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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
George Willis |
| Alt Name[1] |
George Willowes |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2][3][4] |
Cal 1602 |
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| Residence[1] |
1637 |
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
Bef 1638 |
Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Jane _____ |
| Other[1][6] |
2 May 1638 |
Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay. |
| Death[4][5] |
16 Sep 1690 |
Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Will[2] |
17 Sep 1690 |
[sic] |
| Burial[4][5] |
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Salem Street Burial Ground, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Probate[2] |
7 Oct 1690 |
Will proved. |
Note on The Willis Family
The name is written on the records of Cambridge, Willow, Willows, and Willoes, the name should be spelled Willow, and is quite another name than Wyllys, which is generally spelled Willis. But his descendants prefer to be called Willis rather than Willow. George Willow (Willis) the emigrant ancestor was born in England about 1602, and came to Cambridge about 1628, although the formation of the town was not until 1630. In 1688 he stated that he was 86 years old and had lived in Cambridge 60 years. He m., 1st., Widow Jane Palphry, the mother of John Palphry, some of whose descendants have been men of distinction; m., 2d, Sarah (_____), who survived him. George Willis and wife Jane were members of the church of Cambridge in full communion before 1658, when the church records were burned. He made his will Sept. 17, 1690, and it was probated Oct. 7, 1690. He left two sons, 1. Thomas, b. Dec. 28, 1638; 2. Stephen, b. Oct. 14, 1644, and both had families. Thomas m. Grace, dau of William and Grace (Newell) Tay. William Tay was b. 1608; d. 1683, lived in Boston in 1643; m., in Roxbury, Sept. 14, 1644, Grace, dau. of Abraham Newell. Thomas was a house wright and lived in Billerica several years and removed to Medford before 1713 when he was one of the founders of the church, and was chosen its first deacon. He died Aug. 14, 1725. His wife Grace was born Aug. 23, 1645, and died Jan. 23, 1716, æ. 70 years (see gravestone Medford). Their dau. Grace, m. Stephen Hall, of Medford, 'Stow Hall' so called."[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 George Willis, 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)
4:574.
"George (Willis), Cambridge 1637, freem. 2 May 1638, m. perhaps in Eng. wid. Jane Palfrey, wh. brot. her s. John P. had Thomas, b. 28 Dec. 1638; and Stephen, 14 Oct. 1644; both bapt. says Mitchell's reg. in that ch. when the name is writ. Willowes. Oft. his name appears Willow; and a very valu. petition from him thus call. at the age of 86, and John Gibson, 87, to the king, complain. of disturbance of title to ld. quiet. possess. for almost 60 yrs. is preserv. in Hutch. Hist. I. 367."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Halls of Medford, in Hall, David Brainerd. The Halls of New England, Genealogical and Biographical. (Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1883)
299.
- ↑ Wilson, Mehitable Calef Coppenhagen. John Gibson of Cambridge, Massachusetts and His Descendants, 1634-1899. (Washington, D. C.: The Author, 1900)
5.
"… early in 1688 a petition asking redress was sent to James II, signed by John Gibson and George Willow representing their neighborhood and giving their respective ages 'about 87 and and 86 yrs.' …"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907)
1:460.
"Willis, … George, [died] Sept. 16, 1690, a. 90. (gravestone record, Salem Street Cemetery)"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 George Willis, in Find A Grave.
- ↑ Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
3:96.
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