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Willard, Samuel 1640-

Clergyman; born in Concord, Mass. Jan. 31, 1640; graduated at Harvard College in 1659; studied theology and was minister in Groton in 1663-76, when he was driven away by King Philip's War; was pastor of Old South Church, Boston, in 1678; opposed the witchcraft delusions of 1692; and was vice-president and acting president of Harvard College from 1701 till his death, in Boston, Sept. 12, 1707.

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