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Related
- Willis YDNA Project Lineages (Current)
- YDNA test results
- Willis Family in Southwest Virginia
Data
The Willis YDNA project at FTDNA currently contains about 150 kits, organized into 17 distinct groups based on YDNA similarity. Thirty nine of these kits, however, measured 25 or fewer markers, a level of analysis too low to permit reliable groupings; these results were discard. Of the remaining kits some provided no close match at a criteria of 90% similarity; these kits were also discarded. A total of 87 kits remained, organized in 14 discrete groups, ranging in size from 2 kits, to 26 kits. The following presentations are based on the data in the WIllis YDNA project as of December 2012
Color Coding
Craven
| Presumed Patriarch(s)* | Notes | Descendants** | | Kits
| | R1b1a2
| | Person:Joseph Willis (1) 1722 -1784 | lived in Craven County. Baptist minister at the Swift Creek Baptist Church, ordained on February 27, 1756. | William Wesley | sometimes identified as a child of Joseph, but he is not mentioned in Josephs will. He may have predeceased Joseph. There are several WIlliam Wesley Willis' in subsequent generations in this area. | 46443
| Person:Joseph Willis (2)
1739/40-c1797 | |
| Person:Thomas Willis (2)
1744/45-1829 | |
| | Person:Caleb Willis (1) 1746/47-1827 | Richard Harvey/Moses W./John Tyler/Omer/John Tyler | 59200
| Person:Richard Willis (2)
1754-aft1812 | |
| Person:Jesse Willis (1)
1757-bef1796 | |
| Person:Ephraim Willis (2)
1757-? | Abner/John/John Hayes | 239460
| | Richard (b.1720, d.1800 in NC) | | Richard | Jonathan Clay/John Gilbert | N4693
| | Richard Willis Jr. | | James b.1717, Craven Co. | Joel /William /William Jasper/Madison A./Homer F.William Jasper W | 166383
| | ? | | James b.1717, Craven Co. | | 205636
| | Jesse (b.1810 GA) | | Iverson Asbury | George Washington | 60675
| | James Monroe (b.1819 GA) | | Francis Marion | Huron Branton | 96147
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| R1b1a2a1a1b4
| | Presumed Patriarch(s)* | Notes | Sons | Grandsons+ | Kit | Notes
| | William Austin (b.1808, NC) |
| Henry Thomas (b.1838, GA) | | 84019
| | John Harvey (b. 1860, MO) | | 20211
| | Austin (b.abt.1820, NC) | | John | | 20880
| | Britton (b.abt.1758, NC) | | Thomas | Britton | 155223
| | - | | 87203
| | David Gillespie (b.1803) | David Gillespie (b.abt.1840)/Claude Edward (b.1880 TN) | 246086
| | James (b. GA) | James Hamilton (b. KY)/Raleigh Britton of OK | 129808
| Person:William Willis (57)
(b.bet.1725/30 Brunswick Co., VA
dbef/1792,Mecklenburg Co., VA. | The name of his brother was Richard, born 1734. Tradition has William's first wife as Elizabeth Davis and the mother to all of his children. | Thomas (lived in Lincoln County, TN in 1820), | | 113965
| | Richard (moved to Spartanburg Co., SC), | | 209704
| | John b1756moved to Jessamine Co., KY | John Augustine (b. 12 April, 1800, Pittsylvania County, d. 27 Jan 1886, Sullivan Co TN?)/William, born 1839. | 153009 | Inconsistent presentation on Willis YDNA Project. Father sometimes id'd as William (57) and sometimes as WIlliams son Richard (above)
| | Person:Richard Willis (20) (b. 4 Sept 1795 Pittsylvania County, VA, d.1863, Sullivan County, IN) |
| | James A. Willis, who married Mahala Walters. |
| | Person:Sterling Willis (1) (moved to Todd County, KY) | James (b.1782 VA)/Anderson (b.1816 KY) | 149433
| | Edward (moved to Garrard County, KY), | William T. (b.1811 KY)/William Sterling (b.1829 KY) | 153703
| | Sherod (moved to Jessamine Co., KY), | |
| | Person:Drury Willis (1) (moved to Madison County, KY), | |
| | William J. (b.abt.1805 Spartanburg Co., SC) | | James Franklin | Zedic Hamilton | 176129
| | William Ira (b.abt.1835, IA) | | David Wilber/William Vaughn | | 48626
| | Louden (b.1783, Mecklenburg Co., VA) | | - | | 248674
| | Joseph (m. 1794, Patrick Co., VA) | | - | | 51081
| | Major (of Pittsylvania Co., VA) | | Seaborn (b.abt.1809, NC) | | 150854
| | William (b. Pittsylvania Co., VA) | | Joel W | John W./James/William Newton/John W./William Richard | 177338
| | Daniel Campbell of KY, IL, IA, and MO (b.1807, VA) | | - | | 54942
| | Robert of Randolph Co., IN (b.abt.1784, VA) | | - | | 99549
| | Stephen (b.1703, King Wm. Co.,VA) | | Stephen Willis 1725-? | Stephen | 250529
| | George | 250704
| | Henry S.(b.1810, VA | | /Richard Perry | Julius Kendrick | 136256
| | No information | | | | 254784
| | Peter (b.1765) of Rutherford Co., NC and Franklin Co., TN | | | | 30700
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Gloucester
Tennessee
| Group | Haplogroup | Presumed Patriarch(s)* | Locus | Descendants** | Kits
| | Tennessee | R1b1a2 | David Willis | TN (Grainger County for some;
unknown for David) | | 61051
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Saltville
| R1b1a2
| | Patriarch | Locus | Sons | Kits
| | Person:Henry Willis (10); | First encountered in 1769 when he secures land in Saltville Gap in Washington County VA.
Left the area about 1784. Researchers in this line believe he went to Green County TN, and from there to Pulaski County Kentucky. Sequence of court record documentation for him is consistent with him being the same person in all three locations. In particular his marriage to Mary Cochran is consistent with him witnessing or serving as bondsman in marriages in both Greene County and Pulaski County. | Henry (b.1793; brother of Samuel | 73949
| | Henry b.1793; brother of Samuel/Greenville/ Henry/Mathias | 198137
| | Henry (b.1793)) | 138115
| | Samuel (b. abt. 1800; brother of Henry) | 67855
| | No information | 107970
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NJ
| R1b1a2
| | Presumed Patriarch(s)* | NOtes | Sons | Gsons | | Kits
| | Jacob Willis 1770-1841 | of Morris County, New Jersey was born about 1770 in New Jersey. Jacob died about 1841 in Morris County New Jersey. His parents may be Aaron and Johanna (Lyon) Willis. m 1) Phebe, 2)1768 Johanna in Morristown, N.J. | Benjamin (1880-?) m. Mary Eakley; | | | 205702
| | David (Abt 1810) m. Mary;
| | Aaron (1813-1896) m. 1st Unknown, 2nd Louisa Estler, 3rd Bridget Lynch (no children by Bridget);
| | Isaac (1815-?) m.Sarah Search
| | Joseph Willis | of Morris County, New Jersey, born c. 1680 (wife Patience Thompson), was a blacksmith in New Jersey.
| Joseph (II) born around 1721 (wife Abigail), | Joseph (III), born 1759 (wife Grace Winans). Joseph (III) moved from Essex County, New Jersey, to Greene County, Pennsylvania, prior to 1780, to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1822, and died in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1843. | | 95119 and 101870)
| | .Benjamin married Abigail Winans; when she died he married her cousin Anna Winans.
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MD/VA
Maryland and Virginia
| R1b1a2
| | Presumed Patriarch(s)* | Background | Sons | GSons | GGson | GGGS | Kits
| John Willis
1648-1715 | Old Rapphanock VA,
Richmond VA | William bc1680 Old Rappahannock, VA,-1716 Richmond Co, VA. | John Willis d 1761-62 in Orange Co Va. | William bc 1739 d 1833 Boone Co Ky. | Edmund Terrill Willis 1766-1820; Edmund's brother William Willis Jr. 1781 Culpepper, VA-,1830 Adair Co KY. | 73893
| Isaiah Willis
1764 VA-1815 GA | married Susannah Cooper in 1793. He lived on Pistol Creek, in Lincoln County, Georgia, where he bought land on December 24, 1800.
| Martin | | | |
| Isaiah Carter Willis (1808-1880)
m Eveline Wilkerson (or Wilkinson) 1830 Wilkes Co. GA. | George W., | | |
| | Edward W., | | |
| | Carter, A.S., | | |
| | William M. born 1848 Wilkes Co., m. Margaret Louisa Parkman, and migrated to Oak Fusca, Tallapoosa, Alabama in 1880. Later movied to Comanche, Texas. | sons: Charley M., William P. | | 201363
| | Robert | | | |
| | Joseph | | | |
| | Brittony | | | |
| | John Willis b1650to1660 d1712 Dorchester Co, MD. | Crier for the Court of Dorchester County. Qwned a parcel of land named "Wantage", indicating that he may have originally been from the village of the same name in Berkshire Co, England. | John Willis Jr. (b bef 1690 - 1764 iCaroline Co, Maryland), | Richard Willis, bc1718 dc1763 in Caroline Co | Richard Willis Jr.,1760 -1823 in Caroline Co. | | 10590
| | William Willis, | | | | 90447
| | Andrew Willis (b c 1690). | | | | N61310
| | Jarvis Willis 1752 MD- | of Maryland and Franklin County, Tn; He received a Revolutionary War pension for his service with the Second Continental Line, having enlisted in February 1777 in Maryland.
| son William was born about 1794 in Stokes County, NC- d bef 1830 in Warren County, Tennessee., | Harmon | | | 20484
| | John | James | William Marion Willis of Alabama,b 1856 and d.1910 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. m.1) Sara Jane Bradford 2) Molly Vest. | | 56029
| | John William Willis | Baltimore, Maryland and Warren County, Ohio m. Nancy Hite 1798 Baltimore, Maryland. George Willis signed the wedding certificate and James A. Willis was a witness. | William H. (Billy) Willis, a minister, was b.1812 iWarren County, Ohio. | | | | 50374
| | William Willis | Adair County, Kentucky married Elizabeth Steele. They later moved to Sangamon County, Illinois. | | | | | 148947
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Westmoreland
| Presumed Patriarch(s)* | Notes | Kits |
| Robert WIllis
bc1760-? | b Scotland c1760, to Westmoreland County PA
born in Scotland about 1760, went to Ireland with his family as a youth, then immigrated to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the Colonies. Lived in Westmoreland/Fayette County, Pennsylvania, through at least 1800, and died in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1830. | William Willis, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1790 and died in Iowa in 1854. | N32250, 148698
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Williston
| Haplogroup R1b1a2
| | Presumed Patriarch | Notes | | | | Kits
| | John Willliston b. 1703-1775 | lived Carteret Co NC | Thomas Martin Williston | George Willis Sr. | Martin Willis> | 79985
165036
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Alabama
| Haplogroup R1b1a2
| | Presumed Patriarch(s)* | Notes | Son | GSon | GGson | GGGson | Kit
| | William Willis 1824- | Jackson, Alabama | | | | | 25499
| | Andrew Jackson | | | | 86546
| | James | (b.1827, Jackson Co., AL) | | | | | 126553
| | William | (b.1819, KY, d.1859, Tishomingo Co., OK) | | | | | 247483
| | Henry | (b.early 1900s, Adair Co., KY) | | | | | 179376
| | No information | | | | | | 75805
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Cradle
| E1b1b11
| | Presumed Patriarch(s)* | notes | sons | gsons | Kit
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| | Henry Willis b c1733-1810 | of Caswell County, North Carolina married Mary Haddock in May 1783 in Caswell County. He died in 1820 in Caswell County.
| William | | 42272 (not clear which one kit is for
| | Nicholas, |
| | Benjamin, |
| | Henry Jr., |
| | Anderson. Anderson was born Dec. 17, 1800 in Caswell County and moved to Habersham County, Georgia, where his sons W. A., John C., and Drury Dobbins were born. | | 127670
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| | Henry 1731-1810 | | | | 251661
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| | Martin Van Buren 1848- | b. Cleveland Co NC | | | N66750
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| | Elijah Willis 1809- | born in Georgia in 1809, = Elizabeth Daniel in 1834 in Talbot County, Georgia, and about 1836 or 1837 settled in Autauga County, Alabama. Elijah's father was born in North Carolina. | William (born in 1835 in Georgia), | | 99629
| | John, | |
| | James Wesley, | |
| | George, and | |
| | Joseph P. | |
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| | William b 1775 | b. Rutherford Co NC | John Erastus | John Elijah/James Joseph | 126061
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| | Henry (d.1820 Caswell Co., NC) | | | | 219583
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| | James Willis 1755-1796 | 1755 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died in 1796 in Chatham County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Benjamin Wilson, also of Cumberland County. | Wilson Willis, |
| | Larkin Willis (b.1777 moved to Hawkins Co TN, | | 118615
| | Elijah Willis | |
| | Elisha Willis. | |
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| | Benjamin Willis 1765- | bc 1765 in North Carolina. His ancestors are said to have immigrated from England. Willis named Descendants of son Thomas lived in Mitchell County for many generations. | Rev. Thomas Willis (husband of Keziah Grindstaff), | | 90449)
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| | James Monroe Willis 1819- 1885 | was born March 27, 1819, in Jones County, Georgia. He married Mahala Wood on November 1838 in Monroe County, Georgia. He died January 13, 1885, in Clay County, Alabama. | | | 96147)
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| | Jesse Willis 1810- | of Georgia and Dale County, Alabama was born about 1810 in Georgia. He married Martha (last name unknown) in Georgia before moving to Dale County, Alabama, where he was a farmer listed in the 1840, 1850, and 1860 census. | Iverson Asbury Willis ?-1863 killed at Stone River at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. | | 60675)
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Northeast
| Presumed Patriarch(s)* | Notes | sons | GSons | GGSons | GGGSons | Kit
| | Abraham Willis 1796- | b 1796 in NY, lived in Herkimer County, New York Father may be Joseph Willis (appearing in the 1810 census of Schuyler, Herkimer, NY). Married Hannah Whaley in 1819. Moved to they were in Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio. They both died in Huron County, Ohio, 1880/1881 | Alpheus David (b.1822 NY - d.1916 OH)
James (b.1827 NY)
Horace (b.1831 NY - d.1890 OH)
Joseph W. (b.1844 OH - d.1829 OH | | | | 64317
| Stephen Willis
1802- | of New York was born in 1802 in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, New York. | | | | | 246488)
| Melatiah Willis
1767-1823
Vermont | Melatiah Willis of Vermont was born in 1767 and died in Vermont in 1823. Married Martha Seaver, b 1767 and d1813 in VT. Both are buried in Corinth Center Cemetery, Orange County, Vermont. | Melatiah Jr. (b.1791 - d.1872 VT),
Shubeal (b.1794 - d.1865 VT),
Benjamin (b.1798 VT - d.1891 VT), all buried in Corinth Center Cemetery, | Shubeal Willis married Lydia Bagley, of Vermont, in 1822. | Jonathan Bagley Willis, who was born September 23, 1825 in Corinth, and moved to Pueblo County, Colorado. | | 178713
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Lineage data is not consistent with Ancestry lineages. Can't tell which should be accepted.
| Haplogroup I3
| | Patriarch* | Description | Sons | Grandsons | GGsons | Descendant line | Kits
| Henry Willis
(1628-1714) | b1628 in Warminster, St. Denys, Wiltshire, England, d 1714 in Westbury, Long Island, New York. Married MARY PEASE 1654 in Warminster, St. Denys, Wiltshire, England. She was born 06/12/1632 in Warminster, St. Denys, Wiltshire, England, and died 04/23/1714 in Westbury, Long Island, New York. Long Island, NY. Henry Willis of Long Island, New York was born in 1628 in Warminster, Wiltshire, England. After being persecuted because of his Quaker religion, he immigrated to Long Island in 1674. His elder son William remained in Long Island. His younger son John settled in Pennsylvania. John founded branches of Willis-surname descendants in Pennsylvania (York County), Virginia (Franklin County), Kentucky (Mercer County), Ohio, Missouri (Monroe County), and elsewhere.
| William Willis | John | Richard | James/John/William/John/William Charles | 171536
| | Joseph of Lancaster Co, PA | Henry | Dedrich William Sr. | | 168427
| | John b1667-68, London England; d1745, Thornbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania. | Henry | person:Joseph Willis (28) | John/James E./Felix H./Gustavus Adolphus | 30786
| | Person:John Willis (65) Married Phoebe Bennet in PA. To Franklin County VA. About the same time a Henry Willis appears near by. | Henry/Henry/Thompson/ Greenberry | 10381
| | Henry/Henry/Thompson/ Greenberry | 85974
| | Henry/Henry/Greenberry Gordon/Jedidiah | 10862
| | Bennett/Hugh/Richard Baxter | 8404
| person:Isaiah Willis (1) 1742-1829
Settled in Franklin County, VA | William/Jubal/William | 141333
| | William/Lee/Charles Cobb | 8430
| | William/James/James Robert | 27840
| | William/Isaiah/Samuel | 10112
| Person:Henry Willis (29)
Henry is commonly said to be John's brother, but may have been a son. In anycase, he apparently moves to Monroe County Kentucky about 1780
| | No information | 167028
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*Designated Patriarchs are somewhat arbitrary, and usually represent the earliest born. Not all persons matching YDNA signatures with the Patriarchical line necessrily descend from him. They might descend from an earlier common ancestor.
Earliest descendants with tapestry Articles
Links
- YDNA. Abner Willis of Southwest Virginia
- YDNA. Sterling Willis of Madison, KY
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