Amy (Wyllys) Pynchon (abt. 1625 - 1699)

Born about 1625 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Pynchon — married about 30 Oct 1645 in Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1699 at about age 74 in Springfield, Massachusetts

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Biography

Amy Wyllys (or Willis), born about 1625, was a daughter of George Wyllys, Gent., of Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, and his first wife Bridget Yonge. Amy's mother died in 1629 and her father married Mary Smith, widow of Alexander Bisbie. The family emigrated to New England by 1634, when George was recorded as a member of the Massachusetts General Court.^[1][2]

In about 1638 the family relocated to Hartford, Connecticut, where George was one of the framers of Connecticut's constitution in 1639. George Wyllys served in many state offices, including Governor of Connecticut in 1642. He died in Hartford in 1645.^[1]

Amy married Major John Pynchon, son and heir of William Pynchon, Esq., by his first wife Anne Andrews.^[1] "Mrs. Ame Willyes" [Mistress] married John "Penchin" 6 November 1645 at Hartford, according to the Hartford Vital Records.^[3] However, other records indicate they were married 30 October 1645,^[4] with the event being recorded in Springfield as follows: "M^r John Pynchon joyned in marriage (at Hartford) to m^rs Ame Willis 8 mon: 30 day 16[torn]" (1645 written above in a different hand; 8 mon was October).^[5] John's father, William, wrote a letter to John Winthrop dated 4 November 1645, which states "my only son is now maried and he hath brought home his wife this day to my howse."^[6] This evidence leads to the conclusion that the marriage took place on the October date.

Amy and John lived at the "Pynchon Fort"^[7] in Springfield, Massachusetts.^[8]

They had three sons and two daughters:

1. Joseph, M.A.,^[1] born 26 July 1646, died in Boston 30 December 1682^[4]
2. John,^[1] born 15 October 1647, died 25 April 1721, married Margaret, daughter of Rev. William Hubbard,^[4] had issue^[9]
3. Mary,^[1] born 28 October 1650, died 1675 or 1676, married 5 October 1669, Joseph Whiting,^[4] had issue^[9]
4. William,^[1] born 11 October 1653, died young^[4]
5. Mehitable,^[1] born 22 November 1661, died young^[4]

Amy died on 9 January 1698/9^[4] at Springfield, Massachusetts. Her husband survived her by four years.^[1] They were buried in Springfield, Massachusetts in a private family lot.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. V, pages 431-432, WYLLYS 21 and 21.i.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. IV, page 388, WYLLYS 16.1.
3. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Online at AmericanAncestors.org (w/subs.), pages 359 & 259.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Mary K. Talcott. "The Wyllys Family of Connecticut" in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (Boston, MA: NEHGS, Jan 1883). Online at AmericanAncestors.org (w/subs.), 37:33.
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850. Springfield Vol. 1. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Online at AmericanAncestors.org (w/subsc.), page 19.
6. ↑ Gov. John Winthrop Papers, Vol. 1-5, 1557-1649. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016) at AmericanAncestors.org (w/subs.), page 50.
7. ↑ Saemann-Nickel website: John Pynchon, sourced online tree/biography.
8. ↑ Mason Arnold Green. Springfield, 1636-1886: History of Town and City, (Springfield, MA: C.A. Nichols & Co., 1888). Online at GoogleBooks, page 146.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Ross Boothe Jr. "Pynchon Blood Royal" in The American Genealogist. (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1963). Online ta AmericanAncestors.org, page 89.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 June 2020), memorial page for Amy Wyllys Pynchon (1624–9 Jan 1699), Find A Grave: Memorial #111676823, citing Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by M Cooley (contributor 47154454): headstone photo.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Lewis, Marlyn. Amy Wyllys entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins website, accessed 22 June 2020.
• Descent from Henry III.

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Amy (Wyllys) Pynchon is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (I:xxiii-xxix "List of Colonial Immigrants") and is in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. IV, pages 386-388 WYLLYS) that was badged by the Magna Carta Project on 7 Apr 2021. Another trail, between Gateway Amy (Wyllys) Pynchon and surety baron Henry de Bohun, was badged by the Project 11 Apr 2021. Both trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of her mother's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".