Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Willis
and Susanna (Whitman) Willis
Sister of
Josie (Willis) Council, Abigail (Willis) Cobb, Susanna Willis, Thomas Willis, Susannah (Wells) McCollum [half] and Benjamin Willis Jr.
Wife of
Nathaniel Woodward
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Susanna (Woodward) Latham and Sarah (Woodward) Tucker
Died
at about age 86
in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Elizabeth Willis was born in 1688 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. Her parents were Benjamin Willis and Susanna Whitman.[1]
She married Nathaniel Woodward
Together they had 2 children:
She died on March 21, 1774 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Probate
The will of Elizabeth Woodward of Bridgewater, widow was dated 7 January 1772 and proved on 6 June 1774 in Plymouth. She mentions Charles Latham, Woodward Latham, her daughter, Sarah Tucker, and her grandchildren, Chilton Latham, Bette Gannett, Susanna Hayward, Mary Whitman, and Jane Mitchell. She appointed Benjamin Willis Jr. of Bridgewater to be her executor.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FP-QY1 : 14 January 2020), Elisabeth Willis, 1688.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-84P5 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 295 of 827; State Archives, Boston.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22105063/elizabeth-woodward: accessed 05 September 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Willis Woodward (unknown–Mar 1773), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22105063, citing First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Chip5610 (contributor 46997557).
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note:
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Willis-620 created through the import of DeMarco-Gaffney Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2011 by Regina DeMarco. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Regina and others.
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth (Willis) Killingsworth (-aft.1764) › Elizabeth Lucille (Willis) Stimson (abt.1888-) › Elizabeth Willis (abt.1698-) › Elizabeth (Unknown) Compton (abt.1690-)
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