Born about in Isle of Wight, Virginia
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Richard Casey
and Jane (Reynolds) Casey
Sister of
Jane Casey, Anne (Casey) Applewhaite, Sarah (Casey) Smelley, Patience Casey and Richard Casey
Wife of
John Wills
— married
1736 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Mother of
John Scarsbrook Wills
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Martha was born about 1715 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Richard Casey and Jane Reynolds.
Sources
- Named in Father’s 1745/1746 Will
- Name: Richard Casey
- Will Dated: 8 March 1745/6
- Will recorded: 9 June 1748.
- [Isle of Wight Will Book 5, p.112, Abstracted Book: Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia 1647-1800, Books 1-3, by Blanch Adam Chapman, publ. 1938, p.159]
- Wife, Jane
- Daughter, Ann
- Daughter, Sarah
- Daughter, Patience
- Daughter, Martha
- Son, Richard
- Grandson, John S. Wills
- Daughter, Ann Applewhaite
- Friend John Wills
- Daughter Martha Wills
- Daughter, Sarah Smelley
- Ext. Friend John Wills
- Witnesses: Bartholomew Lightfoot, William Wills
- Named in Husband’s 1765-1772 Will
- The Abstract Will of John Wills, Isle of Wight County, VA., (Will Book 8, p. 142), Book: Wills and Administration of Isle of Wight County, Virginia 1647-1800, Books 1-3, p.230, "
- Name: JOHN WILLS, of Newport Parish.
- Will dated: Oct. 31, 1765.
- Will recorded: May 7, 1772
- Wife: Martha
- Son: John Scrasbrook Wills
- Son: James Wills
- Son: Thomas
- Son: Emmanuel
- Son: Benjamin
- Son: Mills (Miles?)
- Son: Micajah
- Son: William
- Captain Brewer Godwin to have Care of my sons: Emanuel, Benjamin & Mills Wills
- To Hannah Godwin
- To Lydia Pitt
- Extx., Wife: Martha Wills
- Witnesses: Macon Whitfield, Josiah Wills, Ann West
- Security for Extx., Josiah Wills, James Wills, Pitt Reynolds, Brewer Godwin
Other Sources
Book: Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia , by John Bennette Boddie, Publ. 1938, "Some of the Isle of Wight Families" p. 264; "There was another John Wills who made his Will October 31, 1765, and same was probated May 7, 1772. He names wife, Martha; sons, John Scarsbrook Wills; Thomas, James, Willis, Emanuel, and Micajah; also gave legacies to Benjmin Wills, Miles Wills, Hannah Godwin and Lydia Pitt. His wife was a daughter of Richard Casey, whose will was probated in 1748
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Casey-467 created through the import of paf910.ged by Theresa Reynolds on Sep 16, 2011.
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