Sermons, 1691-1692.

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Sermons, 1691-1692.

Handwritten sermons by Samuel Willard, dating from 1691 to 1692.

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Willard, Samuel

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Samuel Willard (January 31, 1640-September 12, 1707) was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1659, and was ordained a Puritan minister in Groton, Massachusetts in 1664, where he served as pastor until 1676. He was pastor of the Third Church in Boston from 1678-1707. In 1664 he married Abigail Sherman of Watertown, Massachusetts. Willard strenuously opposed the Salem witchcraft trials, and tried to influence public opinion against them. He served as acting pres...