Henry
Richard
Willis
Born about in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Caleb Willis Sr.
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Nancy Willis, Caleb Willis Jr., Daniel S Willis, Richard Harvey Willis, Moses Willis, Malachi C Willis, Sarah Willis and Lena (Willis) Blakemore
Husband of
Catherine Patsy (Brigance) Willis
— married
31 Dec 1804 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Father of
David Willis
Died after
after about age 50
in Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Dec 2020
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Biography
Henry was born about 1780. He was the son of Caleb Willis and Sarah Cantrell. He passed away after 1830.
Henry Richard Willis married Caty Brigance on Dec 31, 1804, in Sumner, Tennessee.[1][2][3]
Sources
- ↑ “Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNCQ-98G : 4 December 2014), Henry Richard Willis and Caty Brigance, 31 Dec 1804; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 20, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
- Name: Caty Brigance
- Event Type: Marriage
- Event Date: 31 Dec 1804
- Event Place: Sumner, Tennessee, United States
- Sex: Female
- Spouse's Name: Henry Richard Willis
- ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-CBZM : 10 March 2021), Henry Richard Willis and Caty Brigance, 31 Dec 1804; citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 467,485.
- ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDQ5-86G : 16 March 2020), Hervy Richard Willis, 1804.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- William Willis
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-BY57987, FTDNA kit #234464
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~0.78%
Robert Comer :
23andMe, GEDmatch PD5219416 [compare]
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~0.78%
Monika (Steinhorst) Catey :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Karen (DeMoss) Daye :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A781960 [compare], Ancestry member kad1970
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