James Eber Willey Sr (1797 - 1870)

Born 4 Jul 1797 in Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Judith Nancy (Sims) Willey — married 15 Aug 1844 in Monroe, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1870 at age 72 in Bellepoint, Summers County, West Virginia, USA

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Biography

"Eber Willey", born July 4, 1797, died Feb 1, 1870.

Parents

• Father: Abijah Willey b: 1773
• Mother: Susan "Susannah" Grant b: 1773

1st Married: 2 Apr 1825 Sarah Rebecca Maddy born about 1805.

Children

• 1.Justus Willey b: 1827
• 2.Nancy Willey b: 1830 in VA
• 3.Judy Willey b: 1834
• 4.Linda Willey b: 1835
• 5.Rebecca Wiley b: 1837

2nd Married: 15 Aug 1844 in Monroe Co., VA Judith Nancy Sims b: 1824 d: 1904

Children

• 1.Eber Willey b: 9 May 1846 in VA
• 2.Alma Willey b: 25 Feb 1848 in Monroe Co., VA

• James Eber never married Rhoda Basham
• Robert Pack is William Blaine's step father Children:
• son: William Blaine Basham (1828 - 1914)*

SOURCE: History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time AUTHOR: By James Henry Miller, Maude Vest Clark

"There has been but one family of this name among the early settlers of this region. Eber Willey was born July 4 1797 and died February 7 1870. He was married twice. His first wife was a Miss Maddy whom he married when twenty four years of age, His second wife was Juda Symms. He was a native of Vermont. By his first marriage there was one son Justus born who was a soldier in the war of 1812.

Eber Willey moved from Vermont in his youth with his parents to New York and from thence to Greenville in Monroe County then Virginia when twenty two years of age. The founder of the Willey family in this country was Eber Willey's father Ahijah Willey who was a native of England and emigrated from that country first settling in Vermont and later settling in New York. He was a soldier in the American Revolution of 1776 and also a soldier in the war of 1812. His wife was Susan Grant, a relative of General US Grant, the great soldier of the Union Army in the Civil War . The children of Eber Willey, the settler in this country who moved from Greenville to the old Willey farm on the Wolf Creek Mountain between the mouth of Greenbrier River and Wolf Creek in Green brier District before the war, were Alma, Eber, Ahijah, Grant, John and Sira V .

There was one daughter who married Samuel Henry Hartwell, a practicing physician living on the old Willey homestead. There was one other daughter, Susan who married William S Wykel and they lived on the Wolf Creek Mountain. She died several years ago.

Alma and Eber Willey were both soldiers in the US Army throughout the Civil War and are now among the good citizens of the county. Grant was educated at the Concord Normal School, became a merchant in Hinton and died in 1892 having married a daughter of Samuel Huffman. Ahijah is a farmer residing in Greenbrier District. John is a citizen of Talcott District, postmaster at Talcott, proprietor of the Valley View Hotel, which he built in that town and a farmer.

Father: Ahijah Willey b: 1770 in England Mother: Susan "Susannah" Grant

1st Not Married Rhoda Basham 1812-1877

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Father: William Lloyd Basham Mother: Amanda "Anna" Meadows Child born: 1. William Blaine Basham 1828-1914

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__________________________ MARRIAGE RECORD Apr 2 1825 REBECCA MADDY

Born in Peacham, VT; family moved to New York.

He served from New York in the War of 1812. Married twice (Rebecca Maddy, 1825; Judah Syms, 1844) and had a total of at least 15 children.

He died in Monroe County, WV, February 1, 1870. Contrary to some online trees, etc. there is NO evidence that his name was James; it was simply Eber.

His son Justus was in the Mexican-American War and died from wounds received during that war.

Sources

Eber Willey BIRTH 5 Jul 1797 Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA DEATH 1 Feb 1870 (aged 72) Bellepoint, Summers County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL William Wikel Cemetery, Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia, USA MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #116915078 Has a photo of gravestone.

Willey Family History Number 343

Bailey Family File 4/142016

Acknowledgements

Willey-1505 was created by Daniel Lewis through the import of Hannah Carlyn aka Carrie E Dearth Family Tree.ged on Apr 7, 2017.