• Born: 15 Jun 1798, Attleboro MA
• Marriage (1): Rebecca Whiting Richards in 1825 in Attleboro MA
• Died: 1897

  General notes:

Manufacturer

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Obediah Robinson, about 1815, in Attleboro MA.

• He worked in 1821-1824 as a manufacturer in Attleboro MA specializing in gilt buttons and fasteners.

• Partnership: Richard Robinson, in 1824-1837, in Attleboro MA. As R & W ROBINSON.

• Alternate Marks on button backs for R & W ROBINSON.

• Example: Trade token for R. & W. ROBINSON, in 1836, in Private Collection.

• He worked in 1837-1843 as a manufacturer in Attleboro MA retaining the name of his old partnership.

• Partnership: ? Hatch, after 1843, in Attleboro MA. As ROBINSON & HATCH.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Attleboro MA. Listed as a button manufacturer.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Attleboro MA. Listed as a button manufacturer.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Attleboro MA. Listed as a button manufacturer.

Willard married Rebecca Whiting Richards, daughter of Edward Richards and Amey Bucklin, in 1825 in Attleboro MA. (Rebecca Whiting Richards was born in 1805 in Attleboro MA.)