Bridget is mentioned as "daughter-in-law", meaning stepdaughter, of Thomas Combe, her mother's second husband, in Thomas's 1608 will. In this he left her £100 to be paid within a year if his death plus a further £150 within a year of her marriage.[3]
On 2 November 1609 Bridget married George Wyllys at Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire.[1][2] His surname is spelt "Wills" in the parish register entry.[3] They had the following children:
Bridget was buried at Fenny Compton, Warwickshire on 11 March 1629,[1][2][3] with the parish register describing her as wife of George Wyllys.[7]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.7 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, pp. 387-388, WYLLYS 16, Google Books
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.62.7 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, p. 431, WYLLYS 21
↑ 3.03.13.23.3 A Descendant. The First Wife of Governor Willys of Connecticut, and Her Family, New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Boston, Mass.:New England Historic Genealogical Society), Vol. 53, 1899, pp. 217-24, Internet Archive
↑ George Glazebrook and John Paul Rylands (editors). The Visitation of Shropshire taken in the Year 1623..., with additions...., Part II, Harleian Society, Vol. XXIX, 1889, p. 519, Internet Archive
↑ 5.05.1 Camden, William. The Visitation of the county of Warwick in the year 1619. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceaux king of arms, Harleian Society, Vol. XII, London: 1877, p. 311, Google Books
↑ 6.06.16.2 Talcott, Mary K. The Wyllys Family of Connecticut. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 37:33. (1883)
↑ Warwickshire County Record Office, ref. DR0103/1, transcript at FindMyPast
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.
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This profile was revised for the Magna Carta project by Michael Cayley on 31 March 2021 and approved 5 Apr 2021 by Thiessen-117.
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Young-10175 and Yonge-121 appear to represent the same person because: Thank you PGM team for agreeing to merge this duplicate Bridget Young, who until today was erroneously married to Richard Willis, her brother in law. All primary relationships to Young-10175 have been severed. Thanks Jo Fitz-Henry-9
See the comment here by Helen Ford on the 2020 G2G, "I don't know of a Kingston Hall in Dorset where this lady was apparently born so any source would be helpful."
There is a Kingston Hall in Nottinghamshire, but that is more than 100 miles from Cambridge.
One of probably many Internet family files reporting marriage of Richard Willis and Bridget Young. See Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees. This reports Richard-Bridget the parents of George WYLLYS was born in 1611 in Tenny Compton, Warwickshire, England. Might this be of help in determining where the confusion begins?
Thanks for finding the "Sam Sloan" website Gene - it will certainly be something for the Magna Carta Project to watch out for after this profile is merged with their proper version.
BIRTH 25 Aug 1583 Edgmond, Telford and Wrekin Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
DEATH 11 Mar 1629 (aged 45) Fenny Compton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
BURIAL St Peter and St Clare Churchyard, Fenny Compton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #155759632
Thanks. The FindAGrave entry is unfortunately not a reliable source. As so often it is just what someone has uploaded, not information from a grave. The birthplace does not make sense for someone of this period, and we cannot trust the birth date in it. The death date given on FindAGrave is, according to more reliable sources, including a parish register burial record, the burial date.
in the proposed merge with Yonge-121... looks like Yonge is the better choice for spelling this person's LNAB (last name at birth). I've protected that profile to facilitate the merge of this one into that one. Please let me know if you have evidence that the LNAB for Bridget should be Young.
This profile is in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Amy Wyllys to surety baron Saher de Quincy. I will soon be adding the Magna Carta Project as a co-manager of the profile and will be adding a project box and project section to the bio. Thanks!
Source: Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013). See vol. V, page 431.
Bridget Yonge, married, George Wyllys (or Willis), he was born about 1590-1. They had one son, George, and three daughters, Mary, Hester, and Amy. His wife, Bridget, was buried 11 March 1629. He married 2nd, Mary Smith, daughter of Francis Smith, by his wife, Alice. The had one son, Samuel. He immigrated to New England.
Hi! The Magna Carta project has identified this profile as on a 'trail' from Gateway Ancestor Amy Pynchon to Surety Baron Henry de Bohun. We will be developing this profile in line with project guidelines. (See Base Camp, contact person Anderson-35092)
See the comment here by Helen Ford on the 2020 G2G, "I don't know of a Kingston Hall in Dorset where this lady was apparently born so any source would be helpful."
There is a Kingston Hall in Nottinghamshire, but that is more than 100 miles from Cambridge.
One of probably many Internet family files reporting marriage of Richard Willis and Bridget Young. See Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees. This reports Richard-Bridget the parents of George WYLLYS was born in 1611 in Tenny Compton, Warwickshire, England. Might this be of help in determining where the confusion begins?
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As a reminder to those who wander by--see the Pre-1700 WikiTree help page for "Cite Reliable Sources."
BIRTH 25 Aug 1583 Edgmond, Telford and Wrekin Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England DEATH 11 Mar 1629 (aged 45) Fenny Compton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England BURIAL St Peter and St Clare Churchyard, Fenny Compton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #155759632
edited by Michael Cayley
in the proposed merge with Yonge-121... looks like Yonge is the better choice for spelling this person's LNAB (last name at birth). I've protected that profile to facilitate the merge of this one into that one. Please let me know if you have evidence that the LNAB for Bridget should be Young.
Thanks!
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Bridget Yonge, married, George Wyllys (or Willis), he was born about 1590-1. They had one son, George, and three daughters, Mary, Hester, and Amy. His wife, Bridget, was buried 11 March 1629. He married 2nd, Mary Smith, daughter of Francis Smith, by his wife, Alice. The had one son, Samuel. He immigrated to New England.
Thank you!