Joseph
Willis
Born in Greenville, Augusta, Virginia
Son of Joseph Willis
and Mary Polly (Unknown) Willis
Brother of
Nancy Willis, William Willis, Hannah Susannah (Willis) MacMillan, Mary Willis, Elizabeth Willis, Olive (Willis) Tinsley, Henry Willis and Sarah Willis
Husband of
Sarah (Nowlin) Willis
— married
4 Jun 1794 in Patrick, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Died
at about age 60
in Ararat, Patrick, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Nov 2014
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Biography
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Joseph was born about 1772. He passed away about 1832. [2]
Joseph was the son of Joseph J. Willis and Alice Aida Marshall. He is buried at John Willis Family Cemetery, Patrick County, Virginia.
Notes
The marriage date shown above is the date of the marriage bond not the actual marriage.
Sources
- ↑ Willis-3532 was created by Richard Schultheiss through the import of Richard's Family Registry_2014-11-16.ged on Nov 17, 2014. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Luke Willis.
- "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5F-1MC : 17 August 2017), Joseph Willis, Patrick, Virginia, United States; citing 178, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 195; FHL microfilm 29,674.
- "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLJ-2CK : accessed 9 April 2020), Joseph Willis, Patrick, Virginia, United States; citing p. 122, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 141; FHL microfilm 193,700.
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4Z-SBS : 29 January 2020), Joseph Willis, 1794.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~3.12%
Melany (Smith) Dean
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Dustin Dean :
23andMe, GEDmatch A033095 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A033095 [compare], Ancestry member nonethewiser
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N96424
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~1.56%
Ronald Haugen :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HJ7659098 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK76393
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~1.56%
Marg (McAdam) Dodge :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Ken Turman :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Richard Murray :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Jean Tichenor :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A679400 [compare], Ancestry member Jeans_Heritage
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~0.78%
Sonya Gordon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZG4618316 [compare], Ancestry member SonyaHyatt
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~0.78%
Luke Willis :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #445133
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Luke Willis
Willis-3531 and Willis-6649 do not represent the same person because: Joseph Willis 1757 is the Father of Joseph Willis 1772. I’ll do more work on this tree as I have discovered further back and have not updated this wiki tree in a while.
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by Luke Willis
Richard Murray
Willis-3531 and Willis-6649 appear to represent the same person because: same parents and family
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on Willis-6649 (merged)
by Richard Murray
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