Individual Details
William Willis
(Bef 1680 - Abt 1717/18)
(Sep 1709,RCDB-5,131-133)
William WILLIS of of County of Richmond of the Pish. Of St. Marys, Planter, to John HOKFORD of the aforesaid County & Pish…. Land lying in ye County of Richmond and Pish: of St. Marys on the North side of the River which is called Rappahanock River … Francis THORNTON… Francis WRIGHTS and John WRIGHTS… twelve acres… part of a Patten of land granted to John WILLIS Senior by sd William BARKLEY for 201 acres bearing date 21 Oct 1669… and William WILLIS and Sarah WILLIS his now Wife … this (blank) day of September 1709.
Will: WILLIS. Sarah [her marke + ] WILLIS.
In presence of: Isaac ARNOLD, John WILLIS.
At Richmond County Court on 7 Sep 1709, John COOMBS Attorney of William WILLIS came this day into Court and acknowledged the within Deed. Also the said COOMBS by vertue of a letter of Attorney from Sarah WILLIS, the wife of sd. William WILLIS, to him in that behalf made relinquished her the said Sarah's right of Dower… unto the said HAUKFORD…
William WILLIS of of County of Richmond of the Pish. Of St. Marys, Planter, to John HOKFORD of the aforesaid County & Pish…. Land lying in ye County of Richmond and Pish: of St. Marys on the North side of the River which is called Rappahanock River … Francis THORNTON… Francis WRIGHTS and John WRIGHTS… twelve acres… part of a Patten of land granted to John WILLIS Senior by sd William BARKLEY for 201 acres bearing date 21 Oct 1669… and William WILLIS and Sarah WILLIS his now Wife … this (blank) day of September 1709.
Will: WILLIS. Sarah [her marke + ] WILLIS.
In presence of: Isaac ARNOLD, John WILLIS.
At Richmond County Court on 7 Sep 1709, John COOMBS Attorney of William WILLIS came this day into Court and acknowledged the within Deed. Also the said COOMBS by vertue of a letter of Attorney from Sarah WILLIS, the wife of sd. William WILLIS, to him in that behalf made relinquished her the said Sarah's right of Dower… unto the said HAUKFORD…
Events
| Birth | Bef 1680 | Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1709 | Sarah | | ||
| Death | Abt 1717/18 | Richmond, Virginia, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah (1685 - 1760) |
| Child | Sarah Willis (1716 - 1782) |
| Child | John Willis (1710 - 1762) |
| Child | William Willis ( - ) |
| Father | John Willis Sr (1648 - 1715) |
| Sibling | Charles Willis ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Willis Jr. (1673 - 1727) |
Endnotes
1. Peggy Frances Rush, The Willis Family of the Northern Neck in Virginia, 1669-1737 (Westminister, MD: Heritage Books, 1998), ; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 19 January 2010.
2. DeHuff, Elizabeth Willis, Descendants of John Willis, of will in Richmond County, Virginia, 1715 (Augusta, Ga: unknown, 1962, 98 pgs.), p 38.
3. DeHuff, Elizabeth Willis, Descendants of John Willis, of will in Richmond County, Virginia, 1715 (Augusta, Ga: unknown, 1962, 98 pgs.), p 38.