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Ancestry of Ethel B. Miles
Descendants of THOMAS Willis
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS 1 WILLIS was born Abt. 1574 in England.
Children of THOMAS WILLIS are:
2. i. JOHN 2 WILLIS, b. Abt. 1610; d. April 15, 1692, Duxbury, Plymouth County, MASS, USA.
ii. NATHANIEL WILLIS, b. Abt. 1610.
iii. LAWRENCE WILLIS, b. Abt. 1612.
iv. JONATHAN WILLIS, b. Abt. 1614.
v. FRANCIS WILLIS, b. Abt. 1616.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN 2 WILLIS (THOMAS 1 ) 1 was born Abt. 1610, and died April 15, 1692 in Duxbury, Plymouth
County, MASS, USA 2 . He married ELIZABETH HODGKINS January 02, 1636/37 in Duxbury, Plymouth
County, MASS, USA 3,4,5 , daughter of // HODGKINS. She was born Abt. 1612 in Stepney, Greater
London, England? 6 , and died in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA ??.
More About JOHN WILLIS:
Comment: in his will, he states that he had four brothers, Jonathan, Lawrence, Nathaniel, and Francis,
and leaves us to regret that only two of them can be well discerned through the distance 7
Occupation: Deacon (first deacon of Bridgewater) 8
Probate: 1693, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA
Residence: 1640, Duxbury, Plymouth County, MASS, USA
Will: 1692, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA 9
Notes for ELIZABETH HODGKINS:
On 2/12 Janry 1637/8, Francis Cooke was a member of the jury which tried the case of John and
Elizabeth (Hodgkins) (Palmer) Willis against the executors of the estate of William Palmer, Sr. John
Willis was quite visible in the early records. Not a great deal is known about William but he is with
some frequency mentioned in early records.
More About ELIZABETH HODGKINS:
Comment: Elizabeth's mother may have been born in Aghadown, Cork, Ireland to John Winthrop and
Elizabeth Powlden
Children of JOHN WILLIS and ELIZABETH HODGKINS are:
i. NATHANIEL 3 WILLIS, b. Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA ??.
ii. JOHN WILLIS, JR, b. Abt. 1637, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA ??.
iii. JONATHAN WILLIS, b. Abt. 1639, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA ??.
iv. COMFORT WILLIS, b. Abt. 1641, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA ??.
v. BENJAMIN WILLIS, b. Abt. 1643.
vi. ELIZABETH WILLIS, b. Abt. 1647, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA ??; m. // HARVEY 10,10 .
vii. JOSEPH WILLIS, b. Abt. 1651.
3. viii. SARAH WILLIS, b. March 01, 1650/51, West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA.
ix. HANNAH WILLIS, b. Abt. 1652, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA ??; m. NATHANIEL HAYWARD 11 ;
b. November 13, 1642 12 ; d. December 19, 1720, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA 13 .
x. BENJAMIN WILLIS, b. Abt. 1657, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass, USA ??; d. May 12, 1696,
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, MASS, USA.
Generation No. 3
Register Report of Willis: 295