Simon Willard was an early Massachusetts fur trader, colonial militia leader, legislator, and judge.
Monument commemorating Simon Willard's role in forming Concord
Concord, Massachusetts
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Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. In the 2020 census, the town population was 18,491. It contains the census-designated place of West Concord. The United States Cens
Simon Willard (Massachusetts colonist)
…7, 1605. He emigrated to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1634 with his first wife Mary Sharpe and their daughters Mary and Elizabeth. He was a founder of Concord, Massachusetts and served it as clerk from 1635 to 1653 and helped negotiate its purchase from the Native American owners. Willard represented Concord in the Massachusetts…
Concord's Main Street in 2012
Aerial view, looking northwest, December 1935
Photo of Egg Rock inscription, c. 1904
The Old Manse, home to Ralph Waldo Emerson and later Nathaniel Hawthorne