John Peter Willard ¹

   Another name for John was Peter Willard.

  General Notes:

Source: White, Phyllis A. <phyllisw@ldsisp.com> "Ancestors of Phyllis A. (Carter) White." http://www.ancestry.com; 07 Sep 2003. Myfamily.com Inc. 1998-2004.

"(John) Peter (Willard) was engaged to Elizabeth Shafer at the time of his death. A license was taken out in Frederick County 20 April 1803. He died before the marriage. Peter and Elizabeth had an illegitimate daughter, Mary, born 24 December 1803, after Peter's death. Elizabeth married Peter Kepler, [Peter's cousin,] 16 April 1807 in Frederick County, Maryland. They moved to Indiana where Mary died in 1894. (from Alta Siegert.)"

"Death information is recorded on field stone found on Dewalt Willard's farm."

"Alta Siegert cites information about the death of (John) Peter (Willard) from a letter written by Alice Nevada Scanland, 1910, wife of William Dawson Willard, great-great-grandson of Dewalt, Jr."
------------------------------------------------------

John had a relationship with Elizabeth Shafer, daughter of John Shafer and Anna Maria Darner. (Elizabeth Shafer was born on 5 June 1789 in , Frederick County, MD ^{1 2} and died on 2 August 1834 in Jacksonburgh, IN ^{1 2}.)