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FIRST GENERATION
1. William WILLARD. History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon,
Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 372
of Petersham, Mass.
He was married to Catherine.1 William WILLARD and Catherine had the
following children:
+2 i. Samuel WILLARD (born on April 18, 1776).

SECOND GENERATION
2. Samuel WILLARD (William-1) was born on April 18, 1776 in Petersham,
Worcester, Massachusetts.2 He died on October 8, 1859 in Deerfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts.3 History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George
Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 373
Dr. Willard was graduate of H.C. 1803; after one year at teacher in exeter
academy, and one year as tutor in Bowdoin C. he accepted a call to be
minister of the first Cong'l church in Deerfield; his ordination was
appointed for August 12, 1807, but the Council finding on examination that
Mr. Willard's opinions on some points of speculative theology differed from
their own, refused to ordain him; at the same time they report finding him "a
gentleman of rich talents, and acquirements in theological knowledge, of a
most amiable temper, and of an exemplary frankness and sincerity." To
prevent any doubt of his position the candidate had presented a written
"Confession of Faith," which it would seem might now be a passport to any
"Orthodox" church in the land; certainly no "Liberal" creed would stand
within a gunshot of it. Neither the church nor the congregation would submit
to this decision of the Council; a new one was called from a wider field and
Mr. Willard was ordained Sept. 3, 1807; but the troubles of the new minister
were not over; the leading members of the first Council, living in the
neighborhood, gave him the cold should, refused him the usual courtesies of
the probession, and lost no opportunity to stir up strife against him; this
episode is noticed as being the beginning of the great movement which split
the Congregationalists of New England into two factions, the "Liberals" and
the "Orthodox." In 1819, Mr. Willard became blind, and after ten more years
of satisfactory pastoral work he asked a dismission in 1829. After a short
residence in Hingham he came back to his old home, where he died.
He took an early and ardent stand in favor of "total abstinence:' he was a
firm and uncompromising foe to slavery, and gave his allegiance to a higher
law than the "Fugitive Slave Bill;" at a time when it was a penal offense to
shelter a runaway slave he grandly said: "For myself I will not boast of an
invincible resolution. The example of Peter should teach us not to presume
on our own strength; but if sustained by Almighty Grace, I will perform
towards the fugitive slaves all the acts of kindness that I should do if
there were no prohibition against it; and I will quietly endure the
consequences though enormous fines or exactions should deprive me of my last
cent, and though I be thrown into prison for six months, or six years, or all
the residence of life; and I will not put the Government of my country to the
expense of a single lock and key for my safe keeping. Though the doors be
open day and night, I will not come out until the magistrates come themselves
and bring me out." And there spoke a man whose words and deeds were always
in harmony. Mr. Willard was a member of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences; was a voluminous writer; his published works are many; several
volumes of hymns, a volume of sacred music, many occasional sermons,
controversial and educational pamphlets, political tracts, a number of school
books, the more important being a series of four reading books, which had a
widespread use and went through many editions; in his diary for May 30, 1808,
he wrote, "This day I have married the lovely Susan Barker."

He was married to Susan BARKER (daughter of Dr. Joshua BARKER) on May 30,
1808.4 Susan BARKER was born in 1782.5 She died on August 24, 1857.6
Samuel WILLARD and Susan BARKER had the following children:
+3 i. Susan Barker WILLARD (born on March 27, 1810).
4 ii. Mary WILLARD was born on March 1, 1812 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts.7 She died on July 1, 1895.8 History of Deerfield, Volume II,
by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p.
374
Died unmarried. She wrote a memoir of heir father, which was
published in 1893.
+5 iii. Samuel WILLARD (born on October 18, 1814).

THIRD GENERATION
3. Susan Barker WILLARD (Samuel-2, William-1) was born on March 27, 1810 in
Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.9 She died on October 8, 1859 in
Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.10
She was married to Luther Barker LINCOLN (son of Luther LINCOLN and Elizabeth
BARKER) on December 28, 1831.11 Luther Barker LINCOLN was born on April 3,
1802 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.12 He died on May 11, 1855 in
Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.13 History of Deerfield, Volume II, by
George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 231
Graduated H.C., 1822; removed to Deerfield; was principal of Deerfield
Academy 1835 - 44; built in 1850 the house now standing on No. 7 of the
Minister's Lot; was elected rep. in 1854; he was a fine scholar, a respected
and beloved teacher and a true conscientious gentleman. Susan Barker WILLARD
and Luther Barker LINCOLN had the following children:
6 i. Elizabeth Barker LINCOLN was born on June 2, 1836 in Deerfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts.14 She died on December 11, 1836 in Deerfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts.15
7 ii. Susan Willard LINCOLN was born on August 11, 1838 in Deerfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts.16 She died on July 13, 1885 in Hingham, Plymouth,
Massachusetts.17
8 iii. Daniel Parkhurts LINCOLN was born on November 19, 1842 in
Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.18 He died on December 10, 1851 in
Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.19
9 iv. Mary Willard LINCOLN was born on August 25, 1847 in Deerfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts.20 History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George
Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 231
Teacher of music in Boston, Mass.
+10 v. Luther Joshua Barker LINCOLN (born on February 3, 1851).

5. Samuel WILLARD (Samuel-2, William-1) was born on October 18, 1814 in
Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.21 He died on September 16, 1885 in
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts.22 History of Deerfield, Volume II, by
George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 374
Graduated from H.C. 1835; Judge Hoar and Amos A. Lawrence were his
classmates and life-long friends; soon after he left college he engaged in
proof reading, but his eyesight gradually failed and he soon became blind; he
then took up market gardening and buying butter for the Boston market, and
was the first to introduce the system of sending it in boxes to special
customers, a business which now ranks high in Franklin county; he was a man
of keen wit, as well as sterling integrity; his later years were spent in
Hingham, where he died.
He was married to Sarah J. THAXTER on June 6, 1848.23 Sarah J. THAXTER was
born in 1816.24 She died on April 24, 1888.25 Samuel WILLARD and Sarah J.
THAXTER had the following children:
11 i. Harriet Thaxter WILLARD was born on February 25, 1850.26 She
died on March 14, 1862.27
12 ii. Susan Barker WILLARD was born on March 22, 1855.28

FOURTH GENERATION
10. Luther Joshua Barker LINCOLN (Susan Barker WILLARD-3, Samuel-2,
William-1) was born on February 3, 1851 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts.29

He was married to Mary Agnes FULLER (daughter of Joseph FULLER) on October 7,
1874.30

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