I have ancestors from Portage County who spelled their name Willyard and Williard, almost interchangeably. The name is spelled differently than yours, but you might want this information regardless. It's interesting that your Willard is living in Brimfield. I say that because my gggg grandmother's sister, Barbara Willyard, married John Boosinger. The Boosingers then moved to Brimfield and some sources say that they were the first family to settle in Brimfield. I wonder if your Willard was a relative of my Willyard/Boosinger familiy, and that is why they were in Brimfield. Your Josiah and my Barbara were about the same age. She was born in 1788 and married in 1813. The Willyard/Williard family of Portage county is a fairly well documented family. I have a website with some of the information. I haven't spent a whole lot of time on the Willyard family though. Here is the URL: http://familytreemaker.com/users/r/h/i/Brian-Rhinehart-Ohio/index.html By the way, I also have Alonzo O. Willyard and Agnes Lowrie, married Jan 14, 1874 in Portage county. I don't the family or parents of either one of them, but I have Alonzo's name spelled with they Y in the name. I believe that I got that from the Portage County marriage records. Brian