Annie Willis, the daughter of Henry Willis (1690–1740) and Mildred Lewis (1691–1733), was the wife of Duff Green (1730-1776), who died in Culpeper around the beginning of the Revolution.[1]
Ann Willis, daughter of Henry Willis and Mildred Lewis his 2nd wife (married October 30, 1726, in Orange, Virginia) , was born on September 14, 1731 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
Duff had been married prior to his marriage to Anne Willis. Upon his death, his eldest son, John Green, took the bulk of his property and left little for Anne Willis Green and her four children. With the advice and assistance of her family it was decided that her two sons Willis and Henry made contracts to locate land in Kentucky leaving the eldest William to care for his Mother and sister.[1]
Her oldest daughter, Hannah Green, had already married and moved first to Granville Co., NC and then to Georgia with her husband, Jacob Braselton. Anne moved to Kentucky with her son Willis Green and the rest of her children to live out the rest of her days.[citation needed]
She died in 1820 in Danville, Kentucky, and was buried there,[4] at Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky.[1]
Research Notes
Some trees show her as "Sarah", or "Sarah Ann", and give her the nickname "Annie".[1]
"I gladly add the following information given to me by Margaret Cobb a distant relative.
"Anne was the daughter of Mildred Lewis, one of the three wives of Col. Henry M. Willis. Mildred Lewis was the daughter of Col. John Lewis, III and Elizabeth Warner (1672-1720). Elizabeth Warner Lewis was the daughter of Col. Augustine Warner, II and Mildred Reade and was the sister of Mildred Warner who married Captain Lawrence Washington, the grandfather of President George Washington. Therefore, Anne's mother was the first cousin of the father of George Washington (Augustine Washington- named after Anne's great-grandfather Augustine Warner.) At the time that Anne and her son(s) moved to Kentucky, Kentucky was still a part of Virginia. That is why Boyle Co., Kentucky shows such strong Virginia influence in its architecture."
Parents
[citation needed] The following information was apparently copied from somewhere, but the source was not cited.
Her mother, Mildred Lewis, was the second wife of Colonel Henry Willis, who had been married first to the late Anne Bernard Alexander with whom he had 6 children.
After Ann’s mother died, Colonel Willis married (3) Mildred Warner Washington, who became our Ann's step-mother. Her step-mother was also her second cousin since her mother Mildred and her step-mother Mildred were first cousins through their mothers who had been Warner sisters - confusing to say the least.
Hancock Lee was appointed by the court as guardian for her (100 pounds) along with Anthony Strother, sec. Dec 4, 1744.
Disputed Children
Hannah and "Nancy Ann" are said to be Duff Green's daughters, although support is lacking. ~ Noland-165 21:19, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
The profile for Nancy Ann Green who married Thomas McClanahan was detached as a daughter of Duff's wife Ann ("Nancy Ann" is said to be daughter by Duff's first wife - said to be Barbour Duff, citing this online tree, accessed 22 Feb. 2020). I think that she should probably also be detached from Duff Green, but research is continuing by a descendant of Nancy Ann.
↑This source has an Ann Lee - not Ann Willis - as born 30 Jan. 1734 (transcription of bible information provided to the editor). In introducing the list, the editor's notes says, in part: "It has been supposed that Anne Willis, who married Greene, was a full sister of Col. Lewis Willis, but this record appears to prove the contrary. There were also two John Willises living at the same time. It was not unusual at this time to give two children the same name." The two John Willises were his sons by his first wife and his second.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
Willis-1049 and Willis-7561 appear to represent the same person because: I think we're back to needing to merge these profiles, with the September 1731 birth & Mildred Lewis as her mother.
Found a source - https://archive.org/stream/jstor-1915875/1915875_djvu.txt - that I think explains where the Ann born 30 January 1734/5 came from. It lists an Ann Lee - not Ann Willis - as born 30 Jan. 1734 (transcription of bible information provided to the editor). In introducing the list, the editor's notes says, in part: "It has been supposed that Anne Willis, who married Greene, was a full sister of Col. Lewis Willis, but this record appears to prove the contrary."
This profile keeps being submitted as a match to Willis-1049. It is NOT a duplicate or match. Henry Willis Sr. was married to both Mildred Warner (Washington) Lewis (Washington-205), which MAY have produced the profile: Willis-7561 (that profile needs verification.) Henry Willis Sr. was also married to Mildred (Lewis) (Lewis-3843) which produced the profile Willis-1049, which has been verified. Both Sarah Anne (Willis) Green (Willis-7561) & Ann (Willis) Green (Willis-1049) had different mothers. Sources provided prove Willis-1049 is correct. If this profile is to be merged, then the mother for Willis-7561 will have to be changed.
https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I024315&tree=Tree1 has Henry Willis with two daughters named Ann - one born 1731, by Mildred Lewis, who married Duff Green & one born 1735/6 to Mildred Washington who married James Lewis.
However, I'm not seeing support elsewhere for a daughter Anne who married James Lewis.