Person:Joshua Willes (1)

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Captain Joshua Willes
b.10 Apr 1672 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.Bef 12 Feb 1741/42 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Parents and Siblings
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m. 5 May 1670
  1. Captain Joshua Willes1672 - Bef 1741/42
Spouse and Children
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m. 12 May 1697
  1. Elizabeth Willes1698 - Bef 1773
  2. Joshua Willes1700 -
  3. Jonathan Willes1703 - 1768
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Captain Joshua Willes1672 - Bef 1741/42
  • W.  Mary Danks1681 - Aft 1742
m. 19 May 1709
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Captain Joshua Willes
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Apr 1672 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 12 May 1697 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Skinner
Marriage 19 May 1709 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Mary Danks
Will[2] 27 May 1736 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Death[2] Bef 12 Feb 1741/42 Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States (probably)Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[2] 12 Feb 1741/42 £540-15-02. Taken by Nathaniel Woodward, John Lothrop and Zebulon West.
Probate[2] 7 Sep 1742 Will proved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joshua Wells, Fam. 2. Joshua2 Wells, Jr., in Stiles, Henry R. History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (1892): including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks and Ellington, 1635-1891. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1892)
    2:784.

    "Joshua (Wells), b. 10 Apl., 1672."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Wills, Joshua, Tolland, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:484-85.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XIV, 1742 to 1745. Page 44-5.

    Wills, Joshua, Tolland. Invt. £540-15-02. Taken 12 February, 1741-2, by Nathaniel Woodward, John Lothrop and Zebulon West. Will dated 27 May, 1736.

    I, Joshua Wills of Tolland, in the County of Hartford, do make this my last will and testament: My estate I give, demise and dispose of in the following manner: First, my will is that all those debts that I do owe to any person or persons shall be well and truly paid within a convenient time. Nextly, I having given unto my eldest son Joshua Wills his portion already by deed of gift, I come to my second son Jonathan Wills, to whom I give 10 shillings money. I give to my son Lamson Wills 10 shillings money. I give to my daughter Elizabeth Allyn 20 shillings money. My will is that my beloved wife Mercy shall have the use and benefit of all the rest of my estate so long as she shall continue to remain my widow, and 1-2 of the same during her life. Also, I give to my wife 1-3 part of my moveable estate forever, whom I make sole executrix. Further, I impower her, in case she want or need be, to sell such a part of my land as shall be necessary for the payment of my debts or legacies or bringing up my children. And all the rest of my estate I give to be equally divided amongst my 4 daughters which I had by my last wife Mercy, viz., Martha Wills, Zerviah Wills, Azuba Wills and Hannah Wills.

    JOSHUA WILLS, LS.

    Witness: Zebulon West, Christopher West, Peletiah West.

    Court Record, Page 10—1st Tuesday in September, 1742 [September 7, 1742, O.S.]: The last will and testament of Joshua Wills, late of Tolland decd., was now exhibited in Court by Mercy Wills, widow and executrix. Proven. Inventory exhibited and ordered to be kept on file.

    Page 18—1st March, 1743: Joshua Wills of Tolland and Jonathan Wills of Wethersfield appealed from the judgement of this Court in approving the last will and testament of Joshua Wills, late of Tolland, unto the Superior Court to be holden at Hartford the first Tuesday of March next. Recog., £30 money."

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