1650
Age 36
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
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1652 |
1652
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Scituate, (Present Plymouth County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
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1654
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Scituate, (Present Plymouth County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
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1657 |
January 15, 1657
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