Joshua
Willis
Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Comfort Willis
and Hannah (Unknown) Willis
Husband of
Experience Barbour
— married
4 Feb 1706 in Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at about age 76
in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jun 2013
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Biography
Joshua Willis was born in 1682 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. His parents were Comfort Willis and Hannah Unknown.
He married Experience Barbour on February 04, 1706
Together they had the following children:
He died on May 24, 1758 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Burial
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- Old Graveyard, West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass.
Probate
The will of Joshua Willis of Bridgewater was dated 1 September 1753 and proved on 5 June 1758 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife, Experience, and his children, Joshua Willis, Jaob Willis, Abishai Willis, Silas Willis, and Martha Harden, decd., the late wife of Samuel Harden, and his granddaughters, Anna Harden, wife of John Harden, Betty Gurney, wife of Benjamin Gurney. [1]
His inventory was taken on 2 November 1758 in Bridgewater.[2]
In 1763, an account of his estate by Silas Willis was recorded which included, funeral charges, doctors' bills, debts paid, administration fees, and gravestones.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-X4VY : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1755-1758 and 1859-1862 vol 14-14E > image 279 of 498; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-69KT : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 89 of 623; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-691N : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 546 of 623; State Archives, Boston.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Julie Baldwin for creating WikiTree profile Willis-2009 through the import of Jhoward.ged on May 31, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Julie and others.
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