Person:Richard Willis (3)

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Richard Willis
  • HRichard WillisAbt 1642 - Bef 1678
  • WPatience BonhamAbt 1647 - Aft 1724
m. 28 Dec 1670
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Richard Willis
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1642 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Marriage 28 Dec 1670 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusettsto Patience Bonham
Death? Bef Jan 1678 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary


RICHARD, Plymouth, whose f[ather]. is not kn[own]. m[arried]. 28 Dec. 1670, Patience, d[aughter]. of George Bonum.


Are Richard Willis and Deacon John Willis related?

This Richard is said, in the Cogan genealogy, to have been apprenticed to Giles Rickard at the age of seven as a weaver. His parents may have been Richard Willis and Amy Glass.

References
  1. National Genealogical Society Quarterly
    Vol. 74, June 1968, #2, p. 87.

    Descendants of Mr. John Holmes, Messenger of the Plymouth Court by Eugene A. Stratton, C.G., F.A.S.G.

  2. James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. 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. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994)
    Vol. 4, p. 577.