Willow was born in Hartford Connecticut in 1640 May 31st. Her mother Elisabeth Henning and father James Henning, soon found out after birth her child was blind. When Willow was two years old her father left scared of the embarrassment because of Willow's sight. She lived with her sickly mother, Willow's outside life was hell. All the town folk picked on her for not being able to see saying her mother made her child like that because she did witch craft, which was false.