| covenant_signed | Illness, unspecified, 1851.09.06, NOC.TDM. 'Has a swelling on his brest bone, which has formed into a running sore,' Hancock Ministry to Harvard Ministry 1852.06.14, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Had measles, 1857.04.04, NOC.TDM.
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| health | Names, Ages & Birth Places, OClWHi.III:A-8. Shaker since early youth, 'Deaths,' Pittsfield Sun, March 28, 1867. On visit to Shirley, got very sick; 'We found Br. Willard in a critical condition and under the care of Br. Thomas Corbett of Canterbury whose arrival with that of Sister Fanny J’s had preceded ours but a few hours. Up to this time Willard had been treated with Calomel blisters, leeches, &c. and nothing bettered but rather grew worse. He was now put under a course of water treatment and immediately began to improve,' 1851.09.06, NOC.TDM. 'Willard the Elder Sister & others sick with the Measles,' 1857.04.04, NOC.TDM. At Tyringham before becoming Hancock West Family Elder 1862.07.23, MPH.8000 p2. 1865 MA census, Hancock family 140 (West Family): head of family, age 63, born Tyringham, MA. Attested West Family covenant 1866.03.27, MPH.854. Removed from Eldership 1867.03.30, MPH.8000 p4. Died age 64 in 1867, MPH.8000 p177. Died at Hancock West Family age 65, SDR.NEHGR p127. 'Elder Willard Johnson at Hancock fell senseless to the floor last Thursday night after their meeting & departed this life Friday about half past one,' 'Deaths,' Pittsfield Sun, March 28, 1867. NF Hancock or Pittsfield MVR.
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