Person:Martha Kirtland (4)

Name	Martha Kirtland
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	11 Aug 1695	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	27 Oct 1718	to Rev. Henry Willes
Death^[2]	11 Dec 1773	Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United Statesage 78
Burial^[2]		Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut, United States

References

↑ Saybrook Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
1:121.

KIRTLAND, Martha, d. John & Lydia, b. Aug. 11, 1695
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 50252435 , in Find A Grave
includes photos, last accessed Nov 2022.

Inscription
Depoƒited here Mrs
Martha Relict of Ye
Rev. Henry Willes
whoƒe uncommon vir
tues rendered her Great
ly uƒeful in Life _
much lamented at Death
who after filling up a life
anƒwerable to a Religious
profeƒƒion died ____
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History. (New York / New Haven: Holt / Yale University Press, 1885-1912)
1:146-147.

HENRY WILLES ... married, October 27, 1718, Martha, daughter of John and Lydia (Pratt) Kirtland, of Saybrook, Connecticut, and a sister of the Rev. Daniel Kirtland (Y. C. 1720).

She was born August 11, 1695, and died December 11, 1773, in her 79th year. The Rev. Dr. Lord, of Norwich 1st Society, preached and published funeral sermons on occasion of the deaths of Mr. Willes and his wife.

They had a large family, three sons and eight daughters.

The Rev. D. Ellis Willes (Y. C. 1850) is a direct descendant.