Mary (Pease) Willis (1632 - 1714)

Born 12 Aug 1632 in Warminster, Wiltshire, England

Wife of Henry Willis — married 1654 in Wiltshire, England

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1714 at age 81 in Westbury, Nassau, New York

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Biography

Mary was a Friend (Quaker)

Spouse

Henry WILLIS b: 14 SEP 1628 in Warminster, St Denys, Wiltshire, England :Married: 25 MAR 1655 in Wiltshire, Englan

Mary Peace and Henry Willis were married about 1655 in England. They immigrated to Long Island and were early founders of Hempstead, New York.

Children

1. Mary WILLIS b: 26 JUL 1655 in De Vizes, Wiltshire, England
2. Elizabeth WILLIS b: 1658 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England
3. William WILLIS b: 16 OCT 1663 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England
4. Henry WILLIS b: 1666 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
5. John WILLIS b: 06 JAN 1668 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
6. Sarah WILLIS b: 05 MAY 1671 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
7. Rachel WILLIS b: 1674 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
8. Esther WILLIS b: 23 JUL 1677 in Westbury, Long Island, New York, USA

Research Notes

Henry Willis (1628-1714) married "Mary [PEACE] (1632-1714); in Eng, b. 1654; Oyster Bay LI/Hempstead, LI/Huntington, LI/?Westbury."^[1]

"Henry b Eng., came from London after 1667, Jericho & Hempstead, d 7 Mo (Sep) 11, 1714 ae 86; m Mary PEACE (or Pease) d 4 Mo (June) 1747 ae 82y... active from 1677-1700; Mary active 1676-1701"^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), p. 823
2. ↑ Hinshaw, William W, and Thomas W. Marshall. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. (Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co, 1969), vol. 3, p. 358-359

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• Maurlene Wilson Family Tree 02 Apr 2009