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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
John Willey |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Est 1646 |
New London, New London, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on dates of births of siblings and date of marriage. |
| Marriage |
18 Mar 1668/69 |
New London, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Miriam Moore |
| Alt Marriage |
1670 |
New London, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Miriam Moore |
| Death[1][2][3] |
2 May 1688 |
Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States |
| Estate Inventory[3] |
Aft 2 May 1688 |
Not dated. £269-13-06 taken by John Bate, Thomas Hungerfoote and Alexander Rollo. |
| Probate[3] |
6 Nov 1689 |
Administration to the widow. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Willey, Henry. Isaac Willey of New London, Connecticut and His Descendants. (New Bedford, Mass.: The Author; printed by E. Anthony & Sons, 1888)
4.
"7 … John (Willey),2 b. at N. L. ab. 1648; m. there, March 18, 1668-69, Miriam, dau. of Miles and Isabel (Joyner) Moore. He was one of those who wrought at the mill-dam in 1651. [not likely at the age of 5 (or 3)] He lived beyond the Head of Nahantick, … . The land in Lyme was confirmed to him by the town Sept. 23, 1682, being described as follows: 'At the head of Nehantuck River, twenty acres of upland be it more or less: bounded easterly with New London bounds, and every way else with the Commons, at the South East Comer at a white oak tree, at the North East Corner at a white oak tree being a little without the fence now standing, at the North West Corner by a Reed oake tree, at the South West Corner with a stake:' The same land, with some in N. L., was sold Feb. 17, 1692-93, by John and Isaac Willey, to Capt. Edward Palmer. They both subscribed by a mark, and were described as sons of John Willey, late of Haddam, deceased. Three purchases of land, made by Isaac and John Willey in 1692 and 1709 and later, from Amos and Samuel Tinker, in the N. W. part of Lyme, with a considerable tract adjoining in East Haddam, remained the home of the Willey family for nearly a century, until it had been divided among successive generations into very small parcels. The wives of Ames and Samuel Tinker were ch. of George Durant, of Middletown, Conn. in 1663, and of Lyme in 1686-7, and had inherited the land of him. He was the ancestor of Edward Durant, who m. Lucina Willey (No. 925).
John Willey d. at Haddam, May 2,1688. The inventory of his estate, amounting to £109 13 06, was presented at Hartford, Nov. 6, 1689, by his widow, who was appointed to administer the estate, with Alexander Rollo and Thomas Hungerford to assist her and to oversee her and her children. She m. (2d) in 1689, Samuel Spencer."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Willey, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
4:558.
"John (Willey), N. London, br. of the preced. prob. younger, m. says Caulkins, 1670, tho. it seems prob. it was in 1668, Miriam, only d. of Miles Moore, d. 2 May 1688; and the Prob. rec. soon aft. gives the ages and names of ch. Isaac, 18¾ yrs.; Isabel, 17; John, 14¾; Miriam, 12; Allyn, 9; Abel, 6; and Mary, 4."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Willoe, (Willey), John, Haddam, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
1:520.
"Probate Records. Vol. V, 1687 to 1695. Page 3.
Willoe, (Willey), John, Haddam. Died 2 May, 1688. Invt. £269-13-06. Taken by John Bate, Thomas Hungerfoote and Alexander Rollo. The children: Isaac, age 18¾ years; Isabell 17, John 14¾, Miriam 12, Allyn 9, Abell 6, Mary 4 years.
Court Record, Page 3—6 November, 1689: Adms. to the Widow. Mr. Alexander Rollo & Thomas Hungerfoote to assist as Overseers."
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