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Samuel Willard (January 31, 1640 – September 12, 1707) was a New England Puritan clergyman. He was born in Concord, Massachusetts, graduated from Harvard College in 1659, and was minister at Groton from 1663 to 1676, before being driven out by the Indians during King Philip's War.
Samuel Willard (1640-1707) A pilgrim in the New World, president of Harvard, and an able Minister of the Reformed Gospel. Today, many Christians are turning back to the puritans to, “walk in the old paths,” of God’s word, and to continue to proclaim old truth that glorifies Jesus Christ.
Samuel Willard continued to be a tireless anti-trial activist well after the trials had passed. In 1694, he pushed for a reconciliation between the pro and anti-Samuel Parris factions within Salem village. Willard was also known to ask, in public ceremony and sermon, for God to forgive the atrocities that had taken place in Salem at the hands ...
Samuel Willard (1640-1707), son of Major Simon Willard, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and attended Harvard College. He held two pastorates, Groton (1663-1676) and Third Church in Boston from 1678 to his death in 1707; during the last six years he was Vice President of Harvard.
The Reverend Samuel Willard (1705–1741), minister of the Church at Biddeford, Maine, with whom Herbert Schneider, in his study of The Puritan Mind (98f), seems to have confused our Willard, was, in fact, his grandson.
Samuel Willard, who graduated from Harvard in 1659, had the dubious honor of leading the university for six years (from 1701 until his death in 1707), but was never recognized as the President of Harvard.
27. Okt. 2023 · Samuel Willard (1640-1707) is best known for his Compleat Body of Divinity (published posthumously, 1726), a series of 250 lectures on the Westminster shorter catechism. The subscription list of that massive work speaks to Willard’s influence and the reach of his lectures.
