It's Treasure Chest Thursday - an opportunity to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history research and genealogy musings.
The treasure today is the 1771 burial record of Thomas Wills in the Merriott, Somerset Church of England parish records.
The burial entry for Thomas Wills is the fifth record for 1771 Burials on the right-hand page in the right-hand column dfor 1771 Burials:
"[1771] "[March] Thomas Wills 12"
The source citation is:
Merriott, Somerset, Church of England records, Thomas Wills burial entry, 12 March 1771; imaged, "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriage and Burials, 1531-1812," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60856/records/4395809 : accessed 7 January 2026), Merriott > 1710-1775, image 31 of 35; Original records in Anglican Parish Registers. Somerset Archives & Local Studies, South West Heritage Trust, Taunton, England.
Thomas Wills was born before 23 August 1705 in Merriott, Somerset, England to Anthony Wills and Joan Laver. Thomas Wills and Mary Screven were married on 24 June (?) 1725 in Merriott, Somerset, England. Thomas Wills was buried on 12 March 1771 in Merriott, Somerset.
Thomas Wills and Mary Screven are my 7th great-grandparents, through their daughter Elizabeth Wills (1730-1796) who married John Lavor (1722-1799) in 1750 in Lopen, Somerset, England.
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