Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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[Ancestor] Willard




Husband [Ancestor] Willard

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1 M Richard Willard 1

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Willard


The Willard family of Eastbourne, Sussex, England, originally named Villiard, came from Caen, Normandy, and was seated in Essex in the time of Edward III. A younger branch settled later in the southwesterly part of Kent, near Sussex, and held an estate in the Hundred of Branckley and Horsmonden, there being a tablet in the Horsmonden church marked Willard, and dated 1587. The family arms are: Argent, a chevron, sable. Five ermine spots between three flasks (or fish wheels) proper. Crest: A griffin head, erased, or. Motto: (a) Gaudet patientia duris (Patience rejoices through hardship). (b) Ubi Tiberias ibi patria (Where is liberty there is my country). 2

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1067.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1068.


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