Person:Joshua Wills (1)
Lieutenant Joshua Wills
b.Est 1645
d.6 Jan 1721/22 South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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  • H.  Lieutenant Joshua WillsEst 1645 - 1721/22
  • W.  Azuba LampsonEst 1649 - 1676
m. 5 May 1670
  1. Captain Joshua Willes1672 - Bef 1741/42
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  • H.  Lieutenant Joshua WillsEst 1645 - 1721/22
  • W.  Hannah Buckland1654 - 1694
m. 11 Aug 1681
  1. Rev. Henry Willes1690 - 1758
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  • H.  Lieutenant Joshua WillsEst 1645 - 1721/22
  • W.  Abigail Ingersoll1659 - Aft 1721/22
m. Est 1696
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Name[1][2] Lieutenant Joshua Wills
Alt Name[1] Joshua Wells
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1645 Estimate based on date of first marriage.
Marriage 5 May 1670 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Azuba Lampson
Marriage 11 Aug 1681 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Hannah Buckland
Marriage Est 1696 to Abigail Ingersoll
Death[1][2] 6 Jan 1721/22 South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3] Edwards Cemetery, South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[4] 6 Feb 1721/22
Estate Settlement[4] 10 Mar 1721/22
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wells, 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.

    "Wells (Welles, Willes, Willis, Wills). … The change in spelling of the name from Wills to Wells among the E. W. families seems to have commenced with Capt. Hezekiah Wells. — Letter of his gd.-s., Hez. L. Wells.

    Joshua, no land rec. at W.; acc. to Hinman, was at W. 1647 [more likely born around that time]; m. (1) 'Joshua Welles and Azubuty [or, in one entry, Azubath, prob. Azubah] Lamson m. by Capt. Newbury, 5 May, 1670;' she d. 12 Sept., 1676 (O. C. R.); 2. 'Joshua Welles & Hannah [dau. Thos.] Buckland, m. 14 Aug., 1681, by Capt. Newbury.'—N. Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., v. (O. C. R.) gives date as 11th; see, also, Col. Rec.', Vol. III, pp. 119, 192, 200. She d. 1 Nov., 1694; he d. 6 Jan., 1721, in 75th yr.—Stone stdg. in E. W. O.. name spelled 'Willes.'

    He was one of the collectors chosen by the Ch. on E. side of Gt. River, 1706, and again in Dec, 1709, called Lieut., and was paid £1 'for sweeping the meeting-house'; 'May 18, 1714, voted that Lieut. Joshua Willes & insign Henry Woolcot should go to the Governor and acquaint him with what we have don [i. e. with regard to a vote they had passed as to finishing the meeting-house] & desire to hasten the coming of the Counsel & also go to the counsel and desire them to come.' Dec. 17, 1717, 'voted that Lieut. Willes should be seator [that is for seating the meeting-house] with Deacon Drake & Deacon Skiner.'"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joshua Wills, 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)
    4:579.

    "Wills, Joshua, Windsor, m. 5 May 1670, Azubah, d. of Thomas Lamson of New Haven, had Jonathan, b. 24 Dec. foll.; and Joshua, 10 Apr. 1672. His w. d. 12 Sept. 1676, and he m. next, 11 Aug. 1681, Hannah, d. of Thomas Buckland of W. had Hannah, 24 Aug. 1682; Susanna; John, 14 June 1687; Henry, 14 Oct. 1690, Y. C,. 1715; and Jacob, 21 Oct. 1693; and this w. d. Nov. 1694. In 1696 he took third w. Abigail, d. of John Ingersol, wid. of Thomas Rix; and he d. 6 Jan. 1721, aged 74. We kn. not wh. was his f. but presume he was b. on our side of the ocean."

  3. ↑ Joshua Willes, in Find A Grave.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Willes, Joshua, Windsor, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:452.

    "Probate Records. Vol. IX, 1715 to 1723. Page 111-12.

    Willes, Joshua, Windsor. Invt. £267-03-04. Taken 6 February, 1721-2, by Job Drake, Thomas Stoughton and Samuel Rockwell.

    Whereas, our honoured father, Joshua Willes, late of the Town of Windsor, was at his death possessed of lands, goods and chattells to the value of £275-08-10, as the same is apprised, and we, Joshua Willes, Henry Willes, Jacob Willes, Abigail Willes, Hannah Willes and Susannah Willes, relict and children of the sd. decd., being all desirous to make a peaceable and friendly settlement of the sd. estate, do hereby severally, each one for themselves, mutually agreed to and with each other to make a final settlement of sd. estate. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 10 March, 1721-2.

    ABIGAIL WILLES, LS.
    JOSHUA WILLES, LS.
    HENRY WILLES, LS.
    JACOB WILLES, LS.
    HANNAH WILLES, LS.
    SUSANNAH X WILLES, LS.

    Agreement acknowledged in Court 14 March, 1721-3 [corrected to 1721-2, Vol. 3, p xv.] Lampson (File: Samuel) Wills, a minor, 16 years of age, chose his uncle Henry Wills to be his guardian. Recog., £40."

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