Saturday, July 23, 2011

Surname Saturday - WILLIS (England > Massachusetts)

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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 259, who is Experience WILLIS (1709-1787), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]

My ancestral line back through three  generations of WILLIS families is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)

128. Norman Seaver (1734-1787)
129. Sarah Read (1736-1809)

 258.  Isaac Read, born 23 February 1704 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 28 May 1780 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 516. Thomas Read and 517. Mary Bigelow.  He married 11 February 1730 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
 259.  Experience Willis, born before 10 April 1709 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 06 August 1787 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  


Children of Isaac Read and Experience Willis are:  Isaac Read (1731-1759); Jacob Read (1732-1797); Experience Read (1734-????); Sarah Read (1736-1809); Samuel Read (1740-????); Mary Read (1741-1831);  Ruth Read (1743-1812); Samuel Read (1745-1780); Lois Read (1747-1814); Eunice Read (1749-????); Asahel Read (1753-1775).


 518.  Samuel Willis, born 01 April 1675 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 26 November 1758 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married before July 1703 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
 519.  Susannah Gleason, born 24 March 1676 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 12 May 1756 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 1038. Joseph Gleason and 1039. Martha Russell.

Children of Samuel Willis and Susannah Gleason are:  Samuel Willis (1705-????); Experience Willis (1709-1787); Joseph Willis (1712-1799); Elijah Willis (1720-1756).

 1036.  Roger Willis, born about 1646 in probably Massachusetts, United States; died before December 1700 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 19 July 1664 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
 1037.  Ruth Hill, born August 1644 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 01 September 1736 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2074. John Hill and 2075. Frances Tileston.

Children of Roger Willis and Ruth Hill are: Ruth Willis (1666-1701); Mary Willis (1669-????); Samuel Willis (1675-1758); Elizabeth Willis (1678-????); Hannah Willis (1680-????); Josiah Willis (1686-1758); Thankful Willis (1690-1735).

The only useful published work on this family is:

Francis (David) McTeer and Frederick C. Waters, "Willis Family of Sudbury, Massachusetts," New England Historic Genealogical Register, Volume 114, Number 1 (January 1960), page 22.

The parents of Roger Willis are unknown.  The first record of him is his marriage in 1664 to Ruth Hill.

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