Family:Elijah Willis and Abigail Smith (2)

Parents: Samuel Willis and Susanna Gleason Elijah Willis b. 6 Mar 1720 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. Bef 16 Feb 1756 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Abigail Smith b. 12 Mar 1721/22 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States bur. 1 Dec 1805 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]^[2]

15 Jun 1738

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Sarah Willis	chr. 13 May 1739 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Experience Willis	30 Jan 1740/41 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
3.	Elijah Willis	Abt 1742 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	29 Aug 1775 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
4.	Lois Willis	Abt 1744 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	11 Sep 1831 Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
5.	Ezekiel Willis	15 Jun 1748 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
6.	Catherine Willis	10 Oct 1750 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	25 Dec 1839 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
7.	William Willis	28 Feb 1753 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
8.	Daniel Willis	chr. 28 Sep 1755 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	Bef 1764 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
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Willis, Elijah and Abigail Smith, June 15, 1738.
↑ The nominal family listing in a town copy of the Sudbury records p. 146 adds a daughter Abigail b. 15 Mar 1758. This is impossible being over a year after the father died. Following the convention that precise dates are in the town records, while vague dates correspond to baptisms, we expect this to be in the town records. But what we find is 15 Mar 1768 with parents Elijah and Hannah. In other words this is a child of the son, Elijah Jr., and his wife Hannah. This Abigail does not belong in this family.