The Willard Family Crest

The family of Willard of Eastbourne, Co. Sussex, England, originally surnamed Villiard, and originating from Caen, in Normandy, was seated in Co. Sussex since tempo Edward III. A younger branch settled later in the southwesterly part of Kent, within a few miles of the borders of Sussex, and held an estate in the Hundred of Branchley and Horsmonden. There lived and died (in 1617) Richard Willard, father of Captain Simon Willard, the colonist, who came over from Horsmonden to Boston, in 1634, with wife and children. He settled at Cambridge, Mass., and is known to have been possessed of ample means. He was, later, one of the founders of Concord, and was for thirty-five years a Member of the General Court of the Colony. He made use of the arms we give.

Family

Willard

Motto

Gaudet patientia duris.Patience rejoices through hardships.Ubi libertas, ibi patria.Where is liberty there is my country.

Blazon

A Griffin's Head, Erased, Or.

Source

America Hereldica